Research Forum

My great grandfather Henry Lynn and his wife Adelaide Lynn were on holiday at Weston-Super-Mare in 1951 they sadly died a couple of days later in hospital, it says on death cert that there was an inquest and a gas tap was accidentally left on? Would there be a chance to obtain the report? Also wondered if it appeared in a local news paper? Any help would be appreciated

I would like to find the grave number, if they are buried in ( Milton Road Cemetery) of

George (William) Shield, B.1864 D.1948. also his wife louisa Jane Shield B.1885 D. 1956.

Thank you.

Representatives of the National Archives are keen to discover relatives of a Michael C WINDEATT 1935-1999.  Michael WINDEATT was involved with a collection of Railway Memorabilia compiled by Wilfrid Edwin HAYWARD which is currently being being sorted and indexed.  He also wrote about the Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway.

We believe that he was a descendant of a Charles WINDEATT 1838-1897,  who was a "Professor of Music" in Weston.  You can read more about Charles WINDEATT here; He had a large family many of whom were musicians. If anyone is connected with the WINDEATT family or has researched it and can help please can they let me know and I will pass on the information.  Please do not post details about any living people on our site but I think that Michael's grandfather lived in Albert Road and worked for Sleeps the builders and died in 1956.

Thank you.

Seated on the left hand side on the end of the row is Frederick GOUGH whose parents and 4 of his children are buried in Weston Cemetery.  Members of his family are visiting Weston in July from New Zealand and they are wondering if any of our members or visitors to this site can identify where, when and why this photograph was taken.  The family believe that it might have been taken in about 1880 and could have been a Lodge or Guild Meeting - someone else has suggested Foresters.  Perhaps someone has a similar photograph in their family archives and can shed some light on this photo or even recognise any of the other men!

Frederick GOUGH was born in Taunton in 1845 but by 1861 his parents were living in Alma Street, Weston-super-Mare and Frederick was working as a Blacksmith alongside his father. Following his marriage to Susanna Jane POCOCK in 1872 they settled in Palmer Street and he became a successful smith and engineer with a bicycle hire business.  From the 1911 census entry we can see that they had 8 children but that only 4 were living, - hence the 4 buried as children in the Cemetery.  In 1921 you can see Frederick, Susanna and their daughter, Florrie, on board the SS Rimutaka heading for New Zealand (Findmypast). They were joining a married daughter, Rosa ANDREWS, already in New Zealand from 1906 and a son Harry GOUGH, who was in Australia but later moved to New Zealand as well. 

Any ideas about this photograph would be welcome.

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I have been looking at the family of Edwin BAKER (1815-1882) and his wife Hester (nee Grant).

I believe that they had at least six children - Edwin George (1844-1929), Ann Archer (1846-1858), Maria (1848), Sarah (1852), Elizabeth (1855) & Harry (1858-1868).

I have found the baptisms of  the four girls (all baptised on 13 August 1855) and Harry (bap.1858) in your transcripts for St Andrew's, Banwell.  

However, a search on ancestry.com also shows that Elizabeth and Sarah BAKER (children of Edwin and Hester) were baptised in the Methodist chapel at Banwell in 1855.  

Do you think it is possible that the children would have been baptised twice?  Why would this be?