West Middlesex Family Society Journal 2001

Smith, Ricketts and Shepherd, to say nothing of Cain - Patrick Cain
A family history involving emigration to Queensland, Australia in 1883 - 1910 (CAIN, RICKETTS, SHEPHERD, SMITH, BESTON)
West Middlesex FHS Journal 19(1) (2001)

Convict Turned Constable - Peter Lee
A remarkable sequence of events in Harmondsworth and New South Wales 200 years ago (JARVIS, HAYNES, TOMKINS, EAST, GREEN, McLOUGHLIN, THOMPSON, SWADLING)
West Middlesex FHS Journal 19(1) (2001)

House of Lords Record Office
What's there and how to access it.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 19(1) (2001)

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You Dare, Mr Livingstone - Roger Gammon
A happy discovery about a forebear - and how the Mayor of London (Ken Livingstone) fits in! (GAMMON, ADAMS, George Gammon ADAMS)
West Middlesex FHS Journal 19(1) (2001)

Past Meetings - a summary of talks given at past meetings:

Do we get as much information as we might from the GRO indexes of births, marriages and deaths and other records? - West Middlesex FHS Journal 19(1) (2001)

Did he really commit murder? A murder mystery evening. - West Middlesex FHS Journal 19(1) (2001)

Apprentices - West Middlesex FHS Journal 19(1) (2001)

National Inventory of War Memorials - history of war memorials and how and why the National Inventory was started (in 1988) - West Middlesex FHS Journal 19(2) (2001)

School Logbooks - what can be gleaned from them? - West Middlesex FHS Journal 19(2) (2001)

Wills - their history and administration and what can be derived from them; using them to research family history before the start of parish registers - West Middlesex FHS Journal 19(3) (2001)

Some sidetracks encountered during family history research - West Middlesex FHS Journal 19(3) (2001)

Suicide and its records: changing attitudes to and motives for suicide since 1194 - West Middlesex FHS Journal 19(4) (2001)

The piggeries and potteries of North Kensington - West Middlesex FHS Journal 19(4) (2001)

Sex, lies and civil registration - why those certificates may be 'wrong' - West Middlesex FHS Journal 19(4) (2001)

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One of Those Problem Families -Richard Parkinson
The trials of trying to trace your family history when there are no relatives to ask and you can't find your mother's birth certificate! (HUTCHINS; PARKINSON; BOGGIS; SOWLEY; TAYLOR)
West Middlesex FHS Journal 19(2) (2001)

West London Local History Conference
A brief summary of six talks on the theme 'Images of West London':

West London residents in National Portrait Gallery - Sue West (NPG)
Local watercolours at Wandsworth Museum and their artists - Pat Astley Cooper (WM)
Local paintings - Keith Waterhouse (Fulham and Hammersmith Local History Society)
Early experiments in photography - James Wisdom (Brentford and Chiswick Local History Society)
Two local photographers in Brentford and Cranford - Andrea Cameron (Hounslow and District History Society
The art collections of Nellie Ionides and Lady Isabel Burton - Rachael Tranter and Mark de Novellis (Orleans House Gallery, Twickenham)

West Middlesex FHS Journal 19(2) (2001)

Grandmother, Great Grandmother and Two Mysterious Family Stories - Janice Chinnery
Who was 'Granny Smith of Aberdeen'? (Esther Mary Ann FOALSTER, b 1840 Old Brentford; Richard FOALSTER; FOLSTER; SNELL; FORSTER; BLAKE; LENNARD; CHICK; BARNES; CHEAL; PIGGOTT; VICKERS; JOHNSTONE; JOHNSTON; CRAWFORD; BEXX; BROWN; Sir Johnston FORBES-ROBERTSON)
West Middlesex FHS Journal 19(2) (2001)

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Les Munson

We are very sad to report the death of Les Munson, who was Charman of the Society from 1995 to the latter part of 2000, when he was forced to resign due to ill health. Just before he died, Les was able to visit his married daughter and her family in Austria, but the visit was cut short due to a return of his health problems.

Everyone who came into contact with Les will remember his kindness, approachability and good humour. He and his wife Jill worked very hard for the Society and for the benefit of Family History in general. They coordinated the Society's contribution to the 1881 census index, which involved a great deal of material cluttering up their home and having to be transported back and forth to meetings. Jill subsequently ran a postal search service of the index which she and Les brought to meetings for members to search.

Through his regular 'Chairman's Jottings' in the Journal, Les kept members in touch with Society activities and events, always maintaining the personal touch that was his hallmark. He will be sorely missed by all of us and we extend our sympathy to his family.

West Middlesex FHS Journal 19(3) (2001)

A Study of the Parish of Harmondsworth - William Wild
Harmondsworth is the most westerly parish in Middlesex and borders on the county of Buckinghamshire. This article touches on a few aspect of the history of the parish since 1066, including the laws and customs of the manor, the Great Barn, the Enclosure Award of 1819, the Turnpike Trust and the location of the original Ordnance Survey base line. Individuals named: Sir William PAGET; Sir Christopher HATTON; Thomas WEEKLY; John LIDGOULD; John COOPER; George ENGLEHEART; William SHERBORNE; Isaac CAIN; John CLARKE; Thomas CHAPMAN; Abraham DRIVER; John TRUMPER; Beau NASH; Maj Gen ROY.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 19(3 & 4) (2001)

Protestation Return for Harmondsworth - Peter Lee
A transcript from the original return at the House of Lords Record Office (HLRO 27 February 1641/2) listing 120 men of the parish
West Middlesex FHS Journal 19(3) (2001)

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Arthur Gunter's Memoirs - Arthur Gunter
An account of a life in Staines circa 1870
West Middlesex FHS Journal 19(3) (2001)

Bridget Purr's Diary - Bridget Purr
The Society's activities at the Society of Genealogists Family History Fair.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 19(3) (2001)

Some More Family History Websites

The public library website Familia gives details of family history resources held in public libraries in Britain and Ireland and also displays maps to help you locate places and areas. It can be found at: www.earl.org.uk/familia/main.html

www.gendocs.demon.co.uk/ Website of professional genealogists who have compiled indexes of Victorian London, including streets that have changed names, public houses, institutions and poice divisions.

www.rootsweb.com/~billingh/disease.shtml Page from an Australian website which lists medical conditions likely to be found on old death certificates, with modern definitions.

www.rootscomputing.com/howto/cousin/cousin.htm On-line chart for assessing relationships between people who have a common ancestor.

http://www.bt.com/directory-enquiries/dq_home.jsp?vStore=undefined UK telephone directory.

http://collage.nhil.com Websitre giving some material from the Guildhall Library's Collage collection, available in full at the Library on its computer terminals. High quality images from its thousands of prints, drawings, photographs, maps and caricatures.

West Middlesex FHS Journal 19(3) (2001)

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The National Army Museum
The National Army Museum at Chelsea tells the story of the British soldier in peace and in war. [more details in Journal article]
Address: Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, London SW3 4HT. Tel: (020) 7730 0717
Opening hours: 10am - 5.30pm. Admission free. Nearest Underground station: Sloane Square.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 19(3) (2001)

High Bridge and Ravenscourt Rowing Clubs - Jacqueline Finesilver
These rowing clubs were described in the June 2000 issue. A list of (some) members during the period 1903-09 taken from the West London Observer:
ALLER; BACON; BAKER; BARNES; BIFFEN; BISHOP; BROOKS; BURNHAM; CAAN; CLARK; CLARKE; COLE; COLEMAN; COLLARD; COOK; CORIO; CRANMER; CROUCH; DANIELS; DRAKE; DRUCE; EDWARDS; FLETCHER; FORRESTER; FREEBORN; FURNELL; GADSDEN; GARDNER; GIBSON; GODFREY, GOODMAN; GROVER; GUY; HARTON; HAWKES; HERRIDGE; HEWITSON; HICKS; IRVING; JACKSON; JALES; JAMES; LAKE; LANE; LEY; LUCKETT; MANT; MORGAN; NICHOLLS; PEACE; PEROTTON; PERRETTON; POTTER; QUY; READ; SHRIMPTON; STEVENTON; SUTTON; THOMAS; TOWNSEND; WALLER; WARD; WILKIN; WOOD; WRIGHT.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 19(3) (2001)

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WMFHS Noticeboard - ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the West Middlesex Family History Society will be held at 7.45 pm on Thursday 21 March 2002 at Montague Hall, Montague Hall, Hounslow. Reports will be presented by the Chairman and Treasurer and members will be asked to approve the accounts for the year 2001 and elect accounts examiners for the coming year. Elections will be held for officers and members of the Executive Committee. The business of the AGM will include consideratio of amendments to the Society's Constitution.

Members who wish to bring forward any matters at the AGM, or to propose nominations to the Committee, are asked to write to the Secretary by 15th January 2002.

The agenda for the AGM will be published in the next issue of the Journal to be published and distributed at the beginning of March 2002.