Genealogy Chat

F.A.O MIKE THE LEICESTER LAD. Thanks for the reply Mike. Someone else has told me that a Commission Agent was a 'Bookie'. Something not quite legal! Regards Anne

Hi Mike I had another look but still couldn't see any online records, free or pay so have sent message to records office to ask about it. Kind Regards Tracey x

Hey Mike, thank you for your kindness about my tender age, LOL I do have a silver threepence and a farthing, oops showing my age, I did a conversion on that 3d, and although the site i used only went to 2005, its not much at all. In 2005, £0 0s 3d from 1792 is worth: £1.12 using the retail price index then changing it to Australian 1.12 GBP United Kingdom Pounds = 2.78260 AUD Australia Dollars Sylvia

*** F.A.O. ***.......Rosemary Greeting's & Welcome...... From my Per 1841. Census Lists for Thurcaston :- 1801 Census (Head count ONLY ) Head of Household :- Thomas Toon. Ag.Lab. Others within the same Household 4 Males. 4 Females. 1811. Census ( Head count only ) Head of Household :- Thomas Toon. Trade 3 Males. 1 Females. Sorry but that's all the details we got on these lists just got the Head of Household his trade and Males & Female within the same Household But that's a start .... I'll have a whiz round my other disks and see what develops MIKE.xx UPDATED 02.009.06....... 00.26. Early Burials for Toon / Toone for Thurcaston. Names. / Dates. / Ages. / Notes. Toon Ann 29 Jul 1833 76 Toon John 2 Jul 1841 6mths Toon Ann 18 Jul 1843 1 1/4 Toon Joseph 31 Aug 1846 46 Toon Fanny 10 Sept 1846 12 Toon John 11 Dec 1846 47 Toon Henry 24 Sept 1856 60 Toone Thomas 5 Mar 1837 76 Toone Lydia 6 Jan 1842 17 Toone Sarah 26 Mar 1852 23 Abode Rothley Toone Louisa 31 Mar 1852 1mth Abode Rothley Union Toone Charles 16 Jan 1853 14wks Toone Eliza 10 Sept 1857 1mth Toone John Henry 26 Jan 1861 2 1/4 Toone Elizabeth 19 Mar 1865 73 Toone Arthur 22 May 1867 18mths Toone William 27 May 1871 44 Toone Mary Ann 30 Jun 1871 2 Abode Rothley Union Toone Joseph 10 Sept 1882 41 Abode Rothley Union And you may already have the following ? :- Marriage found :- Enoch Toone ( 23 ) ~ Jane SHARP.( 30 ) 26th. Nov. 1856. All Saints Parish Church. Thurcaston. Grooms Father :- Henry Toone. Brides Father :- Thomas Sharp. By Banns. Siblings Christening’s :- Eliza 17th. August 1857. ~ Buried 10th. September. 1857.Inf. Adah. 16th. January. 1859. Sarah Ann 21st. April. 1861. MIKE.xx

*** F.A.O.*** Ann Dosdale…. Welcome …. Old Occupations :- ' Commission Agent ' Salesman who derives his income solely from commission on sales I’ll have a whiz round the resources I have to hand and see what develops for the other half of your query MIKE. xxx

*** F.A,O, Sylvia *** Your very Welcome to the information Yes it was down as Thur-pence but thought you would not know what it was Due to you tender age ...lol Don't think you had better pursue the 3d. debt think about the Compound interest ? ...OH My...£ £ £ I think it might have been for another Christening ? Don't forget that 3d was a lot of money in those days ...... But great to get one in your Christmas pudding either as a brass coloured one or a Silver one .....8-) *** F.A.O. *** Janice. Printed all that off.... I'll have alook at Osbaston next time I'm at the Records Office. Sorry again you had to wait for confirmation of date * Note to myself ...pay more attention * *** F.A.O.*** Tracey O' Leicester. It was on page 11 of tonights Mercury 01/ 09 / 06. Head lines = 'A Net Results ' links to site :- www.leics.gov.uk Click on link to Records Office ( Left hand side ) but doubt if it will be a Free view ...... MIKE.xx

Hi there I wonder if you might be able to help me, please? I'm trying to find out about the father of ENOCH TOON, born Thurcaston, 1833. His name was HENRY TOON - he's on the 1841 census, living in Thurcaston, born abt 1801 - but I can't find anything more about him on the IGI. I'll be very grateful for any info you might be able to tell me!!! Thanks Rosemary

Hi Everyone, Looking for a second marriage for Leonard Philip Isaacs in Leicester roughly around late 1920's, to Rose ? (Not Rosetta Townsend, this was his first marriage). Unable to find births registered for two of his known sons, Miles and Frederick Lewis. I know that in the 1970's they lived in Ocean Close, Leicester. Leonard's D.O.B - 1894. Would appreciate any information at all. Thank You Anne P.S Leonard's father was a Commission Agent, does anyone know what this actually means?

Hi Mike and everybody I've read in the Mercury twice recently that you can now look at some parish registers online but I can't find it anywhere, has anybody else found it please? Tracey x

Hi Mike, I'm looking for burials in Leicester at the moment. I've been searching on FamilyHistoryOnline, but their Leicester City burials only go up to 1909. If you have anything more recent, could you look up Lilla Annis and Horace Charles Annis for me? They both died after 1901.

Mike Thanks for the Holyland baptismal date - she did know how old she was - makes a change! I'm looking for BROOKES. Thomas born c1809.Osbaston Father George c1766-1771 (1841 census age rounded to 70). George married Mary Argel Wain Cadeby 1798. She was 60 rounded down in 1841SOOO 1781-1777ish. I don't have access to Cadeby at all. So anything from the Cadeby register would be great. Jan

Thank you for all that info Mike, i was a Gough before i married, so these are my direct decendants on my fathers side. Mmm i wonder what Richard owed that threepence for?, my son and i decided it could have been pronounced thrupence back then. Is there anywhere i can look to find out? It must have been both a sad and happy day for John jnr and Sarah when they got married with both their fathers having passed on. Thank you again Sylvia

*** F.A.O *** Lindsey Snowdon ….. Just to say I’m still looking for that Baptism of your John Haswell…… Now tracked him from 1841. through to 1881. Seems he got married between 1861 & 1871. Censuses. Now looking for a marriage John Haswell ~ Elizabeth Leeson April Quarter.1863. Hinckley District. Ref. No. 7 a. 111. Which could tie in with the birth of Sophia daughter aged 7 ( 1864 ) To John & Elizabeth on the 1871. Census returns. This could be John’s Father’s Marriage ? :- Indexed as Hassell. John Hassell ~ Elizabeth Bunny. Page 84. Entry. 250. St Catherine’s Parish Church Burbage. 28th. May. 1833. John Bachelor. of this Parish. Elizabeth Spinster of this Parish. Following Banns. By Me :- J. Dykes. ….Rector. Both signed by their own Marks = + times two. Wit’s :- David Hawkins. & Eliza Hawkins. MIKE.xx

*** F.A.O. Sylvia Callandine *** The closest I can find up to date is :- Christening.:- All Saints Parish Church. Leicester. 22nd. September.1793. John. Son of Richard & Mary Gough. In the notes column it Stated that Richard still owes threepence from an event 2nd. Oct. 1792……..Umm Richard & Mary Turner married St. Margaret’s Parish Church 26th. Day of May. 1791. Following Banns. By Robert Throsby Vicar. Richard signed by his Mark = X Mary by her own signature. Wit’s :- Henry Bell. William Stevenson. Christening found for your John Gough aged two on the 1841. Census. :- St. Margaret’s Parish Church. Page 228. Entry. 2299. 31st. July.1839. John Son of John & Mary Gough Metcalf Street. Tailor. J. Saunders . Curate. John Gough’s (Snr ) Marriage :- St. Margaret’s Parish Church. Page. 103. Entry. 308. 19th. Jan. 1824. John Gough. Bachelor. Mary Hearn. Spinster. Both of this Parish. Following Banns by me:- Robert Barnaby. Curate. Both signed by their Marks = John + Mary X Wit’s :- Joseph Hearn. By Mark = + Elizabeth Hearn. By Mark = + And again for John Gough (Jnr) Marriage in Melton Mowbray. St. Mary’s Parish Church. Melton Mowbray. Page.222. Entry. 443. 20th. March. 1859. John Gough. Minor. Bachelor. Melton. Tailor. Father :- The Late John Gough. Tailor. Sarah Ann. Underwood.. Minor. Spinster. Melton. Dress maker. Father The Late James Underwood.Labouror. By W. Morris Colles..... Curate. Following Banns. Wit’s :- Isaac Cooper, Fanny Underwood. All signed by their own signature. Hope this helps ? MIKE. xxx

*** F.A.O.**** Janice Walker. You'll find Osbaston comes under the Parish of Cadsby Shown as a Chapelry of Cadeby Parish on the 1841. Census. HO 107 / 600. / Book. 12. / Folder. 4. / Page. 1. Shown as Village in it's own right. 1851. Census.HO 107. / 2083. / 99. . / Page 37. Post some details of what your looking for and I'll see if I can help Oh..... I rechecked out Baptism entry for Mirinia Holyland again and the year WAS 1816...as thought MIKE.xx

Jan It certainly does help! Jan

As genuki didn't have anything, I used historicaldirectories*com and found: OSBASTON is a township, in the parishes of Cadeby and Marker Bosworth, pleasantly situated 2¾ miles north-east from Market Bosworth station…in the Western division of the county, Sparkenhoe Hundred, Market Bosworth petty sessional division, union and county court district. The church here has long been destroyed; the inhabitants attend the churches at Market Bosworth and Cadeby. Kelly’s 1891 (Part 2) If they didn't go there, it might mean a trawl through the surrounding areas . GENUKI gives these parishes as within 3 miles of Osbaston: BARLESTONE, CADEBY, MARKET BOSWORTH, NEWBOLD VERDON, CARLTON, NAILSTONE, SUTTON CHENEY, BAGWORTH. Hope this helps! Jan

To All Leicestershire Experts Osbaston? I can't seem to find any reference to a local church in 18th century/early 19th. or any ref to Osbaston parish records.Where might someone have been baptised if they were born here? Jan

Hello again Thank you again for your help with my Goughs, can i ask again, please. Would you be able to find births/christenings and parents for John Gough and Mary Hearn, both born around 1804/1806 in Leicester i hope, as they were married in 1824 at St Margarets. I have tried Hugh Wallis and IGI with no luck. Thank you Sylvia

Mike You're a wonder! Gosh, Marina - too much for the enumerators and possibly the family -she is always Maria - wonder whether the vicar had been at the old bottle. Oh - which year was the baptism? Jan