Places
As a child, I loved my occasional visits to Stourport in the 1970s/80s, especially sitting in the terraced gardens outside the Tontine Hotel on a Sunday afternoon, watching the boats on the river. At the time, I had no idea that I had any ancestors called BALDWIN, nor that they had any connection with the town, let alone the hotel itself!
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I became intrigued by Agnes Egan (1891-1964) after discovering that it was thanks to a legacy from her that eight bells were installed at Holy Trinity Church, Amblecote in March 1966. It’s believed that she decided to make the bequest of the bells after being a patient at the nearby Corbett Hospital and hearing just the single bell ringing.
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Tracing the Nottinghamshire birth of Mary, wife of James HADEN (1831-1901), has proved to be very difficult. It would have been easier had the new versions of the General Register Office birth indexes (which give the maiden name of the mother from 1837) been available to search earlier.
Stephen SUMMERHILL married Sarah CRATCHLEY (of Dursley, Gloucs) at Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, on 6th July 1778.
At the time of the marriage, Stephen was listed as being “of Frampton”, although he actually seems to have been born in Siston, where his parents, Isaac and Joanna (née Pool) were also born, and his grandfather, also called Stephen.
I’ve blogged before about my brick wall regarding my 3x great-grandfather, James Williams, born in Aston, Shropshire. It now seems that I’ve made a breakthrough, thanks to the Shropshire Parish Registers, which have recently been added to Find My Past.
