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Hampshire & Isle of Wight / Re: Kingsclere Workhouse, Hampshire
« on: Monday 22 February 16 18:03 GMT (UK) »
Sound advice, well taken
Thank you
Thank you
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Hampshire & Isle of Wight / Re: Kingsclere Workhouse, Hampshire
« on: Tuesday 16 February 16 10:59 GMT (UK) »
Thanks - looks like a trip to Winchester when I am next in UK
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Hampshire & Isle of Wight / Kingsclere Workhouse, Hampshire
« on: Tuesday 16 February 16 10:02 GMT (UK) »
Does anyone have access to records to this or adjacent institutions for the period 1930 - 1942?
I am particularly looking for admission dates for Henry Robert MUNDAY and his wife Mary Ann.
Any help appreciated. Thanks
I am particularly looking for admission dates for Henry Robert MUNDAY and his wife Mary Ann.
Any help appreciated. Thanks
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Family History Beginners Board / Street Directories of Newbury, Berks 1931-1939
« on: Tuesday 03 November 15 12:29 GMT (UK) »
Does anyone have, or have access to, the above?
I am trying to trace my parents abode during these years.
names are Charles William George & Florence Daisy Sammons
I am trying to trace my parents abode during these years.
names are Charles William George & Florence Daisy Sammons
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Berkshire / Re: HEADs of West Berkshire
« on: Monday 13 July 15 16:16 BST (UK) »
Michelle
Happy to make direct mail contact and try and sort out this bit of history. I should warn you that I live in Spain and what I have has come from various web sites, some personal contact and some extensive personal work on UK visits.
There is just one problem - and you'll have to forgive an old-timer - I've no idea how to make such contact as this site (quite rightly) discourages the posting of eMail addresses. Trying to use the PM system has sent me around in ever-decreasing circles!
Please advise me on this and I'll do my best to get us in contact
Eddie.
Happy to make direct mail contact and try and sort out this bit of history. I should warn you that I live in Spain and what I have has come from various web sites, some personal contact and some extensive personal work on UK visits.
There is just one problem - and you'll have to forgive an old-timer - I've no idea how to make such contact as this site (quite rightly) discourages the posting of eMail addresses. Trying to use the PM system has sent me around in ever-decreasing circles!
Please advise me on this and I'll do my best to get us in contact
Eddie.
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Berkshire / Re: HEADs of West Berkshire
« on: Saturday 04 July 15 19:54 BST (UK) »
Thanks for the comments. There are indeed many strings to the Head bow as I have found out with my continuation through to the Pococks which can be equally confusing!
The main problem with all families at that time was the handing down names from parent to child. My line (Thomas Head, the druggist) was short-listed for Sheriff of Berkshire. The article from 1738 notes that the position is for the ENSUING year. He lost out to William Trumbull. The other Thomas Head (Sir) got the job in 1744. It does tell us that some of the Heads were pretty wealthy and influential. That is where at least some confusion has come in.
Interesting stuff if a bit time consuming! I hope to return to UK later this year and maybe visit all these villages north of Newbury, my home town (via Winterbourne and Newtown).
Yours
Eddie
The main problem with all families at that time was the handing down names from parent to child. My line (Thomas Head, the druggist) was short-listed for Sheriff of Berkshire. The article from 1738 notes that the position is for the ENSUING year. He lost out to William Trumbull. The other Thomas Head (Sir) got the job in 1744. It does tell us that some of the Heads were pretty wealthy and influential. That is where at least some confusion has come in.
Interesting stuff if a bit time consuming! I hope to return to UK later this year and maybe visit all these villages north of Newbury, my home town (via Winterbourne and Newtown).
Yours
Eddie
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Berkshire / Re: HEADs of West Berkshire
« on: Friday 03 July 15 20:21 BST (UK) »
I'm trying to keep my HEAD above water!
There seems to be much confusion over Thomas Head. The druggist from London was a man of wealth and married Elizabeth Allington (1689 in London). As I see it, they had at least two children both boys. He appears to have died in 1758.
Thomas jr must have been born 1690-1695 in London on the basis of his parents' wedding date and the birth of his own daughter, Rachel, in 1713 (London, again) surely named after his wife Rachel who died in 1731. He must have married Ann after that date.
The other known son was Henry born in 1704 (London). He married Elizabeth House in 1729 and thus started the chain to which I can safely connect a direct link - Sarah Head/Richard Puckeridge - Elizabeth Puckeridge/Joseph Chancellor etc.
I may be wrong but as much as I would like to be descended from a Sir and a Sheriff of Berkshire, I feel this cannot be so.
That character who was knighted in 1744 was the son of Richard and Elizabeth (née Wallis) Head of Langley House, Berkshire. Sir Thomas didn't marry until 1750 (Jane Holt). (see www.thepeerage.com. They had three children (Walter, William and Jane). Walter ended up with a nice inheritance but he had to change his name to James. He was knighted in 1791 as Sir Walter James.
I do hope my line of thinking is correct and, as always, I am open to correction.
I am still hoping for any insight into the Puckridge /Puckeridge family. Richard is noted as a gentlemen - surely there must be something about him somewhere!
Eddie
There seems to be much confusion over Thomas Head. The druggist from London was a man of wealth and married Elizabeth Allington (1689 in London). As I see it, they had at least two children both boys. He appears to have died in 1758.
Thomas jr must have been born 1690-1695 in London on the basis of his parents' wedding date and the birth of his own daughter, Rachel, in 1713 (London, again) surely named after his wife Rachel who died in 1731. He must have married Ann after that date.
The other known son was Henry born in 1704 (London). He married Elizabeth House in 1729 and thus started the chain to which I can safely connect a direct link - Sarah Head/Richard Puckeridge - Elizabeth Puckeridge/Joseph Chancellor etc.
I may be wrong but as much as I would like to be descended from a Sir and a Sheriff of Berkshire, I feel this cannot be so.
That character who was knighted in 1744 was the son of Richard and Elizabeth (née Wallis) Head of Langley House, Berkshire. Sir Thomas didn't marry until 1750 (Jane Holt). (see www.thepeerage.com. They had three children (Walter, William and Jane). Walter ended up with a nice inheritance but he had to change his name to James. He was knighted in 1791 as Sir Walter James.
I do hope my line of thinking is correct and, as always, I am open to correction.
I am still hoping for any insight into the Puckridge /Puckeridge family. Richard is noted as a gentlemen - surely there must be something about him somewhere!
Eddie
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Berkshire / Re: HEADs of West Berkshire
« on: Wednesday 24 June 15 08:14 BST (UK) »
Thank you. Yes, it is. Elizabeth Puckeridge married Joseph Chancellor. Their daughter Martha married Thomas Pocock, the direct line to Mary Anne Pocock (the maiden name of my grandmother).
Any background on the Head (Hede) and Puckeridge (Puckridge) families would be most helpful and appreciated.
Thanks - Eddie
Any background on the Head (Hede) and Puckeridge (Puckridge) families would be most helpful and appreciated.
Thanks - Eddie
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Berkshire / Re: HEADs of West Berkshire
« on: Sunday 21 June 15 13:05 BST (UK) »
Hi again
I'm still struggling with my ancestry but have sorted out the (they seemed to have worked for William Fisher a gentleman farmer at Winterbourne Farm) and the Beesleys.
Your work on the Chancellor line was pretty exhaustive and interesting (just been reading it again).
Would appreciate anything you have on the Heads and Puckeridges. These areas seem quite a maze.
Thanks
Eddie Sammons from Spain but connected via the Pococks and (moving backwards) through the Chancellors.
I'm still struggling with my ancestry but have sorted out the (they seemed to have worked for William Fisher a gentleman farmer at Winterbourne Farm) and the Beesleys.
Your work on the Chancellor line was pretty exhaustive and interesting (just been reading it again).
Would appreciate anything you have on the Heads and Puckeridges. These areas seem quite a maze.
Thanks
Eddie Sammons from Spain but connected via the Pococks and (moving backwards) through the Chancellors.
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