John HORTON  a cordwainer  of Park Lane was buried in June 1762, his wife Joan buried 28th May 1745,  Both were buried  St Andrew’s, Shifnal,  Shropshire,

No further information known about them other than one child  William born  about 1727.  William married Mary HASSALL on 22^nd Oct 1750 at Longford.   They had 5 children the youngest, Richard, born in Shifnal on 12^th  Sep 1759.  Richard married Eleanor EDWARDS in May 1787, 

Elizabeth 1788

Ann 1789

Richard 1791     buried 8^th Oct 1825

Maria 1795        buried 3^rd Mar 1816

William 1797    buried 12^th Mar 1887

John 1801

Charles 1803

MI at St Andrew’s Church  for William Born 16^th Jan 1797 died 15 Mar 1887. ,At the time of his death he was in the employ of Richard Yates,  Contractor, whose family he faithfully served for four generations)              

Richard a ‘joyner’ of Park Lane was buried 11 Nov 1807 and his wife Eleanor buried 25^th   Dec  1814 age 48.   Their 2 youngest children being 11 and 13.

When Charles married Mary MADDOCKS at Manchester Cathedral on 25^th Dec 1831 his occupation was a bricklayer.  They had four children one of whom was my Gt Grandmother

Ellen HORTON born circa 1836.   She married my Gt Grandfather  James THOMSON  (a carpenter born Scotland) on 11^th Feb 1855 at Manchester Cathedral.  Her father Charles still a bricklayer,  James’s father John THOMSON was a cotton dresser,  They had 5 children between  1855 – 1863: born Salford Pendleton & Hulme

Any information on any of the above names would be very appreciated.

MRS  R  M  SIDEBOTHAM  (1708)

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My father, Frederick Thomas Pitchford was born at St. Georges, near Oakengates, in December 1900.

The address shown on his birth certificate is Quarry Houses.

Any information would be appreciated, especially regarding the Acton Burnell connection.

I would like to know where this would have been. Someone recently suggested to me that perhaps it should be Quarry House and was a public house.

I would be most grateful for any information.

Margaret Edensor  (5402)

Donald F.Harris, (2070) is looking for information on Major J. BAYLEY, a friend of Mr. Robert Darwin: the father of Charles Darwin.

He thinks that he might be the John BAYLEY who entered Shrewsbury School in 1804 and was a cornet in the 13^th Light Dragoons in 1813, returning from the Army on half-pay in 1818. If this is the J.BAYLEY Donald seek he could possibly have risen to the rank of Major in the Militia.

A Major BAYLEY is mentioned several times in letters to Charles Darwin between 1826 and December 1835. A lack of mention after that suggests that he died soon afterwards.

Has any family researcher come across John BAYLEY and particularly Major John BAYLEY circa 1800 – 1835?    For example, family, marriage, children in Shropshire or in army listings?

Any information would be gratefully received by Donald via our Editor.

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Donald is connected with the Correspondence of Charles Darwin Project being undertaken by the University of Cambridge.

Alan Lello  (2902) is interested in any references to LELLO, especially birth (baptism) marriage and death (burial) in the late 18^th and early 19^th Centuries.

His problem is finding people outside their home county, which could require searching every parish register in the UK, and the persons not recorded in the GRO soon after it was started.  He is doing a One Name Study of my family and is trying to find :

The birth of John LELLO who married at Ludford on 8^th July, 1806.

The birth and marriage of John LELLO who died on 13^th January, 1860.   His wife was named Mary.

Any dates for John LELLO, an agricultural labourer.   His son, also named John, was a general labourer and born around 1876.  He was married in the September quarter of 1912 at Bridgend to Edith Amelia FRANCIS.

The place and date of birth for John LELLO, a currier in High Street, Bridgnorth (1841 Census born out of county).   Married on 2^nd September, 1798 at St. Leonard’s Bridgnorth to Mary TOWNSHEND.  Both died in Shifnal.

He is trying to find a common ancestor for each branch as their family trees always lead back to Shropshire.

Any information would be gratefully received by Alan via our Editor.

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I am seeking any information regarding my late Mother’s older sister Emma THOMAS born at Astley Abbots in November 1897.   Following a family disagreement she left home in 1918 and has not been heard of since.   At the time she was working with wounded soldiers at Berrington War Hospital.   It has been suggested that she went to Canada with the wounded but there is no evidence to support this claim.

I have tried to find her step-brothers John and Thomas SKUTT without success.   John SKUTT bapt. Feb 1891 and Thomas SKUTT bapt. October 1892.

Mr. M. Millward   (3515)

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Ralph Evans (1995) would like to know if there are any of his Grandfather’s family in West Felton by the name of CRUMP.   Ralph's grandfather William Harry CRUMP was brought up by his grandfather William CRUMP bapt. West Felton  1810 (and grandmother born Whittingham or Willingham at Prees).   His parents were John and Jane CRUMP married West Felton 1809.

Ralph's grandfather’s mother, Hellen CRUMP, was a servant in a big house in the Forest of Dean and she was put in the family way by the Squire.   He gave her £50 and sent her back to her parents.   She married but her parents reared William Harry, Raplh's grandfather, who had been born at Llan(vianyl)?, Pontymoel.

Any information would be gratefully received by Ralph via our Editor.

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I am looking for Sarah CORSER born c 1799 in what looks like ‘Acton Burnatt’.   Is this Acton Burnell?   Her husband David FOX was from Yorkshire.   When and where did they marry?    Their son, Edward Corser FOX, was born in Sussex in 1839.   Did they have other children?   

They then disappeared for years, re-appearing in Bucks. On the 1861 census.   Where had they been?

By 1873 David had died.   On the 1871 census is Sarah

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Edward Bore was christened Acton Scott, SAL 27/2/1814.  Wyn Collier (3486) only knows Edward's wife Mary’s name from the birth certificate of their daughter Elizabeth Bore born 7/9/1843 Nantyglow Monmouthshire.    Mary’s maiden(?) name was Hartshorne. Mary was listed in two different census with the birthplaces of Walkmills and of Leebotwood, both in Shropshire.

Edward and Mary could have married circa 1840 as there was an older child, William, born in Wales.   The marriage could have been in Wales but Wyn doesn’t think so.

Has anyone found this couple or their families in their own researches?

Any information would be gratefully received by Wyn via our Editor.

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