strays on the canals

[canal woman]

Hi.

Not good!
I remember many years ago going sideways on one of my lines...

 Turton to Neale,[ Neale from Banbury  on canals in Midlands too ] and in the process doing a lot of work on another family. 

   I must have been quite nieve but my work was taken and used without a bye your leave!...........and i had taken years of research to get that information!!!!

 as probably like you I haven't used the internet for research but gone to original documents, record offices and the likes!!!!

 but there again dont spoil what you have  I am going to thoroughly enjoy reading your research..................

 mrs n

[canalboatman]

If you have anything on the tonks family I would be gratefull if I could see it as I am having a problem with an Aunt Bella Tonks, but I do not know if she is married or not.
                           GC

[canalboatman]

Stuart I seem to recognise a lot of the names you have, please get back to me .
              GC

[canal woman]

If you have anything on the tonks family I would be gratefull if I could see it as I am having a problem with an Aunt Bella Tonks, but I do not know if she is married or not.
                           GC

Hello.
The Tonks family are not very well represented in Cheshire..........
I have found a marriage of a John Tonks to a Martha Smith in St Micheal and all Angels Middlewich in 1887

 and 2 marriages  in Odd Rode

 Selina Tonks to George Escourt in 1905
 John Tonks to Rachel Done in 1907.

 but my research has not thrown up any more connections.

[Gaille]

I have some "Mitchell" Canal strays I collected somewhere.

I saved them by accident while I was looking for my Gt-grandads family - I think they are around Manchester.

I will try & post them tonight

Gaille

[judijee]

Hi canal woman

When you were wearing your Mrs Noah hat on your posting of 30 November you mentioned the name Archer in connection with Kidsgrove (I'm fairly new to Rootschat so have only just caught up on this).  I have a Thomas Pyott and Ann Archer witnessing a marriage at St Thomas's, Kidsgrove, on 26 May 1876.  The groom was boatman William Mountford and the bride was Sarah Ann Guest, nee Johnson.

Just thought this might be useful 

- judijee

[Catsclaws]

Hello Jean

 I would love to help you if i could, but i am more familiar with the canal Boatmen in Cheshire .
 Never the less.have you tried looking in the Parish Registers of  Bromley   for the marriage of Thomas and Elizabeth??? I say this because usually the first child is christened where the parents marry.

 I know with Boatmen this is not always the case because they are up and down the cut  but it might be a pointer for you.
 Parish registers are available in record Offices and they will also have canal Boat registers if you are lucky. They don't cost money to join and are a wonderful source of information.

  Have you looked in the free B/m/d registers here on the net? there might be your Grandmother s birth recorded and you could get a birth certificate,  a copy would only coat you £7 and it would give you here mothers maiden name. [also if the child was born on a canal Boat it would give the name of it ,as place of birth ]
Research does not have to cost a fortune,, more it is time that costs the money. research well and you can keep your overheads quite reasonable.

Canal boatwoman/mrs Noah

Hi Mrs Noah what a lovely name
Thanks so much for taking the time to reply . Well I think I am going to go spend an afternoon down Birmingham library when I go down to visit my mum  , Thats probably the best way for me   Theres only on of my Grans daughter left alive .. Auntie Lilly in Scotland and I shall also try to get her to talk again . She has dementia now and things don't come out all that easy
I think the problem is that I am scared that I don't get the right Sarah Smith and send for the wrong certificate . Its very odd because she is still alive in me .. as she brought me up I have a very strong personality and hard work ethic . Mum says If I look in the mirror I would see my nan .  I can see her now in her pinny and her grey silver hair and her old-fashioned boots . I suppose this will not bring her back sadly . Its a shame people move on to another world .
Best wishes Jean xxxx

[canal woman]

Mrs Noah is after a Canal Boat that one of my ancestors had called Noahs Ark... and I was so amused by it that I decided to call my self mrs Noah... but then I forgot who i was and had to re-register and so I became Canalboatwoman!!

Don't be afraid to get the certificate.
 Think how pleased you will be if it is right.
 If it is wrong  at least you can illiminate that person from your research.


Oh...people do move on .but do you not think that they sometimes want us to look for them and they nudge us along... I really do believe that our ancestors want us to look for them ...................

 Birmingham is a place  too must visit before long ..............oh   there is so much to do ..............................

talk to you again soon
Mrs Noah !!! etc
 

[Catsclaws]

Ill reply and then leave you in peace awhile . Well i love your name Yus brum has changed beyond recognition sadly altho they have cleaned up the cut and it is now a trendy place to be .
I agree with you about ancestors , I am a very spiritual person .. not so much religious .
My gran died when I was 7 and I am 53 now .. she said she would be looking over me through my life and yes  .. I have been lucking in life and love and she has been there watching over me .. I firmly believe this
A little tale .. My mum and dad refused to come to my wedding years ago because I wanted to get married up here in Halifax .. his brother my Tncle  Tommy was disgusted and made the effort to come up here alone to see me wed . ( They were Nanny Sarahs sons) 
Well they are both dead now and years after a huge split happened in Uncle Toms family full of divorces and bitterness . Anyhow last year I found Uncle Toms Grandchildren ( via Genes re united ) and was able to re unite them with the family again .. and in a way I feel that he wanted that and its payment back for his Kindness to me all those years ago . Uncle Toms Great Grandchildren both boys are the spitting image of my dad so yes .. my nan used to say  'what goes around comes around'
She was right wasnt she
Ok Ill leave you be  .. Im a chatter box . best wishes and I will go do that research .
Jean