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Mary Anne Hanlon Smith
Jul 22

Hello, My name is Mary Anne and I am from the USA - actually from Michigan. My 3rd great-grandparents were Edward VAUGHAN and Mary COLES They were married in Leebotswood Church 23 Sep 1833. Mary was born in Leebotswood to John COLES and Sarah DAVIES 26 Jan 1806. I've been able to trace Mary's line back quite a bit more but have run into a dead end with tracing Edward VAUGHAN back further. The marriage record shows Edward was from the same parish as Mary and the 1841 Census has them living in Smethcott, Church Stretton, with my 2nd great grandfather John VAUGHAN who eventually came to the states in 1868. Edward, his father, was a coal miner in 1841. Does anyone have any idea where I can search further? I've found a lot on free BMD and Find My Past so far. I've done DNA on Ancestry, Living DNA and My Heritage and I am also on Ged.com.


Mary Anne

Aby PhelpsAby Phelps
Aby Phelps

BULLOCK family

Hi, I am researching my mums family history and recently discovered that we are closely related to the BULLOCK family that came from Bridgnorth. There were 2 sons, James the eldest and Henry. Their mother was called Mary and father James. Their father was a shoemaker . There are some newspaper articles about both sons getting into some trouble with the law, stealing mainly but Henry went on to be convicted for bigamy. If anyone has any information or better still photos of the any of the family then I’d be very keen to see them. I believe Mary remained in Bridgenorth after her husbands death and her sons had moved away. She appears to live very centrally to the town centre .

Many thanks

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Gwynne Chadwick
2 days ago

Hi Aby,

Welcome to the S.F.H.S. Forum.


At a quick glance, this BULLOCK family seems interesting.

I note that James BULLOCK, a widower and Mary ROGERS married in 1889 so Mary would have been a stepmother to James W and Henry. Henry’s birth registration in 1875 shows his mother’s maiden name as BULLOCK so perhaps he was illegitimate?


In my database of burials in Bridgnorth Municipal Cemetery, I have 5 BULLOCK burials, including a Mary BULLOCK of the right age.

If you could signify which of the 5 burials are of interest to you, I’ll go and see if there are any memorial headstones.


  • Birth date as calculated based on age at death.


More information may follow once I search my records.


Regards.

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Judith Littler Judith Littler
Judith Littler

hello i am looking into my gt gt grandad joseph pickings (1843- work when he lived in shropshire. he lived in wrockwardine according to the census as a gamekeeer, are there any estates in that area where he would have worked, he moved to wigan and worked at haigh hall until his retirement. there are maney joseph picking within his family. thanks in advance for any help. judi

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Michael J Hulme
3 days ago

Hello Judith


Gamekeepers required a licence / certificate so you might like to explore that avenue. I don't know any details but it might be worth exploring the Shropshire Archives web site.


Michael

Stuart Green Stuart Green
Stuart Green

FULLUCKs in Madeley

I'm hunting for the birth of William George (or George) FULLUCK in ~1802 in Madeley. This information is from the 1851 census when he's in London. He moves to Birmingham where he marries, then on to London where he appears to remarry.


FindmyPast had the birth of a (potential) sibling Edmund in 1811 and death of 6 year old Thomas in 1811, both sons of Thomas and Ann Fulluck.


Can people advise whether the society holds additional parish records on this or other families that may not be on FmP? I'm happy to join the society (£10 is good value), if there records are there.


There is some variable spelling of the surname, it can be Fullock, Fullock, Fullox etc.


Thanks

Stuart

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Michael J Hulme
Aug 16

Hello Stuart


Have you considered the possibility that the surname has been misread at some point?


There is a William BULLOCK baptised at Madeley, Shropshire on 15 Sep 1805 so you might like to explore that possibility a bit further.


As an aside there were only 34 people with the surname FULLOCK in the 1881 census with 6 in Gloucestershire and the remainder in the south east of England.


Michael

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