strays on the canals

[Bandm]

Thanks moderator. As a Rootschat virgin this was my very first attempt at a consummation. Will quickly try to come up with 3 postings; does this one count?

[Bandm]

Hi Jean
I have posted a couple of  responses now to your  February enquiries. Hopefully this will now bring my total up to the required number 3 and allow me to  contact you with a Personal Message. Whisly Payton and Smith are two of my main lines of research I have also gathered  canal families information, almost exclusively  the Midlands , Birmingham, Staffordshire, Derbyshire, Nottingham. Families include  Daniels, Edwards,Faulkner, Hammersley,  Nightingale,Nixon, Price,Ringham, Stokes, Webb.I am happy to share the info with others.

[sammylou]

We have now established that my SMITH family - George and Solomon, George Henry, Thomas etc - are also related to Jean's and BandM's Smith family so we are getting somewhere!

[canal woman]

keep getting all your messages but have no idea who you are talking about .share please!!!!

[Bandm]

hI and sorry for any  confusion
This began with a request for info  relating to  Sarah Smith b 1892  into  a  Midlands canal boating family  descended from Thomas Smith b1858   and  the Payton boating family descended from James Payton b1859. We have now established that  Sarah had  nine  siblings George Henry. Hannah,Thomas, Edward,Eliza,Elizabeth, Lily,Maryand Solomon.
George Henry married Sonia Rolt, Hannah married Thomas Webb. Sarah married John William Payton and their daughter Sarah Elizabeth  married boatman John Ernest Ringham . their daughter Mavis is my wife. Her uncle Harry is  the father of  Jean Grahame. Jean was the chat enquirer seeking a link  so it's all ended happily with cousins reunited!
The Smiths and Paytons  are inter connected ( so far)with  the following  other Midlands boating families; Webb, Edwards,Price,Daniels, Stokes,Nightingale, Nixon and Faulkner.

[Catsclaws]

Hi Canal woman and all .
Just to back Brian up in here because of roots chat and a lot of perseverance  real progress has been made in the telling of the Smith /Payton Boating story I also would like to add Samantha to this who  has been working hard on this too . She had her part to play and brought the Price family also famous Boatsmen into the story and George Henry Smith and Much much more .She is yet another lost cousin .
This is in itself a remarkable tale . So many thanks Roots Chat it would have been even more difficult without you .
Best Wishes Jean

[canal woman]

A Big Thankyou.

How wonderful to have managed to tie all these families together and link so many folk.
 I have an Edwards in my Family married into the Turtons, perhaps I need to reserect him and see if he fits into the scheme!!!!

[jacquelineve]

Has anyone any info re.Job Allen c 1815ish.

He wed an Eliza Whitehouse in 1842 at Dymock Gloucs-both Job +his father Thomas were boatmen as was Eliza's father Richard.
possible death in 1853 at Ledbury age 40,apart from marriage I have no further info.

My interests..Gloucs-Hereford-Staffs-Worcs
Whitehouse +Hodgetts
associated by marriage
Shaw
Williams
Asson
King
Fletcher
Kent
Pooler
Smith
Woodward
Possibly a Webb connection.

Jackie

[sammylou]

Thankyou for your kind comments Jean.  I am not sure about the Price connection though!

Can I also just confirm where my Smith family fall in - as BandM has 2 George Smith's mixed up!  They did keep the same names after all!

Sarah's brothers George Henry and Solomon married sisters from the Statham family. They are mentioned in the book Ramlin Rose by Sheila Stewart.

George Henry Smith and Hannah (nee Statham) had a few children including my Grandfather and his brother George Smith.  This George Smith was married to Sonia (then Smith) - who later went on to marry author LTC Rolt - so became Sonia Rolt and wrote a book called A Canal People with lots of photos of the Smith family in by Robert Longden as well as having lots to do with founding the Waterways Museum.

This should give enough information for any other cousins to get in touch!