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Oxfordshire / Re: SMITHs of Ipsden
« on: Saturday 27 February 10 22:06 GMT (UK)  »
The 1861 census shows William Harris of Ensham (retired mason) living with Mary (from Ipsden) in Wallingford in 1861 and living with his granddaughter from Crowmarsh in St John Road, Wallingford in 1871. Interestingly a William Harris s. of stonemason William marries a Sarah Bitmead in Crowmarsh in October 1844.

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Oxfordshire / Re: SMITHs of Ipsden
« on: Saturday 27 February 10 14:09 GMT (UK)  »
I believe Mary Street (possibly Mary Streak bapt. 31 July 1796) married shepherd John Smith on October 21st, 1815 at Ipsden.

Son Henry was bapt. Aug. 4 1816, son Joseph on Mar. 14, 1819 and daughter Anna (Hannah?) on  Nov. 24th, 1822 - all at Ipsden - with Mary and daughters Anna and Sophia appearing on the 1841 census living together in the hamlet.

I can't find a burial record for John in the surrounding villages, but there are a number of candidates on FreeBMD in the Wallingford area. Nor can I find a baptism record for James Smith, although 1813 would put him before Mary's marriage if he was their son.

Mary's second husband William Harris is shown as having been born in Ensham on the 1861 census which is at the other end of the county. I am not sure you implied a link between Charlotte Harris and William Harris, but Charlotte Harris's daughter Anna was baptised at Checkendon on Nov. 7 1858 and her parents were recorded as being John Henry (a Baker) and Charlotte. Charlotte is still shown as married and living in Hammersmith in the 1871 census, although in both Goring and Hammersmith husband John doesn't appear on the scene.

For all that it is quite possible that James Smith is the son or a close relation of John Smith's family, but in the absence of a baptism record it is going to be quite difficult to prove. It doesn't help that there are least three Smith families living in Ipsden in the early 1800s.

Some additional information:

James Smith shoemaker, Ewelme married Elizabeth Bryant at Woodcote chapel on 24 Nov. 1838. Unfortunately, no father is show for James.

In the 1841 census it shows them living in South Stoke with James's date of birth shown as 1821, although we know that can be inaccurate. (Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece 880; Book: 10; Civil Parish: South Stoke; County: Oxfordshire; Enumeration District: 21; Folio: 12; Page: 19; Line: 4; GSU roll: 474573.)

Something of a ramble I'm afraid, but I hope some of this is of some use!

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Oxfordshire / Re: William Jones, Cookley Farm, Cookley Green
« on: Wednesday 14 October 09 05:19 BST (UK)  »
Anyone living in Cookley Green would probably attend the lovely old church at Swyncombe. Both the churches at Pishill and Nettlebed would be a longer walk. There are a number of Jones recorded in the transcripts of the parish records for Swyncombe, but predominantly of the previous generation.

There is burial for Frederick Jones of Park Corner aged 58 on January 29th, 1946. Unfortunately, I don't have access to burials in Nettlebed and Pishill for the same period. I can tell you that Rose Mary and James both married at Swyncombe church. It might also be worthwhile checking out the records for Ewelme where a number of Jones are recorded.

Hope this is of use.

Reg


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Oxfordshire Completed Look Up Requests / Re: The Cat Nettlebed Brakspear
« on: Saturday 14 March 09 03:00 GMT (UK)  »
Another reading of the advertisements in the Jackson's Oxford Journal, which contain the phrase "situated at the Cat, in the parish of Nettlebed", suggests it is the local name for what is now Catslip rather than a pub. And since Catslip and Crocker-end Common are cheek by jowl my restless grandfather probably heard the sign of the Carpenters Arms rather than the mysterious Cat inn.

Reg

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Oxfordshire Completed Look Up Requests / Re: The Cat Nettlebed Brakspear
« on: Saturday 14 March 09 02:21 GMT (UK)  »
There is reference to The Cat at Crocker-end, Nettlebed in three issues of the Jackson's Oxford Journal in 1854. I can recall my grandfather, who lived at the bottom of Crocker-end common in the early 1900s, saying he could hear the sound of the inn sign swinging in the wind as he tried to go to sleep. Since the defunct Carpenters Arms was already in existence at that time it is possible The Cat was close by or The Cat was the original name of the Carpenters Arms.

Reg


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Oxfordshire / Re: can you decipher ????
« on: Tuesday 22 April 08 08:25 BST (UK)  »
Well here's a compromise: since Aston Rowant is only 11 miles from Assendon it is not inconceivable that Joseph Baggs was living in Assendon at the time the Will was written and moved back to Aston Rowant in late middle age - possibly to be near his son Robert (b. March 24th, 1771).

rreadings

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Oxfordshire / Re: can you decipher ????
« on: Sunday 20 April 08 09:41 BST (UK)  »
I agree that a chap who died in 1809 doesn't appear at first sight to be the likely beneficiary of an 1818 Will, however I still can't find a relevant BAGGS in the area even when I extend the search to Henley, Watlington and villages further afield. I'm afraid I don't have access to the records of parishes on the Buckinghamshire side of the Stonor valley, but I would have expected someone living in Assendon to have attended the closer churches of Bix, Pishill, Nettlebed or even Swyncombe. I can't find any relevant BAGGS in those parishes.


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Oxfordshire / Re: can you decipher ????
« on: Sunday 20 April 08 05:31 BST (UK)  »
Yes!

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Oxfordshire / Re: can you decipher ????
« on: Saturday 19 April 08 18:48 BST (UK)  »
The Parish Records for Aston Rowant show a burial for a Joseph Baggs on September 27th, 1809. I can find no relevant entries for villages near Assendon i.e. Bix, Pishill, Swyncombe, Nettlebed.

Perhaps the place name is a poor and abbreviated attempt at Aston Rowant?

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