Tidying the desk for Christmas, I came upon a folder of miscellaneous documents. One of the these was a record of the Monumental Inscription on a headstone in the graveyard of Christ Church, West Bromwich, Staffordshire. Continue reading
Family Research
Ongoing research into the family history and genealogy.
Catherine W Bishop – her family
The Bishops appear to have been quite a large family of mainly agricultural labourers, living at Rousham, Oxfordshire before William Perrin married Sarah Howse in 1770 and still living there after the last Perrin had left. Continue reading
William Mallin (1796) added
Just now added Hannah Mallin’s brother William (1796) to the family. Had to do it by creating an “Unknown Mallin” father for Hannah and then entering William as his son; which is a rather cumbersome way about it, though I could see no other way of adding William, otherwise. I also added two marriages for William – to Susannah Smith in 1829 and to Miriam Briscoe in 1833. I’m taking a chance on these two – deductions from marriage records, rather than proven. From the same source, there is some suggestion of other brothers and sisters – but no clear evidence. Nor of parents. Nor of Hannah’s christening.
Hannah Mallin & Her Family
I’ve been spending a little time with my Great-Great-Great Grandma Hannah Mallin. Although when she married at All Saints, West Bromwich in Staffordshire, she was said to be ‘of this parish’, I have as yet found no trace of her birth in the All Saints baptisms on the IGI. I should no doubt get a full transcript of the register.
Between the IGI, the online National Burial Index and online copies of marriage registers, I’ve compiled much information but no more light. Hannah’s parents and possible siblings, apart from brother William (1796-1873) of whom I have previous record, remain elusive. For now.
Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Grandad John and Grandma Mary
That’s *my* 7x-Great Grandparents. I’ll have to leave you to work out your number of Greats for yourself. And if you think of it, 7x-Greats is TEN generations!
In the Family History, you will see that we can confirm the family record to 1770, the marriage of William Perrin and Sarah Howse. But that with a bit of luck, we can be reasonably confident of the links back to 4 baptism at Middleton Stoney, Oxfordshire, beginning in 1698, to a John Perrin and Mary. Continue reading