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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Warwickshire => Topic started by: Kfisher79 on Thursday 29 October 09 00:01 GMT (UK)
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Hi there. I am looking for Thomas ARGYLE's parents. He was born between 1837-1839 in Birmingham. He grew up and became a Royal Enigineer (Sapper). Afterwards he setteled on Vancouver Island, BC, Canada and became a lighthouse keeper at Race Rocks. He married Mary Ellen TUFTS between 1863-1867. Thomas died March 14 1919 in Victoria, BC. They had 10 kids. I have possible parents being Thomas ARGYLE and Louisa CORBETT. I would love to know if I am on the right track and any extra info would be great as he is my husbands great grandfather. Happy Searching
Kristal FISHER nee PICKARD
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Hi
1841 census for Birmingham Warwickshire - all b Warwickshire
Thomas Argyle 25 steel toy??
Louisa 20
Thomas 2
Mary Ann 8 Months
HO107 Piece 1142/6 Folio 45 Page 5
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Per freebmd
Marriages December qtr 1838
Thomas Argyle/Louisa Corbett Birmingham 16 447
IGI entry from www.familysearch.org
THOMAS ARGYLE Spouse: LOUISA CORBETT Marriage: 07 OCT 1838 Saint Phillips Birmingham
THOMAS ARGYLE Birth: 03 FEB 1839 Christening: 25 DEC 1839
Saint Martin Birmingham Father: THOMAS ARGYLE Mother: LOUISA
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1851 for Birmingham - all b Birmingham except Thomas snr
Thomas Argyle 32 heavy steel toy maker b Bosworth Leicester
Louisa 29
Thomas 12
Maria Ann 10
Edward 8
Samuel 4
James 10 Months
HO107 Piece 2058 Folio 882 Page 33
LOUISA CORBETT Birth: 31 OCT 1821 Christening: 01 JUN 1822 Saint Phillips, Birmingham Father: EDWARD CORBETT Mother: JANE
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I can't find them in 1861 but I think Thomas snr died 1870 in Birmingham per freebmd
1871 for Birmingham - both b Birmingham
Louisa Argyle 50 shown as wife
Joseph 16 steel toy maker
RG10 Piece 3124 Folio 72 Page 37
1881 24 MacDonald Street Birmingham - all b Birmingham
Louisa Argyle 62 widow heavy steel toy maker
Joseph 16 steel toy maker Heavy Steel Toy Maker
Henry Evans 26 boarder
RG11 Piece 2994 Folio 40 Page 34
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Thank you for replying so quickly. You have provided some great info. Thank you for taking the time to search.
Happy Searching
Kristal Fisher nee Pickard
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Dear Kristal,
Thomas and Mary Ellen (Tufts) Argyle were my 2x GR Grandparents. I am descended from "Jenny" (aka) Jane. I do have a little info about these 2 but am a little skeptical about some of the historical info. Let me know if you (or anyone else) is interested.
Pam
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Hi Pam thanks for replying. I would love to see what you have as anything new might send me in the right direction. Take care and will chat soon. If you don't want to post on her you can email me :)
Happy Searching
Kristal Fisher nee Pickard
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Thomas Argyle is my 3x gt grandad but not the same one as you have... I just love the name.. there may be a link somewhere
mine was born in Bulkington in 1796.
Xin
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Hi Krystal, sorry I took so long to reply. I have info to swap. I recently came across Jennie's Bible. It was given to her by "Maude and Edward". I believe these were Her husband Arthur Morrissey's sister and brother-in-law. (Not too confusing). There is a quote which Jennie wrote followed by the comment "My dear Mother's last words October 7th 1923." These would be the last words of Mary Ellen Tufts Argyle. If you're interested let me know. You can email me and I will send you a scan of the page .
Happy hunting!
Pam
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Hi Pam,
I would be very interested. I will send you my email. Thanks for sharing :)
Happy searching
Kristal Fisher
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Just an update on Thomas Argyle. I got ahold of his death cert which has his mother's last name as Corbett which confirms that the above Thomas Argyle & Louisa Corbett are his parents. Yeah! Also, his birthdate is Feb 3 1838 & christened Dec 25 1838. I also found that father Thomas Argyle's father was Samuel Argyle and Louisa's father was Edward Corbett.
Take care & Happy Searching,
Kristal
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hello! i'm glad i found this thread!
Thomas Argyle was my grandmother's grandfather. i have Thomas' letter opener from the 1909 Royal Engineers 50th reunion. here's a link:
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e337/kendeady/1909letteropener.jpg
feel free to roam my tree on Geni. it's still in the works as i am fairly new to the site.
http://www.geni.com/people/Thomas-Argyle/6000000013044015241
http://www.geni.com/people/Mary-Ellyn-Argyle/6000000013043995397
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Kristal, i also come from the Fisher / Fischer bloodline.
http://www.geni.com/people/Ira-Fisher/6000000013043598813
http://www.geni.com/people/Jacob-Fischer/6000000013246056299
ps - nice to meet you all.
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I notice yu have one of Thomas' sons down as Joseph is this the Joseph Argyle who went to Utah and is listed among the sons of the pioneers and Prominant men of Utah. Here is a link to an inernet book theres 4 I think Argyles in it photos and write ups.
http://www.archive.org/stream/pioneersprominen00esshrich#page/678/mode/2up
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Hi C-prime. I just saw your messages and I thank you very much for sharing your links. I am just looking at them right now and excited to compare notes. if you have any questions on names and/or dates let me know as I have a fairly large family tree going. My husbands descends from Ira & Louisa, their son Milton Donald Fisher who married Marie Snider. Would love to keep in contact. I will send you a private message with my email. Take care and keep up the good work :)
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Hi Anel~Eyes, I believe the Joseph that came to Utah is the son of Samuel Argyle and brother of Thomas Argyle who married Louisa Corbett since he was born around 1817 whereas Joseph, son of Thomas, was born 1855. Great article and thanks for sharing. It looks like it has pics of Joseph and his two sons from what I have seen so far. Take care and Happy Searching
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EEEE its funny this researching ... When I first saw your post way back when.. I hoped there would be a link with your Thomas Argyle and mine. However there didn't seem to be.
NOW on researching another branch of my family. I find that my Joseph Hunter a gt. gt. Uncle by marriage... ACTUALLY helped to build the Lighthouse, he was a sailmaker and he was on the Topaz'e' when its crew was commissioned to build said lighthouse....
uhhm just as a by the way!
xin