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Huntingdonshire / Re: Are any of these family names yours ?
« on: Tuesday 16 April 13 21:35 BST (UK) »
Thanks Gilllg & Redroger. Its great to see that you are still active, gillg.
Being very much a newcomer to roots I had no idea how it all works - and I'm not sure if Gillg will get an email prompt as well as Redroger, since he is the last to respond. We shall see!
Thanks for John's date of birth, I had not picked up on this at Family Search. Having followed the previous chat I was aware of Rev Manning, in fact his was a name passed on from my grandmother to one of my sisters many years ago, but only recently passed to me. However we had no idea of where he fitted in. Rev Manning & his wife were both born a few miles north of where I now live so at the weekend my wife & I took a trip to Yardly Hastings & Braifiel-on-the-Green to see if there was evidence of Baptist chapels. We found none in Yardly Hastings, but in Braifield OTG we just happend to ask the right people - two members of the present congregation who then took us on a guided tour. They had no idea of its original build date and the only date stone looked like 1880's. Shall have to follow this up.
I hope to visit Spaldwick soon - but I won't try knocking on the door!
The tailoring trade would seem to be well established in the Church family. I don't know if Rebecca was ever designated a seamstress, but her grandson ( my grandfather) Robert Walker Mayes became a successful taylor in London.
For Mercy to move from Northampton to Burnley seems strange, unless there was a family connection. Did her husband originate from that area?
Thanks again
LAD
Being very much a newcomer to roots I had no idea how it all works - and I'm not sure if Gillg will get an email prompt as well as Redroger, since he is the last to respond. We shall see!
Thanks for John's date of birth, I had not picked up on this at Family Search. Having followed the previous chat I was aware of Rev Manning, in fact his was a name passed on from my grandmother to one of my sisters many years ago, but only recently passed to me. However we had no idea of where he fitted in. Rev Manning & his wife were both born a few miles north of where I now live so at the weekend my wife & I took a trip to Yardly Hastings & Braifiel-on-the-Green to see if there was evidence of Baptist chapels. We found none in Yardly Hastings, but in Braifield OTG we just happend to ask the right people - two members of the present congregation who then took us on a guided tour. They had no idea of its original build date and the only date stone looked like 1880's. Shall have to follow this up.
I hope to visit Spaldwick soon - but I won't try knocking on the door!
The tailoring trade would seem to be well established in the Church family. I don't know if Rebecca was ever designated a seamstress, but her grandson ( my grandfather) Robert Walker Mayes became a successful taylor in London.
For Mercy to move from Northampton to Burnley seems strange, unless there was a family connection. Did her husband originate from that area?
Thanks again
LAD