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Glamorganshire / Re: Burials at York Place Chapel, Swansea
« on: Tuesday 14 February 17 01:43 GMT (UK) »
Hi Moshi
Great to hear from u. So pleased to find another descendant of John Burchell and would be great to check out your tree. I'm at karenscottsn@yahoo.co.uk. Yes I am descended from Thomas Burchell, he was my great-great grandfather, a mariner who married Jane Seccombe from Penzance then ended up in Liverpool. Have found out quite a bit about the Swansea Burchells and also the Herbert's (John Burchell's wife was Mary Herbert). Too much to go into detail about here & have not added it all to my family tree (on Ancestry.com) yet. But can send u a link to the tree if u like so u can take a look at what I have so far.
William & Elizabeth Burchell, John Burchell's parents, came from London in the 1780's and set up a coach wheelwright business in Swansea at the start of its Copperopolis era. William was born in 1760 in Holborn and his parents were Edward & Ann Burchell. Have had great difficulty finding out the details of Edward's birth - pretty sure it wasn't Rye, Sussex just incase u end up following that red herring too at some point. But also pretty sure he was born in London to a family involved in the coach building trade. Not sure who Ann was sorry. William's wife was Elizabeth Taylor, and they married in St George, Bloomsbury in 1782. No.of possibilities for her birth, the likeliest being in 1764 at Holborn to John & Ann Taylor.
Who are u descended from? Is it from Charles Doner Burchell? Have been in touch with another descendant of his who now lives in Australia. The only other sibling of Charles & Thomas that I have any idea about at all is Henry Burchell who married Sarah Webb, lived in Llansamlet & then Aberdare, and had a no. of children. And also William - have found quite a few convictions for various things (bank robbery was one) that seem to fit him but not totally sure it was him.
Our great-great (great) grandfather John was a blacksmith in Squire's Bank, off Strand in central Swansea - underneath the present day BT tower and very near the old dock area (that now a retail park) and a no. of foundries. Also his brother William lived nearby on the actual dock side, as I'm sure their parents did before them, and like them was in the coachbuilding trade. It was William's sons that ended up with the lucrative coachmaking factory on York St. Another brother of John's, Richard also built up a very successful coachbuilding business in Pembroke. Lastly I think now that it's St Mary's, Swansea where we'll find any graves/records - if they weren't destroyed in the WW2 bombing that razed most of Swansea city centre that is. Next time I visit I'll try to check it out, along with some other stuff.
If u want to email me I can send u the link to my Ancestry tree and can keep in touch with any other info I get hold of. Thanks again for getting in touch.
All the best, karen
Great to hear from u. So pleased to find another descendant of John Burchell and would be great to check out your tree. I'm at karenscottsn@yahoo.co.uk. Yes I am descended from Thomas Burchell, he was my great-great grandfather, a mariner who married Jane Seccombe from Penzance then ended up in Liverpool. Have found out quite a bit about the Swansea Burchells and also the Herbert's (John Burchell's wife was Mary Herbert). Too much to go into detail about here & have not added it all to my family tree (on Ancestry.com) yet. But can send u a link to the tree if u like so u can take a look at what I have so far.
William & Elizabeth Burchell, John Burchell's parents, came from London in the 1780's and set up a coach wheelwright business in Swansea at the start of its Copperopolis era. William was born in 1760 in Holborn and his parents were Edward & Ann Burchell. Have had great difficulty finding out the details of Edward's birth - pretty sure it wasn't Rye, Sussex just incase u end up following that red herring too at some point. But also pretty sure he was born in London to a family involved in the coach building trade. Not sure who Ann was sorry. William's wife was Elizabeth Taylor, and they married in St George, Bloomsbury in 1782. No.of possibilities for her birth, the likeliest being in 1764 at Holborn to John & Ann Taylor.
Who are u descended from? Is it from Charles Doner Burchell? Have been in touch with another descendant of his who now lives in Australia. The only other sibling of Charles & Thomas that I have any idea about at all is Henry Burchell who married Sarah Webb, lived in Llansamlet & then Aberdare, and had a no. of children. And also William - have found quite a few convictions for various things (bank robbery was one) that seem to fit him but not totally sure it was him.
Our great-great (great) grandfather John was a blacksmith in Squire's Bank, off Strand in central Swansea - underneath the present day BT tower and very near the old dock area (that now a retail park) and a no. of foundries. Also his brother William lived nearby on the actual dock side, as I'm sure their parents did before them, and like them was in the coachbuilding trade. It was William's sons that ended up with the lucrative coachmaking factory on York St. Another brother of John's, Richard also built up a very successful coachbuilding business in Pembroke. Lastly I think now that it's St Mary's, Swansea where we'll find any graves/records - if they weren't destroyed in the WW2 bombing that razed most of Swansea city centre that is. Next time I visit I'll try to check it out, along with some other stuff.
If u want to email me I can send u the link to my Ancestry tree and can keep in touch with any other info I get hold of. Thanks again for getting in touch.
All the best, karen