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One of the biggest problems with the Stackhouses in Pelsall is that each generation used the same for names, all the cousin used the same names. There are a few single exceptions but they don't always help a lot. You can bet that you will have a William, Mary, James, Samuel etc you need to identify and he/she will have several cousins born around the same time too with the same name.

Noting your question about Pelsall Common. Imaging a London Park shaped like a triangle. All along the outer roads bounding the common you have houses that face onto the common. The same goes for the smaller common to the north.

If you google old maps, the first entry will give you a wealth of maps to search going back to 1884. These will give you an idea of the layout. There is also a Stackhouse Lane leading off one of the commons too.


Back to Mary. I have Mary's maiden name as Phillips too. Is that what you have?

Dave

I am interested in a William Clarke who married a Lucy Dempsey, most likely at Estersnow Roscommon about 1820, they had a son James born 1823. It is known that William came from Bewdley in England.We are still trying to find out more about Lucy Dempsey. William and lucy had 4 children in Roscommon then returned to Bewdley. James became a Master Confectioner and we believe he served his apprentiship with some Dempsey relatives in Manchester, England. James with his wife and family came to Australia in the 1860's. We believ that a brother named Robert also came to Australia. Can you offer any help from this information

Bill Clarke

Hi Bill,

There is a posibility that they were living at Boyle as well around August 1823. There is a barracks in the town.

Dave