The Hampshire Family Historian | Vol.48 No.3 | December 2021

Hampshire Family Historian The

Volume 48 No.3 December 2021

Journal of the Hampshire Genealogical Society

Inside this Issue A Tale of Two Hampshire Parlourmaids • Military material for football historians

PLUS: Around the groups • Book Reviews • Your Letters • Research Room

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PRESIDENT Dr Nick Barratt

PROJECTS Position vacant

CHAIRMAN Paul Pinhorne 84 Fontmell Road, Broadstone,

BOOKSTALL Elaine Boyes Email: bookstall@hgs-online.org.uk

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RESEARCH CENTRE MANAGER Chris Pavey Email: researchmanager@hgs-online.org.uk

MEMBERS’ INTERESTS Keith Turner Email: membersinterests@hgs-online.org.uk

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND TRUSTEES: John Bowman Margaret Bowman Elaine Boyes

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Phil Brown Kay Lovell Gwen Newland Chris Pavey

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Contents

Editorial

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by Stephen Pomeroy Chairman’s Report

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Research Centre Report

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Vol 48 No.3 • ISSN 0306-6843

HGS News

Hampshire Record Office

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Feedback

Members’ Surnames Interest

Searchers

Surnames appearing in this issue

Book Reviews

The Marshall Brothers of Netley by Margaret Bradford WKGE 34/5 (My WWII I.D. number)

Deadline Material for possible inclusion in the March 2022 Family Historian should be received strictly by 21st January 2022. All contributions are, however, appreciated as early as possible. The deadline applies to regular features only. Disclaimer The Hampshire Family Historian is the official publication of the Hampshire Genealogical Society. Material is copyright of the Society and may not be reproduced without written permission. The Hampshire Genealogical Society does not accept responsibility for personal views expressed in this publication, or in any articles. Submission of material The editor welcomes articles, feedback, letters or searchers requests for the journal. Text should be typed in black, with illustrations if appropriate. Send to the HGS Office at the address on the inside front cover marked for the attention of the editor. Please enclose a SAE for return of any photos or other items. Items can also be sent by e-mail to editor@hgs-online.org.uk as Word documents. In this case please send any photos or illustrations as separate image files rather than embedded in the document. You can have them in the document to indicate where they should appear or use placeholders. Images degrade when they are imported and resized when embedded. HGS reserves the right to reproduce submissions in publicity materials and on the society website. Please ALWAYS include a telephone contact — and if a member your membership number. To comply with data protection requirements please state what contact details you want printed in the journal or website, e.g telephone number and/or e-mail and/or address.

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by Geoff Higgins A Tale of Two Hampshire Parlourmaids 116 by Carol Gomm Horlock alias Gearle 120 by Barbara Dye

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Military material for football historians 124 by David Bull Local Group Programmes 129 Membership IBC

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There seems to be a problem replying to some of our members by e-mail. A while back bt.com email addresses would not accept mail from HGS. Now live.com.au email servers are rejecting our mail. There is a work around as we have to forward your email to our own private email so we can then reply. If you receive any emails from private accounts, please continue to use the HGS addresses to send information into us, then, should any of us be unwell, your email can be processed by another officer of the society. The three records offices in Hampshire, Portsmouth, Southampton and Hampshire at Winchester have reopened. However, please check with them whether there are restricted opening hours and whether there is an increased time needed to make records available so you do not have a wasted journey. Articles in this issue: Carrying on from the last journal is Part 2 of the Southampton Footballers by David Bull. Margaret Bradford from Ottawa, Canada, writes of her husband’s ancestors who arrived on the Mayflower after an appeal from the Andover Group. Carol Gomm contributes some of her project she undertook for FACHRS which involved Message from the editor

researching two parlour maids. This involved family and local history. Barbara Dye writes of the issues she encountered with changes of surname in her research. Our

bookstall organiser Elaine, has been busy updating her research into the Swing Riots and has made some of her material available in the members area of our web-site, see the short article in the journal and then log-in to see what may be able to add to your family history. Finally, if you article has not yet appeared, do not despair, I have some in hand ready for future journals and as always would appreciate any more that members would like to contribute.

Stephen Pomeroy Editor

Membership Renewal If your subscription is due for renewal please see the inside of the back cover.

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Message from the Chairman

In August the HGS Research Centre opened up in the Hampshire Record Office (HRO) in Winchester after ten years in Cosham, and this has proved to be a success. We have regular volunteers that cover the two periods we are open for HGS members and the public. The Centre is open on Tuesday and Thursday between the hours of 10.00 and 16:00. Although the HRO is open on Tuesday to Thursday, we are reviewing additional opening times. However, we need to ensure there are sufficient volunteers to cover this. Should you be able to assist, please contact Chris Pavey our Research Manager or myself. Both HRO and HGS are pleased with the partnership and the one-stop-shop arrangement has seen an increase in footfall and many satisfied customers. In the previous Historian I referred to a 5 Year Strategy Plan. Your executive has set up a team to explore our Society’s strategy over members would like to see from their Society and these suggestions will be considered. The Society will be 50 years old in 2024 and it has been suggested that we look to have a membership of at least 2024 then. Many Family History Societies are finding their membership is falling, but HGS is maintaining its numbers. It is our intention to see this grow. After many years as Membership Secretary the next five years. Previously I asked members to let me know what they as

and latterly Society Secretary, Gwen Newland has given notice that she will step down as HGS Secretary at the AGM in June 2022. Gwen has given sterling

service in both roles. Therefore we are now looking for a person to take on this role. Should you be interested and feel you have the skills to do this role, please contact me. We are still looking for a person to take on the role of Project Coordinator. We need someone

who can manage a team to carryout transcriptions and also make datasets available for either sale or on the HGS

Website. Other positions I would like to have filled is a new post of Minutes Secretary and a Publicity Officer. Again, if you are interested, please contact me. Well I hope you enjoy the rest of this Historian and look forward to meeting as many of you as I can. Well enjoy reading the December Journal and ‘Good Hunting’

Paul Pinhorne Chairman

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Front cover picture The front cover picture shows St Mary the Virgin Church at Vernham Dean, after a fall of snow in winter. Research Centre Report We are getting much more settled here at Hampshire Record Office, where we are working in partnership with HRO staff, and I am pleased to say several new volunteers have come forward to help us. We have volunteers on our Research Desk in the Search Room at HRO helping our enquirers face to face. The number of people visiting us is increasing, and we are also receiving plenty of research queries via our website. Others are ‘behind the scenes’ in our office, where our main current task is checking and renewing our Research Centre Catalogue, which lists several thousand items. There have been many new additions donated to us that Covid has prevented us from checking and listing. We are now taking the opportunity to check everything. We allocate frequently used books etc to their new ‘homes’ either in our office or the Search Room. Less in demand material is in our accessible storage. This is a huge task and thanks to everyone, led by John

The chancel of the church is Norman in origin, the nave was added in the 12th century and extended after 1420.

Bowman, undertaking this. John will be very pleased to welcome additional cataloguers if anyone else would like to contribute. Similarly, we are updating our unwanted certificates index, and we also hope to see some additional indexes on our website. We have continued some work (home transcribers) on indexing the Britains’ Dying Overseas project during Covid, but hope to expand this, both at home and in the office. Again, if anyone would like to get involved, please do let us know. Our bookstall also now sells our HGS publications here HRO and we have a card machine for purchases. However, we do still take cash and cheques as well, so please contact us if you would like Finally, if you have any queries, or research enquiries do contact us and we will do our best to help you with your research. Chris Pavey HGS Research Centre Manager

We will be open at our new office on Tuesdays and Thursdays only. from 10am to 4pm. HGS Research Centre

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Web-Site, Members Area – Swing Riots

As many of you know my area of research is the Swing Riots. Since the archives opened again, and HGS made their move, my first project was to collate information from two fantastic family history resources; Quarter Sessions and Removals & Settlements. If you have Hampshire ancestors, chances are that you have discovered some “Ag Labs” on your family tree. This find often provokes a groan, “oh there won’t be any info on them”, but if you know where to look there is a wealth of records that will give some insight into their lives. The news in today’s papers would be familiar to our early 19th Century ancestors; soaring prices, low wages, shortages; fear of jobs being lost to technology; conflict abroad; political division. People found themselves needing financial support for the first time, or breaking the law, whether to feed their family or as a form of protest. Just a couple of records and a knowledge of the past can be enough to build a picture of the life of your ancestor and explain why they got involved in a protest movement. William BROADHURST was charged with robbing Benjamin CANNING in East Woodhay on 23rd November 1830. He was acquitted. In January 1806 Frances DANCE married Charles BROADHURST in Hurstbourne Tarrant. Charles was 26 years old and from Highclere. Frances had recently turned 20. She moved from her home parish to that of her husband and 4 children followed in regular succession, the first, Elizabeth, was baptised in June, just 6 months after the marriage,

followed by Mary in 1808, William in 1810 and Hannah in 1812. On 16th March 1818 Charles was arrested for poaching and sentenced to 3 months in gaol. On 7th April 1827 their son William, now 17 was also gaoled for poaching. Although Charles was not arrested it’s not unreasonable to hypothesise that he may have joined his son and the others. John CHALK was charged with breaking a threshing machine belonging to Thomas PINK in Durley on 22nd November 1830. James VARNDELL was charged with breaking the threshing machine belonging to William GOSLING in South Stoneham. William Varndell was charged with riotous assembly, but no particular location was given. John Chalk was gaoled for a year, James Varndell for 18 months and William for 6 weeks. John Chalk was born in Twyford on 2nd March 1798, the son of George and Hannah. His older two siblings had been baptised in Owslebury, but at some point between 1795 and 1798 the family had moved to Twyford. In May 1821, when he was 23, John married Ann Varndell in Durley. Ann was the last daughter of William and Ann Varndell. She may have come as something as surprise, 25 years after the birth of eldest living brother William. By the time she was baptised in Bishops Waltham in 1802 her elder brother William had already been married for 6 years. She was 3 years younger than her nephew, also called William who was born in 1799. Her next nephew, James was born in 1807. In January 1822 John and Ann’s son John was baptised in Bishopstoke. But at some point in 1822 they began to struggle and sought help from the

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parish. The vestry committee decided that John was not entitled and began proceedings to have him removed and they decided that Durley was responsible for him and his family. Later that year Ann’s nephew William was sentenced to 3 months in gaol in poaching. The petitions for both John Chalk and James Varndell state that their families have been left destitute. Edward TARRANT was charged with assaulting Richard TWITCHIN in Micheldever on 19th November 1830. He was acquitted. Edward Tarrant was born in 1800 and baptised in Hunton. He married Ann Brooks in Wonston in December 1825 and by 1827 they were living in Stoke Charity where their first son, John was born. Edward was working as a shoemaker, a profession well-known for their support of political reform. Jane was baptised in February 1829. When Jane was just 13 months old they were removed from Stoke Charity to Micheldever. In September 1830 both Edward and his brother James signed Dear Editor, I have just received my copy of the Historian, delighted to read about the Society’s new home, so very convenient for folk to be near the Record Office. Doubt if I will ever see it as not likely to get back to UK now with age and Covid, to contend with, but good to know. A good read as always, found the article about Churchill’s Secret Army very interesting, also Letter to the Editor

the petition sent from the Barton Stacey Radical Musical Society to the King calling for reform. Although only Edward was charged for assaulting Richard Twitchin it is highly likely that both brothers took part in the protests. In total I have collated information on over 1500 names that will be available in the members area of the website. Please bear in mind that this is not a complete list of the all the people mentioned in either record as my research is focused on specific years, and in the case of Removals and Settlements, certain parishes. But as a member you have free access to our volunteers in the Hampshire Record Office. If your ancestor isn’t mentioned on my list simply drop us a line and we will search on your behalf. And don’t forget, if you have research that you think would be useful to other members, drop us line and we can help you find the best way to share it. Elaine Boyes (Member #14290)

the piece about Southampton Football Clubs history, that has been forward to many of my family here as most of them are Southampton’s devoted fans (not me, I have always been a Pompey follower). It never ceases to surprise me the number of ex UK folk who though following new sports now still keep

track of their favourite soccer team! Rosemarie Tribe (Member #125650)

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News from the Hampshire Archives

The Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Hampshire Record Office (HRO) continues to be open on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10am to 4pm, for pre-booked appointments to view documents. In a recent change, no bookings are now necessary to view search room materials in print, on microform, or in digital format. Please check our website for latest opening hours/service change updates www.hants.gov.uk/ librariesandarchives/archives/visit In an historic move, Hampshire Genealogical Society (HGS) has now made Hampshire Record Office its new home. This is a very exciting development for HRO, with great potential to deliver an enhanced service alongside our HGS colleagues and to attract more visitors to a one-stop-shop of support for people researching their family history. Hampshire Archives and Local Studies events Details of our latest online events programme, with booking links, are available at https://lpda9f27a988.hana.ondemand.com/p/ Nh6Oc . To keep up-to-date on future events, including our planned palaeography classes and other on-site workshops and online talks, please sign up for our newsletter at https://www.hants.gov.uk/community/resident newslettersignup?newsletter-email=. Census 1961 and all that 1 January 2022 9:30am to 26 February 2022 4pm This exhibition was produced by Hampshire Archives and Local Studies in 2011 to mark that census year. The first ‘modern’ census in Britain, recording

the names of individuals, was taken in 1841 – purely numerical censuses having begun in 1801. After 100 years, census returns are made available for public consultation, becoming an excellent tool for anyone interested in family and social history. A census has been taken in every year ending in a 1 since 1801, except in 1941. In the early years all the data was extracted manually by clerks; 1961 marked the first year that computer analysis was used. The D-Day Lepe Heritage Group Exhibition Exhibition held Tuesday to Thursday 1 March 2022 9:30am to 14 April 2022 4pm The exhibition features a detailed look at the contribution made by Lepe and the surrounding areas of the New Forest to Operation Neptune, the seaborne element of Operation Overlord, the initial phase of the invasion of Normandy on D-Day 6th June 1944. Some recent additions to the archives Personal, family and estate records Hide of Whitchurch and Overton, local and family history items collected by the late Geoff Hide, relating mainly to the history of the Hide family, including James Hide, manager of Whitchurch Silk Mill, and to the history of Whitchurch and Overton, covering 18th-20th centuries (40A21 uncatalogued) Clowes, Vanderbyl and Warburton families of Winchester, including photograph albums of the Clowes family of Milnthorpe, Winchester and the Vanderbyl family of Northwood Park, Sparsholt, c1850s-1950s and correspondence received by Canon William Warburton, c1859- 1896 and correspondence received by his

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daughter Katherine Warburton, Hon Secretary of Winchester Art Society, c1901-1911 (41A21 uncatalogued) Lymington title deeds, deeds and associated leases relating to property at 2 Quadrille Court, St Thomas Street, Lymington, 1846- 1970 (44A21) Marden of Headley, Ropley and Bishopstoke, including correspondence, photographs, diaries, cuttings, and personal papers of the late Joan E Salter, nee Marden (1928-2014), born in Headley, and later of Ropley and Bishopstoke, early 20th century-1970s (61A21 uncatalogued) Lymington burial ground deeds, deeds and related documents concerning land for burial ground at Fordingbridge, 1693-1950 (65A21) Andover deeds, title deeds and related documents concerning The Duke of Wellington Inn, Brick Kiln Street, Andover, 1736-1857 (69A21) Records of local societies and organisations Alresford and District Horticultural Society, including minutes, 1947-2017, photographs, 1955, 1997; newspaper cuttings, c1994-2014; notes on the history of the Society (48M21) Fareham Community Association, minute book, 1966-1981 and Management Committee minutes, 1981-91, 2000, AGM minutes, 1980- 9; constitution, 1976; account books, 1973-98; balance sheets, 1977-93; correspondence, 1969-2001; correspondence with the Post Office, 1970-87 (57A21) Winchester Welsh Society, including, committee minutes, AGM minutes, minutes of meetings of the Wessex Welsh Societies committee, correspondence and papers relating to social events, 1980-1993; programme cards, 1985-1992; programme cards of other Hampshire Welsh Societies, 1982-1992 (59A21)

Parish and Nonconformist records Romsey Methodist circuit, including circuit baptism register, 1878-2016 and West Wellow baptism register, 1916-2001 (69M72) Fareham Wesleyan Methodist church, marriage registers,1901-2020 (69M73) Stubbington Methodist church, marriage registers, 1957-2011 (67M73) Lee-On-The-Solent Methodist church, marriage registers, 1958-2012 (69M73) Cove Methodist church, marriage registers, 1939-1959 (58M77) South Hayling Congregational/United Reformed Church, marriage registers,1970- 2019 (11A04) Brockhurst Baptist church, Gosport, marriage registers, 1940-2015 (55A21) Chandlers Ford Congregational/United Reformed church, marriage registers, 1931- 2014 (8M80) Lymington, St Thomas church, marriage registers, 1963-2020 (42M75) Ringwood St Peter’s and St Paul’s, marriage registers, 1930-2020 (22M84) School records (100 year access restriction applies to log books and admission registers) Twyford St Marys C of E Primary School, including Managers'/Governors' minute books, 1949-1990, Governors' minutes, 1990-2010, and 2013-2015; OFSTED reports, 1990s- 2000s (62A21 uncatalogued) Grange Infant School, Gosport, including full Governors Meeting minutes, 1988-2013, sub- committee minutes, 1993-2012; annual reports to parents, 1998-2004, Headteacher's reports to Governing Body, 2002-2005, 2010- 2011, prospectus, 2000-2001, Ofsted report, 2009, newsletters, 2005, minutes of Parents AGMs, 1998-2003 (49A21) Parish Council records Owslebury Parish Council, minute books,

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1958-1985, 1989-2002 (81M86) Pictorial records

It may be that sailors were moved around the fleet to fill gaps resulting from casualties in the battle. The romantic in me would like to think that Henry Harding and Moses Skeats were friends and Henry took Moses to his (Henry's) home where Moses met Henry's sister Elizabeth and nature took its course. I have not tied Henry to Bramdean nor found his siblings. As Henry was a Royal Marine perhaps the Royal Marines Historical Society can assist with his home area. Roger Bedford (Member #11448) papers, cuttings and ephemera relating to the lives of activities of former boys (1885)-2019 (74A11add uncatalogued) Postal collection comprising: letters, mostly sent in Hampshire, collected for their post marks and franks, 1707-c1960s; postcards of Alton and the surrounding areas, mounted on card with annotations, c1900-1979, also postcards of Ringwood, Cadnam, Bournemouth and the Isle of Wight, 1906- 1920s; notes about Post Offices in the Alton area and cuttings and notes about postal history (62A21) Please see the next journal for the latest acquisitions of the Wessex Film and Sound Archive. Contact details: Hampshire Record Office, Sussex Street, Winchester, Hants SO23 8TH Telephone: (01962) 846154; Email: archives.enquiries@hants.gov.uk www.hants.gov.uk/archives

In the June 2021 HGS Journal, which came to hand, Peter Wakeham has an interest in the surname Harding. In 1813, Moses Skeats (or, variously, Keats, Skeates, or Skates as he relied on a scribe) married Elizabeth Harding of Bramdean. They settled in Bramdean and raised their family there. Henry Harding, a Royal Marine Private, was on HMS Victory at Trafalgar. I have seen a list that shows Moses Skeats on HMS Victory at Trafalgar but that is not corroborated in the official crew list. Feedback on Searchers St Peter’s Athletic Football Club, Winchester, photograph of St Peter's Athletic Football Club at the end of 1936/1937 season, with cutting from Hampshire Chronicle about the photo, c1977, list of individuals on the photo and brief record of some of the team's other achievements (70A21) Maps and Plans Map of Basingstoke town centre, featuring public buildings/undertakings, 1851 (45A21) Plan of Lower Farm/lands being dispersed in the tything of Oxenbourn, East Meon, property of Thomas Bonham, esq, nd c1820s (47A21) Other records Training Ship Mercury, includes Management Committee minute books 1909-1949, 1960- 1969, roll books for boys joining 1887-1968, staff register, 1908-1928, TS Mercury magazines, c1888-2019, published history covering period 1885-1968 and photographs,

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Members’ Surname Interests Database

Please continue to check the members’ interests webpage at http://www.hgs- familyhistory.com/research-resources/me mbers-interests/ for latest details and service updates that will be announced there first. Members’ interests are published quarterly in this journal. There is a restriction in each journal of publishing a maximum of 15 entries per person to keep the journal to a manageable size. Such a constraint does not apply to the database, however, so it is possible to add further interests - within reason! Updates to your surname interests can be made online by following the examples on the page or by post. It is also possible to remove redundant entries, and this is encouraged - deletions are not notified in the journal; they simply won't remain in the database. Updates should be BLOCK printed and submitted in the format used in the following section or as shown on the form on members’ interests webpage. The county Chapman Codes are published at least once in any yearly HFH volume and should be used when submitting interests, e.g. HAM for Hampshire etc. Please note that addresses published in this section refer only to members who have submitted their interests. All enquiries and queries concerning this section should be sent by post to the Research Centre at the HGS Office (address on inside front cover), or go to www.hgs-familyhistory.com/members- interests-signup, or by email to membersinterests@hgs-online.org.uk.

N. B. Changes to email addresses will no longer be noted in the journal as many are already obsolete when published. Please contact the HGS Office for a member's current details if you encounter problems But please remember to inform the Membership Secretary (membership@hgs-online.org.uk) of any changes to either your current email or home address. In the following table the interests are in groups with the members details after the names they are interested in. Notes (‘1900’ given as example of ‘date’): 1900 - = after that date; - 1900 = before that date; c 1900 = circa (about) that date (+/- 5 yrs); C 20 = xx th. Century; parish a = area around parish Remember that your addresses are your contact point, so keep them up to date. If communicating by post remember that an SAE is essential these days, as not everyone has email. Please note that HGS cannot guarantee a response to any enquiry made of a member. If you are able to help other members with their research please contact Membership Interests via e-mail at membersinterests@hgs-online.org.uk , your details will then be passed onto the other member so you can discuss the family.

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If you do not have access to e-mail then send your details to the society office at the address inside the front cover, marked for Members Interests, and your details will be passed on. Finally if you add your members interest

online via the website please make sure you include the surname of interest, there have ben several instances in the quarterly update for the journal which have all the areas and dates, your name but not who you are researching!”

Surname

County Parish

Date span Researcher

Member #

Adams

All

All

Stephanie Joynson Ronald P F Alexander Madeleina Lazaris Stephanie Joynson

15624

Alexander

HAM All HAM All

8846

Allen

1806-

15626 15624 12750 14869 15611 15590 15634 14200 10512 15624 15594 15606 15536 15433 15244 15583 15569 15634 15578 15623 14182 15653 14611 15625 15651 15634 15645 15655 15597 15580 15569 14182 15607 3863 9303 15426 9303

Archer

All All

All All

Armstrong

Jeanne Renshaw

Atrill

HAM All

1910-

Sue Atrill

Bailey Baker Baker Barnes Barrett

HAM Bishopstoke

1750- 1950 Julie Carter

HAM All

Peter Baker Mary Jeffrey

All

All All All All All All

DOR Wilts

Melvyn Hayward

1750- 1950 Wendy A Wolfe

Bettesworth Biddlecombe

All All All

Stephanie Joynson Gary H Willcocks

Biles Blow Bone

Nina Stoddart William Blow David Phillips Ken Boutayre Mary Hayward Phillip Cole Brian Dixon Mary Jeffrey Lynda M Brown Julia Edwards John P Davies

HAM All

All All

All All

Boutayre

1913-

Boyd

HAM Old Basing

Broomfield

HAM All HAM All

1650-

Budd

Burgess

All

All

Bush

HAM Ellingham

1600-

Butcher Cannon Cannon

HAM All

All

All

ESS

Waltham Abbey

Linda Elliott

Card

HAM Romsey

1700- 1850 Graeme Card

Carroll Carter

All All All

All All All

- 1952

Kevin Benson Natalie Page Mary Jeffrey

Chatfield Churcher Claphoe

HAM All

1750- 2020 Alan J Foxall

HAM North Waltham 1600- 1700 Michael Matthews

Costar Coster Cotton

HAM All

1850- 2020 Alan J Foxall

All All All

All All All

Tania Carthew

1650- 1800 Jean Mealham

Cowdrey

Lisa Basham

Cox

HAM All HAM All

1790-

Lorraine McMahon

Cranham Crowson

Brian Dixon

HAM Portsmouth

John P Davies

Cusse

HAM, WIL All

1500- 1950 Fiona Cordel

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Surname

County Parish

Date span Researcher

Member #

Davis

HAM 1800-

Lorraine McMahon

15580 15161 15551 15555 14391 14964 15548 15608 14391 15653 15555 15624 14200 15409 15608 15584 12921 15611 15573 15584 15312 15652 15619 15426 14964 15652 15653 14964 15619 15571 12921 15579 2589 9303 9303

Day

HAM Goodworth Clatford 1800-

Jim Malpuss Joan Bartlett Rob Randall

Diaper Dibben

HAM Southampton

All All

All All

Dimmick Dimmick Donniger

1400- 1850 Wendy Williams

HAM Boldre HAM ALL

Sue Sutton

Richard Hinxman

Dugay Dulin

HAM

longparish

1828- 1830 Carole Hulse

All All

All All

-

Peter de Dulin

Dymock Elliott Emblin

1400- 1850 Wendy Williams

HAM Farnborough HAM Alverstoke etc

Linda Elliott Rob Randall

1800-

Eves

All

All All

Stephanie Joynson Melvyn Hayward

Farcey Fargher

KEN

HAM All

1900- 1990 June Fargher

Feist Forde

All All

All All

-

Peter de Dulin Tracy Pushman

Fox

HAM/GLS All HAM All HAM All

Raymond A Johnson

Foxall

1890- 1950 Alan J Foxall 1850- 2020 Alan J Foxall

Franklin

Fry

All

South Stoneham 1750- 1910 Julie Carter

Fullford Furlong Gandy Gasser

WLT

All All All All

Diane Maxwell Tracy Pushman Carole Graham

All All All

Debra Wood

Gates

HAM alton HAM ODIHAM

1920- 1945 Marie Green

Goodchild

1700- 1750 Michael Matthews

Hale

HAM All

Sue Sutton Debra Wood Linda Elliott Sue Sutton

Harding Hawkins

All

All

HAM Wonston, Sutton Scotney

Hayle

HAM All HAM Alton

Heathcote Hellyer Hickley Higgins Hornby Howatt Hughes Hinksman

1935- 1941 Marie Green

All

All

Robert Clixby

HAM All

Raymond A Johnson

All

All

Lesley Perrio

ALL

ALL

Richard Hinxman Richard Hinxman

2589 2589

HAM ALL

All

All

- 2000 - 2021

Ian Howatt

15572 15557 15439

HAM All HAM, BRK, All

Martin Hughes

Hunt

1500- 1900 Catherine Lees

HRF

Ireland

HAM/Wilts Romsey and Eling 1550- 1700 Clifford Edwards

14346

and East Wellow

Irland

HAM/Wilts Romsey and Eling 1550- 1700 Clifford Edwards

14346

and East Wellow

Jerome

All

All

Julia Edwards

15623

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Surname

County Parish

Date span Researcher

Member #

Kersley

HAM Sherfield on Loddon 1700- 1878 Michael Matthews

15426 15624 15569 15439 15557 15645 15426 15558 15551 15426 15572 15572 15426 12921 15572 15426 15594 15557 15611 14972 10207 15426 15651 10339 14200 15584 15634 15642 15555 15651 15613 15616 15628 15575 15607 15426 15634 10207 15643 15624 15624 15551 8846

King

All All

All All

Stephanie Joynson

Kingston

Brian Dixon

Lees

SRP, STF All HAM All

1500- 1900 Catherine Lees

Lewis

Martin Hughes Tania Carthew

Lewthwaite Lipscomb

All

All

HAM Old Basing

1600- 1750 Michael Matthews

Lush

ALL

All All

Natalie Page 15651

Masters

All

- 1890

Ben Masters

Matthews Matthews Mattingly Maxwell

HAM Winchester

1880- 1911 Joan Bartlett

HAM Sherfield on Loddon 1700- 1860 Michael Matthews

All All

All All

1500- 1945 Ian Howatt

- 1940

Ian Howatt

MAY

HAM Nately Scures/

1500- 1800 Michael Matthews

Worting

Millard

HAM/Ldn/Mdx/War

All

Raymond A Johnson

Nash

All

All

1500- 1930 Ian Howatt

Nightingale O'Callaghan/

HAM Stratfield Turgis 1600- 1700 Michael Matthews

All

All

1820-

Nina Stoddart

Callaghan Offer

HAM All HAM All HAM All HAM All

1880- 1954 Joan Bartlett

Offer

Ronald P F Alexander

Padbury Parker Peaty Phillips Pitman Plaskett Pollock

Martin Hughes

1750- 2000 Julie Carter 1750- 1890 Jean Sutton

All

All

HAM Southampton HAM Basingstoke

1700- 1866 Graham P Woodman 1600- 1700 Michael Matthews

All

All

Natalie Page

HAM All

1857-

Patricia A Wildman Melvyn Hayward

Poore

DOR

Holt

Pushman

All All

All All

Tracy Pushman Mary Jeffrey Louise Randall

Pyke

1927

Randall

HAM Hursley HAM Alverstoke

Reid Ring

1750- 1850 Rob Randall

All All

All All

Natalie Page

Ringham

1690- 1930 Jill Williams

Rogers Rogers Rogers

HAM 1814- 1884 HAM North Hayling

Kevin Michael Rogers Norman Rogers Jacqueline Rogers

HAM All HAM, WIL All

Rolfe

1500- 1750 Fiona Cordel

Rowland Russell

HAM BASING

1700- 1800 Michael Matthews

All

All

Mary Jeffrey

Sait

HAM Southampton

Graham P Woodman

Saunders

HAM All

1930- 1940 Nicholas Rose

Scarterfield

All All

All All

Stephanie Joynson Stephanie Joynson

Sendall

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Surname

County Parish

Date span Researcher

Member #

Seymour Shawyer Shayer Shoyer Sibley SLADE Smart Smith Smith Southey Southwell Spender Squibb Stephens Stothert Sturgess

All

All

1700-

Ian Howatt Peter Baker Peter Baker

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HAM All

All

All

HAM All HAM All HAM All HAM All

1752- 1802 Peter Baker

William Blow

1850- 2020 Alan J Foxall

David Smart

All All All

All All All

Tracy Pushman Lisa Basham

1900- 2000 John Southey

MDX

St Giles, St Martin, 1800-

Linda Elliott

Hoxton, Bermondsey

All

All

1800- 1880-

Anthony Spender Melvyn Hayward

HAM Bournemouth HAM Southampton

1860- 1890 Darren Foster 1920- 1980 Shelley Cooper

All All

All All

Tania Carthew

Tarrant

HAM Southampton

1650-

Graham P Woodman

Thompson

All All

All All

1918- 1980 Shelley Cooper

Tibbles

Tracy Pushman

Tooker/Tucker

HAM All

1500- 1700 Fiona Cordel 1790- 1860 Jenny Blatch 1860- 1870 Jenny Blatch

trimmer

All All All

All All All

Trimmewr

Tubb

Vanessa Christie

Tucker

HAM/Wilts Minstead,

1650- 1800 Clifford Edwards

Bramshaw, Landford

Tullett

All

All

1510-

Christopher Wakeling

Tweddell

HAM Alton HAM All

1935- 1941 Marie Green

Vear

- 2021

Martin Hughes James Mitchell Honor Burnett Richard Hinxman

Warry Watts Wayte

All

All

1850

HAM Chineham

HAM ALL

Whatmore Winkfield

All

All All All All

1927

Mary Jeffrey

BRK Wilts

1500- 1900 Catherine Lees 1750- 1900 Wendy A Wolfe

Witt

Wood

All

Debra Wood

Woodroffe

HAM Basingstoke

1600- 1750 Michael Matthews

Wort Wren Yates Yates

All

All

David Phillips

HAM ALL

1600- 2000 Melissa Hughes 1760- 1900 Jean Sutton 1920- 1950 Marie Green

All

All

HAM Alton

Yeates

All

All

Jean Sutton

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Searchers

If you would like your request to be included in this section, please submit a brief, but specific, email or letter of enquiry or send a 'Word' based article with relevant names (and particularly your own name and address) detailed in BLOCK CAPITALS to Editor, Hampshire Genealogical Society, Hampshire Record Office, Sussex Street, Winchester. SO23 8TH. Please advise what contact details you want printed in the journal along with your query – email, telephone number, postal address, or via HGS Office, research@hgs-online.org.uk Please be patient as acknowledgement or reply Searche

will not be made except through this journal. Photographs and illustrations are gladly accepted: – 300 dpi resolution jpegs by email attachment or on CD are welcome or laser colour photocopies (never ordinary ones) or black and white original pictures. All can be returned if you request it and supply an SAE. If sending original photographs through the post, please use a protective board envelope. EMAIL: searchers@hgs-online.org.uk and please always quote a full postal address for those without computers. If this is not done, your request may well be disregarded.

Abbreviations used: b = born, bap = baptised, bd = buried, c. = circa, C = Century, d. = died, mrd = married. Members are reminded that these pages are compiled from letters etc. that may have been written months beforehand, so postal addresses should always be checked for up to date changes. Some of the surnames featured in this issue (with page number)

AKNAVE . . . . . . . . . .121 ATNEAVE . . . . . . . . .121 BAMFORD . . . . . . . .127 BATT . . . . . . . .121/122 BOULTON . . . . . . . . .117 BRADFORD . . . . . . .114 BROADHURST . . . . .101 BUTT . . . . . . . . . . . .124 CAMERON . . . . . . . .119 CANNING . . . . . . . . .101 CHALK . . . . . . . . . . .101 COULDREY . . . . . . . .125 COWDRY . . . . . .121/122 CURRILL . . . . . . . . .120 DANCE . . . . . . . . . . .101 DESBROW . . . . . . . .126

ELLIOTT . . . . . . . . .117 FAGG . . . . . . . . . . . .120 GAMMIE . . . . . . . . .116 GATEHOUSE . . . . . . .122 GEARLE . . . . . . . . . .120 GIRL . . . . . . . . . . . .120 GIRLL . . . . . . . . . . .121 GOSLING . . . . . . . . .101 GURL . . . . . . . . . . . .120 HINKINS . . . . . . . . .119 HORLOCK . . . . . . . .120 KINCH . . . . . . . . . . .117 LANG . . . . . . . . . . . .118 LINTON . . . . . . . . . .120 LUPTON . . . . . . . . . .119 MILLER . . . . . . . . . .117

MORRIS . . . . . . . . .120 MUNDY . . . . . . . . . .124 PINK . . . . . . . . . . . .101 RANDALL . . . . . . . . .117 ROBINSON . . . . . . . .118 SHELLEY . . . . . . . . .124 SMITH . . . . . . . . . . .117 SUTTHERY . . . . . . . .117 TARRANT . . . . . . . . .102 TWITCHIN . . . . . . . .102 VALPY . . . . . . . . . . .117 VARNDELL . . . . . . . .101 VERNON . . . . . . . . . .122 WALLIS . . . . . . . . . .116 WICKHAM . . . .117/118 WODEHOUSE . . . . . .119

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Book Review

Journal of the Andover History and Archaeology Society, Vol 4 No. 2 ISBN 0960-5739 Look Back at Andover Two feature Andover businesses: Frederick Pearse’s photographic studios, which opened in the High St Andover in 1869 and George and Beryl Clark’s book shop which opened in 1950. Both articles contain some family his- tory as well as the history of the businesses and details of their trading (with photographs) over many years. A detailed article covers the life and career of George Barnes (1758-1832) an Enclosure Commissioner, who also became the ‘Bailiff, Corona (sic) and Clerk of Market’ of Andover in 1812. Along with his significant career, his family history is also included. Daily life in Andover is interestingly docu- mented in the article ‘doing their bit’ which in- cludes extracts of local WI meetings and letters detailing life in the early years of WW2, with references to the weather, bombs falling, seed planting, cooking meals etc – a real in- sight into daily life in difficult circumstances. Linked to the war is an article on Andover’s Lancaster Bombers Campaign in 1943 to raise funds to build the bombers. Their target was to raise £200.000 for five bombers. Two The latest addition of the Society’s journal contains 6 articles.

were subsequently ‘allocated’ to Andover and details of their sorties and their crews are also included in this well researched article. With articles on Andover’s churchyard and cemetery (which includes a helpful churchyard plan) plus a useful list of other local history publications, this journal is recommended as an interesting read that will appeal to all readers. It is priced at £4.50. Chris Pavey HGS Research Manager

For all the latest news visit… www.hgs-familyhistory.com

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Book Review

Worldham Park and King Edward’s Hill

by Jane Hurst ISBN 978-1-9996872-3-6

HGS member Jane Hurst, who is leader of our Alton Group, has written much about Alton and its environs over several years. Her latest book, Worldham Park and King Edward’s Hill concentrates on East Worldham and its park Worldham Park. Jane’s in depth and early research into this area begins with the very first mention of a park at East Worldham in a document from Selborne Priory dated c.1240-60 mentioning James de Accangre (Oakhanger) and John de Venuz. The land holdings, with names dates and illustrations, are explored. The land holdings, with names, maps, dates, and illustrations and photographs, are then explored in detail up to the 1830s. The sources used are identified and there is a main index and of people and places. The centre page contains a very clear map detailing the original lands and the land added to the park by Edward III. This excellently researched forty page book is an informative reference book for anyone who is searching early records or whose family surname is associated with the area. It also

serves as an interesting read on the development and changes in the park area over several hundred years. A copy of Jane’s book is available to see on the HGS shelves at HRO and can also be bought by contacting her at: janehurst1@gmail.com price £3 plus £1pp or from the Curtis Museum. Chris Pavey HGS Research Manager

Are you looking for that elusive family history book? Or one on local history? Perhaps we can help – contact Elaine at bookstall@hgs-online.org.uk

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The Marshall Brothers of Netley

In the May 2021 Newsletter of the Andover Group, I asked if anyone had an ancestral connection to the Mayflower. Margaret who joins all our Zoom meetings (as well as other groups’) from Ottawa, wasted no time in replying. She and her husband then gave their permission for this to be shared with all HGS members. (Ann McKenzie) “My husband is William Bryan BRADFORD , a 10th great grandson and a direct line, Mayflower Descendant of Pilgrim Father, Gov. William BRADFORD . When I first met Bryan, he was aware of his ancestry, which had been published in a book, titled “Welcome Englishmen”, a 330 Year History of the Bradford Family. We have been several times to Boston, Plymouth, and Duxbury, Massachusetts; as well as Augusta, Maine in search of various records. The Mayflower Society were so pleased to have a real William Bradford visiting. There is also a resemblance to the statue of William Bradford in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The first 7 generations have been researched and authenticated by the Mayflower Society. Bryan’s 3rd great grandfather, Benjamin Franklin Bradford, the eldest of the 8th generation, migrated to Canada circa 1835. (Incidentally, he was named after Benjamin Franklin, his 1st cousin, 4x removed.) We have enjoyed many happy holidays photographing graves in Maine and Massachusetts, visiting small local libraries and wandering around the small towns mentioned in the historic records. I always joke that I am a cheap date!

We have also visited Austerfield in Yorkshire, England and found the church where William Bradford was baptised. There is a notice on the door telling where the key is kept and we were able to collect it and have a look around. I think that was very special for my husband. He has reminded me that he is also descended from Mayflower Passengers - William Brewster, Stephen Hopkins, Richard Warren, Thomas Rogers as well as John Alden and Priscilla Mullins who are his 10th great grandparents. Lots of intermarrying of the families back then, of course. I do have a funny story to tell you. When we were in Plymouth, Massachusetts for the first

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time, we went on one of those evening walks. We all carried lanterns and followed the costumed guide who took us around the town pointing out the historic sites of interest. When we arrived at the statue, he gathered the group around and asked if anyone had a connection with the Pilgrims. One lady stepped forward and announced she was descended from John Billington. The guide said, "People don't usually admit to that". John

Billington was a criminal who in 1630, was the first man hanged in the colony for murder. Then Bryan stepped forward. So proud, he had been signing visitors’ books as William Bradford since arriving in Plymouth. He announced that his 10th great grandfather was Gov. William Bradford. There was a collective gasp of admiration!! I'll always remember that.” Margaret Bradford (Member #14882)

WKGE 34/5 (My WWII I.D. number)

I have recently revisited the 1939 Register to see if I could find members of my parents and close family. I found my father and my mother’s parents together at home in Southampton. Then I searched for my mother, my father’s mother and me. We should have been at the same home address. I found my mother in Parkstone, Poole. I remembered that I had been evacuated to Parkstone, recently. My mother’s I.D. number was WKGE 34/6. The I.D. number on the line above was WKGE 34/5 but the name was deleted/redacted. It must have been me!

Then I noticed that the I.D. numbers on the page were sequential! Back to the entries at my home address, my father’s I,D. was in a different series. I assume that the I.D. numbers were ascribed by location on the census day. Then I found my father’s mother in Wiltshire staying with friends. I remember that, after a couple of weeks in Parkstone, my mother came to Parkstone to take me home. It must have been on the day that the census was taken! Geoff Higgins (Member #9912)

Have your Query published in the journal Please email it to: searchers@hgs-online.org.uk

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The Tale of Two Hampshire Parlourmaids

As part of a project in 2020 for FACHRS (Family and Community Historical Research Society) I researched two parlourmaids, Matilda WALLIS and Rosa RANDALL, who would turn out to have more in common than I first thought. But before we get to them, we should perhaps begin with a look at what the role of a parlourmaid entailed and how it fitted into the hierarchy of domestic service. Seebohm Rowntree in his survey of York 1899 found that “the keeping or not keeping of domestic servants” was a dividing line between the working class and those of higher status, and as the number of servants employed was regarded as an indicator of rank within society, those with ambitions of status would be prepared to make sacrifices in order to keep servants. For professionals such as businessmen, doctors or clergymen, three servants were considered the minimum necessary; a cook, a housemaid, and a parlourmaid, along with the addition of a nurse if there were children in the house. The roles of housemaid and parlourmaid were in many ways indistinguishable in that both were engaged in the cleaning of the home, notably the reception rooms and bedrooms. The differences were usually in the arduousness of the tasks with the housemaid undertaking the heavier work and the parlourmaid concentrating on lighter duties. In the morning the housemaid had to light the fires, carry hot water upstairs for the daily ablutions, empty and clean the chamber pots, and make the beds. Oil lamps would have to be filled and trimmed, and floors swept. The parlourmaid undertook the dusting of the ornaments, polishing the furniture and silver, and arranging the rooms. She would be the one to

wait at the table during breakfast, luncheon and dinner, and may even have to attend the mistress if no ladies’ maid was employed. Both house and parlourmaids may be required to have a change of dress during the day. The housemaid needed one for the dirty morning tasks and a clean one for the afternoon, while the parlourmaid should be suitably dressed by the time callers were expected. In the absence of a footman, it was the parlourmaid who would deal with the callers at the front door and wait on visitors, while the housemaid was more likely to see to those at the back door such as the tradesmen. The higher tax levied on male servants meant that households who could not afford a butler or footman often saw the parlourmaid as a cheaper alternative and as a result she could often find herself undertaking those roles that were once the preserve of her male counterparts. She was, in effect, the public face of female domestic service. The first of my parlourmaids was Matilda Ellen WALLIS who was baptised on the 13th April 1862 at Wheatley in Oxfordshire, the third of four children born to John William WALLIS and his wife Emma. John was a coachman at Shotover House, an estate about three to four miles east of Oxford which was owned at the time by George GAMMIE . Gammie had bought it in the mid-1850s, setting himself up as a gentleman after making his fortune in Australia from sheep. But it seems he was an arrogant, self- important character and according to Victoria County History he “was a truculent landlord...carrying a riding crop on his rounds, with which to strike his employees” while The Oxford Times in 1870 referred to him as an “overbearing landlord, and general grandee,

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