GRANTHAM - Help please

[madfan]

I am new to this site and am not very proficient.  I have been researching my family history and came across a conversation with Angelfire (I think) and JJ (I think) regarding Mary Ann Grantham. 

My great great grandmother was Mary Ann Grantham (her parents were Elizabeth Powell and Thomas Grantham.  Mary Ann married Samuel Frederick Timmo (sometimes recorded as Timms - just to make things difficult!).  They had 10 children.  They lived in New Zealand.  Samuel Frederick was born in Madras (now Chennai) on the Bay of Bengal in India.  I have been led to believe that he changed his name to Timmo before marrying Mary Ann.  My great grandmother, Mary Ann (Polly) was one of their daughters.

I have some further information and a photograph of Mary Ann, Samuel and their children, if you are interested.
Cheers
DA

Hi and welcome to Rootschat DA

I'm not sure how often Angelbaby visits Rootschat but I am still in touch with her. I am descended from the Granthams who stayed in the UK and Angelbaby from those who emigrated to New Zealand. I have sent a pm (personal message) to you.

Happy New Year

[angelbaby69nz]

 

Many thanks for merging the posts, i didnt see it

My Mary Ann Grantham ( polly ) is actually Mary Ann that decends from Hannah Maria Grantham and George Henry Grantham....

She was also known as Mary Ann Stone, as her dad passed away at an early age and her monther remarried, i do have some information on your line if you would like it, i could dig it out

I am in contact with someone from your line, i will email them now.....

Hear from you soon
Tish
xx

[angelbaby69nz]

After searching my emails.......from my contact

"Regarding Granthams i have Dinahs birth cert,she was born 24th july 1852 at Pillerton Priors,her father being Thomas Grantham and her mother Elizabeth Grantham formerly Powell.Tracked Dinah on the census forms and she is living with the family in Pillerton Priors in 1861 but in 1871 is a general servant for an evangelist preacher in Birmingham.
Thomas Grantham died on 26th December 1879 aged 59 years of pneumonia,it appears none of his children stayed at home long before moving out to work ,Mary Ann and Ada end up in New Zealand by 1878"

[angelbaby69nz]

And after more thinking.... i believe i have a copy of Mary anns Death Certificate.....if you are interested....your Mary ann, not mine, i ordered it thinking it was mine.......

[chuckles2000]

Hi Angelbaby

I would like to send you a personal message as I am really no good at this chatter thing!!  I can't work out how to do it.  I would prefer to be in contact via e-mail as I know how to use that.

Any ideas?

DA

[angelbaby69nz]

i have pm my email address to you.

[timmo]

hello I am a direct decendant of Mary Timmo she was the daughter of mary and samuel frederick timmo mary married toko Pakai and one of her surviving daughters asked me to search for the decendants of her grandparents. and what do you know here we are!! My Aunty is 87 years old and lives in Pukekohe she will be so thrilled to know where all her family are. My aunty asked me to do this on the 24th of Dec and by chance I clicked on this page!!! hello all my cousins all over the world. My name is Ruth and I live in Brisbane. We would like to find all the timmo's as well!

[angelbaby69nz]

All very exciting....

The timms/timmo line relates to me only via Thomas's ( married to Elizabeth Powell ) brothers Jeremiah and William Jnr.

[jvb]

Just a quick note to add to this conversation which may be useful:

There were some Granthams that were a well known canal boat family in the Warwickshire area in the first half of the 20th century.

See  http://www.wcbs.org.uk/autoindex.htm?/society/soc_fmn_cabin.htm

Also, a lot of agricultural labourers from Warwickshire emigrated in the 1870's due to the lack of jobs in England. The new National Agricultural Labourers Union helped many to emigrate. These included a group of 40 to 50 who left south Warwickshire in April 1872 to work building a new railway in New Zealand. They were engaged for 2 years at a rate of 5s. a day. That October another party left on the same basis and these included 20 from Kenilworth. (From 'Victorian Kenilworth and its people', Robin Leach, Rookfield Publications, 2006)

Also see www.nzetc.org - search on 'warwickshire' - there is a lot of information here.