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Travelling People / Re: Weston Wharf,Baschurch
« on: Wednesday 06 July 11 21:33 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for your post, Jane. The father is listed as an agricultural labourer. I know he often worked on various farms in the area but I also questioned if the family may have been living on the canal at times. In the interim I've learned that there were cottages for farm help in the hamlet known as Weston Wharf so it appears they were not a canal family after all.

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Travelling People / Re: Weston Wharf,Baschurch
« on: Friday 15 April 11 00:36 BST (UK)  »
So if someone's birthplace is listed as Weston Wharf back in the late 1890's, does that mean they were canal people or were there houses there or just businesses?

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Waterford / Re: Manning & Welch from Waterford
« on: Saturday 07 August 10 21:02 BST (UK)  »
Shelagh, I've sent you a personal message through this board. Let me know if you got it. I'm your 2nd cousin. Nice to meet you!

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Travelling People / Re: Wales,Shropshire,Blackpool Connection
« on: Thursday 08 July 10 21:07 BST (UK)  »
Hi Fandango, I have no info on a Harriet or Harriette Price/Pryce but it's possible she could have been a sibling. My Price family is missing altogether from the 1861 census (not surprising for the Rom). But I have them before and after. What I've noticed is that in 19th century England and Wales, the children were often not at home after the age of 11 or 12 because they were put out to work as servants. That was the case in my family and it makes it much more difficult to find them. Also, many of my ancestors from the Ellesmere area were actually born across the border in Wales so be sure that you check out Welsh records and census too. Good luck finding her!

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Waterford / Re: Manning & Welch from Waterford
« on: Thursday 17 June 10 23:12 BST (UK)  »
Thanks again. I think it's them! The year is spot on and the names and area are right.

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Waterford / Re: Manning & Welch from Waterford
« on: Thursday 17 June 10 22:54 BST (UK)  »
Thanks,shanew. Interestingly enough, some members of her family spelled the name Walsh when they came to America and some spelled it Welch. Your clue must be why.

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Waterford / Manning & Welch from Waterford
« on: Thursday 17 June 10 22:01 BST (UK)  »
I am interested in a James Manning from Waterford who emigrated to the U.S. in the late 1870's. He listed Gaelic as his native language so may have been from a rural area. He was married to Margaret Welch before he emigrated and two years later she joined him. She is listed in the U.S. census as an English speaker and was from the town of Dungarvan. They had two children born in Ireland..daughters Bridget and Katherine and later had four sons in America. Does anyone know anything about this couple?

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Lanarkshire / Re: Greenshields research
« on: Thursday 17 June 10 21:49 BST (UK)  »
I have a Thomas Greenshields Brown from Lanarkshire. He was the son of Charlotte Greenshields. He was in Rutherglen in the 1880's and 90's and traveled back and forth to the U.S. several times before finally settling there. Any connection with your people?

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Travelling People / Weston Wharf,Baschurch
« on: Thursday 17 June 10 21:35 BST (UK)  »
Does anyone know if Weston Wharf,Baschurch was a residential area of Baschurch in the late 1890's or was it an actual wharf on the Shropshire Ship Canal? My grandmother's birth cert. lists her place of birth as Weston Wharf. Trying to figure out if they were canal people.

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