Lookup - St Phillip and St Jacobs, Bristol

[catanaccio]

If anyone is willing and able to do so for me could you look up some records in the above Parish in the years from 1800 to the commencement of civil registration?

I am looking for details of William Player Neal (aka William Player) who was born, I believe, in 1819.  Also I believe that he had siblings Pamella (b. 1831), Thomas (b. 1833) and Matilda (b.1836).  All of their parents appear to be William Player Neal and his wife Elizabeth.  Obviously the large gap between the births in 1819 and 1831 is a bit of a concern and it may be that there were other siblings in the intervening period.

If you are able to access the Parish records I would be very keen to learn more about this family, especially about William Player Neal senior and his wife Elizabeth. 

Everything that we know suggests that William Player Neal junior was born in Bristol although he later consistently states his birthplace as Bath.

Any help would be very welcome.

Ian.

[Little Nell]

I found these at the moment:

George Player bapt 17 March 1816 parents William & Elizabeth Player, of Temple Shoemaker (in the parish of Temple)
Eliza Playernail bapt 17 May 1829 parents William & Elizabeth Playernail, of Temple, cordwainer
Pamilla Playernail bapt 23 Oct 1831 parents William & Elizabeth Playernail, of Temple, cordwainer
Thomas Neil bapt 2 Feb 1834, parents William Player and Elizabeth Neil, of Temple, cordwainer
Matilda Player bapt 25 Dec 1836 parents William & Elizabeth Player, of Church St, Temple, Shoemaker

William Player Neil otp married Elizabeth Lumber otp by banns 30 May 1814, St Paul.

Not very consistent. 

Nell

[ChasH]

In the index at http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,369296.0.html you will find Gloucestershire missing LDS batch numbers listed.

Follow the links and you'll find some St P & J batches - I've detailed two search methods.

Chas

[catanaccio]

Thanks so much to you both for this. 

We knew that they used the Player Neal surname at times but Playernail is a new variant for us!!!!  By his middle age William junior (b. 1819) had dropped it and was just plain William Player (thanks goodness!!).

Thanks for the additional siblings (George and Eliza).  I'm still mystified what happened between 1816 and 1829.  William claims to have been born in Bath and your inability to find him in Bristol maybe supports that.  Perhaps they continued having children in Bath during the "missing" 13 years.  Sadly I haven't been able to locate William's birth in Bath so don't even know which area they were likely to be for Parish Record purposes.

Anyway, thanks again ... much appreciated.

Ian.

[Little Nell]

Hi Ian,

Have you seen and considered these baptisms in Walcot, near Bath?

William Player, bapt 12 Sep 1819, parents William & Elizabeth Player
Sarah Player, bapt 5 Dec 1821, parents William & Elizabeth Player.
Mary Anne Player, 25 Jul 1824, parents William & Elizabeth Player

Unfortunately this transcript (on FreeReg) doesn't give the occupation of William.  But these fit in with the others.

Nell

[chrisplayer]

I have a bunch of Player's dating back to 1747, and from 1816 & John Player they lived in Combe St Nicholas, Somerset for several generations & many children, but the names & dates don't match yours - Chris Player