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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Hampshire & Isle of Wight => Topic started by: Joe2 on Wednesday 18 February 09 16:22 GMT (UK)
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Looking for anyone with connections to the Lovell families of Northington/Swarraton.
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Joe, Welcome to rootschat.
have you checked out "your Surname Interests", the link to which is at the bottom of this page? Also why not put your Lovells there so that if someone looks at a later date they will find you and contact you?
charlotte
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Hi Charlotte,
Many thanks for the suggestions and have now done them.
Joe2
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Joe,
Good ... now you just go on with your digging and hope that someone sees your surnames-- can be a long wait but it is a matter of trying every avenue.
Good luck,
charlotte
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Looking for anyone with connections to the Lovell families of Northington/Swarraton.
Hi Joe,
I am connected to the Pitt and Brice families of Northington and Swarraton and I am sure there has been a marriage with a Lovell.... I will have a look.
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So sorry, I do have a Lovell connection, but it is in Cambridgeshire. I have the Pitt and Brice families in Northington/Swarraton.
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Hi Sriv,
Thanks for that. I havn't any Lovell connections with Cambridgeshire yet, or with the Brice/Pitt connections in Northington.
Have you managed to find any transcriptions of Northington parish records anywhere?
Joe
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Unfortunately not... I had to visit the Hampshire Records Office and plough through the microfiche files.
A task not made any easier by some records of Swarraton being destroyed and some too faint to be legible.
I do have a disk of births and marriages though...so if I can help in any way?
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Hi Scriv,
I would be most grateful for any info on Lovells in Northington.
In particular marriages of William Lovell to an Ann before 1793, and any marriages of John Lovell to an Ann before 1764, and another John Lovell to another Ann before 1747.
If I gave you my e-mail address could you send me a copy of the disk.
Joe
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Sorry Joe, the disks are for later dates than what you are interested in, so I can't help.They are the 1813-1841 Hampshire Baptism Index and Marriages Index and are available from the reg. charity Hampshire Genealogical Society www.hgs-online.org.uk. The license agreement does not allow them to be copied.
I don't know if there are disks covering those earlier records in Northington and Swarraton. As I said, I believe that some earlier parish records are missing or deemed too illegible to transcribe.
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Hi Scriv,
Many thanks for replying. I also have those HGS CDs, I thought by some chance yours might have been different ones.
Maybe I should become an OPC transcriber and ask to do Northington, I probably will when I have time on my hands after retirement. 3 years yet though.
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Yes, that earlier gap in those records is so very frustrating ....as is peering down at a microfiche yourself which is so faint that it almost looks blank.
I have had another look at my notebook where I jotted down all events concerning my family names.
You might be interested to know that an Alf Lovell was a witness at the marriage of Anna Maria Hammond to Thomas Tee on 29 May 1787.
There is a later family Tee in the 1841 census in Northington..a Thomas born abt 1801 and his family and William born abt 1791.
Barbara
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Hi Barbara,
Thanks for the info, its reassuring to know there were definitely some other Lovells there, even though I don't have an Alf or Alfred.
Kind regards
Arthur
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Joe,
Are the Lovell families that I see in Kingsworthy/Headbourne Worthy areas of interest to you?
And William Lovell born abt 1815 Swaneton (Swarraton?) resident in Walcot,Somerset in 1881?
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Hi Barbara,
Would definitely be interested in the William from Swarraton.
I think I am going to do a one-name-study of the Lovells of Hampshire when I retire. (another 3 years yet!!), so would appreciate anything you may have on Lovells.
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Hi Barbara,
I have just been onto Ancestry and got the census returns for William & Tamar 1851 to 1881, who appear childless.
They are mine as Mary A & Jane Goddard who I have in my tree were staying with them as his neices.
Thank you for the info.
Regards
Joe
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Brilliant... :)