Census records from 1871 show a Leah Martin (22) working as a servant for Charles Roberts B 1803 in Gloucestershire. In 1871 Charles Roberts (68) lived in the vicarage of Christ Church, Weston-Super-Mare with his wife Louisa H Roberts, 3 sons and 3 servants, one of whom was Leah.
Does anyone have any information on Leah or Charles that can help me further my research. Thanks
Hello, I am researching the Cooper family and have found a William Cooper who died at Wells Asylum in 1907, he is buried in St Andrews in Cheddar.
The William I am looking for was born in 1836 in Ilminster and married Almah Preece (b 1841 in Bridgwater), they had a son Sidney Ernest Cooper (b 1863 in Bridgwater.)
If anyone has any information about them Id love to hear from you.
Are there Badgeworth records going back to 1558? I see WSMFHS have the records from 1671 (baptisms and buriels, from 1688 for marriages) but I am looking for earlier records to trace the Urch family name. I would appreciate any help you can provide.
I am writing a biography of my grandparents, prince and Princess Nusrat Ali Mirza, who lived in Norton Beauchamp Manor from around 1912 till 1918, and would be very grateful for any information, however small, members may have about them, the house, and the village during those years.
For those of you who have been following the Winifred / Norah Saga you might be interested in this twist and perhaps be able to offer some light on this additional problem!
When Winifred MERRICK’s parents were married in 1892 her mother gave her name as Charlotte Rosina PHILLIPS with her father’s name as William PHILLIPS.
On the 1901 census of 191, Church Lane, Smethwick (Staffordshire), Kings Norton, Worcestershire,
Winifred and her parents appear as shown below.
First name(s)
Last name
Relation-ship
Marital status
Age
Birth year
Occupation
Birth place
Robert F
Merrick
Head
Married
31
1870
Oil & Paint Manufacturer
Smethwick, Staffordshire,
Charlotte
Merrick
Wife
Married
29
1872
-
Birmingham, Warwickshire
Bernard
Merrick
Son
-
7
1894
-
Birmingham, Warwickshire,
Winifred
Merrick
Daughter
-
2
1899
-
Birmingham, Warwickshire,
Rosina
Cockshott
Aunt
Widow
58
1843
Living on Own Means
London, Middlesex,
Emily
Egleton
Servant
Widow
29
1872
General Servant
Colnbrook, Buckinghamshire,
I have been unable to find a birth of a Charlotte Rosina PHILLIPS (Winifred's mother) in Birmingham in 1872 but I did find the birth of a Charlotte Rosina DOUGLAS registered in Birmingham in 1871 with no mother’s maiden name given.
Note that living with the family above is an Aunt – widow, Rosina COCKSHOTT. But whose Aunt is she? A Rosina DOUGLAS married Henry William COCKSHOTT in 1891 and on the 1891 census (before their marriage) they can be found as shown below – with a Charlotte PHILLIPS! (Rosina’s daughter?)
In 1891 At Bath Road, Stanwell, Staines, Middlesex, England
First name(s)
Last name
Relation-ship
Marital Status
Age
Birth year
Occupation
Birth Place
Henry W
Cockshott
Head
Widower
60
1831
Living on Own Means
London, Middlesex,
Rosina
Douglas
Servant
Single
46
1845
House Keeper
London, Middlesex,
Charlotte R
Phillips
Visitor
Single
19
1872
Scholar
-
When looking for a Henry COCKSHOTT in 1871 I found this – with a discrepancy in the age of Henry but a Henry William COCKSHOTT had married Charlotte ARMSTRONG in 1844 but whose niece is Rosina DOUGLAS?
1871 Census Transcription of Haslucks Green, Solihull, Warwickshire, England
First name(s)
Last name
Relation-ship
Marital status
Age
Birth year
Occupation
Birth place
Henry W
Cockshott
Head
mar
49
1822
Farmer
Middlesex, England
Charlotte
Cockshott
Wife
mar
51
1820
-
Middlesex, England
George W
Cockshott
Father
wid
76
1795
Coal Dealer
Middlesex, England
Rosina
Douglas
Niece
un
28
1843
-
Middlesex, England
George
Coleman
-
-
75
1796
Labourer
Gloucestershire,
I look forward to your suggestions about these various relationships - as with all family history research everything you find seems to ask another question.
Was Winifred MERRICK a niece of Charles CHARSLEY? Did Rosina DOUGLAS marry her Uncle?
I have recently been researching four photo albums containing a wonderful snapshot of life in W-S-M (and environs) for two wealthy sisters, Win and Norah between 1922 and 1925.
Using a hunch, lots of google street-map trawling and more than a bit of good luck!, I have managed to track down their house ‘Winora’ to ‘No.1 Atlantic Road South'.
I’ve also managed to find out lots of information about the places shown in the pictures: Knightstone Island, Brean, Sand Point, Grand Pier,Clevedon,'Annandale'- Worle...
They drove a beautiful 'Talbot Darracq Tourer' (that took some finding too!).
But, I haven’t yet managed to put a surname to the family or find out much about them.
Does anyone know about the house at ‘No.1 Atlantic Road South' and the people that lived there?
Can anyone offer any advice on researching my pictures further? - I would love to find out a bit more about 'Win' & 'Norah' and their friends and family... they all seem so alive in the pictures that it doesn't seem possible that they aren't all still up there at No.1 having a laugh and some tea! :)
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