William Brown 1900

[shooby]

Thank you KN - much appreciated.  I will get more familiar with what to do the more use I get.  Its been very productive so far.  Glad to be aboard.  S.

[sandra c]

Hi
  I am going to be in Aston Tirrold  & Aston Upthrope next week. I was wondering if anyone know where  Thomas Henry Brown  was buried and Elizabeth Mary Brown. Thomas was buried 1-4-1922 and Elizabeth 15-11-1937 is it the Church yard or the crematory

Thank you Sandy

[ribbo39]

Hi Sandy,
According to the Aston Tirrold PR transcripts they are both buried
in Aston Tirrold St.Michael.
The same place is also listed in the Berks Burial Index (ex BFHS).

Alan

[sandra c]

Hi Allan
       Thanks we are away and i forgot to look it up before we left home. I now have the parish records on CD at home and it is a great help
Thank you Sandy

[sandra c]

Hi I am back to William Richard Brown born 1900 at Aston Tirrold son of Thomas Brown and Elizabeth West. I had a great time in Aston Tirrold last week finding my family,but i have come back home with the information that William Brown my grand father when to war. I was told that he was in the first word war but i keep thinking that he was to young as he was born in 1900.
  I did think that he did not go to war in 1939 as he was a farmerr and a part time fireman. I am sure as a child that William told me that he help build a mock village up on the down. How will i find this out. Thank Alan for the information on how to get parish records on CD having a great time with the parish records
Thank you Sandy
 

[Peregin]

I have just stumbled upon this post re., Rev., John Campbell and his wife Mary Hackett.  I note they named two of their children Henry Elmes Campbell and Catherine Hackett Campbell.   Having spent some time researching my G Grandmother [Catherine Jane Elmes] who was a native of County Wexford I am familiar with these names.   My GGGG Grandfather Samuel Elmes [died 1798] from near New Ross had a brother Henry who had a daughter Catherine.  Catherine married a William Hackett who became embroiled on the rebel side in the 1798 rebellion.  It seems too much of a coincidence that these names would suddenly appear in Oxfordshire without some relationship to Wexford Ireland.  Can anyone assist?

[KN]

Sandy

Could the mock village on the down be the Churn military camp?

http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=86830

The Didcot to Newbury railway (no longer in existence) used to deliver military personnel for training camps up there. 

Perhaps he helped build temporary accommodation for the troops or a pretend village for battle training?

KN