A very late GeniaMeme (with apologies to Geniaus)

I've been obsessively researching a gentleman using a false name and have quite neglected this blog.

The Ancestors' Geneameme

The list should be annotated in the following manner:

Things you have already done or found: bold face type

Things you would like to do or find: italicize (colour optional)

Things you haven’t done or found and don’t care to: plain type

You are encouraged to add extra comments in brackets after each item 

1.  Can name my 16 great-great-grandparents (Unless one of my maternal gt grandmothers rises from the grave and tells us who fathered her children I'll never know)
2.  Can name over 50 direct ancestors (56 wheee...)
3.  Have photographs or portraits of my 8 great-grandparents
4.  Have an ancestor who was married more than three times
5.  Have an ancestor who was a bigamist
6.  Met all four of my grandparents (Like Geniaus, this will have to wait for another life or another turn of the wheel. One grandfather died before his son was married)
7.  Met one or more of my great-grandparents
8.  Named a child after an ancestor
9.  Bear an ancestor's given name/s
   
10.  Have an ancestor from Great Britain or Ireland.
11.  Have an ancestor from Asia
12.  Have an ancestor from Continental Europe (presumably my 3x gt grandfather was French; anyway the name is French or Swiss)
13.  Have an ancestor from Africa
14.  Have an ancestor who was an agricultural labourer (Who hasn't?)
15.  Have an ancestor who had large land holdings
16.  Have an ancestor who was a holy man - minister, priest, rabbi (does lay preacher count? my grandfather was one)
17.  Have an ancestor who was a midwife
    
18.  Have an ancestor who was an author (we were still signing our names with an X in the early 20th century)
19.  Have an ancestor with the surname Smith, Murphy or Jones
20.  Have an ancestor with the surname Wong, Kim, Suzuki or Ng
21.  Have an ancestor with a surname beginning with X
22.  Have an ancestor with a forename beginnining with Z (Zacariah, Zachary, Zarah, Zillah, Zonaier)
23.  Have an ancestor born on 25th December (not yet)
24. Have an ancestor born on New Year's Day (not yet)
25.  Have blue blood in your family lines
26.  Have a parent who was born in a country different from my country of birth (my mother was born in England)
27.  Have a grandparent who was born in a country different from my country of birth (my maternal grandparents were born in Norfolk)
28.  Can trace a direct family line back to the eighteenth century
29.  Can trace a direct family line back to the seventeenth century or earlier
30.  Have seen copies of the signatures of some of my great-grandparents
31.  Have ancestors who signed their marriage certificate with an X (Lots)
32.  Have a grandparent or earlier ancestor who went to university
33.  Have an ancestor who was convicted of a criminal offence (4 convicts in my father's line)
34.  Have an ancestor who was a victim of crime
35.  Have shared an ancestor's story online or in a magazine
    
36.  Have published a family history online or in print
    
37.  Have visited an ancestor's home from the 19th or earlier centuries (In Australia, England, Ireland,  Scotland)
38.  Still have an ancestor's home from the 19th or earlier centuries in the family
39.  Have a  family bible from the 19th Century (Paternal great-grandparents)
40.  Have a pre-19th century family bible

Tuesday's Tip - FamilySearch - Batch Numbers are Back!

That old standby of genealogists everywhere, the batch numbers for controlled extraction records in the International Genealogical Index (IGI to its many fans) has returned. For those of us new to genealogy the batch numbers allowed you to

• Browse all records for a given batch - generally within a given parish
• Search all records within that batch for people with a common surname

Hugh Wallis provided us a very good explanation and a batch number search which can be found IGI Batch Numbers . There are batch numbers for other countries besides the United States and North America which you will find at the bottom of the page. Unfortunately Hugh Wallis has passed away and the list is now incomplete.

Start with the FamilySearch Advanced Search panel.

Pick a batch number from the list (or use one that you have noted down), enter it and Search. I've used a batch number of C113956 for this example - Baptisms and Christenings in Tibbermore, Perthshire, Scotland.

From this point you can refine your search to reduce the number of results. I've expanded the first person found, Isabella Aberdeen to show that she was born on 22 Nov 1841 and baptised on 11 Jan 1842 at Tibbermore, Perthshire, Scotland.

Happy Hunting!

99 Things Genealogy Meme Aussie Style

Better late than never!

Geniaus asked Aussie genealogy bloggers to continue this meme. Here is her post http://geniaus.blogspot.com/2011/09/99-things-genealogy-meme-aussie-style.html

The list should be annotated in the following manner:
Things you have already done or found: bold face type
Things you would like to do or find: italicise
Things you haven’t done or found and don’t care to: plain type

Here is my contribution.

1. Belong to a genealogical society.
2. Joined the Australian Genealogists group on Genealogy Wise
3. Transcribed records.
4. Uploaded headstone pictures to Find-A-Grave or a similar site.
5. Documented ancestors for four generations (self, parents, grandparents, great-grandparents)
6. Joined Facebook.
7. Cleaned up a run-down cemetery.
8. Joined the Genea-Bloggers Group.
9. Attended a genealogy conference.
10. Lectured at a genealogy conference.
11. Spoke on a genealogy topic at a local genealogy society.
12. Joined the Society of Australian Genealogists.
13. Contributed to a genealogy society publication.
14. Served on the board or as an officer of a genealogy society.
15. Got lost on the way to a cemetery.
16. Talked to dead ancestors.
17. Researched outside the state in which I live.
18. Knocked on the door of an ancestral home and visited with the current occupants. 
19. Cold called a distant relative.
20. Posted messages on a surname message board.
21. Uploaded a gedcom file to the internet.
22. Googled my name. (and those of ancestors and distant cousins)
23. Performed a random act of genealogical kindness.
24. Researched a non-related family, just for the fun of it.
25. Have been paid to do genealogical research.
26. Earn a living (majority of income) from genealogical research.
27. Wrote a letter (or email) to a previously unknown relative.
28. Contributed to one of the genealogy carnivals.
29. Responded to messages on a message board.
30. Was injured while on a genealogy excursion.
31. Participated in a genealogy meme.
32. Created family history gift items (calendars, cookbooks, etc.).
33. Performed a record lookup.
34. Took a genealogy seminar cruise.
35. Am convinced that a relative must have arrived here from outer space.
36. Found a disturbing family secret.
37. Told others about a disturbing family secret.
38. Combined genealogy with crafts (family picture quilt, scrapbooking).
39. Think genealogy is a passion not a hobby.
40. Assisted finding next of kin for a deceased person.
41. Taught someone else how to find their roots.
42. Lost valuable genealogy data due to a computer crash or hard drive failure. 
43. Been overwhelmed by available genealogy technology.
44. Know a cousin of the 4th degree or higher.
45. Disproved a family myth through research.
46. Got a family member to let you copy photos.
47. Used a digital camera to “copy” photos or records.
48. Translated a record from a foreign language.
49. Found an immigrant ancestor’s passenger arrival record.
50. Looked at census records on microfilm, not on the computer.
51. Used microfiche.
52. Visited the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. 
53. Used Google+ for genealogy.
54. Visited a church or place of worship of one of your ancestors. 
55. Taught a class in genealogy.
56. Traced ancestors back to the 18th Century.
57. Traced ancestors back to the 17th Century.
58. Traced ancestors back to the 16th Century.
59. Can name all of your great-great-grandparents.
60. Found an ancestor on the Australian Electoral Rolls
61. Know how to determine a soundex code without the help of a computer.
62. Have found relevant articles on Trove.
63. Own a copy of Evidence Explained by Elizabeth Shown Mills.
64. Helped someone find an ancestor using records you had never used for your own research.
65. Visited the main National Archives building in Washington, DC.
66. Visited the National Library of Australia.
67. Have an ancestor who came to Australia as a ten pound pom.
68. Have an ancestor who fought at Gallipoli.
69. Taken a photograph of an ancestor’s tombstone.
70. Can read a church record in Latin.
71. Have an ancestor who changed his/her name.
72. Joined a Rootsweb mailing list.
73. Created a family website.
74. Have a genealogy blog.
75. Was overwhelmed by the amount of family information received from someone.
76. Have broken through at least one brick wall.
77. Done genealogy research at the War Memorial in Canberra.
78. Borrowed microfilm from the Family History Library through a local Family History Center.
79. Found an ancestor in the Ryerson index.
80. Have visited the National Archives of Australia.
81. Have an ancestor who served in the Boer War.
82. Use maps in my genealogy research.
83. Have a convict ancestor who was transported from the UK. 
84. Found a bigamist amongst the ancestors.
85. Visited the National Archives in Kew. 
86. Visited St. Catherine's House in London to find family records.
87. Taken an online genealogy course.
88. Consistently cite my sources.
89. Visited a foreign country (i.e. one I don't live in) in search of ancestors. 
90. Can locate any document in my research files within a few minutes.
91. Have an ancestor who was married four times (or more).
92. Made a rubbing of an ancestors gravestone.
93. Followed genealogists on Twitter.
94. Published a family history book (on one of my families).
95. Learned of the death of a fairly close relative through research.
96. Offended a family member with my research.
97. Reunited someone with precious family photos or artifacts.
98. Have a paid subscription to a genealogy database.
99. Edited records on Trove.

Madness Monday - Working in a Lunatic Asylum

My 3x Gt Grandfather John Bull was a Storekeeper in a Lunatic Asylum, Melbourne Lodge on Lamb Lane just off the London Fields. When he wasn't at work he and his wife Sarah lived at 13 Exmouth Place, Hackney.

1841 English census taken 6 Jun 1841

There is reference to Melbourne Lodge in British History Online (about half-way down the page - use CTL-F to find it). I didn't realise it was a Lunatic Asylum until I received his death certificate from the GRO.

1843 Death Register of John Bull, Storekeeper in a Lunatic Asylum.

Tuesdays Tip - Baptisms at Grandfather's Church

Then, as now, families like to have a relative baptise the latest additions to the family. When it is grandfather performing the baptism then the family travels to grandfather's parish. I've recently transcribed some baptisms held at St Martin Outwich in the City of London and found these nice examples of a family having grandfather baptise the latest additions.

1. 19 Sep 1832, Beaumont Ellis s. of Beaumont Atkinson, gentleman, and Elizabeth (Ellis), South Grove, Hampstead, b. 15 July; by J. J. Ellis, M.A., Rector
2. 02 Aug 1835, Georgina Elizabeth, d. of George Stevenson Ellis, gentleman, and Barbara Frances (Simpson), South Sea House, b. 21 July; by J. J. Ellis, M.A., Rector
3. 23 May 1837, John Joseph Ellis, s. of Beaumont Atkinson, gentleman, and Elizabeth (Ellis), South Grove, Hampstead, b. 20 April; by J. J. Ellis, M.A., Rector
4. 23 May 1837, Catharine Frances, d. of George Stevenson Ellis, gentleman, and Barbara Frances (Simpson), South Sea House, b. 21 April; by J. J. Ellis, M.A., Rector
5. 20 Dec 1840, George Simpson, s. of George Stevenson Ellis, gentleman, and Barbara Frances (Simpson), South Sea House, b. 16 Sep; by J. J. Ellis, M.A., Rector
6. 11 Jul 1842, Henrietta Jane, d. of George Stevenson Ellis, gentleman, and Barbara Frances (Simpson), South Sea House, b. 6 June; by J. J. Ellis, M.A., Rector
7. 08 Jan 1844, Barbara Frances, d. of George Stevenson Ellis, gentleman, and Barbara Frances (Simpson), 20 Dartmouth Terrace, Blackheath, b. 19 Nov 1843; by J. J. Ellis, M.A., Rector
8. 08 Dec 1845, Helen Blanche, d. of George Stevenson Ellis, gentleman, and Barbara Frances (Simpson), 20 Dartmouth Terrace, Blackheath, b. 29 Oct; by J. J. Ellis, M.A., Rector 

Here is  The Rev John Joseph Ellis, M.A. record in the CCEd, the Clergy of the Church of England database. His son, George Stevenson Ellis, lived nearby at South Sea House but moved out to Blackheath and still returned to have his father perform the baptisms. His daughter Elizabeth (Ellis) Atkinson, lived in Hampstead and came into the city for her father to perform the baptisms.

Knowing the occupation of relatives can make all the difference in finding baptisms which don't appear in the home parish.

Black Sheep Sunday - Henry Tissott (Tissett) 1832 Pleading for Clemency (Part 1)

Following my previous post on  Henry Tissott 1832 Letter from Gaol Henry's father Joseph Tissott petitioned the court for clemency because he was only 13.

HO17/99 Petitions for Clemency

Petition SQ10

The humble petition of Joseph Tissot

Sheweth

That your Lordships humble Petitioner is the Father of Henry Tissott an unfortunate youth thirteen years of age now under Sentence of Death recorded in Stafford Gaol for aiding and assisting Elizabeth Banks seventeen years of age in Stealing and disposing of a cow, belonging to Henry Crutchley of Wolverhampton in the County of Stafford.

Your Lordships humble Petitioner prayeth of your great goodness you will consider the feelings of a parent having but this Son and a daughter many miles from him left out of Seven children my said Son Henry Tissott has always been brought up with me under my own care untill Childlike he was enticed to leave me prior to the said Robbery.

Your Lordship’s Humble Petitioner therefore humbly prayeth that you may consider the prisoner’s tender years, and that this is the first and only charge ever brought against him, and that you of your great compassion will ameliorate the anguish of an afflicted parent Sixty one years of age over an unfortunate child

and be pleased to be as lenient with the prisoner as his case will admit and your Lordship’s humble Petitioner will as in duty bound ever pray

Joseph Tissott – his mark

Tuesday Tip - Non-traditional Baptisms

It's easy to forget that not everyone was baptised as a child or was baptised in their home parish. Hear are some examples I found while transcribing the baptismal registers of St Martin Outwich in the City of London.

• 10 May 1772 Jane Hermitage, a black girl, aged abt 14 years
• 14 Oct 1792 John Dilston, five years of age, s. of Richd and Deliana Powle
• 21 May 1799 John Love, a black adult 23 years old, servt to G. Booth Barrett Esq.
• 30 Nov 1800 Flora Jones, a native of the East Indies, about 18 years of age, living with John Jones Esq., of the Bengal Warehouse E[ast] I[ndia] House
• 22 Jan 1817 Henry Gompertz, an adult, a solicitor, Crown Ct., Threadneedle Street

St Martin Outwich 

Black Sheep Sunday - Henry Tissott (Tissett) 1832 in Stafford Gaol

My Great Grandfather Henry Tissott stole a cow when he was 13, was sentenced to death then had his sentence commuted to transportation for life (see my note below - got to make sure of the facts). Here is a letter he wrote his father from Stafford Gaol.

Letter from Henry Tissett in Stafford Gaol 1832

 

January 8^th Stafford Gaol 1832

Dear Farther

I now set down to writ a few lines hoping to find you in good health as it leaves me at the present considering my unfortunate situation.  Dear father Elizabeth Banks enticed me away from home and thold me that she had a cow at Wolverhampton and she told me she wanted me to take it to Birmingham market for she wanted me to cell it as I did not know beter but it was herowne and wen we had sold it she said she wold by me some sows but wen she had sold it she began to quarrel with me wen i was in bed and said to me how come you to steal the cow and I said to her you told me it was yours and I told the man at the house as she sent me from it and then the man of the house got up and went for the constable and had us both put into custordy and she told me if I  would tell the magaistrate as she had nothing to do with it and clear her she would go home to my father’s house and wen he was a sleep she wold kill him and bring me all is money to the prison. Dear father I hope you pleas either cord hav send to me on Thursday next and pleas to bring me a little bacon chees and buter and a little coffee and sugar and about 3 shillings in money as you may see me on Thursday or in Thursday or satarday. So no more at presant from your unfortunate son

H Tissart

I used the services of Pastfinders to get these records from the National Archives at Kew.

Sorting Saturday - Ignored Clues on scanned Birth Certificates

This is a follow-up to my previous post Sorting Saturday - BDM Certificates from Various Heaps .The BDM's I had to take to Kinko's, AKA Fed-Ex Office, are from Western Australia and just won't fit on my Canon CanoScan N1220U. When I first started in genealogy I didn't realise exactly how much there was on these certificates.

These West Australian Birth Certificates (from 1898-1906) have:

1. Number in Register
2. Child: When and where Born
3. Child: Name and whether present at registration or not
4. Sex
5. Father: Name and Surname, Rank or Profession, Age, and Birth-place
6. Father: When and Where married, Previous Issue living and deceased
7. Mother: Name and Maiden Surname, Age, and Birth-place
8. Informant: Signature, Description, and Residence of Informant
9. Witness: Name of Accoucheur, Nurse by whom certified, and Names of Occupiers or other Witnesses
10. Registrar: When registered and where
11. Registrar: Signature of District Registrar
12. Name, if added after the Regisration of Birth.
13. Certification that this is a true copy of the register kept in Western Australia

I had previously entered the obvious items into my Family Tree Maker files and now, after verifying I hadn't made an error, I took a look at the Informant And Witness columns.

The informant for my Uncle Harold in 1898 was his father (nothing new there). But his father Harry was listed as an occupier of the house where Harold was born. i.e. he was born at home. This also held true for my Aunt Evelyn's birth in 1901 and my Aunt Ida's birth in 1904.

I found I hadn't missed very much the first time around.

The indices (or indexes) for Births, Deaths and Marriages in the state of Western Australia can be found at WA Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

Surname Saturday - Brothers

For this Surname Saturday post I'm going to my Mother's family, the Brothers. According to my cousin we are only "grace-and-favour Brothers" because, as you will see, Great Grandmother Elizabeth declined to name the father(s) of any of her children.

1. Rosemary Tissott (1940 - )

2. Eric Henry Lindsay TISSOTT (1911-2006), son of Harry TISSOTT and Mary LINDSAY was born on 08 Oct 1911 in Boulder, Western Australia and passed away on 13 Jun 2006 in Hornsby, New South Wales. Dad married Eileen Mary Brothers on 06 Mar 1937 in Narrogin, Western Australia.
3. Eileen Mary BROTHERS (1908-1994) was born on 11 Nov 1908 in Dagenham, Essex, England and passed away on 24 Aug 1994 in Gordon, New South Wales. In 1911 her family emigrated to Victoria, Australia where they encountered severe drought conditions forcing them to walk away from their farm and move to Narrogin, Western Australia.
Eileen Mary BROTHERS and Eric Henry Lindsay TISSOTT had the following children:
1. i. Rosemary TISSOTT
ii. Female Tissott (living)
iii. Male Tissott (living)


6. Walter Albert BROTHERS (1876-1964), was born on 19 Jan 1876 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England to Elizabeth Brothers. He married Sarah REEDER on 03 Nov 1900 in Great Ellingham, Norfolk, England (at the Primitive Methodist Chapel.) and died on 18 Jul 1964 in Narrogin, Western Australia, Australia. Walter was a Teamster, teaching the handling of large teams of horses at an Agricultural College in Western Australia.
7. Sarah REEDER (1874-1951) was born on 10 Mar 1874 in Great Ellingham, Norfolk, England. She died on 05 Jan 1951 in Narrogin, Western Australia, Australia.
Sarah REEDER and Walter Albert BROTHERS had the following children:
i.    Ronald Brothers was born on 15 Nov 1901 in Bow, Middlesex, England (72 Malmesbury Road). He married Lynetta Dorothea Clark on 16 Mar 1927 in Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia and died on 23 Jan 1932 in Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia in a railway accident leaving a young widow and a 3-month old baby.
3.    ii. Eileen Mary BROTHERS (1908-1994) was born on 11 Nov 1908 in Chadwell Heath, Essex, England. She died on 24 Aug 1994 in Gordon, New South Wales, Australia. She married Eric Henry Lindsay TISSOTT on 06 Mar 1937 in Narrogin, Western Australia, Australia.


13.    Elizabeth BROTHERS (1842-), daughter of Matthew BROTHERS and Elizabeth BEECROFT was born on 27 Jan 1842 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England. Elizabeth had at least 4 children whose parentage is unknown. Her last known location was in Attleborough at the time of Walter's birth in 1876. Walter recalled that he was raised by his aunts. Her 4 children are:
i. Betsy Brothers (1867-1874), born and died in Attleborough, Norfolk.
ii. William Brothers (1870-1870), born and died in Norwich, Norfolk.

iii. Minnie Brothers (1872-1874), born in Norwich, Norfolk and died in Norfolk.
6. iv. Walter Albert Brothers (1876-1964), born in Attleborough, Norfolk. He married Sarah Reeder (1874-1951) in Great Ellingham, Norfolk and died in Narrogin, Western Australia in 1964.


26.    Matthew BROTHERS (1814-1878), son of Matthew BROTHERS and Sarah BAILEY was born before 20 Mar 1814 in Attleborough, Norfolk and died before 05 Feb 1878 in Attleborough, Norfolk. He married Elizabeth BEECROFT on 28 Sep 1837 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England (St Mary). His was a plumber, glazier, and painter living on White Horse Street in Attleborough.
27.    Elizabeth BEECROFT (1814-1866), daughter of John BEECROFT and Mary DICKERSON was born before 19 Feb 1814 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England. She died before 26 Aug 1866 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England.
Elizabeth BEECROFT and Matthew BROTHERS had the following children:
i.    Mary Ann Brothers was born before 27 Nov 1837 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England.
ii.    Maria Brothers was born on 06 Mar 1839 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England. She married Robert Halls on 17 Nov 1860 in Attleborough, Norfolk and after his death in 1884 married William Saunders in Mar 1885 in Great Ellingham, Norfolk.
iii.    Matthew Brothers was born on 27 Oct 1840 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England. Like his sister Elizabeth he disappeared between 1871 and 1881.
13.    iv. Elizabeth BROTHERS was born on 27 Jan 1842 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England. She never married.
v.    Sarah Brothers was born before 30 Sep 1843 in Wayland, Norfolk, England. She died before 30 Jun 1844 in Wayland, Norfolk, England.
vi.    Sarah Brothers was born before 30 Sep 1845 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England.
vii.    Phoebe Brothers was born in 1848 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England. She died before 30 Jun 1894 in London, Middlesex, England. She married Edward Leech on 18 Feb 1872 in Islington, London, England.
viii.    Fanny Amelia Brothers was born on 16 Jan 1852 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England. She died before 31 Dec 1897 in Pancras, Middlesex, London. She married George Joseph Aloysius McGhee in Dec 1874 in London, Middlesex, England.
ix.    Louisa Brothers was born in 1854 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England. She married Joseph May on 11 Jun 1882 in Tower Hamlets, Middlesex, England.


52.    Matthew BROTHERS (1789-1862), son of Matthew BROTHERS and Catharine ETTRIDGE was born before 22 Feb 1789 in Attleborough, Norfolk. He died on 09 Sep 1862 in Attleborough, Norfolk and married Sarah BAILEY on 20 Jan 1813 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England. Matthew was a carpenter according to the 1841, 51, and 61 census.
53.    Sarah BAILEY, daughter of James BAILEY and Sarah BAXTER was born on 02 May 1793 in Banham, Norfolk, England. She died before 13 Sep 1871 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England.
Sarah BAILEY and Matthew BROTHERS had the following children:
26.    i. Matthew BROTHERS was born before 20 Mar 1814 in Attleborough, Norfolk and died before 05 Feb 1878 in Attleborough, Norfolk. He married Elizabeth BEECROFT on 28 Sep 1837 in Attleborough, Norfolk (St Mary).
ii.    Maria Brothers was born before 03 Nov 1816 in Attleborough, Norfolk. She died on 11 Jun 1844 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England and married Alexander Beha on 27 Dec 1841 in Norwich, Norfolk (St John de Sepulchre).
iii.    Charles Brothers was born before 04 Aug 1828 in Attleborough, Norfolk. He died on 30 Aug 1898 in Matlock, Norfolk and married Ann Eliza Rogers on 05 Nov 1850 in Westminster, Middlesex, England. England.
iv.    Ezekiel George Brothers was born before 17 Feb 1832 in Attleborough, Norfolk. He died in 1910 in Southwark, Surrey and married Eliza Townley Pace in Dec 1908 in Southwark, Surrey.


104.    Matthew BROTHERS (~1759-1820) was born about 1759 in Attleborough, Norfolk. He died before 03 Dec 1820 in Attleborough, Norfolk and married Catharine ETTRIDGE on 11 Dec 1783 in Attleborough, Norfolk.
105.    Catharine ETTRIDGE, daughter of William ETTRIDGE and Mary COCKLE was born before 11 Nov 1755 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England. She died before 12 Oct 1832 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England.
Catharine ETTRIDGE and Matthew BROTHERS had the following children:
i.    William Brothers was born about 1785 in Norfolk, England. He died before 09 Apr 1847 in Attleborough, Norfolk and married Mary Warren on 26 Oct 1813 in Attleborough, Norfolk.
52.    ii. Matthew BROTHERS was born before 22 Feb 1789 in Attleborough, Norfolk and died on 09 Sep 1862 in Attleborough, Norfolk. He married Sarah BAILEY on 20 Jan 1813 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England, daughter of James BAILEY and Sarah BAXTER.

Sentimental Sunday - An Autograph from my Uncle Ron (1901-1932)

Autograph to his sister Eileen Mary Brothers, 07 Jan 1925

I never knew my Uncle Ron, he died 8 years before I was born in a train accident in the Shunting Yards at Bunbury, West Australia. This is an entry in my mother's autograph book and is the only item we have of his that was personalised. None of us have a photo of him.

Tombstone Tuesday - Ronald Brothers

Tombstone Tuesday - Ronald Brothers (1901-1932)

My Uncle Ron was accidentally killed in a train accident at Bunbury, Western Australia, leaving a young widow and a 3-month old baby boy.

Ronald Brothers - Bunbury Cemetery, Western Australia

In Loving Memory
of
My Beloved Husband
Ronald Brothers
Accidentally Killed
23rd Jan 1932
Aged 30 Years

Cherished Memories

Family Notices. (1932, January 27). The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879-1954), p. 1. Retrieved July 12, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32407010

Amanuensis Monday - A Sprig of Elegant Puppyism

I was searching for mention of my 2nd Great Grandmother Margaret Casey (1814-1892) in the Tasmanian Newspapers of 1835 when I came across this florid description of an armed confrontation.

"A young sprig of elegant puppyism - a mere boy, with the down upon his chin, fancied that he was in love; and one evening, lately seeing his charmer walking under the protection of two gentlemen, who were conducting the lady home, with a cowardice scarcely to be equalled, went up to the young lady and presented a pistol at her head, and ordered her to immediately quit their company and join his - what a hero! to present a pistol at the head of a timid female. The insulting - the cowardly little puppy, should have had a broomstick applied to his head, or a rod, perhaps, would have been more proper for the child. We shall allow this sprig of fashion to pass this time without mentioning his name; but we shall be less tender with him the next time we hear of his outrages. In the mean while, we recommend the police to take cognizance of the affair, as the young fool may, perhaps, unintentially, some time or other, seriously injure some of His Majesty's leige subjects - children should not be allowed to play with fire arms; and, as the father of the child has not sense enough to punish the boy, the authorities ought to be compelled to so so!"

Domestic Intelligence. (1835, February 17). Colonial Times (Hobart, Tas. : 1828-1857), p. 6. Retrieved July 10, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8648066

I still haven't found Margaret Casey!

Sorting Saturday - BDM Certificates from various heaps

I was sorting one of my many stacks and found a stray BDM certificate where it wasn't supposed to be. So, nothing daunted, I went through some more stacks and then found even more of them.

I unhooked the scanner from DH's XP system, hooked it up to my Vista system and started scanning using a great piece of 3rd party scanning
software called VueScan from Hamrick Software. VueScan allows you to keep using your reliable, perfectly adequate scanner that is no longer supported by your operating system. Frankly, this has more and better options than the original software ever had and is easier to use to boot.

I started scanning away and saving the scans in a central place under my "Genealogy Notes" folder as "Certificates" both as JPG's and PDF's until I came from the certificates from Western Australia. These are too long for my scanner which handles up to A4 handily. I would wish that these weren't as long, of course, but the last two columns contain details of the person's marriage and children, both names and places. I've found very good data in these 2 extra columns.

What to do with these? A visit to Kinko's or Office Depot seems to be in order to use their larger scanners.

Among them are a number of strays, people who I thought were part of the family but who turned out to be of no interest. The English ones I added to BMD Certificate Exchange in case someone wants them. I still have my scans for reference.

The next step is to make sure these are added to my database, images attached, sources and citations written up, every last nugget of information saved away, and last,but not least, filing away in the proper folder.

Surname Saturday - Tissott

I'm joining the Saturday Surname brigade and starting with myself and my maiden name.

Tissott (we've always spelled it with the "double t" at the end) is an anglicized version of Tissot, from a diminutive Tissier, the Old French occupational name for a weaver. And no, we are no relation to the Swiss watch firm of the same name, more's the pity.

1. Rosemary Tissott (1940 - )

2. Eric Henry Lindsay TISSOTT(1911-2006), son of Harry TISSOTT and Mary LINDSAY was born on 08 Oct 1911 in Boulder, Western Australia and passed away on 13 Jun 2006 in Hornsby, New South Wales. He was raised on the goldfields at Yunndaga, Western Australia until he was around 7 then moved to Collie, Western Australia, where the mining was for coal instead of gold. Dad always said he was only allowed to stay in school if he kept getting good marks, which he did, eventually leaving school at 15 to join a national bank. At night he studied for his accountancy exams coming 2nd in the state examinations. After being transferred to Narrogin he met and married Eileen Mary Brothers on 06 Mar 1937. He had been transferred to Sydney and they spent the rest of their lives there. It was only after his retirement that they returned to the west for an extended visit.
3. Eileen Mary BROTHERS(1908-1994) was born on 11 Nov 1908 in Dagenham, Essex, England and passed away on 24 Aug 1994 in Gordon, New South Wales.
Eileen Mary BROTHERS and Eric Henry Lindsay TISSOTT had the following children:

1. i. Rosemary TISSOTT
ii. Female Tissott (living)
iii. Male Tissott (living)

4. Harry TISSOTT(1867-1935), son of Henry TISSOTT and Emma SUTHERLAND was born on 01 Jun 1867 in Mount Taurus, Victoria and died on 26 Oct 1935 in Collie, Western Australia. He married Mary LINDSAY on 25 Sep 1895 in Winslow, Victoria. Harry was a miner, gold in Victoria and Western Australia and then coal in Western Australia.
5. Mary LINDSAY, daughter of John LINDSAY and Charlotte WELLS was born on 12 Sep 1868 in Winslow, Victoria and died on 11 Oct 1958 in Fremantle, Western Australia.

Mary LINDSAY and Harry TISSOTT had the following children:

i. Arthur Vivian Tissott, born on 20 Oct 1896 in Yarpturk, Victoria, and died on 27 Apr 1968 in South Fremantle, Western Australia. He married Dulcie Ewart Lethlean on 25 Dec 1919 in Leonora, Western Australia.

ii. Harold Leslie Tissott was born on 13 Aug 1898 in Four Mile, South Menzies, and died in Dec 1981 in Western Australia. He married Evangeline Isobel Booth Carr in 1917 in Coolgardie, Western Australia.

iii. Evelyn Myra Tissott, born on 13 May 1901 in Woolgar, Western Australia and died on 26 Jan 1995 in Mandurah, Western Australia. She married Henry Walter Moyle in 1922 in Collie, Western Australia.

iv. Ida Muriel Tissott, born on 11 Aug 1904 in Yunndaga, Western Australia and died on 27 Dec 2000 in Collie, Western Australia. She married David Hughes on 02 Aug 1925 in Collie, Western Australia.

2. v. Eric Henry Lindsay TISSOTT was born on 08 Oct 1911 in Boulder, Western Australia and died on 13 Jun 2006 in Hornsby, New South Wales. He married Eileen Mary BROTHERS on 06 Mar 1937 in Narrogin, Western Australia.

8. Henry TISSOTT (1819-1853), son of Joseph TISSOTT and Rosanna PARKER was born on 27 Mar 1819 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire. He died on 12 Oct 1882 in Yarpturk, Victoria. He married Emma SUTHERLAND on 25 Jul 1853 in Portland, Victoria. Henry was transported to Van Diemen's Land in 1833 for stealing a cow. He was 13 at the time and was led astray by an older woman of 17. After serving his time he made his way to Victoria and joined the gold rush, working in various mining towns until ending his days as a farmer.
9. Emma Sutherland (~1832-1920), born in Holborn, Middlesex and died in Cannington, Western Australa.

Henry and Emma had 8 children:

i. Joseph Henry Tissott, born 27 Aug 1854 in Campbells Creek, Victoria, died on 17 Feb 1945 in Winslow, Victoria. He married Elizabeth Hannah Hughes on 6 Apr 1885.

ii. Alfred Tissott, born on 27 Oct 1856 at Fryer's Creek, Victoria and died on 06 Aug 1935 at Cooma, New South Wales. He never married and was a miner.

iii. Francis Tissott was born 13 May 1859 in Warrnambool, Victoria and died 30 Nov 1940 in Victoria. He married Ellen Hughes on 20 Jul 1886 in Winslow, Victoria. Ellen and Joseph Henry's wife ELizabeth were sisters.

iv. Emma Tissott was born 08 Jun 1862 in Moliagul, Victoria and died 10 Mar 1917 in Cannington, Western Australia. She married Alfred Free on 04 Dec 1890 at Yarpturk, Victoria.

v. Arthur Tissott was born on 29 Oct 1864 in Moliagul, Victoria and died on 02 May 1867 in Winslow, Victoria.

5. vi. Harry Tissott, born 01 Jun 1867 in Mount Taurus, Victoria and died 26 Oct 1935 in Collie, Western Australia. He married Mary Lindsay on 25 Sep 1895 in Winslow, Victoria.

vii. Lewis Tisott was born on 22 Dec 1869 in Moutn Taurus, Victoria and died on 11 Oct 1899 in Perth, Western Australia. Lewis never married.

viii. Maria Antoinette Tissott was 11 Jun 1873 in Yarpturk, Victoria and died on 16 Dec 1897 in Mepunga, Victoria. She married John Thomas Merrett on 4 Oct 1894 in Winslow, Victoria.

16. Joseph TISSOTT (~1761-1849) was born about 1761 in New Holland, Lincolnshire. He died on 23 Sep 1849 in Brewood, Staffordshire from the Penkridge Union Workhouse. He married Rosanna PARKER on 04 May 1818 in Brewood, Staffordshire. Not much is known of Joseph's life. After Henry was transported to Van Diemen's Land he shows up in the criminal registers a couple of times for petty crimes such as receiving stolen goods but was never sentenced. He died in the Poorhouse.
17. Rosanna Parker was probably born around 1797. I have no further information on her.
Joseph and Rosanna had at least 5 children:

8. i. Henry Tissott (1819-1882)

ii. Rosanna or Rosina Tissot, born around 23 Sep 1821 in Bishops Wood, Staffordshire, and died about 3 Dec 1835 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire.

iii. Emma Tissot, born around 31 Oct 1823 in Bishops Wood, Staffs, and died around 20 Jun 1829 in Brewood, Staffs.

iv. Julia Tissot, born before 07 Dec 1825 in Bishops Wood, Staffs, and died as an infant on 02 Jan 1826, Brewood, Staffs.

v. Antoinette Tissot was born about 4 Jun 1827 in Brewood, Staffs and died 15 Jun 1829 in Brewood, Staffs.

Joseph possibly had 2 more children, not necessarily by his wife Rosanna. He stated at his son Henry's trial that he had 7 children, Henry, a daughter who was "from home (Rosanna) and all the others had passed away.

If anyone has anymore information on my Tissott Family i would love to hear from you. If you have a subscription to Ancestry you can find the Tissott's in my tree "Tissott and Lindsay.

Follow Friday - CCEd: Clergy of the Church of England database

I came across this database after reading a blog on FamilySearch which asked the question "What is a Chapelry?" For the past couple of weeks I have been  looking for my 3x and 4x Gt Grandparents living in Norfolk, England and have been searching through the Norfolk parish register images. I hadn't even thought about chapelries until the blog mentioned them.

Googling "chapelries" on the UK Google site pointed me to a website with an alphabetical index of all chapelries. This is just one section of a database featuring searches and lists of Clergy of the Church of England from the Reformation to the mid-nineteenth century. The description of this database, copied from CCEd: Clergy of the Church of England database is:

The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540-1835 (CCEd), launched in 1999 and funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, makes available and searchable the principal records of clerical careers from over 50 archives in England and Wales with the aim of providing coverage of as many clerical lives as possible from the Reformation to the mid-nineteenth century. The Database fills major gaps in our knowledge of one of the most important professions in early modern England and Wales. It provides an invaluable research tool for both national and local, academic and amateur historians, and genealogists who often need to discover biographical information about individual clergymen or more about the succession of clergy in a particular place. CCEd is a collaboration between historians at King’s College London, the University of Kent and the University of Reading, and it is supported by the Centre for Computing in the Humanities at King’s College London.

The CCEd’s major features include:

• Records relating to the major events of clerical careers – ordination, appointments as curates, rectors and lecturers
• Information about parishes, chapelries and the many secular institutions and persons with chaplains
• Information about patrons, many of them women
• Information about schools and schoolteachers
• Two search engines, one ‘Basic’ and the other ‘Advanced’, for investigating the records, as well as a Browse facility
• A website, containing a host of useful aids, such as descriptions and maps for dioceses, lists of bishops and parishes, a glossary of terms, and an Online Journal containing essays and ‘notes and queries’

Using this database you can follow the career of a member of the clergy starting with his university education, which degrees he obtained, where he was ordained, the positions and parishes in which he served. For any parish you can find who served and when, their patrons,and livings.

I've found this fascinating. Here is the summary of Fairfax Francklin, Rector at Attleborough, Norfolk while my family were living.

Person: Francklin, John Fairfax (1791 - 1829)

• CCEd Person ID: 113010

Education Events

• BA : Cambridge / Clare Hall

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Ord	Francklin, John Fairfax	10/06/1827	BA	Cambridge	View
  Ord	Francklin, John Fairfax	10/06/1827	BA	Cambridge	View
  Ord	Francklin, John Fairfax	08/06/1828	BA	Cambridge	View
  Ord	Francklin, John Fairfax	08/06/1828	BA	Cambridge	View
  Appt	Francklin, John Fairfax	23/10/1829	BA		View

• MA

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Appt	Franckline, John Fairfax	05/07/1791	MA		View

Ordination Events

• deacon : 10/06/1827

  Type	Name	Date	Status	Event	Full Record
  Ord	Francklin, John Fairfax	10/06/1827	deacon	ordination	View
  Ord	Francklin, John Fairfax	10/06/1827	deacon	ordination	View

• priest : 08/06/1828

  Type	Name	Date	Status	Event	Full Record
  Ord	Francklin, John Fairfax	08/06/1828	priest	ordination	View
  Ord	Francklin, John Fairfax	08/06/1828	priest	ordination	View

Appointment Events

• Rector : Earsham (05/07/1791 - 14/04/1809 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Franckline, John Fairfax	05/07/1791	Rector	Institution	Earsham/	View
  Appt	Sandby, George	14/04/1809	Rector	Institution	Earsham/	View

• Stipendiary Curate : Attleborough (10/06/1827) 

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Francklin, John Fairfax	10/06/1827	Stipendiary Curate	Licensing	Attleburgh/	View

• Perpetual Curate : New Buckenham (23/10/1829 )