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Hi Janette, I know a lot about your Pooles. Jeffrey Poole born 1863 at Cardeston Park Farm (just next to Rowton to the WSW of Shrewsbury). His father was Thomas Poole (1835-1905) who farmed Cardeston when his father Thomas Poole died young (1802-1851). Thomas the son moved farms to Aston House Farm, Aston on Clun. I have his diary. Jeffrey his son married Mary Jane Jukes (1857-1843) who had been a family governess to his sisters. He became a chemist in Birmingham. His brother Bernard Poole was my Great Grandfather. Jeffrey brought my grandmother (Iliffe Poole married William Morley Davies) a house in Newport Shropshire (where my Dad grew up). There was a Jeffrey Poole in Atcham (Shropshire), but he was your Jeffrey's uncle (1839-1898). My Dad has a huge silver platter he won for his prize turnips   I have these Pooles traced back to the 1600s - helped in part by an 1833 pocketbook full of family history research!! The owner of the pocketbook.... another Jeffrey Poole. The eldest was always Jeffrey. They clearly owned land over the years. Jeffrey Poole 1733-1801 had at least five farm estates (I have his will)... I could go on. Please feel free to contact me and I can send you scans of all these amazing records and help generally if I can further.. the attached picture is your Jeffrey Poole the chemsiy=t

Hi David, My grandmother was a Poole born near Welshpool (born 1897) I have from her a pocket book dated 1833 belonging to one Jeffrey Poole and handed down through various Pooles in which they made Family History research notes - including an 1836 note in which he goes to Llanssantffraid chruch and records all the Poole records he can find. It is an absolute treasure and I'll glad send you a scan. My Pooles centre on Llanerkeela Township which seems to be in the parish of Llansantffraid ym Mechain - and borders if not overlaps into Llandrinio. My line named their eldest Jeffrey generation after generation. The oldest original parish record I have being a death in 1679. I have filled out an extensive family tree, but it does not include yet a Richard and Catherine in Llandrinio - but I expect they fit together. I spent a massive amount of time on the Pooles a couple of years ago, and would need a refresher to get myself back up to speed But I can send you a spreadsheet I built when trying to disentangle each generation. I think I still had a potential amibiguity around 1700 I was meaning to return to.