The Journal Of

1 ONE-NAME STUDIES

VOL. 5 NO. 10 APRIL 1996 Registered Charii No. 802048

OFFICERS OF THE GUILD OF ONE-NAME STUDTDIES

The Journal Of

ONE-NAME STUDIES

ISSN: 0262-4842 A Continuation Of the NEWSLETTER Of the

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THE FEo*R.4TIOA OIr FAMILY HISrnRY SOCIETIES’ RBCEPTION AT THE HO”SE OF LORDS. .~

22 SEPTElmER 199.5 Re*orted by Graham “llathorne

nr. R”” Phelps. “ember NO. 416 [“Lvndlev Croft”, BridSe Road. Cranleigh, surrey G”6 I”” or Far 01483 271343,

Mr‘. D. A. Langma”, Member NO. 1257 [Woodsfock. “inlet way. Klckmansuarth. HertfordShire WD3 UP.1

Total 27.8 25.4 23.1 20.5 18.0 15.2 13.1 11.5 i0.z

9.1 8.0 7.0 6.3 5.6 5.1 4.8 4.6 4.4 4.2 4.0 3.7 3.7 3.6

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iill.2” B.GCer Bennett BWW” carter Clark Clarke COOk cooper D.WieS Davis EdW.9rdS Evans Green Grffflths Hall “.3~~lS Harrison Hill H”gheS .lBCkSO” James Johnson JO”S King

NO. of Of total surname NO. Of Of total penons in pDp”lati0” persons in POP”latio”

1853 one I” 1853 one in 40,500 454 Lee 35,20” 523

Fir. Ala” Bardsley, mmber NO. 1769 [Cartref.Church Lane. GaYSYOrth. Macclesfield. mestl,re SKll 9OY.,

Mr. P. T. u. Sole, me Sole society. member NO. 1981 [I7 ““holmes. Bretton, PelerborO”bL, PE3 8LG.]

.~ “K “arla”tS Include: ADRAIN. ADRYAN. EDRIml. ODRIEN, ADRIANS, FITZ-ADRIAN. ADREN, ADRIN, ADRE*N.

MT. Richard H. Adrian. Member NO. ,277 [“Ravensbroak”. 12 snatts Hill. LimDsfleld. Oxted, SUrreY R”8 OBN.1

LETTERS LETTERS LETTERS

miss PI. J. Bennett, Plemtxr NO. 186 ,106 BIShODS Manstons. BlshoDs Pack Road. ‘anda” SW6 mu.,

me Reverend Prebendary A. R. Royall. Member NO. 605 Lcarmelite HOUSB. 10 Pit pane. Suaffam, NOrfolk PE37 7DA.]

Dear PITS. Rumsey.

NOW that SenSir‘vity I” the mattec m”St have declined fifty years on. *a any members have experience in oblal”i”g information from R*F records or can Offer advice about other meam of tracing this man?

Dr. P. G. Qulncey. Member NO. 699 [Ganderbank, Bugge” Lane. ReSton, SOUth Wieral L64 Em.]

RT. Frank Hakney. Member NO. is32 [“The Old Granar”“. 12 Ch”rCh street. E11o”dlto”. North Humberside ii”15 IHT. TeleDhone: 01482 668340.,

I sent Off the first few letter. enclosing a Stamped addressed envelope Of coucse, an* WdS pleased w‘th the information that was freely offered. d-ten

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Dear Mrs. mmsey.

Another Boo* Journal with articles and letters contalnlng subjects most af us would like to comment an. some, you an* otters Will be pleased to hear. have already bee” dealt with.

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REVIEWS

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william ~uld swinton. me membership of the Society has grown from 10 to 48 and there continuea to be .a” e”ormO”S amount Of detail included. It is

i”te*eStl”g to note that Gary says I” hlS i”trod”ction to this iSSUe that the

51ze Of the mai1 bar COnvinCeS him Of the wisdom Of prOgreS51”g slowly with

the development Of the Socfety.

YERI(INDBR WeuS IBB”e Number 2. narch 1995. A4 format, 10 pages. Published

by Sue Kirkby, 54 Veymouth Street, Wmel Hem~stead. Hertfordshire and Stan “errinder. 19 “azeldene. Seaford, East Sussex.

This newsletter has a very professional look to it. The editors have made very good use of the feat”res available on their computer package. so often editors ace tempted to make “se of many of the f”“ctio”~ available and consequently spall the final product. Yerrlnder Yle”5 clearly has already developed a Style Of its 0”“. me font 15 Of a good size. an* has reproduced well. This issue has 10 pages and in a note, the editors say they have decided to restrict future ‘SSU~S to 10 pages in order to limit the time went typing an* editing.

The articles are easy to read and even at this early stage. ha5 a few pieces written by other Co”tIlb”torS. There is a mix Of new5 items and research related articles. one article. “* 16th century Brush with the LB”” gives the reader a good feel of life in the mid 1500s. 1t has a good reproductfan of part Of a star Chamber Bill Of COrnplaInt together with the full transcript which relates to the theft of four loads of hay.

I only have one suggestion for Improvement. and that would be the inc1usion of er~lanatory trees. or notes re@rdi”g some of the people referred to in the text, far those readers wno may not be 50 familiar with the various lines. I do h0we”er accegt. that explanatory text cd” take up a lot of valuable space. and often by the time some trees are reproduced. they cannot be read clearly.

M. P. G.

- “ohme 1. International Genealo~lcal Index and St. Catherine's House Indexes (1837-1900). Compiled and edited by Simon R. leather and A. David Leather. 64 ~Landsca~e,. 112 pages. Published by the leather Family society.

This the first in a SerleS Of “OIumes containing records of the Leather surname. “oilme 1 contains a list Of Leather names and “arianls from the “orldvlde IGI (1942 edltioni and the Sf. Catherine’s HOUSe. Birth. Eiarriage and Death Indeaes 1831.1900. mere is a goad i”trOd”CL,o” with the IGI arranwd by country, then cwnty ulfh the forenames in al~habeticai sequence. the GRO Births. “arrlages and matts are arranged by year and quarter.

LEATHER PAMLY TREES A Collectian of Worldwide Pedigrees. Cowiled and edited by Simon R. Leather and A. David leather. A4 (Landscape). 102 Pam%. Published by the Leather Family Hietory Society.

A Collection Of worldwide Leather pedigrees “Ith a map Show‘ng where the Leather surname 15 most n”mer-O”S. mere are six groups Of pedigPees Vim indexes.

Both bcmkS are well Laid O”t and easy to read. The Leather Family History Society and the editors are to be cmgratuiated on the amo”nt of research and time it must have taken to pCOd”Ce ttle5e two books. WhlCh Will be of great advantage to anyone researching the Leather surname.

J. “D”. H.

NEWS AND ITEMS OF INTEREST

THE GOILD OF ONE-NAME STUDIES “IDLANDS nF.mERS PIEETING

The Guild’s Midlands mmbers Meeting will be held at ~amuorth borough CO”“CII’S Palace Pfedia centre. l.owec GUngate, Tamworth. Staffordshire. on Saturday. 11 my 19% beginning at 10 am. The theme is “Comp”ters in Genealogy” .3”d 85 well as speakers there “ill be dlSC”SSl0” and qw25tim ime. AlSO there Will be an on line I”ter”et demonstration and Software *mm- strations. Members attending are advised that food 15 not available at the Palace Pledis centre and either to bring a packed l”“Ch or b”Y lunch in the adjacent shopping area.

hOIdS many civic and manorial records) Booking Forms are a”ailable from:

MCS. Gill Briscae, me Old Granary. cross Hill. SkllOW. Doncaster DN6 MW.

THE BOYDLER PAplILY HISTORP SOCIETY

the ~oudler Family “lstory Soc‘ety will be holding Its 10th Annml Meeting at the Lord Hill Hotel, Shrew~buw on Saturday. June 15th 1996. For further

details “rite to: MCS. Barbara Boudler, Zbtl croumere Road. Belvldere

Paddocks, Shrewsbury, ShropShire SY2 5I.F. Telephone: 01743 362992.

THE ll0Ru.N SOCIETY

The Marw” Society w‘ll be holdins Its FiRST PIORGAN UK “O~ECOMING AND AM at Tredegar HOUSe. “ear Newport, Gwent, on Sunday, J”“e 9th 1996 and the FIRST

“ORGAN INTERNATIONlZL HOMECORING AND P*RL‘AnENT alSo at Tredegar HOUse on the

6th. Ith, and 8th of September 1996. Be latter dates coincide with celebrations at another “Morgan Houe”. ~lantarnam abbey, and it 1s hoped the celebrations Will also include a Morgan Golf TO”r”ament at SL. Pierre Golf Club .3L ChepStOW. AlI “organs d”d those with “Organ family Cmnectians around the world are asked to give their f”ll ~~~~ort to, what seems likely to be, the first major one-name homecamin~ ever to be held in Wales.

Details Of a package holiday offer, travel and/or accommodation can be Obtained from: Pa”1 Tlckner Of Llr,tisl Heritage TOWS, Richmond Place, 125 Broughton. Chester CH3 5B.l. England. Telephone: 0124L 342222. Fax: 01244 320072.

THE POPIEROY Ucm‘DwIDe GATHERING

mr-. Tony mmeroy, Member NO. 616. “rites as follows:

0°C one-name SWdY Of the POMEROY name nas been gathering l”formstiD” and

interest worldwide. It has reached a stage where it may be pos~lble to have a family gathering. me exact farm Of the event depends I” part on the interest 5hOY”. likewise so “ill the venue. Logic says that Berry Pomeroy would be the best place. but that may not be practical. however. somewhere nearby in Devon , vie cream teas. definitely feels rigllt.

All we want is an idea of how many Pomeroys may be ‘nterested in coming to the gather which it 15 Drowsed should be held at the end of June in ,991. what is a Pang way ahead but, particularly for those coming from afar. these preparations Will not be too soon. mere may be an organised party coming from WY Zealand idlicn WD”ld alSo take in the 500th Anniversary March an London to celebrate the CornlSh Rebellion Of 1497. It may be possible to arrange Ofhec research cO”tactS and/or visits.

NAMES *SSOCI*TErJ WIT” POKE PMILY HlSToRY

ns. M. .I. Spiller, member NO.lZOb, WriteS:

I have acquire a book entItled “The Poke Family from 1840” by G. A. Halres. The book lists &L the known descendants of John and A”” poke who emigrated to ms.mani.3 I” 1840. Registered names appearing I” the book are:

ARGENT. BADGER. BEMISH, BECKHrn, BILLING, m*Fa. CAREY. DOBSON, EAST, PORDHAN, PRENCH. FIILTON. GREENWOOD. GRUSB. “EALD. HILL. ““LME, HYLAND, IVORY, KING, LWLUES. LWASON, REREDITH, IIILLER, WJRGAN NEWRAN, ORDERS. P.bL”ER, PATTISON, PERKINS. POOLE, POULTON. RIX. RUSSELL. SCARR, SCOTT. STUBBS. SWAIN, THORP, TOWNSEND. WATTS. WEBB, HELLS. WHITEHOUSE.

I would be prepared to send details to Guild members on receipt of a stamped addressed envelope. PIeaSe write to me at 29 Gainsborough CO”R, Slati”” *venue, Walton-On-Thames, surrey KTIZ IN”.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

11 “W 1996 Midland neeflng at Tamvorth Borough CO”“Ci1’S Palace Pliedi.

centre, Lover Gungates. Tamworth Staffordsh‘re. me lOPlC 16 “COmp”terS I” Genealogy” With discussion and question time. ,see page 330 for detaiis,

25 my 1996 me west country Conference at Plymouth. lk”O”, details already

distributed. 9 June 1996 The FICSt PIorgan “K Homecoming at Tredegar HOUSe near Newport. Gwent. ISee page 331 for details) 15 June 1996 10th Annual General Meeting Of the Bowdler Family History society at Lord Hill Nofel. Shrewbury. ,see page 331 far details) 6th. 7th and 8th September 1996 The First Morgan international “omecomin~ and Parliament at Tredegar HOUSe, near Newport. bent. <see page 331 for dc?MilS,

-Y 30 bvgllst to 1 September 199.5 Federation Of Family HlSfOry societies Conference hDSted by Doncaster & District Family History Society at tugtl Melton College. Doncaster. 14 September 1996 The 7th Annual Conference af The Scottish Association of Pamlly History sacietles hosted by me Borders Family HiStory soctety Will be held in the nit “ail. ~elso an saturday september 14th 1996. the “onorary secretary Of Borders PHS IS Mrs. Carol Trotter. ventennen. 15 Edi”b”Wh Road. Greenlaw TDlO 6KP.

DEADLINES

The deadline for the July 1996 issue is nonday. 6 play 1996 and for the October 1996 issue Nonday, A”g”sf 1996.

THE G”ILD ‘JP ONE-NME STUDIES was formed in September 1979 to encourage the exchange of ideas and co-operative liaison between the groui,,g number of family hiStOria”s rho concentrate their *eJearch on a11 references to a single ~ur”ame incl”dfng proven variants.

In the q a,ority of cases this activity is carried on by an individual working alone and “at as a member of a One-Name Society. alth.,ugh many such societies have been established and admitted to the kderation of gamily “ismry SOcietieE as foma~ly constituted O~gardSatiO”S. Such a group. whether or not formally constituted, may become associated with the Guild thrau@, an individual member. Anyone “iti? a genuine interest in this typ Of reaearcll is Welcome to join. membership “Of being restricted to those who register SWCiflC Surnames.

The Urns and Objectives of the GUILD are:

(a) TO advance the education of the public in the st”dy of genealogy and family history Of persons vitll the same “ame and its variants.

Cbl TO promote the preSer”ati0” and publicatio” Of ihe resultant data. and to maxlmi~e its .accese.lbfiity to interested members of the public.

I” furrherance Of these aims the Guild:

,I, Provtdes a forum for individuals and groups of people engaged in the ~olle~tio” of &!& references and 0~curre”~e~ of a single name and if5 YarianiS voriduide.

(ii, *rranges conferences. meetlnga and similar gatherings for guild members and 0Mle.v interested.

(iii) encouragee one-name research. PartiC”larIy from original documents.

and publishes or assists in the ~“blic.tion of the useful results Of SUCh research.

Cl”) Producer a Journal and ottlec i‘ferature. helpful to One-Name St”dleS.

Cv) maintains and publishes a Register of the s”c,,ames being researched md of the places “here members have deposited the result of their researches. and through cklee aS*OClafio” with the Pederaf‘o” Of Pamlly Htstory societies. the society Of Ge”ealogl*ts. the Assoc~.tIo” of Scottish Family History Societies and sfmflar organioations varldvide secures the greatest possible awareness of One-Name research. BY means of the Rezister each member becmes the publicise.5 contact and eimrt in the namelsl he or she has reaistered.

(“1) Encourages and ensures bv a vcitten undertaking. that members deal vim ai1 reply-paid enquirler, which relate to their registered names. This “ndertakina if a ,xlmar~ reauirement and sho”ld not be given li!zhtlv. DartiCularlV with the more cDmm.an names.

New ~,diCantS for q ‘+“?bershi~ of the Gu‘ld should send a sfam~ed addressed envelope to the Registrar. requesting a Registration Form. overseas WPllcsnts ShOUid Send three International Reply co”po”s. me Registratio” Fee is a.00 far each name registered: each registration may include up to five variants. me Annual SUbSCriptlo”. payable 1st January. is f8.00, and CD”crs four issues Of this Journal and two is”es of Family History News and DkSi. On Joining members ceceive a COPY of the current edition of the REGISTER OF ONE-NAME STUDIES an* SupplementS and new editions as they are issued.

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