I Might Be Able to Help with Ancestors Living in Taunton 1820's to 1830's

[Les de B]

Sorry Tullagh, the MERRICK family name does not appear in the book's index.


Les

[LMFAO]

Hello Les
Many thanks for your kind offer .
Would there be any information on Stream Lane Taunton .I cannot find it on a modern map .Also any mention of Woodbury's or Millers .

[Les de B]

There is a map in the book - hard to read but looks like 1849. Stream Lane is not mentioned in the street index.

Couldn't find the surname of Woodbury, but there is a brief mention of one Miller only;

"........chubby faced Bill Miller (and others named) the post boys, dressed in yellow jackets, buckskin breeches, and boots, were seen chatting and joking with Besty Callard, the chambermaid, or taking in their morning draught of hot with ginger".

Not much there to identify him as one of yours?

Les

[LMFAO]

Thanks for looking Les .Stream Lane is a  real mystery .I have the birth certificate of my 3x grandfather 1838 born in Stream Lane Taunton but I just cannot find out where it was . As for Bill Miller I do have a William Miller who would have been a boy then . You never know may have been him !!!!
Thank you for taking the trouble to look much appreciated.
Lyn

[Suzy W]

A interesting family who were broom makers.  The Palmer s

Sunday February 8, 1807: A great many of the Broom Squires as they call them were at Church. A wild set of people heretofore never coming near any place of worship. I am glad they now come to church and seem well dressed. They live on making brooms and carrying them to Taunton. Their brooms are made of Heath.
Notes were taken by the local preacher. "Paupers and Pig Killers, Diaries of a Somerset Parson"

The Palmer's lived in and around Somerset Taunton area for many years.

Suzy W

[Les de B]

Hi Suzy

As per usual I couldn't find the surname (i.e.Palmer) in either the General Index or the Occupation Index, however, for some reason I checked the index for "Broom Squires", and came up with this little excerpt;

"........the 'Fleur de Lis' was next door, kept by Pidgeon. This inn has since been pulled down and rebuilt; it formerly stood some way further back than it does now, and was pitched in front. It was called 'The Jackass Tavern', and was where the Broom Squires put up. You could often see as many as fifteen or twenty jackasses tied up at a time in front of this in door. These donkeys came into the town from Broomfield loaded with brooms, then much used in stables and gardens".

Just gives you another brief "picture" of your ancestors.

Les
 

[Suzy W]

Thank you.  I wonder if many of the broom makers were called Jackass   I know these Palmer's were not the most favored people in Somerset.
Another name that married a Palmer is Davey.  Not sure if directly living in Taunton at the time, but a unusual first name of Beadon.

Cheers
Suzy W

[Les de B]

Suzy, only mention of Davey is in the Occupational Index;

Masons and Builders - Davey

Millers - Davey

Unfortunately, no first names.

Les

[Suzy W]

Thanks Les

Suzy W