Guest Ant Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 So how far has everyone got with their research, and do any of us share common ancesters? - Unlikely, but it's possible. The names I'm researching are (in order of significance) - Atkin Burn Deakin Dawson Duffy And these names crop up way back in the tree - Smedley Hutchinson Meahan Fisher Bailey Kendill / Kendall The earliest I have pinned a relative down to is 1786. All my research has been on my mother's side (the Deakins/Burns) - I've hit an immediate brick wall on my father's side (the Atkins). My mother's family were grocers, photographers (one of whom had a claim for the damage sustained to his photography shop due to the Sheffield Flood), combmakers and, almost inevitably at some point, cutlers. Oh, and publicans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hennypenny Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 Why not post details of your brick walls, then see if anyone can come up with ideas to help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
summer1955 Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 the names i am researching at the moment are sykes in shefield nicholson in sheffield and doncaster foster in sheffield, beighton hunter in sheffiled warrington in sheffield goulder/goulding/goulden in sheffield sorby in sheffield wilson in sheffield mostly norton dalton in sheffield mostly norton and in derbyshire dunster in sheffield and lancashire damms in sheffield and rotherham marriott in sheffield and rotherham mine have been in pit,cutlery trade and steel,farmers, some shoe and clogg makers one started of as a policeman but left to take up making cloggs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hennypenny Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 one started of as a policeman but left to take up making cloggs. If he was a policeman in Sheffield then you could possibly find his service records at Sheffield Archives and see why he left. It is a little complicated as you need to first get permission to view the records from South Yorkshire Police:- Copied from A2A [Access Conditions] Police records may not be made available to research workers unless permission has been sought in each case. This is done by sending a letter to PR Officer Press and PR Office Police Headquarters Snig Hill Sheffield S3 8LY Tel: 0114 220 2020 ext 3848 Fax: 0114 252 3154 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuppie Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 Hi. http://www.sheffieldfhs.org.uk Sheffield & District Family History Society, with a message board for posting your queries. Also inline indexes to 1851 census and stray marriages at the cathedral. http://libplugins.sheffield.gov.uk/bmd/home.aspx Sheffield Register Office with the facility to search Births Marriages and Deaths registered in the Sheffield, Ecclesall Bierlow and Ecclesfield registration districts. This is an ongoing project between the register office and Sheffield Family History Society so keep checking back. Tuppie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivelin6 Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 Hi Ant, I have Fishers in my family but some generations back. I have a lot of contact with other Fisher families from around Sheffield so you never know. The number of people I have found a distant contact with is quite high so never say never. My main names are Lincoln, Turner Garrett Riley, Norburn Norton. Kitson Fisher Robinson, Green Grayson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ant Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 Hi Ant, I have Fishers in my family but some generations back. I have a lot of contact with other Fisher families from around Sheffield so you never know. My Fishers look like this: James FISHER..........Mary A. ? ...1809 -...........=......1808 (Master Tailor)....\ ........................\ ........................\ ................Miriam FISHER........William Henry BURN ..................1847-1885......=..........1831 - ............................................(Photographer) ================================================== I've just downloaded the Woodhouse section of the 1901 White's Trade Directory to browse through the businesses. This entry caught my eye: Name: Turner, William Occupation: Builder, joiner, plumber, painter, gasfitter, undertaker. Talk about a jack of all trades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
summer1955 Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 If he was a policeman in Sheffield then you could possibly find his service records at Sheffield Archives and see why he left. It is a little complicated as you need to first get permission to view the records from South Yorkshire Police:- Copied from A2A [Access Conditions] Police records may not be made available to research workers unless permission has been sought in each case. This is done by sending a letter to PR Officer Press and PR Office Police Headquarters Snig Hill Sheffield S3 8LY Tel: 0114 220 2020 ext 3848 Fax: 0114 252 3154 no he was a policeman in lancashire i can get his records if i pay but not got round to it yet, dont know if he got into making cloggs as his father in law was a shoe maker or his brother was a clogg maker and with what i have found one of his realtives and one of his wifes brother came to live in sheffield and putting two and two together think thats why he came to sheffield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hennypenny Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 no he was a policeman in lancashire i can get his records if i pay but not got round to it yet, dont know if he got into making cloggs as his father in law was a shoe maker or his brother was a clogg maker and with what i have found one of his realtives and one of his wifes brother came to live in sheffield and putting two and two together think thats why he came to sheffield. The Traditional Heritage museum on Ecclesall rd is an interesting place to visit, they have preserved old workshops and shops, and recreated them in the museum. One of them is a clog makers workshop with all the tools and workbenches etc in place to give you an idea of how they worked. It has open days on the last Saturday of each month, and on bank holiday Mondays. http://www.ucl.ac.uk/museumstudies/websites04/davison/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoopyLou Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 The Traditional Heritage museum on Ecclesall rd is an interesting place to visit, they have preserved old workshops and shops, and recreated them in the museum. One of them is a clog makers workshop with all the tools and workbenches etc in place to give you an idea of how they worked. It has open days on the last Saturday of each month, and on bank holiday Mondays. http://www.ucl.ac.uk/museumstudies/websites04/davison/ My uncle helped build the replica shop - in fact he did most of the carpentry in that place. Glad to see it get a mention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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