The Hampshire Family Now in Historian our 41st year December 2014 Volume 41 No.3

Christmas Truce 1914 – see page 160

Inside this Issue The RHR Field of Remembrance • Greetings from Wodonga • SE Hampshire Roman Catholics PLUS: Around the groups • Book Reviews • Your Letters • Members Interests • Research Room

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Editorial – Ken Smallbone 154 Family Feature article – The RHR Field of Remembrance 155 Historian Searchers compiled by Lesley Bull 156 December 2014 The value of life in war by Mr M.F. Reid 159 The Christmas Truce 1914 by Ken Smallbone 160 One Old Contemptible by Anthony Paice 162 In days of yore Civil Registration, Part 5 166 Book reviews 169

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Deadline Material for possible inclusion in the March 2015 Family Historian should be received strictly by 10 January 2015. All contributions are, however, appreciated as early as possible. Disclaimer Dear Editor – Your Letters 172 The Hampshire Family Historian is the official publication Greetings from Wodonga of the Hampshire Genealogical Society. by (Rev.) Neil Harvey 175 Material is copyright of the Society and may not be HGS News 176 reproduced without written permission. The Hampshire Members’ surname interests 182 Genealogical Society does not accept responsibility for Surnames appearing in this issue 186 personal views expressed in this publication, or in any Chapman Codes 187 articles. Historical hogs – Ernest George Horlock, VC Submission of material by Ken Smallbone 188 The editor welcomes articles, family trees (typed in black, From Hampshire to Russia A4 with 1” margins) letters, items, comments, and by (Ms) Jocelyn M. John 191 especially family photographs or illustrations to News from Record Offices/Libraries 194 accompany them. Please enclose SAE for photo return. George Watts at war Items can be submitted by e-mail to by Ken Smallbone 200 [email protected] with your Surname and “New Local Group Programmes 202 HFH Article” on the subject line or by post (letter or CD in Word format). The HGS reserve the right to reproduce SE Hampshire Roman Catholics – Part 1 submissions in publicity materials and on the society by Roy Montgomery 218 website. Earliest Minstead Parish Register Please, ALWAYS include a telephone contact — by Colin Macey 221 (it will not be printed if you clearly state this) and your HGS Publications 222 membership number PLUS full postal home address - particularly when sending Emails.

153 Editorial Welcome…

As one year drifts into another we naturally begin to think back to previous times and often to people we had lost along the way. As 2014 makes way for 2015 the process continues, and it will become a sad time for many, as well as a reason for celebration for most. A major anniversary had occurred in 2014 that seemed to have made a much greater difference in the minds of family historians throughout the world. All at once, the significance of Remembrance Day and poppies had become utterly real for many more people than usual. Our feature article concerns the Field of Poppy Crosses in the Royal Hampshires’ Memorial went to Russia; greetings from Australia; Garden. The First and Second World Wars are Roman Catholic records; a previously “lost” commemorated in the feature article, while parish register; attempts to break down civil the First or ‘Great’ War is the theme in those registration ‘brick walls’. Furthermore, there contributions from several of our members are more than enough additional interesting (The Christmas Truce, One Old Contemptible, matters to be found in Searchers, the report The Value of Life in War, George Watts at War, from the Hampshire Record Office, Book The Lost Generation, and the Historical Hogs Reviews, HGS News, Letters to the Editor, feature on the second Hampshire-born VC of Members’ Interests, and the reports from the that war). It was also highlighted in our Open HGS groups. I wish to thank everybody Day on October 12 this year (see p 179). No concerned in contributing the items that make doubt this theme will continue as the up this current journal. centenary progresses. Thoughts on the Second World War (began 75 years ago) are also Finally, we at HGS wish you all a very brought to the surface from time to time. enjoyable Christmas and hope that 2015 will bring you much success in your endeavours. Yet, although the Great War may even be We also take this opportunity to thank you for foremost in many minds at present, a journal your support, as you are the lifeline of this such as ours ought to be able to provide a fair Society, and without you we cannot function. amount of variety, particularly as there must May you continue to help us help you. be a few families who were less affected by the events of 1914-18 than others. Thus, we Ken Smallbone also have articles on a Hampshire family who Editor

154 Feature article The RHR Field of Remembrance

Serle’s House, Southgate Street, Winchester On Friday 1 August 2014 a Field of Poppy Crosses was officially unveiled in the Memorial Garden of the Royal Hampshire Regiment. This field comprised a sea of tiny poppy- bearing wooden crosses representing 10,259 ultimate sacrifices made by Hampshire’s brave. The poppy crosses remembered each of the following members of the Royal Hampshire Regiment - 8,023 killed in WW1; 2,149 in WW2; and 87 who had died since the carefully placed in the ground earlier in that end of the Second World War. week by six volunteers from the Eastleigh As the bugles sounded, the Standard was platoons of the Hampshire and Isle of Wight lowered, and, during the special service at Cadet Force. The poppy crosses then Serle’s House, soldiers past and present remained in place until mid-September, thus paused to reflect and remember those who allowing people to visit and reflect on the had fallen. The event, on the eve of the sacrifice of those killed in the two world wars centenary of the start of the First World War, and afterwards. was organised by the Royal Hampshire Serle's House was built about 1740 for Regiment Trust, and had been timed with William Sheldon and bought by John Serle in other services across the county. It also 1781. It was used as the Headquarters for the coincided with work recently completed at the South Hampshire Militia, and then sold to the museum – a refurbishment after receiving a Government in 1796. It became the Heritage Lottery Fund grant of £93,000. Headquarters of the Royal Hampshire Wreaths were laid alongside the poppy- Regiment, until converted into a museum in bearing wooden crosses, which had been 2001. After World War II the area was re-designed as a Garden of Remembrance. The garden was planted with rose trees from the battlefield of Minden and a tree from Ploegsteert Wood in Flanders, places memorable in the history of the Regiment. Various plants have been donated by those who have served in the Regiment and their relatives. Photos are supplied by John Heighes.

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Searche Compiled by Lesley Bull

If you would like your request to be included in reply will not be made except through this this section, please submit a b rief, but journal. Photographs and illustrations are specific, email or letter of enquiry or send a gladly accepted: - (300 dpi resolution jpegs by 'Word' based article with relevant names (and email attachment or on CD are welcome) or particularly your own name and address) laser colour photocopies (never ordinary ones) detailed in B LOCK CAPITALS to Mrs L. Bull, or black and white original pictures. All can 'Wychwynd', Cove Road, Fleet, Hampshire, be returned if you request it and supply an GU51 2RT. SAE. If sending original photographs through the post, please use a protective board Kindly a lways advise a telephone number envelope. E MAIL: for any possible contact, and unless you state [email protected] and please clearly that you object, any e-mail or always quote a f ull postal address for those telephone number given will be printed. without computers. If this is not done, your Please be patient as acknowledgement or request may well be disregarded.

Abbreviations used: b = born, b ap = baptised, b d = buried, c . = circa, C = Century, d. = died, m rd = 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.

Dr Arthur Waters, 4 Colonel Stephens Way, ‘Windmills’: Tenterden, Kent TN30 6EZ Email: [email protected] Hurstbourne Tarrant (Member no. 4224)

My mother, Elsie Edith EVES , was born in role she might have had there in the 1920s or 1907 in Kilmersdon, Somerset. The family had 30s. I have the 1911 census information and moved to Hatherden, near Andover, by the I’ve discovered there was a book published time of the 1911 census. I am told that before with the title: Windmills Revisited: An her marriage in 1935 in Andover she worked Edwardian Country House: Hurstbourne at a house by the name of “Windmills” near Tarrant, Andover by Anthony Prosser (2006), Hurstbourne Tarrant. I am interested in but this is now out of print. I should be most finding out more about this house and what grateful if anyone can help.

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'Windmills', Hurstbourne Tarrant, valued at over £2.7 million according to the sales description Foun d Lesley’s Success Stories for December: née Davis. On the same website Sue found this: Mary Davies (sic) married John Swadon Sue Stonier - not an HGS member, but an HFH (sic) on 8 November 1779 at Little Bedwyn. reader - saw member Ruth Wright’s query in a Ruth applied for the 1788 marriage certificate previous issue (Vol 41/1, June 2014). Ruth and it confirmed the marriage of “Mary was searching for a marriage of Thomas Swaddon of this Parish, Widow” to Thomas HUNTLEY to Mary DAVIS circa 1788. Sue Huntley. She writes: “I am now 99.99% certain found on Ancestry , in their ‘All England, Select that I've got the right marriage! Another little Marriages 1538-1973’, a marriage at Little piece of the puzzle! I've been researching for Bedwyn, Wilts, which seemed to fit the bill: 13 over 20 years now and everyone in the various October, 1788 Thomas Huntley married Mary record offices and the family history societies SWADDON . The registers stated that she was to which I belong have been so helpful!”

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… And from Robert Toomer (Member # newspaper, and February being a good month 11572), 12 Valley View, Market Drayton, to start, as I had noticed that there appeared Shropshire TF9 1EA ([email protected]), to be daffodils on the tables. who writes:- It didn’t take too long to come across the “In The Hampshire Family Historian , following headline in the Southern Daily Echo December 2012, Vol. 39 No. 3, page 166, you for 17 February 1936: ‘WAR-TIME MEMORIES kindly printed a group photograph for identification. Several replies were received REVIVED - 26th Field Ambulance Reunion at offering suggestions. So’ton’, so, for me, this had to be the subject of the photograph. Other army units Casually surfing the internet for anything to do mentioned were the 2/3rd Wessex Field with the 26th Field Ambulance, RAMC (which my grandfather had been in), came up with an Ambulance; Horse and Mechanical Transport auction lot from February 2000 for a Reunion RASC. Members attending had come from Programme held at the Dolphin Hotel , Portsmouth, Andover, Southampton, Southampton, on 18 February 1950. This led Winchester, Eastleigh, Bournemouth, I.O.W., me to believe that the answer to my questions Lymington, Marlborough, Birmingham and may have been found if I could find a London. It had been the largest gathering for newspaper account of such an event in 1936. some time and that may explain why a On enquiry to the Southampton City Archives, photograph had been taken to mark the I was told that the newspaper to read would occasion. be the Southern Daily Echo , which was available on microfilm. Trawling through I would like to thank again those people who newspapers is not an easy task at the best of responded to my initial request. My research times, more so with a daily paper! However, to find the subject of the photograph had been working on the basis that Annual Reunions are off and on for several years, but finally a lead likely to be held around the same time each from the most unlikely source presents itself. year, it seemed like a task worth taking on. Never give up hope or looking seems to be the I was not sure whether this type of event got advice. Should anybody be interested, I have a reported in local papers, so I decided initially copy of the newspaper article.” to see if I could find a report for the Reunion in 1950, for which I had a precise date. Sure Finally, Lesley asks: Could you be helped enough, there it was, which gave me great by publishing your research query in hope for finding the 1936 reunion in the Searchers?

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158 Member’s article The value of life in war

I am pleased that so much is being further two years and joined the army. After donated to Help the Heroes, although training he found himself at Anzio in Italy, sometimes it is a bit “over the top” when where he was appointed acting (unpaid) lance- established charities like St Dunstan’s corporal. After five weeks in action he led his struggle to obtain funds. It is a pity that section into a bombardment to recover a such generosity was not afforded to other wounded soldier. The wounded man was ‘Heroes’ of the two Great Wars. brought back, but Brian was wounded himself. My great-uncle Frank HOPKINS (1870-1953) He was last seen lying on the battlefield, but lived in a little house in Marylebone Street, later disappeared, obviously having been Portsmouth. He married Ann Elizabeth blown to pieces. MASLIN , and they had three sons - Frank, In 1945 his mother, Elsie Cheesman (née George Charles Robert and Albert Benjamin - Hopkins), received his three medals by post, and a daughter, Ellen. Ellen died in 1909 from together with a postal draft for £1 3s 6d, tuberculosis, aged 15. The boys all went off to which was the balance of pay that he had not war in the army when the time came. drawn. Brian’s life, together with thousands of Frank survived unscathed; George was killed others, was clearly not worth a single penny to in 1915; and Albert was captured at Ostend in the government and nation. 1915, and spent the rest of the war in a In 1919 a vast cenotaph was erected with the prisoner-of-war camp. When Albert was thousands of names of Portsmouth casualties repatriated in 1919 he was found to be inscribed on large brass plates. In 1945 it was suffering from epilepsy, and was advised by decided that if the 2,530 Portsmouth men and the Army to go to tribunal to get a disability women killed in the forces were honoured, pension. He attended three such tribunals in then the 1,020 civilians killed in the bombing London, and it was finally agreed that his would also have to be listed. Two magnificent illness was caused by his captivity, but was memorial volumes were produced, which are not serious enough for a pension. He was in Portsmouth Cathedral. Brian’s name is in awarded £5 – not £5 a week or a month or a the military edition, whilst my cousin Dorothy year, but a one-off payment as compensation BONE , aged 16, is in the other – killed with for his suffering. her father by a bomb on 24 August 1940. To end this first half of the story, Uncle Frank Such is life – and death – in war. It must never was bombed out of his little house in be allowed to happen again. Marylebone Street in 1940, and lost everything he possessed. Mr M.F. Reid (Member # 5255) We now move on to World War II. My cousin 11 Old Watling Street, Flamstead, St Albans, Brian CHEESMAN (1926-1944) lived in Herts AL3 8HL Portsmouth, and, at the age of 16, he added a 01582 840903

159 Member’s article The Christmas Truce 1914

Extracted from HFH Vol 39/3, December took place at various spots along the Western 2012:- Front around Christmas 1914. There were “The truce started on Christmas Eve – 24 even the reported football matches in No December – 1914, when German troops in Man’s Land between opposing sides, although the region of Ypres began decorating the in most cases there was no ball, and they had area around their trenches. to improvise with anything else at hand. The They placed lit candles and Christmas trees truce has since been recognised as a symbolic on the parapets of their trenches, and then moment of humanity amid one of the most began celebrating the holy festival by singing violent periods of modern history. carols. “Their trenches were a blaze of Unfortunately, it was not ubiquitous – in some Christmas trees, and our sentries were regions fighting continued throughout the day; regaled for hours with the traditional in others, an arrangement was merely agreed Christmas songs of the Fatherland.” For many upon to recover bodies, and nothing more. British ‘Tommies’, it was the first time that “The sniping went on just the same” in places, they had ever heard Stille Nacht (Silent Night), and that the truce was just a lie. In others it the most favoured Christmas carol throughout was short-lived: “The alarm went about the 20th century. midnight, and we stood up till daybreak, when The British responded by singing carols and we found that our pals of the previous two seasonal songs of their own. The two sides days had tried to rush our position, but they began shouting Christmas greetings to each got cut up as usual, and I believe the next other. Soon afterwards there were excursions morning the ground where we had been so across No Man’s Land, where hands were chummy, and where Germans had wished us a shaken and small gifts exchanged: food, merry Christmas, was now covered with their tobacco, alcohol, and souvenirs, such as dead” … buttons and hats. The artillery had fallen In the following year a few units again silent, and the truce allowed a breathing arranged ceasefires with their opponents over space where recently killed soldiers could be Christmas, but these were not nearly as brought back behind their lines. Joint burial widespread as in 1914, partly due to orders services were even held. from on high that prohibited fraternisation. Fraternisation naturally carried its risks, for Following the bloody battles of the Somme some soldiers were shot by opposing forces and Verdun, and the use of poisonous gas, that had not joined in the truce. In many Christmas in the trenches had taken a sectors the truce only lasted through completely different air, now being deprived of Christmas night, yet continued until New the glorious sentiments of “peace on earth Year’s Day in others. Despite the ceasefire, and goodwill to all men”. For that reason 149 British servicemen died on Christmas Day alone, the Christmas Truce of 1914 will 1914. probably stand out forever in history as the The ‘Christmas Truce’ was therefore a series “seasonal miracle”, a unique incident never to of widespread, but unofficial, ceasefires that be repeated in the annals of human conflict.”

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161 Member’s article One Old Contemptible

As unlikely, perhaps, as England winning as a professional with the Hampshires; he this year’s World Cup, the hideous warfare joined the colours in September 1908 when he on the Western Front might have been was described as a dairyman and received brought to an end one hundred years ago - regimental number 8130. After basic training, by knockabout games of football between he was posted to the 1st Battalion and German ‘Fritzes’ and British ‘Tommies’. progressed through Army education I wonder whether Sergeant James John certificates and good conduct awards, (‘Chirby’) PAICE ever speculated over this receiving his first stripe on 25 June 1911. possibility - or lost opportunity - as he Before the Great War Chirby saw service in managed the HQ Wing team’s success in Bethnal Green, keeping the peace during the winning the Carver-Haselden Cup in 1911 rail and dock strikes. Shortly afterwards, Alexandria in May 1922. Unlike most, if not all, the battalion was sent to Colchester for of the proud faces in the team photo, he was training, and here he is first mentioned as a present at the 1914 Christmas truce and signaller-instructor. He was promoted to watched the fraternisation between the two corporal on 6 July 1913. warring sides. He survived four years of On 5 August 1914 Chirby’s battalion of 25 trench warfare, went on to promotion and officers, two WO1s, eight WO2s, 30 sergeants service in India, retiring as sergeant-major, HQ and 720 other ranks mustered at Harrow Company, 1st Battalion, the Royal Hampshire under the command of Colonel S C F Jackson Regiment, in 1932. He died just before the (second-in-command Major F R Hicks). The clock ticked into the New Year of 1934 after an formation arrived in Southampton on two operation at the Royal Hampshire Hospital on troop trains and embarked on SS Braemar his gastric ulcer. It was not as a result of being Castle and SS Castrian on 22 August, reaching gassed - as he was - or, it must be admitted, Le Havre the same evening at 2100 hours. his heavy smoking, as my father considered. Disembarking five hours later, the battalion But then, in the trenches, if you had a Lucifer marched uphill to the ‘rest’ camp where there to light your way, a cigarette was a small were tents, but no food until noon. Thus, did comfort in many a fearful situation. Chirby and his comrades join 11 Brigade, 4 My paternal grandfather was born on 17 May Division of the British Expeditionary Force - 1891 at Bubb Lane, South Stoneham, second the ‘Old Contemptibles’, as Kaiser Bill son of a farm carter - also James John - unwisely called them - under the command of whose ancestors had lived in Ashton, near Field Marshal Sir John French. Corporal Paice, Bishop’s Waltham, since the end of the as a well-trained signaller, was with HQ eighteenth century. All were ‘ag labs’. Slight of Company under the colonel, his deputy, the build and only 5’3” tall, Chirby (origin of adjutant (Captain Perkins), the medical officer nickname unknown) is thought to have run (Captain Williams), the transport officer away from home. In fact, he volunteered for (Edsell) and the machine-gun officer, Lt J Le the newly-created Special Reserve, and Hunte, with whom Chirby would serve for qualified, at the age of sixteen, for acceptance many a year.

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Headquarters Wing, Alexandria – Sergeant Paice, in uniform, standing on the left of third row – The Hampshire Regimental Journal, May 1922

The Hampshires suffered their first casualty almost immediately and was succeeded by on 24 August, when a soldier fell off in a Captain Moore of ‘A’ Company. On 4 tunnel from a truck carrying them to the front. September the Hampshires were ordered to After repeated delays and getting lost - the make a stand on the Marne. Within a few days colonel had to ask local peasants the way - they were brought up to strength with the HQ Company found itself in the thick of a arrival of one officer and 137 other ranks. scrap with German cavalry. The machine-gun From now on trench warfare set in and the and its wagon were smashed, and Lt Le Hunte regimental front stabilised; a new CO, Lt- wounded. The battalion now found itself in full Colonel G H Parker and 266 other ranks retreat along with other British regiments, but arrived on 23 September. These suffered less - only fifty wounded. On 29 reinforcements indicate just how savage a toll August Chirby ate his first hot food since the battalion had paid in the first few weeks of landing in France. The weather was “intensely fighting. hot”. By the beginning of September the The attrition continued for the rest of the year, battalion was under the command of Captain necessitating the despatch of 260 other ranks the Hon. L C Palk, the colonel and other senior to plug gaps at the end of November. Then - as officers having been wounded, and ‘transport the regimental log records - “on Xmas Day an officer’, Le Hunte, was missing. Palk went sick informal truce began with the 133rd

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Saxons (XIX Corps) opposite us and continued Paice was mentioned. This attribute was only till the New Year”. Plenty of time for diplomacy confirmed on 1 March 1919 when the then to replace conflict! Neither side, however, was Secretary for War, Winston Churchill, signed it ready for peace and the fighting spluttered off. back. Chirby received a signal reporting an Chirby was back in Fareham for his son’s apology from the Germans for firing and killing christening on 20 February 1916, but on 11 a ‘tommy’. The inference to be drawn is that November the same year he was awarded the the Germans were reluctant to re-start Military Medal (established March 1916) for hostilities, but had been forced to do so by gallantry. The medal was first awarded in July their High Command. Regimental records to coincide with the opening of the Battle of suggest that when the Saxons resumed firing the Somme. It was the battalion’s “worst they aimed high to allow their enemy time to experience of the war”, with eleven officers take cover. The signal Chirby held is more and 310 killed or missing and fifteen officers precise: “Gentlemen, our automatic rifle has and 250 men wounded. It seems that Chirby order from the colonel to begin the fire again was one of those “wounded in action” and sent at midnight. We take honour to avail you of home. In August 1916 he was at St Andrew’s this fact” - dated 27 December (7.56 pm). War Hospital, Thorpe, near Norwich. There is On 2 February 1915 Chirby was back in no confirmation that he returned to France. ‘Blighty’, where he married his pre-war At the end of the war Chirby re-enlisted on 31 sweetheart (see photo), the pretty Elizabeth January 1919 with a new regimental number - Annie CLARK(E) at St Jude’s church, Portsea. 0996. On 30 March 1920 the 1st Battalion Described as “on active service” in the rank of sailed on HT Czar for Constantinople to join sergeant, we can safely assume that his third the occupying Anglo-French forces. Chirby was stripe was a battlefield promotion, since it aboard as the senior-most sergeant. After was not endorsed until over a month later. enduring “filthy” accommodation in the Chirby and Elizabeth wasted no time; my “smelly” Halidji Oglu barracks, lightened only father, James John again, was born on 16 by nearby Turkish baths, the battalion sailed November the same year. Sergeant Paice on 16 December for Alexandria. Chirby was returned to France with a further 80 sent back to the UK to organise the reinforcements before the end of February transportation of regimental wives and 1915. Of the original officers who had left children, including Elizabeth Annie and son England in August 1914, only two were ‘Jack’, whom his father called ‘Mick’. In Egypt unscathed - as was Chirby. His luck continued Chirby was promoted successively as quarter- even during the Hampshires’ costly, but master-sergeant and then ‘C’ Company successful, plugging of the line in April after a sergeant-major in November 1922 and French collapse. During the action “many of September 1923. In January 1925 he and his our best NCOs” were lost. Sir John French little family disembarked at Bombay for two singled out the regiment for praise in his years’ service in India. In the last period of his despatch of 30 November 1915 and Sergeant duties he was at the Winchester depot

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Corporal John James Paice with his fiancée Elizabeth Annie Clark(e) on the eve of the Great War, with sister Beatrice Clark(e) as chaperone alongside his close friend Regimental that work. Gained a 1st class certificate of Quartermaster C Turp, who, as a private, had education and has a sound knowledge of also been mentioned in Sir John French’s clerical work”. despatches. Turp’s son, Dick, was my father’s Sadly, Chirby died eight years before I was best friend and was killed in the Second World born. He must have been a fine man, the best War. the Hampshire countryside could produce. On Chirby’s retirement, by now Major J Le But, said my father, he had the annoying habit Hunte, commanding the Winchester depot, of dismantling the crystal radio set just before wrote the following: “Exemplary. An the family wanted to hear a popular exceedingly hard-working reliable man of programme. sober habits who has carried out his duties in Anthony Paice (Member # 1398) an exemplary and exceedingly conscientious Apt 15, Tulk House, Ottershaw Park, manner. Has a good way with other men and is Ottershaw, Surrey KT16 0QG a good disciplinarian. Was signalling sergeant [email protected] of a battalion and has a good knowledge of

165 In days of yore Civil Registration, Part 5:

Although family history is essentially be able to reveal the identity of an ancestor’s concerned with obtaining as much parents or parent (or even, in some cases, the information as possible about individuals, grandparents – perhaps from a will - if in order to write up the story of the evidence of the parents is unavailable) – or family, the genealogical side of it – otherwise the pedigree would become possibly the most important part for many extremely dubious. - is solely devoted to tracing further With civil registration we are at the most generations backwards in time. reliable point of genealogical investigation. The genealogist’s basic task will always Prior to that period family history research remain the same – to discover parents. For becomes much more difficult. Since 1837 our this matter, the most important civil research problems had been greatly reduced registration sources will be those certificates through BMD indexes and census returns, covering births and marriages. Census returns and, of course, progress has been made by and wills, for example, can also be helpful, but later improvements in the system. During the must be regarded more as secondary forms of last couple of decades we have been fortunate evidence in this case. While one remains in having online genealogical sites where we successful in obtaining the appropriate can obtain transcripts of the major sources, certificates then few problems will arise. as well as images of several original However, we do not live in a perfect world, documents. Yet, despite such advances, and all too often we can easily experience a researchers can still come up against “brick lack of the essential documents we require. At walls”. such a point we have hit against what is now Online research is mostly dependent upon popularly known as a “brick wall”. The searches for names. Hence, the most common process would now change into an obsession factor in failure is the “mistranscription” of to get through this barrier, in order to be able personal names. That is, the person whom to continue onwards with the search for one is seeking was not recorded under the ancestors. spelling that is usually known for them – or The problem may never be satisfactorily that the name had been transcribed wrongly. resolved, but nevertheless it will set up a Quite often this problem can be resolved by personal challenge for the researcher, who using “wild cards”. There will normally be an could now spend many hours in an attempt to explanation for the use of “wild cards” get through the barrier. For some there will be (commonly * or ?) on the website itself. some success - possibly through locating a Another idea would be to search via the reasonable amount of circumstantial evidence forename of the ancestor, particularly if this that would undoubtedly “prove” their case in was an uncommon name. Again, “wild cards” such a convincing manner that it could hardly can be used, while the surname is left blank. be seriously challenged by others. Provided Obviously, an approximate year of birth will that such evidence is convincing enough, it need to be provided, and perhaps a birthplace, matters little from whence it came. It has to

166 In days of yore Breaking down ‘brick walls’?

if known. it may be a matter that her husband’s name Yet, many failures seem to come from errors was wrongly transcribed. Check the marriages in the original BMD indexes . Before 1866 in the parish registers first – this may save a these were handwritten, and mistakes in lot of expense, provided, of course, that the identification can easily be made because of couple were married in an Anglican church. illegible entries. This is an obvious dilemma In any case, it would be better to search via that does not require much discussion. the less common name, regardless of whether Perhaps, one may even need a “second or not it belongs to the husband or wife. opinion” to resolve this – that is, another view Then again, the event would only be indexed if on the reading of a particular entry in a it was registered. There are numerous quarter’s index. instances where – for any number of reasons Nevertheless, even with typewritten and – a birth was not registered . If the marriage printed volumes we still require some caution was not registered then, officially, it did not because we now rely upon the expertise of the take place. However, birth was a completely transcriber, who might have even different matter. misinterpreted a name - or had had a similar My grandmother – who was born in 1890 – problem with an illegible or badly handwritten had no birth certificate. This was rather late in entry. For example, many years ago I was the day, and obviously subject to a fine if ever researching the family of RADFORD for a discovered by the authorities. My client. We knew – from a birth certificate – grandmother’s sister was given the task of that a male Radford had married a female informing the registrar of the birth. YOUNG , and, although we had the names, the Unfortunately, although she insisted that she actual marriage was elusive: no Radford and did register the birth, she actually went to the Young marriage for the right period connected. wrong district (she must have been told where However, the woman’s maiden name was to go). In such a case, she had had to swear found in the indexes under the same district in an affidavit, and the registrar would have sent it on to the proper register office in the which the son was born – so, eventually I district where the birth had taken place. That ordered the certificate solely on the basis of no such birth registration appears in the index this bride’s name. As it happened, it was the must suggest that the registrar’s affidavit had correct marriage. The surname of the groom been lost on its way to the correct register was written in almost copperplate office. handwriting, but the incumbent or clerk had an odd way of writing a capital ‘R’ – the last However, all may not be lost if you discover stroke bent inwards, giving the appearance that your ancestor was not registered at birth. It is quite possible that he or she was that the name was ‘Badford’, and, of course, christened in a parish church and recorded in this was how the transcriber had entered it the parish register (as was my grandmother). into the marriage index. So, if you cannot find Of course, this would not give you the a marriage, but know the wife’s maiden name,

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mother’s maiden name. Well, your option and rolls, etc, that may render parents’ would now become to take all the details that names: school admittances, apprenticeship you can from a census record on which your records, military attestation papers, for ancestor appears with their parents, and, example. Naturally, newspapers can often hopefully, siblings. If siblings are recorded, provide such data, particularly in the births, then simply chase them up for birth details marriages and deaths columns. Other sources and anything else you can think of. They might may come in all shapes and sizes, and the have been registered at birth, and should Gibson Guides may locate some of them. share the same parents as your ancestor. Furthermore, do not overlook the possibility of Obviously, if you have no luck with parish manor and borough court rolls of the civil registers, then it is time to consider registration period, if they survive at all. Local nonconformist groups. This would mean a manor courts, particularly dealing with search for neighbouring chapels and meeting copyholds, often note the fathers of houses, and you may even strike lucky. nominated children. Unfortunately, though, the majority of extant Unfortunately, there may be other reasons dissenters’ registers were surrendered to the why a birth cannot be found, and, more often Registrar General by 1840, and, as register than not, the researcher has little course but books were expensive, few nonconformist to use their own ingenuity. In a few cases, groups purchased new ones before the closing their ancestor might have been adopted and decades of the 19th century – that is, if they therefore bore another name at birth. Or bought them then. Quite often, though, where perhaps the name was given after registration there were dissenters’ registers, they (several birth registrations bore no forenames recorded the mothers’ maiden names. initially). Alternatively, the person was not Having possibly failed to find parents through born in the place or year recorded on a census BMD indexes, you may be lucky in census or other record – or even abroad. The list records. Several widowed parents-in-law lived could be endless. with their children and grandchildren, and would thus provide a maiden surname for the When it comes to attempting to break down wife, if you are extra lucky. Yet, even if your “brick walls”, you must always remember ancestor was recorded alone – in domestic or your priorities – you are attempting to trace military service, or as an apprentice – then back a generation, which means you are their birthplace should be recorded. Check looking for parents. So, essentially you are that place on the censuses to see if possible aiming for records that specifically mention relatives were still living there at any time them. It is quite easy to become diverted from during your ancestor’s lifetime, and follow your main aim when consulting interesting them up, if you can. You never know what may documents - and follow a trail that will lead appear. nowhere in particular. Finally, there are a few types of directories Ken Smallbone (Editor)

168 Book review An Ideal Location – A History of Evelyn Crescent and the Surrounding Area by Terence Pook (HGS member)

Orders to: T. Pook, 1 Evelyn Crescent, Southampton SO15 5JF (Email: [email protected]) Paperback, 94 pages with illustrations: £7.50 + £2 p & p (UK)

Although a native who has lived in to date) is Southampton most of my life, I did not always know exactly where Evelyn Crescent was, harder to so I expected, firstly, an exact account of come by, its location. It took quite a lot of intense this will be a great boon for historical explanation (actually nine distant researchers interested in the place. An pages, until I reached page 11) before I alphabetical index of all occupants’ surnames found out, although references to ‘Hill with house numbers is included. Village’ and characters like Arthur The ten Southampton Blue Plaque houses Atherley, MP, did give strong clues. Terry has listed, complete with an interesting Some sections of the book are a bit long- paragraph on each famous occupant, plus winded, and it could also have done with their address, is very worthwhile, and - to my improvements to the writing style by knowledge - not published elsewhere. I somebody (apart from the author), breaking learned of five more than I knew. up or editing sentences here and there. Page Should you not be interested in Evelyn 5, for example, included an over-lengthy Crescent or the Hill Lane area at all, I would sentence devoid of any punctuation still recommend the book for its separate whatsoever. It comprised of no less than an chapters on The Atherley Estate, the astonishing 96 words when counted! ATHERLEY family and descendants, one of Despite these initial criticisms, however, I do whom is a well-known television presenter. admire Terry Pook’s endeavours and his There is also a section on Shirley Common, achievement of actually getting something into detailing something of the WHITEHEAD print. It is an attractive, bright orange covered family’s period of ownership, and the area’s 94-page paperback book, including multiple - links with others, such as DYER, EDWARDS, yet sharp - illustrations, map segments, and JOY, TOOGOOD , etc., although you will have four pages of colour photographs. A complete to trawl through all the pages, since the book list of residents of all 67 Evelyn Crescent lacks a complete surname index. ‘Local houses, dating from circa 1929 until 2010, is Features’ details some information on two comprehensive from a family historian’s view, churches and schools in Hill Lane. with a great deal of Terry's personal research Terry has self-published this book dedicated from Kelly's directories included. Information to wife Pauline, who died in November 2007 of later than 1975 was added from electoral rolls cancer. All profits from the book will be and personal knowledge. Since material from donated to the Cancer Research UK charity. the more modern periods (post 1911 Census Review by Sandra Naish

169 Book review Life in Alton during World War II (‘Memories of Alton’ 2) Edited by Paul Fenwick

This lively volume is the second strange man in the house!” The stranger publication in the Memories of Alton turned out to be her father. He had been away project. A lot of activities went on in for most of the war, and when he returned she Alton during WWII. did not recognise him. Local residents recall air raids, gas masks, It is a small, enjoyable paperback book, only identity cards, evacuees, ration books, black 40 pages, but well-illustrated with portraits of marketeering and the culinary delights of the the contributors, photographs of local places British Restaurant. The area became of interest and amusing pen and ink sketches internationalised, hosting Italians and by Patricia Fenwick. Germans at Fisher’s Farm prisoner-of-war camp, and American and Canadian It costs £3, plus £1 postage, and can be servicemen at Lasham Airport in the build-up obtained from Jane Hurst, 82 The Butts, Alton to D-Day. GU34 1RD (Tel 01420 86701; Email: A particular memory I enjoyed was that of Pat [email protected]). Smith. One day she said, “Mum. There’s a Review by Len Ruffell

The remembered ones of the Great War from the Alton villages

Two superb publications by the Alton and The villages featured in Volume 1 (74 pages) Villages Local History Forum give details are Bentworth, Binsted, Chawton, East Tisted, of the local men who died in the First East Worldham and Farrington. Volume 2 (88 Word War. pages) contains Froyle, Hartley Mauditt, They are illustrated with excellent Holybourne, Kingsley, Meadstead, Newton photographs of the war memorials of each Valence and Selborne. village - so clear that you can read the names The books are spiral-bound, and each contains on them. There is a pen picture of every one of an index for itself and the other volume. Each over 200 men from Army, RAF, Navy and Royal volume is good value at £4.50. Postage is Marines who sacrificed their lives. Their currently £1.50 (rising in January). Copies can stories are inspiring and the cap badges be obtained from Jane Hurst, 82 The Butts, reveal that some of them were serving with Alton, Hants GU34 1RD - Tel 01420 86701 or Canadian and Australian units. There are email: jainhurst1@ gmail.com details of where each man is buried. Review by Len Ruffell

170 Book review Hampshire Militia Muster Rolls Michael Barnes 10 Keble Road, Moreton in the Marsh, Glos GL56 0DZ Telephone 01608 652638; Email [email protected]

Michael Barnes has been producing this 9. Wherwell Company 1626-38 fascinating series of booklets for a 10. Broughton Company 1626-38 considerable number of years. During a 11. Alton Infra & Extra Companies 1624-38 period when information on our ancestors 12. Fareham & Havant Company 1626-38 is extremely scarce, this particular source 13. Crondall & Bentley Company 1624-42 can prove to be vital in building up a family history. 14. Odiham Company 1626-42 Each booklet in the Hampshire Militia Muster 15. Hartley Wintney Company 1625-42 Rolls series gives the names of those in the 16. Portchester & Titchfield Company 1626-42 local area who had joined the militia at a time 17. Stockbridge Company 1626-42 when England did not have a standing army. 18. Eling Company 1626-42 Michael introduces the lists with a short 19. Fawley Regiment 1626-42 history of the Militia and its role, its 20. Selborne Company 1624-42 organisation, how it was paid for and armed, 21. New Alresford & Bishops Sutton Company and how it was mustered. The militia lists 1624-42 themselves contain not only the names of the militia member, but also those who provided 22. Hambledon & Soberton Company 1626-42 them. We also see what equipment they had, 23. Petersfield Company 1624-42 whom they worked for, and where they 24. East Meon Company 1624-42 worked. To date, the booklets are:- 25. Bishops Waltham Company 1626-42 1. Borough of Christchurch & East part of 26. Gosport & Hayling Company 1626-42 Christchurch Hundred Companies 1626-37 27. Basingstoke Infra & Extra Companies 2. City of Winchester Company 1622-38 1625-42 3. Romsey Company 1626-42 (revised) 28. Bentworth Company 1625-42 4. Andover Infra & Extra Companies 1626-40 Copies of these books are available from 5. Hursley Company 1626-38 Michael Barnes, the author (see details above). 6. Barton Stacey Company 1626-38 They vary in the number of pages and prices. 7. Southampton Companies 1622-38 Please enquire for details. 8. Wallops Company 1626-38 Review by the Editor

171 Letters Dear Editor…

Dear Ken, You state at the end of your article 'Civil Registration, Part 4’ [HFH, Vol 41/2, September 2014], that no marriage indexes after 1837 have been published by HGS and that 'hopefully, this may be rectified in the not-to-distant future'. Surely HGS should be encouraging members to take part in the BMD Project currently being undertaken by Hampshire BMD, based on the Cheshire BMD project. Contact [email protected]. Best wishes Bernard Sullivan (Member # 8982) [email protected]

Dear Sir, I have a postcard dated 5 Aug 1902 and addressed to a Miss Silverman at a Southampton street. It is rather a poignant one presumably from a young man by the name of Albert. I did do a half-hearted search some years ago without any luck. I thought it might provide a little interest to any possible descendants. I am now 85 and having lost my active interest in FH am trying to clear all surplus papers etc. Regards, Ken Allcroft [email protected] ; 01234 823718

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172 Letters

Dear Ken, Regarding the enclosed picture – it is a copy of an old postcard which “lives” in a large postcard album which belonged to my great-aunt. I’d like to know more about this illustration. Just what was Horse Sand Fort, Spithead? Incidentally, my husband served in the Fleet Air Arm and was on the Spithead Review at the time of the Queen’s Coronation in 1953. Yours Sincerely Mrs C. Beryl Hyde-Wilkes (Member # 4854) Fairmead, 41 The Paddock, Coseley, Staffs WV14 8XX 01902-491583

Dear Ken, The Fareham HGS group was very saddened to learn of the death earlier in June of Maggie Beddoes. Maggie was a long standing, very active member of the Fareham group, until she unfortunately became very ill and had to relinquish her HGS membership and move to Gloucestershire to be cared for by her daughter. A number of her friends from Fareham HGS attended a memorial service for her, which was held in Gosport, and organised by her former colleagues at the News. She was aptly described as a popular and much loved character. Carol Russell (Member # 610) 11 Manor Crescent, Drayton, Portsmouth PO6 2HP

173 Letters

Dear Mr Smallbone, In your article (Civil Registration, Part 4, HFH Vol 41/2, September 2014) you say that marriage ought to be marriage only if the parties to it are capable of procreation. If so, that would invalidate all the marriages and re-marriages on our family trees at which the bride was past the menopause. On the contrary, the Book of Common Prayer, in the ceremony most people would have used between 1662 and the early twentieth century, makes specific provision for cases “where the woman is past child-bearing”. The Prayer Book also gives three reasons for marriage. The procreation and rearing of children comes first but it is not the be-all and end-all. Second comes “to avoid fornication”, that is, to discourage promiscuity, and third “the mutual society, help and comfort, that the one ought to have of the other” (The commas are in the original). The second and third would apply even if the couple were unable to procreate, and the third shows that our forebears did not think of marriage solely in terms of sex. Civil registration of marriages was and is a missed opportunity. A marriage is, as you say, a legal matter. If, in 1837 or since, our legislators had enacted that all couples should go through a civil ceremony, in a register office, in front of a registrar, after which the marriage would be valid and the children, if any, “lawful”, a great deal of the discrimination and confusion described in your article would have been prevented. Those who wanted a religious service as well would apply for one as a separate transaction and religious institutions would accept or refuse them according to their own criteria. Some Christian denominations may still refuse a couple a church wedding if either partner has been divorced. And think how much easier tracing marriages would be for us! Yours sincerely Mary Hayward (Member # 959) 25 Middleton Close, Fareham, Hants PO14 1QN Editor: Thank you very much, Mary, and indeed I naturally agree with what you have written here concerning the second and third reasons - even as personal experience. Perhaps I did not make it particularly clear, but my reference to procreation as the reason for marriage actually concerned the origin of the institution – it is my considered belief this was why marriage was “invented”, with children being seen in such terms as legitimate and illegitimate, relating to whether or not their parents were legally joined together or otherwise. I had written: “The institution of marriage was, even in its origins, a purely legal concept …” and then rambled on about procreation, ending with “Thus, lawful procreation was obviously the reason for marriage in the first place”. The other reasons, as you had mentioned, were likely to have been adopted later. As you may see from my article, I deem that, as a legal concept, marriage has been interfered with and altered on numerous occasions merely in order to fit current mores and customs, whether good or bad. I found your suggestion in the third paragraph most interesting and so logical that it should have been adopted. As you say, a missed opportunity.

174 Member’s article Greetings from Wodonga

This is not only a very belated expression nurse) were required to certify in writing of thanks to three people who responded (Clarke) and swear on oath (Crosswell) that to a letter of mine - which you published the baptism had taken place. That being done, in the September 2012 issue of the James was 'received into the congregation' of Hampshire Family Historian - but also a St Andrew's, Owslebury. Then again, 'received plug for the great value for people of the into the congregation' may not be the same as overseas variety like me of belonging to 'confirmed', although the Book of Common the HGS and of the magazine. Prayer that was in use then doesn't seem to The first was from Joe Futcher, a member of contain a service for the former. If I have the Museum Society, who sent me more confused anybody, you can find all the details information on my great-great-grandfather, in the Parish Register of Owslebury, James Coldham FUSSELL . Joe transformed Hampshire, 1813-1920 , Book No. 1, Page No. my knowledge of JCF from 'a licensee of a 36, Number 286/7a-7k. public house in Castle Street, Farnham' to Again, I thanked Bernard by email back in 'licensee of the Goat’s Head, 40 The Borough, September 2012, but wanted to express my Farnham, which was situated in a very thanks publicly and bring the records he has prominent place in the town on the junction of transcribed to your readers' attention. Castle Road and The Borough.' Joe also attached a page from a book that gave more The third was from David and Michelle Moody, details about the Goat’s Head from its who read my article, and - because they had popularity in the 18th century to its closure on done some research on the FUSSELL family 31 December 1909. (though not related to them) - shared their I thanked Joe by email back in September considerable findings with me. Among other 2012, but wanted to express my thanks things, they told me that Peter FUSSELL (my publicly through the pages of the HFH. 4x great-grandfather), at one time organist at Winchester Cathedral, sometimes has a The second was from Bernard Sullivan, who concert ticket with his signature on it on was, at the time you published my article, in display in the cathedral. They also told us that the process of transcribing the church records after Peter's death, the only known copy of a of baptisms, marriages and burials for lost painting of the composer Orlando Owslebury. The information Bernard supplied Gibbons went missing - and wondered if it confirmed (pun intended, as you will see), in was hanging on our wall! great detail, a family 'tradition' that JCF was privately baptised, with the baptism taking Once again, we thanked them by email and place on 22 April 1810. From the records want to put our thanks on record in the Bernard has transcribed, what the England HFH. We're not likely to meet them in person, Select Births and Christenings 1538-1975 has unless they travel 'Down Under', but they as the baptism date on 27 February 1827 would receive a very warm welcome if they (when he was 17), appears to be, in fact, his did. All of the above highlights the value of the confirmation. As I understand it, he could not Hampshire Family Historian and of belonging be confirmed in the Church of England unless to the HGS. Long may both continue. previously baptised; and because there was (Rev.) Neil Harvey (Member # 4531) no record of his baptism in the church records, Rev Liscombe Clarke (sometime 8 Castleton Street, Wodonga, VIC 3690, officiating minister of Twyford and Owslebury Australia in 1810) and Mrs Mary Crosswell (James's [email protected]

175 HGS News

HGS Research Centre Diary Dates 52 Northern Road, Cosham, Portsmouth PO6 3DB Open Monday, Wednesday & Friday out of County 9.30 a.m. - 12.30pm Open Tuesday & Thursday Bracknell FH Fair (Berkshire FHS) 9.30 a.m. - 12.30pm & 1.30 - 4.30p.m . Sport & Leisure Centre, Bagshot Road, Bracknell RG12 9SE No appointment is necessary, but if a member specifically wants to use the Sunday 25 January 2015 – 10 am to 5 pm: Find My Past website or wants to Admission £3 guarantee the use of a computer, then FFHS AGM & General Meeting a booking should be made via The National Museum of the Royal Navy, telephone (023 9238 7000) or email Historic Dockyard, Portsmouth PO1 3LJ ([email protected]). Saturday 21 March 2015

HGS Constitution

Over 100 HGS members attended the Printed copies of the Constitution had Special General Meeting that took place at previously been sent out to all members Basingstoke during our Open Day on 12 receiving the September 2014 HFH journal October 2014, and unanimously accepted (Vol 41/2), while electronic versions were the newly amended Constitution. supplied with the e-journal of the same issue. Executive Committee and Development Forum Meetings

Executive Meetings are held at the HGS Attendees must inform the Secretary if they Office in Cosham on the first Wednesday of are unable to attend. They are however able to alternate months, beginning at 7.15 pm. send a substitute on their behalf. Development Forum Meetings are held at 7 January Executive Committee Meeting Twyford Village Hall three times a year on 22 February Development Forum Sunday at 2.15 pm (Group Organisers) and 3.15 pm. 4 March Executive Committee Meeting

176 HGS News A New Venture

Books and maps that could normally be Ordnance Survey maps. They are unique in bought from the HGS Bookstall at family showing towns and villages in great detail, history events are now available through with individual buildings marked, as well as the HFH journal and from our HGS roads and railways, etc. They are a website. comprehensive record of where our forebears lived and, as such, are an invaluable resource This means that you will be able to buy books for family historians. and maps (both new and second-hand) from the Bookstall or the website at any time. It will The original scale of these maps was 1:2500, take some time for everything we hold to but they are reproduced in the Godfrey editions at about 1:4340 or 15 inches to a become available, but we are starting out by mile. As well as the map, each publication listing some of the maps. includes a useful history of the area it covers, First to be made available are: plus some entries from contemporary sources Alan Godfrey Maps . Godfrey Edition maps such as Kelly’s Directories and sometimes an are black and white reproductions of old extract of residents by name.

Ref No Place Date AG HM21.09 Aldershot 1909 AG HM23.08 Andover 1894 AG EW283 Andover, Whitchurch & Downs 1898 AG EW300 Alton & District 1893 AG HM86.13 Bournemouth (Central) 1923 AG HM86.09 Bournemouth (North) 1922 AG HM13.13 Farnborough 1930 AG HM52.16 Petersfield 1908 AG HM84.09 Portsmouth Eastney & Milton 1896 AG HM83.04 Portsmouth North End 1896 AG HM83.07 Portsea 1896 AG HM83.11 Old Portsmouth & Gosport 1896 AG EW331 Portsmouth & Spithead 1893 AG HM70.11 Ringwood 1896 AG HM83.12 Southsea 1896 AG HM65.15 Southampton Docks 1908 AG HM85.11 Southampton East 1908 Prices. Each map costs £2.50 + pp . Up to stock or any other two maps can be bought with one postage queries. More Bookstall items will become cost of £1.33 UK or £2.55 Overseas . available as we develop this process. Payment can either be made by cheque to me Important. Please be aware that Royal Mail’s at the HGS Office (see inside front cover) or by postal charges are due to increase in January card via PayPal on the website, where there 2015, so it is advisable to order as early as will also be details of the current stock held. possible to avoid additional costs. Please enquire to bookstall@hgs- online.org.uk for any items currently out of Chris Pavey, Bookstall Manager

177 HGS News Remembering a Lost Generation

On Tuesday 5th August the Andover Group assembled to remember the 100th anniversary of the start of the Great War, 1914-1918. This marked the culmination of a year’s preparation by the members of our group to honour their ancestors who had fought for our freedom. We selected 28 war memorials around Andover, and the members photographed, recorded the names, and researched the history of one of the names which they brought along to the meeting. We and look at the many displays that depicted also published many of our members’ that time. ancestors who fought in the Great War on the WW1 memorabilia: Communication through group’s website, and included them on the newspapers, post, silk postcards, poems, memorial wall. songs, and many other items like Bamford With the memorial wall in place, and displays Cards; knitting for the troops and set, we went back to 1914 to look at the contributions by horses were among many of events that triggered the war, then followed the other marvellous personal family history them up to the end of August when the British displays produced by our group members. We Army became outnumbered and facing its first also listened to readings from poems of that taste of defeat at the Battle for Mons. The time, reflecting the significance of the poppy event was brought to life through the voices of and remembrance, an extract from one of people who had lived then and experienced Vera Brittain’s letters and a short film on the the horrors of a war that would claim many work carried out by women on the home front. lives and rage on for four long years. As they The people who contributed to the war effort did on their first Christmas, we also called a back in Britain, the Empire and its allies were truce. This allowed the group to take a break the unsung heroes, without whose help the result might have been different. We then finally came together to remember all of the people who had contributed to the successful outcome of the war: on land, in the air, at sea, and on the home front. As the last post faded into the night we heard voices during the silence honouring their ancestors: Rifleman J Worsfold, Royal Irish Rifles (1886– 1915); Private … With a final salute through the words of In Flanders Fields, we came to the end of our dedication to 1914-1918, the war they said was to be “the war to end all wars”. Jim Duncan, Group Organiser, Andover HGS Group

178 HGS News Open Day, Basingstoke, 12 October 2014

The 40th Anniversary HGS Open Day, held for the first time at Everest Community Academy in Basingstoke, had the theme of the Great War. Two members of the Great War Society - David Whithorn and Steve Fairbank - wore authentic military uniforms, and there was an extensive range of WW1 artefacts on display. This theme was extended to a rolling presentation and a display of members’ documents put together by Lin Penny, organiser of the Basingstoke Group. Our speakers were chosen to contrast with, rather than compliment, our theme. Roger Kershaw gave a talk in the morning on the National Archives, online and in situ. This was followed by a Special General Meeting for members only to confirm acceptance of our Society’s amended Constitution. In the afternoon Sharon Hintze talked about problems in BMD and census searches, and this was followed by Lady Teviot’s talk on wills and administrations. We received good day. The Census Detectives were kept fully reviews on all three talks. occupied, and reported an increase in those seeking their help. The HGS Bookstall took Thirty-five exhibitors attended, with a good about £450 in sales - which takings were the variety of family history societies and traders. best that had been achieved at fairs and They were kept busy with the 400 and more events this year, but with the exception of visitors who came through the door during the ‘Who Do You Think You Are’ Live at Olympia. There were a few new members signing up at the membership table, and the lucky winner of the raffle prize was Mr Garry Bone of Basingstoke. It was a very successful event, according to the feedback received from both stallholders and visitors alike – and a fact supported by the high attendance figure. The catering, albeit comprising light refreshments, was also first class and very well-managed, despite the unexpected large numbers of customers. All in all, a very enjoyable day! Sue Wright, Chairman, Open Day Committee

179 HGS News Who do you think you are 2015 and the HGS bookstall

The HGS Bookstall will be at WDYTYA at the whole event. You would have an the NEC Birmingham from Thursday 16 opportunity to meet many of those whom you April to Saturday 18 April 2015. regularly see featured in our journal, as well he Bookstall volunteers are looking forward to as help fellow family history enthusiasts with meeting and talking to everyone, especially their queries and any purchases. Of course, members from the Birmingham area. As this would allow you free entry into the event. Birmingham is some distance from our Full help will be given, and you will be made Hampshire office in Portsmouth, it may be very welcome. that some of our regular volunteers are unable If you would like to get involved, please email to make the journey. We would therefore like to ask any members from the Birmingham me on [email protected], and I will be area to consider offering their services to us very pleased to give you more details. either for a couple of hours, a day or even for Chris(tine) Pavey, Bookstall Manager

Story Time (Web Articles)

As family historians, most of us have at at the HGS Research Centre, 52 Northern least one interesting story or problem Road, Cosham, PO6 3DP, where I can compile from our families’ past. the necessary article. If it is intended for the If you have one or more of these, preferably HFH journal then I shall forward the with a Hampshire connection in some way, completed article to the Editor – or and if you think other members would be alternatively, you can still send your material interested in reading it, then have you directly to the Editor (address at the front of considered writing an article to be included in the journal). this HFH journal or as a post to be added to Writing posts can only be done by someone the HGS website? As a general rule, stories with website permission, so anything that can that cover one A4 sheet of paper are probably potentially be added to the website will need best suited for the website, whereas those to be sent to me first. Subsequent to anything covering one or more sheets would be better being added, I will always ensure that the as an article in the journal. sender agrees with what I have written before publication. If you do have a story, but feel unable to write a full-sized article, then you can always send Roy Montgomery, HGS Research Centre the details to me, either by email or by letter, [email protected]

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FAREWELL With the deepest regret we wish to inform readers of the deaths of the following HGS members:- Mr David Gilbert (Member # 6393), 80 Stakes Road, Purbrook, Waterlooville, Hants Mr Ronald Harry William Thompson (Member # 5937), 38 Amberley Road, North End, Portsmouth, Hants: see Obituary Mrs Susan E Whitfield (Member # 10441), 1 Meadowlands, Christchurch Road, Ringwood, Hants, who sadly passed away in July 2014

OBITUARY Ronald Harry William Thompson (1928–2014)

It was a sad day at the HGS office when we also had a large collection of postage stamps heard of the death of Ron Thompson, one and medals, and was a huge football fan, of our most stalwart volunteers since the especially of Pompey and England. opening of the Research Room/Centre in His family history interests extended from the 2003. His generosity and willingness to Isle of Wight to Cheshire and Suffolk, as well help people by giving advice and as Hampshire. He had one particularly assistance, based on his expertise, will be infamous ancestor - a murderer named long remembered. Michael Morey, who killed his own grandson, In his youth Ron joined the Royal Air Force, but and was consequently executed. most of his working life was spent - one way Ron was a true family man, proud of his son or another - in the licensed trade. He was very and daughter-in-law, two grandchildren, other interested in local history and became a “honorary” grandchildren and four great- member of the local WEA team, who produce grandchildren. Our condolences go to his wife booklets on various districts of Portsmouth. of over sixty years, Isabel, and all his family. He enjoyed reading and listening to music. He Val Casey, HGS Research Centre

181 Members’ Surname Interests Database Members’ Surname Interests Database

Please continue to check the members’ already obsolete when published. Please interests webpage at http://www.hgs- contact the HGS Office for a member's current familyhistory.com/research-resources/me details if you encounter problems mbers-interests/ for latest details and But please remember to inform the service updates that will be announced there first. Membership Secretary Members’ interests are published quarterly in ([email protected]) of any this journal. There is a restriction in each changes to either your current email or journal of publishing a maximum of 15 entries home address. per person to keep the journal to a The section on the following pages is arranged manageable size. Such a constraint does not alphabetically by surname, then area and apply to the database, however, so it is place name. Once you have located an entry in possible to add further interests - within which you are interested, note the number on reason! the right hand side of the column and turn to Updates to your surname interests can be made online by following the examples on the the end of the section. page or by post. It is also possible to remove Simply look up the number, which will give the redundant entries, and this is encouraged - name and address of the person who deletions are not notified in the journal; they submitted the information. simply won't remain in the database. Updates Notes (‘1900’ given as example of ‘date’): should be BLOCK printed and submitted in the 1900 + = after that date; format used in the following section or as shown on the form on members’ interests pre 1900 = before that date; webpage. The county Chapman Codes are c1900 = circa (about) that date published at least once in any yearly HFH (+/- 5 yrs); volume and should be used when submitting C20 = xx th. Century; interests, e.g. HAM for Hampshire etc. parish a = area around parish Please note that addresses published in this section refer only to members who have submitted their interests. Remember that your addresses are your All enquiries and queries concerning this contact point, so keep them up to date. section should be sent by post to the Research Centre at the HGS Office (address on inside If communicating by post remember that front cover), or via the red enquiry button on our website, or by e-mail to an SAE is essential these days, as not [email protected]. everyone has email. Please note that HGS N. B. Changes to email addresses will no cannot guarantee a response to any longer be noted in the journal as many are enquiry made of a member.

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Adams ANY Any 1823+ 3729 Dalley LON Any Pre1826 13913 Aslett ANY Any 1100-1900 968 Davies HAM Southwick Pre1860 13880 Austin HAM Portsmouth/ Davies HAM Portchester 1840-1860 13880 Gosport 1890-1940 13271 Davis Any Any All 13810 Bailey HAM Selborne 1700-1800 13923 Davis HAM Alverstoke 1851-1861 9016 Bailey HAM Portsmouth 1780-1933 13860 Davis HAM Southwick Pre1860 13880 Bailey HAM Itchen Abbas 1780-1933 13860 Davis HAM Portchester 1840-1860 13880 Barnett HAM Any Pre1826 13913 Dowse HAM Any Pre 1800 11144 Bartholomew HAM Portsmouth 1840-2010 13868 Dunning HAM Penton a 1830+ 13782 Bell HAM Alresford a Pre1811 13782 Dunning WIL Westbury a Pre1830 13782 Bennett HAM Southampton 1825+ 3729 Eals BRK Any All 13810 Blake HAM New Forest a 1827+ 13843 Earle HAM Headley 1600-1800 13923 Boardman LAN Salford C17-C21 13911 Edmonds DOR Any 1790+ 3729 Boardman WAR Coventry C19-C20 13911 Eels BRK Any All 13810 Bodicoate ANY Any 1650-1850 13851 Eliot HAM Any 1750-1900 13854 Boxall HAM Portchester a Pre1860 13880 Eliot WIL Any 1750-1900 13854 Boyce HAM Newnham All 13810 Eliott HAM Any 1750-1900 13854 Bratcher ANY Any Pre1826 13843 Eliott WIL Any 1750-1900 13854 Bratcher ANY Any 1827+ 13843 Fennell DOR Brixham 1780-1900 13860 Brier HAM Alton All 13810 Fennell HAM Portsmouth 1780-1900 13860 Broadway HAM Otterbourne 1750+ 13929 Fletcher LAN Greater Brown DOR Any 1781+ 3729 Manchester C17-C20 13911 Brown HAM Selborne 1700-1850 13923 Frampton DOR Any 1785+ 3729 Brown HAM Headley 1700-1850 13923 Gassick (& La) DEV Tiverton 1800-2010 13868 Bulbeck ANY Any Pre1800 13901 Gillies LND Bethnal Green c1850 2420 Burden WIL West Stowell All 13810 Goddard SSX Any Pre 1800 11144 Butcher HAM Portsmouth 1900-2013 13735 Golding GLO Eastleach All 13810 Butler HAM Gosport a Pre1827 13880 Golding GLO Lechlade All 13810 Buttler HAM Gosport a Pre1827 13880 Guyatt HAM Any 1721+ 13782 Cameron STS Any Pre1900 2420 Hancliffe ANY Any 1812+ 3729 Cawte HAM Romsey All 13721 Hatcher HAM Sherfield Chalmers HAM Portsmouth 1818-1951 13860 English 1788+ 3729 Chamberlain WAR Any Pre1900 2420 Hawkins HAM Boldre 1820+ 3729 Cole HAM Micheldever a Pre1846 13782 Hayes HAM Any 1799+ 13782 Corbin ANY Any 1650-1850 13851 Hayward HAM Fareham Pre1915 13880 Corbin DOR Muckleshell 1700-1800 13851 Hayward HAM Tisbury a Pre1840 13880 Corbin DOR Holdenhurst 1700-1800 13851 Heeley LAN Greater Corbin HAM Southampton 1700-1800 13851 Manchester C17-C20 13911 Craddock HAM Andover a Pre1826 13782 Hoare HAM Alton a 1700-1800 13884 Crouch HAM Andover a Pre1830 13782 Hoare HAM East Tisted 1700-1800 13884 Cutting HAM Penton a 1761+ 13782

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Hocking CON Truro All 13721 Pelling SSX Cuckfield 1700+ 13929 Holloway HAM Nursling a Pre1826 8701 Penny HAM Southampton 1817+ 3729 Hounsom HAM Portsmouth 1788-1955 13860 Perryer HAM Liss 1700-1800 13923 Hutchens HAM Ringwood c1800 2420 Pomeroy HAM Portsmouth 1860-2014 13860 Ivimey ANY Any All 11144 Prescott WAR Any Pre1900 2420 Ivimy HAM Any 1700+ 11144 Privett HAM East Tisted 1700-1800 13884 Ivimy/Ivimey HAM Any Pre1750 11144 Ray HAM Any 1767+ 3729 Jeffcoat LEI Whitwick 1750+ 2420 Reeves DOR Brixham 1780-1900 13860 Jenn DEV Plymouth a Pre1760 8701 Reeves HAM Portsmouth 1780-1900 13860 Johnson LAN Bolton 1600-1914 13854 Roles HAM Portsmouth 1863-2014 13860 Justice HAM Stratfield Turgis C18 13810 Sainsbury HAM Any 1860+ 13782 Kent HAM Any Pre1850 13782 Sainsbury WIL Any Pre1860 13782 Kidd DOR Brixham 1780-1900 13860 Sawyer HAM Baughurst 1750+ 13810 Kidd HAM Portsmouth 1780-1900 13860 King HAM Ringwood 1800-1880 2420 Sawyer HAM Basingstoke 1750+ 13810 Lasham HAM Selborne 1500-1900 13923 Scarlett MDX Any Pre1826 13913 Lasham HAM Kingsley 1500-1900 13923 Shutler DOR Cranborne 1767+ 3729 Lavington HAM Portsmouth 1900-2013 13735 Simkins LND Stepney a Pre1870 2420 Law WIL Any 1827+ 13913 Smith HAM North Lillywhite HAM Any Pre1750 8612 Baddesley Pre1784 13916 Litherland LAN Greater Smith HAM Portsmouth 1840-2010 13868 Manchester C17-C20 13911 Smither HAM Selborne 1700-1800 13923 Lockyer ANY Any 1650-1850 13851 Sparshott + variants Any All 6231 Longson LAN Manchester Pre1900 2420 Spedding CUL Lamplugh C18-C20 13911 Lovett HAM Portsmouth 1800-2010 13868 Spedding WAR Coventry C19-C20 13911 Lovett IOW Isle of Wight 1800-2010 13868 Spencer HAM Preston Ludlow ANY Any 1650-1850 13851 Candover Pre1826 13913 Ludlow HAM Southampton 1700-1800 13851 Squire DOR Brixham 1780-1900 13860 Marten HAM Preston Squire HAM Portsmouth 1780-1900 13860 Candover Pre1826 13913 Tammadge HAM Portsmouth 1850-2013 13735 Matthews HAM Portsmouth 1860-2014 13860 Taylor HAM Southampton 1787+ 3729 Millett HAM Any 1760-1800 13271 Tyrer DOR Brixham 1780-1900 13860 Mills HAM Portsmouth 1900-2013 13735 Tyrer HAM Portsmouth 1780-1900 13860 Mills HAM Petersfield 1900-2013 13735 Wake HAM Selborne 1500-1600 13923 Moody HAM Sherfield Walsh HAM Winchester C20-C21 13911 English 1786+ 3729 Walsh WAR Coventry C20-C21 13911 Morgan HAM Ropley a Pre1750 8612 Wareham HAM Ringwood c1800 2420 Morris HAM Newnham 1750-1950 13810 Morris HAM Hook 1750-1950 13810 Wells HAM Selborne 1500-1750 13923 Moss HAM Clanfield Pre1820 13880 Wheeler WIL Any Pre1850 13782 Moss HAM Portchester Pre1840 13880 Whistler HAM Any All 13917 Mund(a)y CHS Stockport 1780-1900 13882 White HAM Liphook A 1850-1950 13923 Mund(a)y HAM Hursley/ White HAM Portsmouth 1813-1935 13860 Winchester Pre1750 13882 Whitlock HAM Any 1600-1850 13854 Mund(a)y LAN Salford/ Whitlock WIL Any 1600-1850 13854 Manchester 1850+ 13882 Winslett HAM Buriton 1700-1800 13923 Mund(a)y YKS Wath on Winslut HAM Buriton 1700-1800 13923 Dearn 1730-1800 13882 Woodling HAM Southampton 1819+ 3729 Mussell WIL Downton Pre1870 2420 Worley BKM Seer Green Pre1826 13913 Newman SOM Any 1803+ 3729 Wright HAM Portsmouth 1856-1981 13860

184 Members’ Surname Interests Database Contributors’ addresses Please note that the addresses listed here relate only to the member numbers in the preceding sections. Addresses of members who have published interests previously will not be published here but can be found on the interests CD or in previous Journals.

968 Mr W C Aslett, 1 East Street, MARTOCK, Somerset TA12 6NF UK e: [email protected] 2420 Mrs D King, Lavister Chapel, Darland Lane, Rossett, WREXHAM, Clwyd LL12 0EL WALES e: [email protected] 3729 Mrs E D Price & Mrs M Stratton, 37 Glen Eyre Drive, Bassett, SOUTHAMPTON, Hants SO16 3NQ UK e: [email protected] 6231 Mr P J McNulty, 28 Hawkley Drive, TADLEY, Hants RG26 3YH UK e: [email protected] 8612 Mr & Mrs C Morgan, 11 Regent Street, Stotfold, HITCHIN, Herts SG5 4ED UK e: [email protected] 8701 Ms E J Vinci, 22 Reed Road, PEABODY, MA 01960-2707 USA e: [email protected] 9016 Mr G W Farrell, 37 Rannoch Road, Fillton Park, BRISTOL, BS7 0SA UK 11144 Mrs H Manson, 5 Water Lane, LERWICK, Shetland ZE1 0AG SCOTLAND e: [email protected] 13271 Ms S. Dick, 120 Brackley Road, TOWCESTER, Northants NN12 6DJ UK e: [email protected] 13735 Mr & Mrs J Bagnall, 31 Butts Road, HORSPATH, Oxford OX33 1RJ UK e: [email protected] 13782 Mrs E Sainsbury, PO box 375, TENTERFIELD, NSW 2372 AUSTRALIA e: [email protected] 13810 Ms E Rothman, 11 Carlton Hill, LONDON, NW8 0JX UK e: [email protected] 13843 Mr G Bratcher, 42 Knowlehead Road, Crossford, DUNFERMLINE, Fife KY12 8QF SCOTLAND e: [email protected] 13851 Ms C Dundon, 5B, 100 South Terrace, ADELAIDE, S. Australia 5000 AUSTRALIA e: [email protected] 13854 Mrs S Clives, 13 Graham Close, BILLERICAY, Essex CM12 0QW UK 13860 Mr S J Pomeroy, 49 Preston Road, Copnor, PORTSMOUTH, Hants PO2 7JT UK e: [email protected] 13868 Mr B Watson, PO Box 1363, 5 Piccadilly Drive, SOUTHSIDE, Queensland 4570 AUSTRALIA e: [email protected] 13880 Mrs B. Lightfoot & Mrs J. Dixon, 26 Exbury Road, HAVANT, Hants PO9 5JA UK e: [email protected] 13882 C. Mundy, 47 Burdon Walk, Castle Eden, HARTLEPOOOL, County Durham TS27 4FD UK e: [email protected] 13884 Mrs J Pick, 178 Alcester Road South, King's Heath, BIRMINGHAM, West Midlands B14 6DE UK e: [email protected] 13901 Ms C. O'Reilly, 2512 Sandalwood Drive, KAMLOOPS, British Columbia V2B 6V4 CANADA e: [email protected] 13911 Mr D.J. Boardman, 440 Winterthur Way, BASINGSTOKE, Hampshire RG21 7UW UK e: [email protected] 13913 Mrs G Dalley, Quags Meadow, Minsted, MIDHURST, West Sussex GU29 0JH UK e: [email protected]

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13916 Ms M Neave, 16 Hampshire Blvd, SPRING FARM, NSW 2570 AUSTRALIA e: [email protected] 13917 Mrs J. Rich, 12A Cedar Close, 'The Elms', Torksey, LINCOLN, Lincolnshire LN1 2NH UK e: [email protected] 13923 Mrs L. Newman, Calle Ruta del Moscatel, 37, Urb El Tomillar, Torre del Mar, MALAGA 29740 SPAIN e: [email protected] 13929 Ms B. Pelling, 21 Linden Grove, GOSPORT, Hants PO12 2EP UK Offers of help to members Happy to check things in the Durham/Newcastle area. 13882 Very happy to help anyone in Birmingham area of West Midlands - also some Leicester! 13884 I have a card index of more than 25,000 entries for H/Aslett and around 200 variant spellings. 968 I can possibly help with onsite location research or helpful direction, here in Australia. 13868 Gosport Museum. 13929 Family research in Basingstoke Library & Museums. 13911 Computer Skills. 13721

Some of the surnames featured in this issue (with page number) ACKMAN ...... 219 COTTON ...... 218 HIGGINS ...... 219 PRICE-MORGAN ..213 ASHLEY ...... 205 COWD ...... 192 HILLS ...... 220 RADFORD ...... 167 ATHERLEY ...... 169 CREBER ...... 208 HYGGINS ...... 219 RANKIN ...... 191 AYLES ...... 220 DAVIS ...... 157 HOOK ...... 213 RIDCHARDS ...... 219 BANNISTER ...... 218 DELTENCE ...... 219 HOPKINS ...... 159 RING ...... 219 BARN ...... 219 DELTEME ...... 219 HUNT ...... 191 BETTS ...... 213 DELTENRE ...... 219 HUNTLEY ...... 157 ROBERTS ...... 191 BIGGS ...... 219 DORMER ...... 218 IBBOTSON ...... 219 SONAR ...... 219 BILSON ...... 218 DRAKE ...... 191 JOY ...... 169 STEPHENS ...... 209 BINSTED ...... 218 DYER ...... 169 JONES ...... 220 SWADDON ...... 157 BONE ...... 159 EDWARDS ...... 169 KEN ...... 220 SCWARZ ...... 219 BRIGHT ...... 218 ENGLEFIELD ...... 218 KEW ...... 220 TODD ...... 220 CARYLL ...... 218 EVES ...... 156 KNAPP ...... 219 TOOGOOD ...... 169 CHARD ...... 213 FARR ...... 219 LYNCH ...... 219 VEAL ...... 220 CHATFEILD ...... 219 FUSSELL ...... 175 MASLIN ...... 159 CHEESMAN ...... 159 GROVES ...... 219 McMAHON ...... 220 VERE ...... 213 CLARK(E) ...... 164 HARGOOD ...... 219 NICHOLSON ...... 191 WALLACE ...... 213 COLLINS ...... 219 HAYWARD ...... 209 POUNDE ...... 218 WEST ...... 218 CONIERS ...... 218 HENSHAW ...... 220 POWELL ...... 220 WHITEHEAD ...... 169 COOK ...... 219 HICKS ...... 220 PRICE ...... 220 YOUNG ...... 167

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These are the abbreviations used Chapman Codes in the members interests database

Abd Aberdeenshire Dow Down Lnd London RI Rhode Island Agy Anglesey Dub Co.Dublin Log Co.Longford Roc Ross & Cromarty Ald Alderney Dur Co.Durham Lou Co.Louth Ros Co.Rosscommon Ans Angus Egy Egypt Ltn Lothian Rox Roxburghshire Ant Antrim Eln East Lothian Mad Madeira RSA Republic S.Africa Arg Argentina Eng England Mal Malta Rus Russia Arl Argyllshire ERY East Riding Yks. Man Manitoba Rut Rutland Arm Co.Armargh Esp Spain Mau Mauritius Aus Australia Ess Essex May Mayo SA South Africa Avn Avon Fer Fermanagh MD Maryland Sal Shropshire Ayr Ayrshire Fif Fifeshire Mdx Middlesex Sas Saskatchewan Ban Banffshire Fij Fiji Mea Meath ScI Scilly Isles Bdf Bedfordshire Fin Finland Mek Meklenburgh Sct Scotland BEA British East Africa Fln Flintshire Mer Merioneth Sea At sea Bel Belgium Fra France Mgy Montgomery Sel Selkirk Bew Berwickshire Gal Galway MI Michigan Sfk Suffolk Bkm Buckinghamshire Ger Germany Mln Midlothian ShI Shetland Isles Bre Breconshire Gib Gibraltar Mo Missouri Sli Co.Sligo Brk Berkshire Gla Glamorgan Mog Co.Monaghan Som Somerset But Bute Gls Gloucestershire Mon Monmouthshire Bzl Brazil Gnt Gwent Mor Moray Sri Sri Lanka Cae Caernarvon Gsy Guernsey Nai Nairnshire Srk Sark Cai Caithness Gyn Gwynedd Nbl Northumberland Sry Surrey Cam Cambridgeshire Ham Hampshire Nfd Newfoundland Ssx Sussex Can Canada Hef Herefordshire Nfk Norfolk Sti Stirlingshire Car Caribbean Hrt Hertfordshire Nic Nicaragua Sts Staffordshire Cav Co.Cavan Hu Hungary NIr Northern Ireland Sut Sutherland Cey Ceylon Hum Humberside NL Netherlands Swe Sweden Cgn Cardigan Hun Huntingdonshire Nor Norway Tas Tasmania CH Switzerland Ind India NRY North Riding Yks. Tip Co.Tipperary ChI Channel Islands Inv Inverness-shire NS Nova Scotia Tx Texas Chn China IOM Isle of Man NSW New South Wales Tyr Tyrone Chs Cheshire IOW Isle of Wight Nth Northamptonshire Cla Clare Irl Ireland Ntt Nottinghamshire UK United Kingdom Clk Clackmannan Itl Italy NY New York Uru Uruguay Cma Cumbria Jma Jamaica NZ New Zealand USA U.S. of America Cmn Carmarthen Jsy Jersey OES Austria Va Virginia Co. County Kcd Kincardine Off Co.Offaly (Kings) War Warwickshire Con Cornwall Ken Kent Oh Ohio Wat Co.Waterford Cor Co.Cork Ker Kerry OkI Orkney Islands Wes Westmorland CS Czechoslovakia Kid Co.Kildare Oxf Oxfordshire Wex Co.Wexford Cul Cumberland Kik Co.Kilkenny Pa Pennsylvania Wi Wisconsin Cwd Clwyd Kkd Kirkcudbright Pee Peebles Wic Co.Wicklow Dby Derbyshire Krs Kinross Pem Pembrokeshire Wig Wigtownshire Den Denbighshire Lan Lancashire Per Perthshire Wil Wiltshire Dev Devon Ldy Co.Londonderry Pol Poland Dfd Dyfed Lei Leicestershire PRE Prussia Win West Indies Dfs Dumfrieshire Let Leitrim Pt Portugal Wln West Lothian Dmk Denmark Lex Leix (Queens) Qld Queensland Wls Wales Dnb Dunbarton Lim Co.Limerick Rad Radnorshire Wor Worcestershire Don Co.Donegal Lin Lincolnshire Rfw Renfrewshire WRY West Riding Yks. Dor Dorset Lks Lanarkshire Rho Rhodesia Yks Yorkshire

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Ernest George Horlock, VC (1885-1917)

Ernest George of complying, though, he HORLOCK, VC, generally returned to the battery. known as ‘George’, was Five minutes after born on Saturday 24 returning, he was October 1885 at Beech wounded in the back. Farm, Alton, the third Again the doctor ordered son of John and Emily him to hospital, and this (Hasted) Horlock. time an orderly He worked as a groom on accompanied him to await a farm in 1901, while living the ambulance. Yet again, with his parents at Hartley he returned to the battery Mauditt, and afterwards after promising the his family moved to orderly that he would Laundry Cottage, Langrish. definitely wait for the ambulance, but would do He enlisted in the Royal so alone, in order that the Field Artillery (RFA) on 22 orderly could return to his February 1904. Due to a more important duties. A possible clerical error on few minutes later, after his enlistment papers, he returning to his position was subsequently he was wounded in the recorded in military arm. Not wanting to records as ‘Harlock’ explain himself to the (although his VC was doctor this time, after his correctly engraved deliberate lie, he stayed Horlock). Unfortunately, his where he was until he service records were Ernest George Horlock, VC went out of action that destroyed during the same evening. Second World War. Some of the officers saw the doctor that night As a bombardier with the 113th Battery, XXV and told him about Horlock. So, in order to Brigade, RFA, Horlock earned his VC at appease the doctor, they had him down and Vendresse, Aisne, during the first Battle of the reprimanded him – although, they obviously Marne, on 15 September 1914, following the had their tongues in their cheeks when they retreat towards the River Seine. The River did it because they were quite proud of their Marne is south of the Aisne and to the east of errant artilleryman. Two days later Horlock Paris, and the battle was fought on a line from was promoted to the rank of sergeant by the Compiègne to Verdun. general officer commanding 1st Division - for At Vendresse, while his battery was under fire, ‘gallantry in the field’. a shell burst wounded Horlock in his right His award was ‘gazetted’ on 25 November thigh, but killed his companion. The doctor 1914. King George V presented him with the dressed the wound and ordered him to await VC at the General HQ at Omer, in France, on 3 the ambulance to take him to hospital. Instead December 1914, while his unit was refitting.

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The famous, not-so-famous & downright – thrice-wounded, but still fighting infamous - Hampshire Celebrities of Yesteryear

Hadra War Cemetery On the same occasion Horlock was officially received a gold signet ring. All this time he promoted, with “the King’s stripes”, to was given the opportunity to drum up support sergeant. Hence, along with his reprimand for for the war effort. He returned to his unit soon disobeying orders, the VC and promotion afterwards, and, although it had been a light- seemed to have completed his hearted affair for a few days, it was accomplishments satisfactorily. undoubtedly still a cynical attempt to use a In August 1915 he returned home to Langrish hero with the nation’s highest bravery award for a spell of leave, and was given a very for purely propaganda purposes. enthusiastic reception in the village and at In February 1916 he was promoted again, and Petersfield. A procession was formed, posted to ‘D’ Battery, 119th Brigade, RFA, complete with bugle band and a guard of where he was not happy – he thought the honour comprising the local police force, and battery “an unruly mob”, and was keen to get speeches were made, during which Horlock back to his old battery, even if it meant losing was presented with a purse containing £20. his rank. In September that same year The procession then continued to the post Sergeant-Major Horlock was sent to Salonika office, where another speech was given. A few with 301 Brigade, SAA Column, 60th days later the local hero was given yet another (London) Division. In July 1917 he was official reception at East Meon, where he then posted to the Base Depot in Egypt.

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On 13 October 1917 he married his cousin body was recovered and buried in the Hadra Ethel May Hasted in the Congregational War Memorial Cemetery in Alexandria, Egypt. church at Littlehampton, Sussex. When the His grave bore the name of Harlock until couple emerged from the church, a group of corrected by the Commonwealth Graves wounded soldiers, dressed in hospital blues, Commission in 1982. formed an archway with their crutches for In 2001 a memorial to Ernest George Horlock, bride and groom to pass under. The VC, was unveiled in St John the Evangelist’s honeymoon was spent at East Meon. parish church, Langrish. His name also In December 1917, now aged 32, Battery- appears on a memorial in the Royal Artillery Sergeant-Major Horlock was one of 2,500 Chapel at Woolwich. His VC is held at the troops on board RMS Aragon , sailing from Royal Artillery Regiment Museum, Woolwich, Marseilles to join the Egyptian Expeditionary having been donated by his widow in 1974. Force’s Southern Palestine Offensive against Ken Smallbone, Editor the Ottoman Empire. On the morning of Sunday 30 December 1917 Aragon was no Sources: Max Arthur, Symbol of Courage (A more than ten miles from her destination History of the Victoria Cross) (2004); Gerald when a German submarine (SM UC-34) Gliddon, VCs of the First World War: 1914 torpedoed her, sinking her within twenty (2012); minutes. Aragon‘s escort – the destroyer HMS wikipedia.org; memorialstovalour.co.uk; lordas Attack – rescued 300 to 400 survivors, but hcroftmedal.com; militarian.com; then UC-34 sank her, as well. Horlock was one www.eviltaxman.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk; of the 610 personnel killed in the attack. His ancestry.co.uk; findagrave.com Membership renewal If your subscription is due for renewal please see "Renewal Instructions" on the inside back cover Credit card payments HGS now accepts credit card payments for all transactions (PayPal, GENfair). You can renew your membership and purchase CDs or other publications online with your credit card. Visit our website at www.hgs-online.org.uk / www.hgs-familyhistory.com Please note that there will be an administration charge of 50p per item when using this facility via GENfair.

190 Member’s article

From Hampshire to Russia (From Russia with love?)

For me, a lifelong interest in great-great-grandfather, John Russia began in childhood, Nicholson, born in Southwick in when I was told that my 1815. John was a carpenter English great-great- and licensed to sell beer on grandmother, Susannah the premises in Portsdown. Lamb HUNT, had lived They were the parents of and died in St. my great-grandpa, also Petersburg. called John Nicholson, Twice widowed and who in his late teens thrice married, it came to Wales. The transpires that she had latter was born in gone there with her third the house that was husband, James Henry later to become a well- Hunt, a railway known local tea-room, worker/engineer, and run by Maria Carey and their two children, Annie Mary Carpenter. and Harry, sometime in James Henry Hunt was the 1870s. My great- Susannah's third husband grandpa, John NICHOLSON (they married in 1855). (Susannah's son by her Born in Chichester around second husband), his wife and 1833, he was an engine- children, all living here in Burry driver at Portsmouth Gas Port, received regular Works. On the 1861 census the correspondence from their close family was living in the ‘Crown relatives, and then their Annie Hunt in Russia Beer House’, Portsdown. Nearby descendants, up until the 1917 was ‘Portsdown Lodge’, and it is Revolution, after which, nothing more was fascinating to think that on the 1851 and 1861 heard. censuses my ancestors were near neighbours What has all of this to do with Hampshire? of, and listed on the same returns as, Admiral Well, my feisty great-great grandma was born Francis Austen (brother of the famous Jane). in Alverstoke in or around 1822, the daughter Did their very different worlds ever touch, I of Eliza and Robert RANKIN . Robert died in wonder? 1841, leaving his widow and two children to Meanwhile, family lore says that Susannah's carry on the beer-retailing business teenage son, my great-grandpa, John in Portsdown that he seems to have begun Nicholson, was a headstrong, somewhat hot- after leaving the Royal Navy, where he was a tempered young man who quarrelled with his gunner and warrant officer. wealthy uncle, David Nicholson, thereby Susannah's first husband was David Andrew divesting himself of his inheritance - David DRAKE . They married in Portsea in 1842 and had no children of his own, and after the early had two children, Sarah Bolton Drake and death of his brother had doted on his John Hawkins Drake. fatherless nephew! Instead, John ran off to Wales and married my great- Her second marriage, in 1849, was to my grandmother, Margaret ROBERTS .

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The house on Portsdown Hill

Margaret used to sell butter from the family always maintained that John stayed at when farm at Llanelli market, and one day John he first arrived in the town. Presumably, the happened to ask someone at a stall there how family came from the Wymering area to say he could get to Burry Port. The answer farewell before leaving for Russia. was that Mgt. Roberts would be going home in I am intrigued as to how a family from her pony and trap and would give him a lift! Hampshire was able to find work in, and She didn't speak a word of English, and he actually travel to, St. Petersburg in the 1870s. didn't speak a word of Welsh, but the Were jobs in Russia advertised in Portsmouth international language of love prevailed at the time, and were other Hampshire folk and three months later they were involved with them? Was the journey by boat married, raising fifteen children (thirteen to and rail, and who actually paid for the travel adulthood), all with various shades of red hair, involved? Railways were big business in that over the next forty years. They lived in the country at the time and obviously aptly and sentimentally named ‘Cosham knowledgeable workers were in demand, but I House’ in the centre of Burry Port. should love to know how recruitment actually In 1871 Susannah, her two young children, took place. Since it wasn't the same Annie and Harry Hunt, along with their half- experience as America or Australia, I can sister Sarah COWD (née Drake) and her baby only guess there must have been some sort of daughter Susannah Cowd, are listed on the reception process within the British census as staying behind ‘The Cornish’ in community and English language schooling Burry Port, an inn that family tradition has available for the children.

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Sadly, to my knowledge, no Hunt letters exist, and I only have two photographs sent from Russia. I do recall seeing others in my childhood, but they were dispersed through the family and lost in the mists of time. In my mind's The thirteen Nicholson children with their parents in the garden at Cosham House, Burry eye I can still Port see the outside of an elegant St Petersburg residence, a photo HGS can shed some light on my of Annie and her brother Harry as youngsters, family mystery - perhaps someone with a and a likeness of a handsome young man who knowledge of the historical side of such was apparently Annie's husband. emigration from Portsmouth, or a descendant, Over the years I have contacted the Keeper of a distant relative, who knows more of the the Russian Collection at Leeds University, story than I do? who helpfully put me in touch with the author Great-grandpa's first cousins on his Nicholson Harvey Pitcher, who was exceptionally kind in side would also have included the surnames trying to help. He started the Russian Isted, Longhurst, Lush and Fanner. So, along Department at St Andrew's University and, in with the Hunt, Drake and Cowd connections, turn, contacted a friend who had traced his someone somewhere may have been own ancestors in Russia, and consequently handed down a story, a clue, the missing piece went through all the Protestant church of the jigsaw or a long-lost photograph with records relevant to St Petersburg, Moscow, Cyrillic lettering on the back?! My equivalent etc., for me, but to no avail. All very of a balalaika … frustrating! I long for just the smallest clue! (Ms) Jocelyn M. John I always find the balalaika scene at the end of (Member # 12293) the film of ‘Dr Zhivago’ very moving, and often 5 Heol Panteg, Burry Port, Carmarthenshire, wonder if the events of those tumultuous South Wales SA16 0YH times in Russia mean that I too have relatives Tel 01554 835320; e-mail - third cousins, perhaps - living somewhere in [email protected] that vast country? My hope is that someone in

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Sussex Street, Winchester, New opening hours are: - Hampshire SO23 8TH Monday to Wednesday, 9am-5pm Telephone: (01962) 846154 Thursday, 9am-7pm Fax: (01962) 878681 Email: [email protected] Friday, 9am-5pm www.hants.gov.uk/archives Saturday. 1st and 3rd Saturday of each month Records offices surrounding Hampshire Please telephone in advance of visiting a record office to ensure they are open.

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The National Archives Bourne Ave, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 4DU. Tel: +44 (0) 20 8876 3444. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk Opening Hours: Tuesday/Thursday 9am to 7pm Wednesday/Friday/Saturday 9am to 5pm Free parking Portsmouth History Centre

Portsmouth History Centre Opening Hours: Norrish Central Library, Guildhall Square Monday and Friday: 9.30am to 5pm Portsmouth Tuesday, Wednesday and Hampshire PO1 2DX Thursday: 9.30am to 6pm Telephone number: 023 9268 8046 Saturday: 10am to 3.30pm Fax number: 023 9283 9855 Southampton City Archives

Southampton City Archives Civic Centre, Southampton SO14 7LY Phone: 023-8083-2251 Fax: 023-8085-2156 Email: [email protected] Opening Hours: Tuesday & Wednesday only 10 am to 4 pm

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News from Archives and Local Studies at Hampshire

Forthcoming events The Archive Ambassador training Exhibitions scheme Sign up today and help us preserve Hampshire Record Office Hampshire’s heritage - £18 per person, To Honour a Promise: The First World War booking essential camps at Morn Hill, Winchester, until 31 December 2014. Presented by the ‘To Honour Wednesday 18 February (10 am-3.30 pm). a Promise’ project group Training in archive preservation/conservation, cataloguing, digitisation and film and sound Waiting in the Wings of War, 6 January – 26 archives. March 2015. Art by 2D3D South Contemporary Art group members inspired by *** For booking any of the above items, civilian life in and around Winchester in the telephone 01962 846154 *** months before the outbreak of the First World For more information about events, please visit War. www.hants.gov.uk/whatson-hro or ring Lunchtime lectures 01962 846154. To receive our monthly e- Free, but donations welcomed; no need to book newsletter, which provides regular updates about events, activities and archive news, Last Thursday of each month (except please go to www.hants.gov.uk/rh/mailinglist – December), 1.15-1.45pm. then enter your details and select ‘Archives’ 29 January 2015: Steam Pinnace 199 – The from the pick-list. 100 Year Refit by Martin Marks Recent additions to the 26 February: Turn Left by the Hippos – holdings Tales from the Register Office by Lucinda Our catalogue database includes descriptions Thursfield of more than one million items: charters, 26 March: The first Charlotte Yonge deeds, registers, court rolls, letters, diaries, scholar, Amy Locke by Alys Blakeway accounts, minute books, drawings, Family History for Beginners photographs, postcards, films, sound £12 per person. Booking essential recordings and digital images. Here are a few Practical advice and help in starting your of the latest additions. family history research - Discover the main Wartime records continue to be deposited, sources available and how to use them - marking both the centenary of the First World Access material on microfiche/film with staff War and the 70th anniversary of D-Day. These on hand to answer any questions - All you include:- need to know to begin researching your family A fascinating album of photographs and tree poems presented to the Countess of 19 February - 2.00-4.00 pm; 29 January, 19 Northbrook by patients at the Red Cross March – 6.30-8.30 pm. You only need to attend Hospital, Winchester, 1915 [69A14/1]. The one session album contains photographs of patients,

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Taken from an album of photographs and poems presented to the Countess of Northbrook by the patients of the Red Cross Hospital, Winchester, 1915 – HRO 69A14W

wards and staff, with lists of patients by wards. The Countess of Northbrook gave the album to the depositor’s father, a doctor at the hospital, Dr G B Wainwright. A revised version of Kings Worthy’s Roll of Honour [74A14/1-2], listing names of those who served in the Great War, with additional names taken from the war memorial at St Mary’s church, and further names omitted from the original roll, but identified following detailed research. A bundle of photographs and related material formerly belonging to South West Hampshire Teachers’ Centre and used as a teaching resource, which included an unexpected

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discovery: postcards of Milford-on-Sea club has its origins in a challenge extended by addressed to two Indian soldiers the Greyhound pub’s Pumpkin Club at [73A14/1], Sepoy 564 Hamid Khan’, and Broughton, to compete for the Landlord’s ‘Sepoy 3958 Karmdad Khan’, soldiers of the Challenge Trophy, in 1968. The trophy was 19th Punjabi and the 40th Pathan regiments awarded to the competitor with the highest respectively. Sent to the Indian Advance accumulative weight of five displayed Depot, Boulogne, France, from W Watts at the pumpkins. After several years’ competition Head Keepers’ Cottage, Pennington, they send the Bear and Ragged Staff eventually won the the writer’s best wishes and hopes that they trophy in 1972, and the club was formed in might ‘have the luck to get through this time 1973. The deposit includes minute books, without a scratch and go back to India safe’. 1973-97, a ‘Pumpkin Show’ record book, Both are undated (probably written about 1971-97, accounts and treasurer’s reports, 1915), are in excellent condition, but remain 1975-89, correspondence with Phostrogen unstamped so were presumably never sent. Ltd. about sponsorship, 1975-88, Marking the Second World War and the D-Day correspondence mainly about club donations landings, we have also been given a copy of a to charity, and general papers and newspaper DVD produced by Wemsfest, a community cuttings, 1976-90. group based in Westbourne, Sussex. The DVD, Swanwick and District Fruit Growers’ entitled This was our D-Day, tells the story of Association, formed in 1905 out of the the build up to the momentous events of D- Swanwick District of the National Fruit Day as they affected the Havant and Growers Federation. The need for fruit baskets Emsworth area. resulted in the erection by the Association of a We continue to receive material from a wide basket factory. The Swanwick and District range of Hampshire organisations – schools Basket Factory Ltd. was registered in 1913 and churches, businesses, clubs and societies and the factory, built on land purchased from – including:- Mr Sydney Guest in Duncan Road, opened in 1914. The collection [62A14] includes minutes Society of Friends’ records, comprising 1904-50, Botley Branch minute books, 1927- minutes of the Bournemouth Elders’ Meeting, 44, Bursledon District minute book, 1913-37, 1963-96, and the Bournemouth Friends’ Swanwick and District Basket Factory minute Literary Society, 1931-49 [24M54/624-5]. book, 1979-84, a letter book, 1904-18, Co-operative Society records, from Eastleigh membership books, 1906-38, and a register of and District Co-operative Society [87A14], Directors, 1910-1912. including management committee minutes, Admission registers, 1958-75, stocks and 1894-1900, a valuation ledger, 1920-53, stores books, 1918-26, and an inventory, reports and balance sheets, 1921-59, and c1960-1998, for Petersfield Infant School early minutes for the Romsey Society, 1910- [85A14/A1-6]. Like many primary schools, this 1913. school has had a complex administrative The Pumpkin Club, based at the Bear and history, starting life as separate National Ragged Staff pub, Michelmersh [59A14]. The schools for boys, girls and infants, built in

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1853. A new boy’s school was covering the period c1798- added in 1894 and enlarged in 1815 [94A14]. The volumes 1909. The schools were consist mainly of placed under a school board newscuttings about in 1877 and became Council Napoleon and the wars schools following the 1902 with France, the royal Education Act. In 1925 the family, court and current schools were combined to affairs, in particular the form a mixed primary school, alleged adultery of but were separated again to Caroline, Princess of form Petersfield Infant School Wales, wife of the Prince and Herne Junior School in Regent, c1810. There are 1958. Additional records for also many loose papers Petersfield schools can be and additional manuscript found in 24M86. papers glued in between Title deeds regularly feature pages, comprising letters, among our accessions:- Hand-coloured poster depicting poems, transcripts, a ‘hieroglyphic portrait’ of extracts from various A recent addition relates to a Napoleon - HRO 94A14/2 publications, puzzles, interesting shop in High Street, Alton facts, genealogical and [81A14/1]. The property was antiquarian notes, plans and referred to as ‘land at Turk Street’ in 1725, sketches, as well as a lottery ticket to win a and later (from 1828), as ‘a tenement with a diamond, a travel visa to France for her garden in the High Street’. A brick-built and husband, and papers relating to her father, tiled residence in the High Street appears in Admiral William Carnegie, 7th Earl of the description in 1875, and from 1926 street Northesk. numbers appear (nos. 19 and 41). The property at no. 41 was from 1960 occupied by Mark Pitchforth International Tea Company’s Stores Ltd. – Contact details: better known as the International supermarket Hampshire Record Office, – and the deeds also include plans of Sussex Street, Winchester, Hants SO23 8TH alterations made to International Stores, Telephone: (01962) 846154; dated 1961 and 1969, as well as shopfitting Fax: (01962) 878681 for Freeman Hardy Willis, the shoe shop, in Email: [email protected] 1977. The deeds include mention of several www.hants.gov.uk/archives local family businesses, such as grocers You might like to follow us on Facebook at Samuel Caffall, and William Farthing. www.facebook.com/HampshireArchives and Personal papers have included:- www.facebook.com/wessexarchive or on Twitter at https://twitter.com/HantsArchives A set of scrapbooks compiled by Lady Mary and https://twitter.com/WessexFilm Long, wife of Walter Long of Preshaw House ,

199 Member’s article George Watts at war

George Watts, a retired thatching George arrived in France just before contractor and widower, died in Christmas 1916; and in January 1917 saw his Basingstoke District Hospital on 7 first piece of action on the front at the October 1976, and his will was proved at Somme. It was one fine, sunny morning, with Winchester on 18 January 1977, wherein the snow covering the ground. George was on he left his cottage at Hannington to his guard duty when the Germans started widowed daughter-in-law Joan Watts, who shelling; and one shell exploded quite near lived at Kingsclere. him. He was not hit by shrapnel, but by some Unfortunately, she was determined to sell the frozen dirt that had flown up when the shell cottage as soon as possible, and thus exploded. It was enough, however, to knock immediately began to clear it out, removing all him unconscious. He was taken for treatment of George’s belongings. His immense to the hospital in Rouen, where he remained collections of notes and documents on local for about three weeks. history, including numerous photographs, By the time that he had returned to his which he had painstakingly accumulated over regiment they had moved from the Front and several decades, were heaped on to a massive were billeted in a village near Abbeville. At bonfire in the garden. Valuable records Easter weekend they were near Arras, and the literally went up in smoke. attack on the German position there George, who was born at Hannington in 1891, commenced at six o’clock in the morning on was a well-loved local character, an Easter Monday. The Hampshires lost a lot of accomplished musician, and lay minister and men in that action, and by late afternoon the trustee of the Hannington Primitive Methodist attack had come to a standstill. They were Chapel. He was especially renowned and ordered to dig in where they were; and the valued as a local historian, and, luckily, had following morning they moved forward into friends with similar interests, who were ready advance trenches – where they were held up to listen to his accounts and even record his for ten days, wading in deep mud and water, experiences. Hence, although his beloved with dead bodies piling up around them. They historic collections had been destroyed, what were eventually relieved by the West did survive was George’s own account of his Yorkshires, but could not make their way out wartime experiences, revealed through an of the battlefield. George remembered that he interview, and entitled ‘Some Memories of sat on the steps of a dug-out for seventeen George Watts, 1914-18’, which were written hours in the bitter cold, without food and down on 19 March 1976. They are outlined drink. They eventually escaped in the here. darkness, and George ended up in the base hospital where he was treated for badly George Watts joined the Army at the recruiting swollen hands and feet. From there he was office in Portswood on 10 December 1915 – returned to England on 30 April. Among other and in February 1916 received his calling-up complaints, he was suffering from frostbite. papers to report to Southampton. After intensive training at Gosport for a month, he Private Watts was back with his regiment in became a qualified soldier with the Hampshire January 1918, and was shipped out to Ireland Regiment, and, after various setbacks, was for three months. Following his return to eventually sent out to join the 1st Battalion in England, he was then sent back to France. He France. left Gosport on 15 May 1918, joining the

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Pioneers at Abbeville. On 20 July battle had being made. George was wounded in his right commenced near Rheims, and immediately hip, and he ended up in the base hospital once the unit came under heavy fire. They were in a more. After a month he was sent back to valley, about seven miles long and two miles Havecourt to resume active service. Finally, at wide, and the Germans were positioned in the 11 o’clock on the morning of 11 November woods above them. There were four villages in 1918, it was announced that the war was over that valley. The battle would last nine days, in – but there was no cheering, for the men which every inch of the ground would be simply could not believe it. contested; and George was beginning to The Allies began the Victory March across believe that he wouldn’t make it. Several times Belgium, and into Germany, a week later. he had very lucky escapes. On the ninth day Those who had been serving since 1915 were the order came through to pull out, and the demobilised in 1919, and on 1 May that year exhausted, but relieved, troops gradually George Watts arrived back home in made their way out of that hell-hole. Hannington. Having survived, they were now confronted Ken Smallbone , Editor with the news that the battalion had become part of a Flying Column – a shock troop to be (Extracted from Ken Smallbone: The sent anywhere that the line was threatened. Encyclopaedic History of Hannington – The On 10 September they were at Havecourt, Twentieth Century (The Changing Seasons, where an assault on the German position was Basingstoke, 2002), pp 209-10) YESTERDAY’S NEWS Christmas Day at Ladysmith, 1899

Fifteen years before the Christmas Truce of 1914, an expression of seasonal goodwill was even shown towards the enemy during the Second Boer War in South Africa. It was reported from the besieged township of Ladysmith: “On Christmas Eve there were church services and carol- singing. The Boers started Christmas Day off with a bang, shelling beginning at 5 a.m. and continuing for three hours; there were no casualties. One 15 pounder shell didn’t burst and when examined was found to contain not explosive but plum pudding, and a message, ‘With the compliments of the season’.” Such incidents seem to illustrate the power of Christmas among those who celebrate it. It has the strength to stop wars, even if only temporarily. Ken Smallbone, Editor http://molegenealogy.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/christmas-in-ladysmith-boer-war-1899.html

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Contact: Alton Jane Hurst – 82, The Butts, Alton, Hants GU34 1RD Meetings are held monthly on the second Monday at Tel 01420 86701 7.30 p.m. in All Saints Church Hall, Queens Road, Email: [email protected] Alton. If anyone attending our evenings wishes to take advantage of the fully operational hearing loop installed in the hall would they let Jane Hurst know beforehand so that it can be switched on.

Marilyn Rix reports:- (July) Members’ Evening: Come & share your problems & successes. An evening where members have the opportunity to share their research sources that have provided success in their own family history quest, and request help with any problems/brickwalls that others may be able to give assistance with from their own research experiences. On this evening: Quakers to New Zealand; marriage bonds/allegations - and how churches made their income from them; coincidences with two letters in the local Alton newspaper; and an old letter dated during WW1 on e-bay sent to an Alton resident featured as some of the topics of discussion, requiring further research. (September) Members’ Evening: Have you any World War 1 stories? Members shared their WW1 family photographs and documents, and there was a very good mix of information. Much detailed research had been done, and sources include medal records cards from The National Archives, Red Cross prisoner of war records and material from various other websites. The evening intensified the awareness of just how many men were lost in the war, and the effect and hardship on the families left at home. Special attention was drawn to many websites that give information on the First World War that can be used to further research. October & November meetings to be reported in the next journal. Future dates are:-

8 December Share a mince pie & a family book 12 January Members’ Evening: Problems & successes 9 February Annual Review / Any overseas research? 9 March Foreign records Jane Fox

Are you looking for that elusive family/local history book? Perhaps we can help – contact Chris at [email protected]

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Contact: Andover Jim Duncan , 14 Witan Close Andover Meetings are held on the second Thursday, Hampshire, SP10 5NL. September to July, commencing 7.30p.m. at The Tel 01264 356238, Email: Fairground Hall, Weyhill, Andover SP11 0QN [email protected]

Jim Duncan reports:- (July) Open Forum / An audience with Rod Whale / Crime reports (Margaret Bowman). The Open Forum revealed an unusual find: pension records index cards and the takeover of smaller internet sites by larger companies. Rod revealed that his interests were Hampshire and neighbouring counties as his ancestors moved or married over time. Modern technology has to be embraced, said Rod, but “it is vital that efforts are made to verify your research”. Margaret then took us back to take a look at how, over time, crimes committed by our ancestors were dealt with. Back in medieval times justice was swift, ranging from fines, pillory and stocks, to hanging. Crimes included vagrancy, smuggling, heresy and treason. Later eras saw the introduction of a police force, prisons, prison hulks and transportation as a remedy for rising crime figures. How times have changed! (August) 100 years’ remembrance: The start of World War 1. We held a special meeting to remember the start of the Great War, 1914–18 on Tuesday 5 August (100 years from the end of the first full day after we declared war on Germany) - see article on p 178. (September) Sue Hamer – Tracing your Welsh ancestors. Sue said that the Welsh research criteria are no different from looking for your English ancestors - but to be aware of things that could prove a little difficult. These include common surnames: patronymics (e.g., Llewelyn, ap Dafydd, ab Levan, ap Griffith ap Meredith), nonconformity, survival of parish records, getting to grips with strange sounding place-names (e.g., Llangefni, Rhuddlan, Ystradgynlais) – and, of course, the native tongue: the Welsh language. Her hand-out covered good resources that will assist the researcher. October & November meetings to be reported in the next journal. Future dates are:-

11 December Christmas Function: Look forward to 2015 8 January Members’ Evening 12 February RFC / RAF records Les Mitchinson 12 March My ancestor came from Scotland Jim Duncan

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Contact: Basingstoke Lin Penny, 39 Barn Lane, Oakley RG23 7HT Meetings commence at 7. 30 p.m. and are held on the Telephone: 01256 780947 fourth Wednesday every month (except August and e-mail: December) at St Michael’s Church Cottage Hall, [email protected] Church Street.

Lin Penny reports:- (July) Mark Pitchforth (guide) - A visit to the Hampshire Record Office. Looking around the Research Room, we discovered how to search using the computers and paper catalogues, order and view documents, and use the equipment for copying and printing. Mark talked of the many research documents available to help family historians. From there, we went into one of the three strong-rooms, and heard about storage and retrieval, and the constant temperature that needs to be maintained in those areas. We moved to the Conservation Area, where we were shown items that had received attention – a cracked map (repaired), an old book (recovered) and a particularly old and fragile document with pieces missing (now reassembled like a jigsaw with a very special ‘gauze’ to hold the paper together). Passing the cinema and lecture room, Mark explained that if you have an old cine film, they can copy it onto DVD - and, if it’s of interest to them, they’ll retain a copy for their files. The last room contained Basingstoke items: maps, books, letters, etc, with a film showing Basingstoke before the redevelopment of the town centre. Members then talked to Mark about the archives. Sue Wright reports:- (August) David Whithorn - World War 1 Anniversary Event. David, a Great War historian, author and researcher, attended the meeting with a display of original artefacts. After a brief opening he answered questions from members and explained the items in detail. Documents and personal particulars brought in by members were arranged around the room for inspection. The evening concluded with a minute’s silence. Peter McNulty reports:- (September) Heather Sheeley – English folklore. Heather delivered an unusual talk on folklore, suggesting that we may find some parallels in our own family histories. She began by reintroducing the Brothers Grimm and their pan-European travels, when they garnered their stories, and then showing proof of folklore today in the form of a tree adorned with rags, photographed by herself only a few years previously in central Europe. Folklore particularly deals with fertility and romance; harvest; luck; wealth; moral/social dilemmas. It developed around the nearness of the earth, the seasons and harvests, which were so important to so many populations. Similar folklorist ideas pop up all over the world from the Arctic to the Tropics. Heather gave some examples of folklore appearing in our modern society: horseshoes for luck (make sure it’s the right way up!); shoes found in old architraves or chimneys; mistletoe (give us a kiss!); beating the bounds; crossing fingers; not walking under ladders. She also

204 Local Group Programmes discussed the whys and wherefores of witches, citing examples from Essex, Pendle (Lancashire) and Salem (Massachusetts). It turns out they were mainly pre-pubescent girls – who wouldn’t prefer the awkward teenagers of our modern time? October & November meetings to be reported in the next journal. Future dates are:-

28 January Members’ Evening: My ancestor’s house 25 February Mayhem on the Midland Chris & Judy Rouse 25 March The manor, its records & your ancestors Ken Smallbone

Contact: Fair Oak Keith Turner, 13 Archers Rd, Eastleigh, Hants SO50 9AQ. Meetings are held at 8pm on the second Tuesday monthly at St Thomas’ Church Hall (attached to the Tel 02380 611730 church) Mortimers Lane. Doors open approx 7.30pm Email: [email protected]

Sandra Naish reports:- (July) Tony Cross – The romance of the letterbox. Our speaker admitted to an obsession with letterboxes, even photographing those he discovers internationally. Britain started its modern postal system during Queen Victoria's reign, but was not the first to introduce letterboxes. Novelist Anthony Trollope travelled to Europe working as a Post Office surveyor’s clerk. In France and Belgium he saw roadside letterboxes, so proposed their introduction into Britain. Thus, in 1852 three cast-iron pillar-boxes were installed, as a trial, on Jersey, Channel Islands. Four more were sited on Guernsey, where an original blue box at Union Street, St Peter Port, is still used today. Cyprus has yellow boxes; Gibraltar’s are red; Ireland's are green, as were British ones before 1884, when all GPO boxes were painted the red we are familiar with today. When manufactured, boxes have always carried the reigning monarch’s initials (VR to ER). Early boxes were not round: Tony showed many hexagonal, square and Greek-column examples. There was a multitude of different styles during George V’s reign: freestanding pillar; wall boxes; some attached to lampposts. Wall boxes ceased being manufactured after 1980. So many designs never seen before were shown as illustrations. Unusual slides included Winchester's Edward VIII box and the erroneous Olympic gold box at Alton, commemorating David Charles. Tony recommended Old Letter Boxes by Martin Robinson (Shire Books). (August) Phoebe Merrick – Romsey & royalty. A founder member of Romsey's Local History Society, Phoebe explained not just how Romsey had historic long-standing links to ancient royalty, but that the town’s population always enjoyed celebrating today’s royal events. All probably know of Edwina ASHLEY and Earl Mountbatten’s link to our current Royal Family but, before Broadlands was ever built, Stanbridge Earls was a royal palace, where Alfred the Great’s father apparently lived. It was a Saxon royal princess who became first abbess at Romsey in 907, whilst the mother of the Empress Matilda and King John's daughter

205 Local Group Programmes were educated at Romsey Abbey. Henry VIII sold the Abbey in 1544 to Romsey’s people for £100. King James 1 stayed (with the St. Barbe family) at Broadlands, although Victoria never did. Queen Elizabeth II unveiled a plaque commemorating 400 years of Romsey’s Borough Charter from 1607. (September) Colin Moretti – ‘Weak of body but of sound & disposing mind’: Wills & probate records. Our first barefoot speaker, Colin explained why family historians should always track down wills for the wealth of information they can provide. An amusing ‘revenge will’ was shown, and definitions given to some of the legal terminology encountered. Wills divide into pre-1858 church system and post-1858 National Probate service, where annual calendars were held at Somerset House in large volumes. HRO has microfiche to 1952 of these national calendars, with later proven local wills available at Winchester District Probate Registry, Andover Road North. Ancestry has listings, 1858-1966; such modern wills cannot be ordered online, by e-mail or telephone, but are available from London where a four-year search plus will costs £10. Most county record offices have indexes to pre-1858 wills covered by the more complicated church system. Recommendations were Phillimore’s Atlas – showing probate jurisdictions – and the FFHS Gibson Guide, Where to Look for Wills. October & November meetings to be reported in the next journal. Future dates are:-

9 December Christmas Social 13 January From prison hulk to local respectability Cynthia Warren 10 February Members’ Evening + HGS Bookstall 10 March Divorce & other ways of getting unmarried Vicky Green

Contact: Fareham Jane Painter. Tel 01329 835367. Meetings are normally held from 7.15 p.m. to 9.30 Email: [email protected] p.m. on the second Thursday of each month at the Wallington Village Hall, Broadcut, Fareham.

Carol Russell reports:- (July) Jane Fox – An introduction to researching records from overseas. Jane advised to obtain as much background information as possible on ancestors, and estimate the year of migration. As foreign languages can be tricky, she urged us to look for English translations. Many indexes for British nationals are available, including those born overseas, armed forces personnel, and at sea. Two sites providing useful information are FamilySearch and Cindy's List.

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You can often guess from their children's births on censuses where a couple had travelled abroad. Newspapers can be a great source and, by studying events of the time, may give clues to reasons for moving around. Other useful sources are passenger lists: incoming 1878- 1960 and outgoing 1890-1960. Before those dates arrivals are found in the destination country, usually in the State Archives (see Ancestry) . UK passports were not compulsory until 1915. The National Archives holds naturalisation records for UK citizenship. (August) Members’ Evening. The proposed visit to Netley Abbey was cancelled because of poor weather. (September) Les Mitchinson – Nonconformity: The road to toleration. Les traced the history of nonconformity from the 1558 Act of Supremacy up to 1972, when there was a merger between the Unitarians and Congregational Church to form the United Reform Church. He gave us many clues which could indicate that our ancestors were nonconformists: One was when a whole batch of children were baptised together. Also, pre-1837, if families disappeared from parish registers, this could be a clue to nonconformist ancestors. Protestant nonconformist families often gave their children Old Testament names, whereas Roman Catholic children were often named after saints. Les urged us to look in parish registers for clues to nonconformity, especially if our ancestors were mentioned as having charity relief, because their form of religion may also be noted. In 1689 the Toleration Act was passed, allowing freedom of worship to selected groups. Les handed out a comprehensive timeline, which also gave a list of websites and books for help and further research. October & November meetings to be reported in the next journal. Future dates are:-

11 December A Victorian magic lantern show Stan Roberts (followed by American Supper) 8 January ‘Read all about it!’: Using newspapers for family research Jane Fox 12 February Members’ Evening: ‘It was in the newspaper, so it must be true’ 12 March Harlots, dung & glory, part 2 Andrew Negus

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Contact: Fleet & Farnborough David Broomfield, I Burghead Close, College Town, Sandhurst, The group meets at the United Reform Church Hall, Berks GU47 0XL Tel: 01344 Kings Rd, Fleet GU51 3AF second Thursday of every 761375. Email david.c.broomfield month except August at 7.30pm. @btinternet.com

Lesley Bull reports:- (July) Members’ Evening. Two of our members gave talks about their research. One talk concerned Wilson Weatherly PHIPSON , responsible for putting ventilation into buildings, and another the life and times of naval pensioner James George Hall CREBER . We also discussed the success of our Open Day at Farnborough Library. Group members who manned the computers at the library on our Open Day had a high success rate: a more detailed report in HFH Vol 41 No 2, page 110. (August) Visit to the Rural Life Centre, Tilford. Eleven members attended our second visit to the centre, and a couple were surprised at the size and scope of the premises. Spread over ten acres of field, woodland and barns, the exhibits comprise a large number of implements and devices, marking over 150 years of farming. Many aspects of village and rural life are also displayed in realistic individual settings. (September) Michael Gandy – Tracing your mediaeval ancestry. Michael talked about researching our medieval ancestors - i.e., back before 1538, when parish records began. By the time we get back to the medieval period we would all have thousands of ancestral lines and we could - Michael suggested - be lucky with one. A lot depends on how far your ancestors moved, and they did move more than we assume. Surname maps can give the origin of a surname but - Michael used Galsworthy as an example; John of Galsworthy (owner) as opposed to John from Galsworthy (lived there) - that is no guarantee that people with the same surname from the same place are related. Several suggestions of records to look at were made, including wills from 1400, Lay Subsidies, Militia Muster Rolls, the records of Livery Companies and studies done on the area you are looking at by PhD students. Two books were recommended for further reading about the medieval time period: The Common Stream by Rowland Parker and The History of Mydele by Richard Gough. It is unlikely that any of us will get back this far, with certainty about our findings, but for an hour or so it was fun finding out how we could try. October & November meetings to be reported in the next journal. Future dates are:-

11 December Christmas Party 8 January People & places Phyl Ralton 12 February Members’ Evening: Every picture tells a story 12 March To be announced: see Website

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Contact: Gosport Marilyn Lovett, 2 Anglesey Road, Alverstoke, Gosport Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each Tel: 02392 585194 e-mail month in the Scout Hut, Clayhall Road, Alverstoke, [email protected] Gosport, at 7.30pm. Pauline Powell reports:- (July) Members’ Evening: My favourite artefacts. Following a short discussion about the way ahead for the group, Marilyn Lovett began by telling us about her family photograph book compiled by her father, and reminded us to always date and label our photos. Mick Roberts showed us two sets of railway photographs (and afterwards some of Gosport). Peter Elliott had an unusual will, together with its list of goods and chattels. Mary Daly passed around her grandmother’s birthday book full of famous autographs, including William Frith, Burne-Jones and Gladstone. Pauline Powell showed her portrait of her great-great-grandmother as a young girl - Mary Anne STEPHENS , who married William Turner HAYWARD of Long Wittenham. Anne Mullice shared her husband’s great-grandmother’s scrapbook on the military career of Charles Taylor PARTON, who, from the Royal Engineers, joined the NSW military at the age of 40 and spent eleven years in Australia. Bridget Pelling showed us a tiny pair of leather boots made by her great-uncle Harold BROADWAY in 1867, while working for his father. David Atkins had brought along a woodworking plane from his maternal grandmother’s carpenter husband, and a photograph of a crib – now in Worthing Museum - from his paternal grandparents. (September) Les Mitchinson – Getting started. Les gave us a very useful handout, and enlarged upon it in a constructive and helpful way. He started with some basic research rules: Start with your relatives - make sure no one has already worked on your ancestral line. Set your sights – decide where to concentrate your research and record everything! Work backwards – start with yourself and verify your sources at every stage. Be honest - don’t claim a possible ancestor until you are certain. Get organised – be systematic; file it, don’t lose it. Understand surnames – usually four basic roots: place, occupation, patronymic or nickname. Classes and societies – consider joining one (see www.ffhs.org.uk). Use technology, but don’t neglect record offices or libraries, which offer www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk for free. You can also search online for free, for example, see www.freebmd.org.uk and www.familysearch.org. Les’s talk was an instructive and entertaining run-through of the essentials and beyond for constructing a valid family tree. October & November meetings to be reported in the next journal. Future dates are:-

10 December Members’ research presentations / Christmas Social Evening 14 January Gosport Ferry Ken Morey 11 February Members’ Evening: Skeletons in the cupboard! 11 March The cowboy, the revolutionary & the novelist Graham Spiller

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Contact: New Forest Mike Hobbs, 124, Winchester Rd, Southampton Meetings are held on the first Wednesday of the SO16 6US month in the Exhibition Room of the Brockenhurst Tel: 023 8032 7952 Village Hall, Highwood Road, Brockenhurst and Email: commence at 7.30 p.m. Lift and full disabled access [email protected] available. Mike Hobbs reports:- (July) A visit & a walk around Hythe. Hythe – which can be traced back to the 1200s - is on the edge of Southampton Water and in the parish of Fawley. It was a small fishing village with a ferry service to Southampton. We met our guide at Hythe Pier, which is 700 yards long. Building started in 1879 and it opened in 1881 with a walkway and tramway for luggage. The tramway was replaced in 1909 with a narrow gauge railway for passengers and luggage, and is now the oldest working pier train in the world. Our guide used to work in the office on the pier, and became the first female pier train-driver. In 2003 the pier was cut in half by a dredger. Close by, overlooking the water, is the house where Sir Christopher Cockerell, inventor of the hovercraft, lived until his death in 1999. Another resident of note was T.E. Shaw (Lawrence of Arabia), who lived at Myrtle Cottage while being seconded by the RAF to the British Power Boat Company. During WW2 Hythe was home to the Royal Navy motor torpedo boats and RAF Air/Sea Rescue. It was also home to the US Army, 1968–2006. (September) Di Fletcher - New Zealanders in Brockenhurst. Di’s talk was based on a display that was put together for St Nicholas’s church, which churchyard holds 106 WW1 graves. She used information from her own collection and those of villagers, as well as records at the Christopher Tower Library in the New Forest Centre, HRO and TNA. She was also able to tell us what had happened to the buildings after the war. Brockenhurst was chosen in 1915 by the War Office to be a Hospital Area, as it contained a considerable number of large houses, along with a very good rail link with Southampton and its port. The first to be set up – in the south of the village - was Lady Hardinge's Hospital (named after the wife of the Viceroy of India) for Indian troops. In 1916 the latter left and were replaced by ANZAC troops, and the hospital was renamed No. 1 New Zealand Hospital. It closed in early 1919, but Anzac Day is still remembered each year at the church with a service and laying of flowers on each grave. Other hospital units were also established at the Balmer Lawn and Forest Park hotels. The Balmer Lawn Hotel was used in WW2 by Generals Montgomery and Eisenhower. October & November meetings to be reported in the next journal. Future dates are:-

3 December Christmas American Supper / Souvenir of my favourite ancestor 4 February Who? What? Where? Tessa Davis 4 March Members’ Evening: My workhouse ancestors

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Contact: New Milton & Christchurch John Heighes, 7 Wharncliffe Rd, Highcliffe on Meetings are held in the Library of St. Mark’s Church, Sea, Christchurch Highcliffe, on the second Friday of each month at 7.30 Dorset BH23 5DA p.m. The church is about 100 yards off Lymington Tel 01425 275800 Email: [email protected] Road on Hinton Wood Avenue, the turning opposite The Galleon Daphne Austin reports:- (July) Heather Sheeley – Genetics for family historians. This is a very involved and technical subject, which Heather managed to put over in an enjoyable and understandable way. She started with the way the laboratories tested for various diseases. It became apparent they could be genetically linked to family members. This study, and the implications for future generations, were explained - and how some conditions could be prevented. In the beginning it was a long drawn-out process, but today, with the use of computers, it has become very quick to produce results with the outcome being better knowledge gained. (August) Jim & Audrey Brinsford – Lest we forget. This was our tribute to the First World War evening. It started with music from Elgar being played while we watched a number of pictures, either paintings or photos, of the war in it various aspects. This was followed by Audrey showing a number of paintings by artists who actually participated in the fighting, many of whom never came back. Jim then talked about the poets of the war and read some of their works. He finished up with more music. It was a very emotional and thought-provoking evening, certainly giving a different aspect of the war. (September) Tony & Pauline Ruffhead – Family letters during the Wars of the Roses. By the use of letters, Tony and Pauline were able to indicate, to some extent, how people lived and what their everyday life was about during that period. It proved that the women had to shoulder much more responsibility for the running of estates, etc, that is usually thought. The men went off to the ‘office’, only to return home weeks later, so everyday things were dealt with by their wives. From the letters you were able to see how the decision-making was done, and that sometimes it was a fait accompli by one or other party. A good insight into the period. October & November meetings to be reported in the next journal. Future dates are:-

12 December Where on earth? Daphne Austin 9 January Call the midwife & teacher Janet Heighes & Audrey Vincent 13 February Railways & the social history of Hampshire John Heighes 13 March Problems evening Michael Hobbs & panel

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Contact: Portsmouth Sue Decicco. 12 Romford Road, Warsash, Meetings are held on the first Monday of each month Southampton SO31 6GZ. (except January and August Bank Holidays) at 7 p.m. Tel: 01489 576932. Email: for 7.30 p.m. in the Baptist Church Hall, Havant Road, [email protected] Cosham.

Sue Decicco reports:- (July) George Watts – A guided walk around Titchfield. We started with the former Titchfield Abbey, dissolved during the Reformation and given by Henry VIII to Henry Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, Shakespeare’s patron, who renamed it Place House. George gave us an insight into the changes that had happened, and how Shakespeare would have seen the house during his stay in Titchfield. In his day the third floor would have housed a theatre, which may have been used to act out his plays. We then walked to the Old School House, where Shakespeare was likely to have been a schoolmaster in the ‘missing years’, 1585-92. We peaked inside the back of the now privately owned house and were intrigued by the wood and brick walls, having been dendrochronology dated to about 1500. We next strolled to the Great Barn, believed to have been built for the storage of supplies and ordnance that would go to Agincourt for the famous battle in 1415. This is now the home for the Titchfield Festival Theatre Company, famous for the production of Shakespeare’s plays. Lastly we saw one of the four ponds that used to supply the Abbey and the House with water and fish. (September) Mike Roberts – Royal Portsmouth Historical Dockyard Trust. Mike, Hon. Secretary of the Support Group for the Trust, gave us an outline of the work that the Trust does. The Support Group is, in reality, the Working Group of the Trust, and still fulfil the role of collecting, storing, restoring, researching and recording Dockyard related material – and, to a limited extent, exhibiting small new displays from time to time within the framework of the Dockyard Apprentice exhibition. This work has included the transcribing of a database of staff pension records found in the dockyard in large heavy ledgers. The group have recorded information about 300,000 staff who worked in the dockyards in Portsmouth and across the world. These include all the different trades, and follow the careers of the workers from the start of their job to the day they retired. The work of the Support Group continues in answering - for a fee - information from relatives about their ancestors. However, many of the Trust members are not as young as they used to be and need the younger generation to take over this important work. If anyone is willing to help, the Support Group would be very pleased to hear from you. An information leaflet and the contact details are on the Trusts website.

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October & November meetings to be reported in the next journal. Future dates are:-

1 December Christmas American Supper & Quiz 2 February Harlots, dung & glory Andrew Negus 2 March To be confirmed

Contact: Ringwood Paul Pinhorne, 84 Fontmell Road Broadstone BH18 8NP We meet at 7.30 p.m. on the third Wednesday of every Tel: 01202 383736 month at Greyfriars Community Centre, Christchurch Email: Road, Ringwood. Visitors and new members are most [email protected] welcome. Paul Pinhorne reports:- (July) Members’ Evening: Your ancestor in the Great War. Many of our members had stories to tell. Alan Petty had a photograph of a medal that Henry William VERE was awarded “for bravery in the field”. He didn’t know much about it. However, further research found the citation for the award of the Military Medal. George PRICE-MORGAN was a miner, joined the Monmouth Regiment and became a tunneller. Edward BETTS was a despatch rider who died when the hospital in Jerusalem was bombed. He is mentioned on two memorials: in Wales and Weymouth. Private William WALLACE was underage when he joined the Hampshire Regiment - went to France, was wounded straightaway, and died from his wounds in October 1914. (August) Skittles Evening. The group held their annual skittles evening at the Coach and Horses in Wimborne, where a good meal, good ale and a fun game of skittles were held. This year the two events were won by Sue Dymott and Donna Marlborough. (September) Peter Booth – Rorke’s Drift. Peter spoke about the true story of Rorke’s Drift and the Battle of Islandlwana, which took place on 22 January 1879. He had been able to visit the site when invited for the centenary of the battle. His great-uncle was Lieutenant John CHARD , who won one of eleven VCs earned that day. In the film Zulu Chard was played by Stanley Baker, who, incidentally, remained a lifelong friend afterwards. Peter brought along several weapons that would have been used by the Zulus, as well as a Martini-Enfield rifle. They had only just been introduced, and were subject to a large kick when fired and became extremely hot - so soldiers tore off part of their uniforms to wrap around the rifle. Using maps to illustrate the extent of the compound where the action took place showed it was a confined area. The film used poetic licence, and there were opportunities to be put right. For example, the film showed Private Alfred Henry HOOK as a drunkard and skiver, whereas in real life he was teetotal and a God-fearing Christian.

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Chard’s VC is on show at the Imperial War Museum, and is considered to be the favourite of Lord Ashcroft, whose largest collection of VCs are housed there. Initially, the family were told their medal was not authentic, but were still able to command a large sale. However, it was later discovered, after more up-to-date tests, it was authentic, after all. October & November meetings to be reported in the next journal. Future dates are:-

17 December Members’ Christmas Festivities 21 January Members’ Evening: Skeletons in the cupboard 18 February The road to Flanders, Part 2 Roger Coleman 18 March Irish ancestry Dr Trevor Fulton

Contact: Romsey Kay Lovell E-mail [email protected] Meetings take place on the first Monday of the month Telephone 07905 798136 at Crosfield Hall, Romsey, at 7.30 pm. Newcomers are welcome. Val Dawe reports:- (July) Members’ Evening: World War 1. To mark the centenary of the outbreak of WW1 members were invited to bring along any memorabilia relating to the war. Service records, medals and photos abounded, with members enlarging on the stories behind them. One member’s research showed that grandfather served at the Remount Depot on the outskirts of Romsey. Another explained that his grandfather had been involved in compiling the National Register, a census listing those available for conscription into the services. Among the more unusual items displayed were a bayonet and scabbard, and also an artillery shell, made at Woolwich Arsenal - a job done by young women in WW1. (September) Barbara Burbridge – Signatures & tax lists from the past. Barbara is a local historian and showed us examples of listings of Romsey residents discovered during her many years of research. These recorded various aspects of their lives, e.g., where they lived, whether they were well off, whether they were literate. They are held by our local history group, in the Moody Museum and at Romsey Town Hall, where an Honours Board lists local dignitaries, including past Mayors and High Stewards of the town. The documents include a 1799 list of the poor, who had the right to soup from the soup kitchen, whilst all other residents had to cover the cost. A list of ratepayers shows who had to pay for the cost of repairs to the Great Bridge in 1688, while it was noted that many who signed the 1723 Oath of Allegiance were women. Barbara’s talk highlighted for us the possibility of discovering records of ancestors in our own local archives.

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October & November meetings to be reported in the next journal. Future dates are:-

1 December American Supper & Quiz 2 February How to draw up your family history George Yalden 2 March To be announced

Contact: Southampton Mike Lawrence, 84 Missenden Acres, Hedge End, Southampton Monthly meetings are held on the third Monday of SO30 2RE. Tel 01489 790505. each month EXCEPT BANK HOLIDAYS at the Roman Email southampton@ Catholic Church Hall, Commercial Street, Bitterne, hgs-online.org.uk Southampton, at 7.30 p.m. Car park is adjacent.

Anne Lawrence reports:- (July) Members’ Evening – First World War memorabilia. Many family members were in the Navy, as one would expect in Southampton. We saw war medals, diaries and discharge papers, etc. One member brought along his great-grandmother’s passport: her husband was abroad, fighting, and she was allowed to visit, but “not in any war zone”! One mother was in London, making ammunition. Another worked in Dublin for the Ordnance Survey, making maps of war zones. A grandfather was posted to Malta. After the war he brought back a knight-in-armour made out of petrol cans and also some Maltese lace for his baby. Others worked in the aircraft industry, making and repairing planes. There is a very helpful website called uboat.net. This German site (in English) allows us to enter a British ship of interest, and it will give you the name of the U-boat that sank it, details of the ship and where it was sunk - also the commanding officer of the U-boat, and even his photograph! (September) Jake Simpkin – Southampton through the eyes of artists. Jake had arranged his talk so that we saw, for each painting of Southampton, a position on a map, a modern photograph and the actual painting. Some of the pictures were taken from the City Art Gallery, some from the University Cope Collection, and some from City Museums. We were treated to pictures of the Floating Bridge (Lowry and Eric Meadus), Southampton Castle, the Cowherds Public House, the Town Walls, the Town Quay, and the Cooling Pond by the Old Power Station among many, many others. As Jake’s talk progressed, many knowledgeable members added other information about the areas portrayed in Southampton, which made the talk even more enjoyable.

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Cora Ashford reports:- (August) Members’ Evening: Four generations on my maternal side. Nine members gave talks on their maternal family tree. Most grandmothers and great-grandmothers had many children. The occupations of the husbands were very varied, ranging from cordwainer, seaman, soldier, market gardener, musician, among others. Female occupations included pottery worker, nanny, washerwoman, teacher, shop assistant, and one lady was “in service”. Some interesting facts came out. A grandmother, who had 14 children, died of “exhaustion”. Another member’s mother had died, and he was brought up by his spinster aunt. A grandmother married a man from the Isle of Skye. A great-grandmother, the pottery worker, was shown as head of the household, no doubt supporting her family on her wages. An interesting fact was that Jill Starks had the same surname as her husband-to–be! October & November meetings to be reported in the next journal. Future dates are:-:-

15 December Christmas buffet, quiz, etc 19 January Members’ Evening 16 February The Swaythling Remount Depot John Fish 16 March Cable ships of Turnchapel John Avery

Contact: Waltham Chase Chris Pavey, 15 Spring Lane, Swanmore, Meetings are held on the fourth Tuesday of the month Southampton SO32 2PT. at Waltham Chase Village Hall, Winchester Road, Tel: 01489 895462. Email: Waltham Chase, and commence at 7.30 p.m. [email protected] Car parking at the Hall. Newcomers welcome. Chris Pavey reports:- (July) Members’ Evening: A family history item that had a story to tell. Members told their stories, and in some cases illustrated them with an item: we saw things as diverse as a Mills bomb (non-working!) from WW1 to an old garden tool and an old brown cardboard suitcase, as well as hearing various fascinating stories. (August) A visit to Southampton Old Cemetery. The group was joined by members from Fareham and Basingstoke, and our guides were two of the Friends of Southampton Old Cemetery (FOSOC), accompanied by their dog. What an interesting evening! We saw many ornate and architectural memorials and heard the histories of well-known Southampton people whose names are also still remembered in road names in their city. Particularly interesting was the story of the Argentinian dictator who was removed back to Argentina, although his memorial remains in place. The tour finished by torchlight in the Jewish part of the cemetery.

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(September) David Rymill (guide) - A visit to the Hampshire Record Office. The visit ended with us viewing documents relating to Bishops Waltham. For further details, see the report from Basingstoke group. October & November meetings to be reported in the next journal. Future dates are:-

27 January Maps in genealogy Les Mitchinson 24 February Members’ Evening 24 March The Romsey Remount Depot Phoebe Merrick

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After the Reformation of the 16th century mentioned was Southend in Soberton, which quite a number of the Roman Catholic also covered Hambledon, Catherington and families with seats in Hampshire carried the Meon Valley. In 1741 the congregation on with their worship in extreme numbered about 100, with Fr Leonard difficulty, often resulting in having to pay CONIERS in charge. Other names mentioned heavy fines, spells of imprisonment, and include Miss Jane Cotton (later to become Mrs even death. BRIGHT ) and George BINSTED , a mercer in The Havant area was no exception, as Hambledon. A memorial in the churchyard of demonstrated by information contained in the St James’s in Winchester is for George’s Catholic Record Society volume Hampshire widow, Frances, who died on 4 April 1778, Registers III, where there are transcriptions of aged 70. Other local places included the registers and records of the Catherington (with the ENGLEFIELD family, Brockhampton Chapel in Havant. These who were also associated with Southend) and transcripts cover the years 1733-1855, and Idsworth (with the DORMER family). the records include numerous letters and In 1718 the creation of a permanent position other documents relating to the parish. for a priest in the new Mission of Havant was Fortunately, the first few pages also provide credited to Philip CARYLL of North House in further historical information on the area in Catherington. Originally, worship took place in the 17th and early 18th centuries before the cottages owned by Mr WEST in Brockhampton first register began. Lane, as well as in houses of other families in One of the first names listed was that of the area and also at Chichester. Other Leonard BILSON , who in 1562 was locations for mass were in three cottages near imprisoned in the Tower before being moved the Royal Oak Inn at Langstone. The on 14 October 1571 to Marshalsea Prison, Brockhampton Chapel was built in about 1752 where he remained until at least 1582. He was as a permanent place of worship, to be described as being the incumbent of Havant. replaced by another chapel in 1790, which In the Recusant Roll of 1604 there were 26 was used until the present St Joseph’s church names of men and women in Warblington. in West Street, Havant, was built in 1875. Others from around the same period include The registers were in two books, and - Thomas POUNDE of Farlington, George because they were not in a pre-printed format COTTON of Warblington Castle, Edward - the amount of detail included was left to BANNISTER of Idsworth Manor, and the whoever was writing the entry at the time. In CARYLL family of Ladyholt (just across the just about all cases they far exceeded what border in Sussex). The latter family, in was in Church of England registers, very often particular, had great influence over the next including maiden names, and - in the case of couple of centuries. baptisms - the date and often place of birth, During this period the larger families were along with the names of godparents or often served by their own priest or by sponsors. There are several gaps in the dates, travelling missionaries. One of the local places and, although a lot of the entries were written

218 Member’s article – Part 1 in English, there are also several blocks where they appear in Latin. In some entries, especially with a few recording the deaths, the wealth of genealogical detail is rather impressive, particularly when compared with what we normally expect in parish registers of that period. The very first entry in the register was for Mary HARGOOD , who was born on 9 March 1732/3, and who was baptised on 11 March that year by John BIGGS . Her parents were Thos and Jean, and her godparents were Jeams Hargood and Mary RIDCHARDS . Apparently, John Biggs had a thing about spelling the name of James, because it usually appeared as ‘Jeams’. It was not uncommon among the early baptisms for these to take place in private houses, such as that of Jeams comment that whoever wrote the entry was HYGGINS , who was baptised on 4 December unsure on how to spell the surname because 1733 in old Goodman Hyggins’s house at he also clearly wrote DELTENRE or Leigh. Jeams was born on 17 November to DELTEME as possible alternatives. This may parents Wm and Sarah, née CHATFEILD [sic], also indicate that the family were not English. and his godparents were Rd Hyggins and Joan Maria’s parents were John Baptist and Mary, COLLINS . and her godparents were Peter Jos SONAR - The entry relating to Jeams FARR also although a note said that this may have been provided a lot of detail: He was the son of SCWARZ - and Mrs Franca GROVES . The Henry and Mary, being born on 1 September name of Franca was probably an abbreviation 1735, but because he was “being in danger (as for Francisca, the Latin name for Frances. people thought) of Death”, he was baptised Much later baptisms recorded in 1854 proved three days later by Mrs RING of Langstone. to be interesting, with one for Gazier The formal baptism was later carried out by ACKMAN , who was born on 9 March, and John Biggs on the 18 September. The baptised on 4 June. She was the daughter of godparents were recorded as being John William and Anne, and was sponsored by John IBBOTSON , senior, and Mrs KNAPP , who was HIGGINS and Jane LYNCH . Anne’s maiden acting as the proxy godmother for Mrs Wm name was BARN , and a note in the register COOK . Another interesting baptism was on 4 said that she was a Protestant. Shortly after May 1742, when Maria Philippa DELTENCE , this - on the 16 July – Anne, aged 32, and their who was born on 20 April, took place. A four children were conditionally footnote in the registers volume made a baptised into the Catholic Church.

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Their two daughters were Mannah, aged 11 years (sponsored by Denis Higgins) and Mary, aged 9 (sponsored by Hannah CROWLEY ). The two sons were William, aged 7 (sponsored by Michael Lynch) and Thomas, aged 4 (sponsored by Patrick Crowley). Presumably, the family were Protestant before conversion, but with only one baptism to be found in the HGS Baptism Index, it may be that they were not from the local Further on in the volume, on pages 143 and area. Thomas was the only child baptised 144, among the names of the congregation is locally - in St Faith’s church, Havant, on 2 a list of several of the families who had left February 1851 - before the family converted. the faith. Unfortunately, no dates are recorded They were possibly still in the area between against the names, but they include TODD , early 1851 and 1854, but searches in the 1851 where it says “all gone and mostly lost the census do not appear to find them anywhere faith”. They used to live at Westburton (may in Hampshire or Sussex. not be a correct transcription) Farm on the A number of other entries were made around Emsworth Road. Other families lost to the the same time - with one other person, 37- faith included AYLES , HICKS , Knapp and year-old Jane KEW (although a footnote says VEAL . Another name mentioned was that of her surname might have been KEN ), also a Godfrey Ring of Southsea, who was the last of convert, baptised on 16 July. Among the the family. In some of the other reminiscences baptisms a year before was one for Sarah there was Nanny HENSHAW , who was an Rachel ROBERTS , born 3 May 1853, and eccentric old woman who used to work on Mrs baptised on 15 May. Her father was Edwin Ring’s farm below Brockhampton, and who Goodwin, who was listed as a Protestant, and dressed partly in men’s clothes. She retired to her mother was Anne, née McMAHON . A and died in Chichester, leaving her money to similar baptism on 1 August 1853 was for the Chichester mission. Albert HILLS , born on 1 July, whose parents I hope to have all the names, along with their were Charles and Gazier, née POWELL , with relevant details indexed and available on the Charles being labelled as a Protestant. Later Hampshire Surnames Index in the Research in the same year William Charles PRICE was Centre by the end of December or very early in born on 11 December to parents John William January. and Sarah, née JONES . When he was baptised on 5 February 1854 his father was a Roy Montgomery (Member # 3759) “Protestant under instruction”, whilst his 102 Sunnymead Drive, Waterlooville, Hants mother was a Protestant. PO7 6BX Email: [email protected]

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In a brief article in an earlier HFH journal the use of non-register information, e.g., the (Vol 41/1, June 2014, p 9) I raised the execution date of wills to cross-check burial conundrum of Thomas MACEY, who died - dates. Finally, they have cross-referenced all "supposed to be 105 years of age" - in the data against that in the 1792 transcript. 1766. For me, the transcripts have provided details One aspect of the problem was that I had of a marriage that was wrongly entered in the found a contemporary newspaper item that 1792 transcript (and, yes, I have checked gave his name as James. Another point I against the original photocopy!). That raised was the lack of an original parish marriage has given me a significant register covering 1682-1766 for Minstead. The breakthrough in my family history. only parish register information I was aware Copies of the new transcripts and the of for that period having been in, or based on, photocopies of the original register have been a transcript made in 1792. deposited with Hampshire Record Office, There is bad news and good news! Christopher Tower Library at Lyndhurst and The bad news: unfortunately, no one has been Hampshire Genealogical Society. able to offer fresh ideas regarding Thomas. But the story does not end there. It is The good news - and very good news - is that accepted that others may have contributions the original Minstead register was found some to make. Perhaps this could be a different years ago in private ownership and a interpretation of a badly written/preserved photocopy was made. In words of one syllable, entry; or maybe information from another the original was a mess. Record keeping was source (e.g., manorial records or Overseers of clearly very poor or non-existent for long the Poor records) which might correct the periods; original pages have obviously been published information. To reduce the workload lost and many of the pages that are available on the transcribers, and with their agreement, are damaged. However, two members of HGS, I have offered to be focal point of any Tessa Davis and Ronda Purkess, have been suggestions made by others. I will review and working from this photocopy and have just co-ordinate suggestions before passing them completed a transcript on an Excel on to Tessa and Ronda. spreadsheet. This offers one version in Colin Macey (Member # 9521) Sunny Bank, chronological order and another sorted by Heath Ride, Wokingham RG40 3QN phonetic surname. The transcript spreadsheets come with a very [email protected] comprehensive introduction that gives the [HRO TRA222/5 Minstead parish register user an insight into how the difficult task was transcripts 1682-1766. Description tackled. In addition to examining the original Transcription of the original parish register writing and making some new interpretations covering CMB, with comparison to copies of names, the transcribers have used made in 1792 and in the 20th century. For techniques such as matching the shape of facsimile/photocopy of original register see damaged pages to get an idea of sequence and COPY/885/1]

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Hampshire Parish Register Indexes on CD-ROM

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HCD015 Hampshire Baptism Index 1537-1659 £23.00 £25.50 £26.30 Searchable index to Anglican (Church of England) baptisms in mainland Hampshire for the period 1537 to 1659. (a), (b), (c) HCD014 Hampshire Baptism Index 1660-1751 £23.00 £25.50 £26.30 Searchable index to Anglican (Church of England) baptisms in mainland Hampshire for the period 1660 to 1751. (a) HCD012 Hampshire Baptism Index 1752-1812 £23.00 £25.50 £26.30 Searchable index to Anglican (Church of England) baptisms in mainland Hampshire for the period 1752 to 1812. (a) HCD004 Hampshire Baptism Index 1813-1841 £10.00 £12.00 £13.00 Searchable index to Anglican (Church of England) baptisms in mainland Hampshire for the period 1813 to 1841. (a) HCD016 Hampshire Baptism Index 1842-1874 £23.00 £25.50 £26.30 Searchable index to Anglican (Church of England) baptisms in mainland Hampshire for the period 1842-1874. Excludes the Isle of Wight. Requires Windows XP or later. Includes PDF version for Mac users or earlier versions of windows HCD013 Hampshire Marriage Index 1538-1659 £23.00 £25.50 £26.30 Completing the index of Hampshire marriages, this is a searchable index to Anglican (Church of England) baptisms in mainland Hampshire covering the most difficult period 1538 to 1659. (a) HCD009 Hampshire Marriage Index 1660-1753 £15.00 £17.50 £18.30 Searchable by any combination of the names of bride and/or groom, and parish and year, including Quaker and Roman Catholic. (a) HCD007 Hampshire Marriage Index 1754-1837 £20.00 £22.50 £23.30 (v2) Combined index (CDs 5 & 6), searchable by any combination of the names of bride and/or groom, and parish and year. HCD005 Hampshire Marriage Index 1813-1837 £7.50` £9.00 £10.80 (v2) Alphabetical listing by surname (bride or groom), or by parish, of Church of England, Quaker and Roman Catholic marriages in the county for the period 1813 to 1837. If you have HCD007 already, or are about to order it – you DO NOT need to order this CD as well because HCD007 contains this data. (a) HCD010 Hampshire Burial Index. Complementing the original index £5.00 £6.50 £7.80 HCD001, this index covers the years 1838 to 1841 for burials in mainland Hampshire. Excludes the Isle of Wight. In Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. If you have HCD011 already, or are about to order it – you DO NOT need to order this CD as well because HCD011 contains this data.

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HCD011 Hampshire Burial Index , replacing HCD001. The complete £25.00 £27.50 £28.30 index to burials in mainland Hampshire now covers the period 1400 to 1841. Fully searchable, this comprehensive index is an essential tool for those researching Hampshire ancestry. (a) (a) Excludes Isle of Wight. (b) Requires Windows XP or later (c) Includes PDF version for Mac users or earlier versions of Windows

Monumental Inscriptions These CDs are in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files. There is a version of Adobe Acrobat Reader for Windows 95 or higher on the disk. Apple-Mac users are able to download a suitable version of the reader from the internet. Collect in Person £5.00 By Post UK £6.50 By Post Overseas £7.80 HMI 01 Hurstbourne Tarrant Area includes Combe St. Swithun, Faccombe St. Barnabas, Faccombe St. Michael (disused), Hurstbourne Tarrant St. Peter, Linkenholt St. Peter, Tangley Cemetery, St. Thomas of Canterbury, Vernham Dean St. Mary the Virgin HMI 07 Amport Area includes Amport Cemetery, St. Mary, Fyfield St. Nicholas, Grateley Cemetery, St. Leonard, Kimpton Cemetery, St. Peter & St. Paul, Monxton St. Mary The Virgin, North Tidworth Holy Trinity, Quarley St. Michael & All Angels, Shipton Bellinger St. Peter, South Tidworth St. Mary’s Mortuary Chapel, Thruxton St. Peter & St. Paul HMI 08 Andover Area includes Andover St. Mary, Appleshaw Cemetery, St. Peter In The Wood, Charlton St. Thomas, Hatherden Christ Church, Knights Enham St. Michael & All Angels, Penton Mewsey Holy Trinity, Smannell Christ Church, Weyhill Cemetery, St. Michael & All Angels HMI 10 Basingstoke Area includes Basingstoke Countess Of Huntingdon’s Connexion, Holy Ghost (RC), Society Of Friends, South View Cemetery, St. Michael, Eastrop St. Mary, Hook St. John The Evangelist, Mapledurwell St. Mary, Nateley Scures St. Swithun, Newnham St. Nicholas, Newnham & Nateley Scures War Memorial, Old Basing Cemetery, St. Mary, Tunworth All Saints, Up Nateley St. Stephen, Upton Grey St. Mary, Weston Patrick St. Lawrence, Worting St. Thomas Of Canterbury HMI 15 Broughton Area includes Broughton Baptist Chapel, Broughton St. Mary, East Tytherley St. Peter, Nether Wallop Baptist Chapel, St. Andrew, Over Wallop St. Peter, West Dean (Wilts) De Borbach Chantry, St. Mary The Virgin, West Tytherley St. Peter HMI 22 Ropley Area includes Beauworth St. James, Bishop’s Sutton St. Nicholas, Bramdean St. Simon & St. Jude, Cheriton St. Michael & All Angels, Hinton Ampner All Saints, Cemetery, Kilmeston St. Andrew, Ropley St. Peter, Tichborne St. Andrew, West Tisted St. Mary Magdalen HMI 26 East Meon Area includes Colmer St. Peter Ad Vincula, East Meon All Saints, Froxfield St. Peter On The Green, Langrish St. John The Evangelist, Priors Dean Church (Dedication Unknown), Privett Holy Trinity HMI 28 Romsey Area includes Nursling St. Boniface, Romsey Abbey Internal, Abbey External in Situ, Abbey External Remote, Botley Road Cemetery, Woodley Cemetery, Rownhams St. John the Evangelist HMI 37 Hambledon Area includes Denmead All Saints Cemetery, Droxford St. Mary & All Saints, Hambledon St. Peter & St. Paul, Newtown Holy Trinity, Shedfield St. John The Baptist, Soberton St. Peter & St. Paul, Swanmore St. Barnabas HMI 39 Ringwood Area includes Bisterne St. Paul, Burley Independent, St. John The Baptist, Ellingham St. Mary & All Saints, Harbridge All Saints, Ibsley St. Martin, Mockbeggar Independent Chapel, Ringwood St. Peter & St. Paul, Cemetery HMI 51 Portsmouth Highland Road Cemetery

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Volume Coverage Church/Burial Ground Collect By Post By Post in person UK Overseas A1 New Alresford St. John the Baptist £1.50 £2.00 £2.50 Old Alresford St. Mary the Virgin A2 Alton St. Lawrence All Saints £4.50 £5.00 £5.00 3 fiches Normandy Street Independent Chapel Cemetery A3 Amport St. Mary £1.50 £2.00 £2.50 Appleshaw St. Peter-in-the-Wood & Cemetery Ashe Holy Trinity & St. Andrew Ashmansworth St. James Avington St. Mary Awbridge All Saints B1 Beaulieu The Blessed Virgin £1.50 £2.00 £2.50 Limited Stock and Holy Child; Cemetery B2 Barton Stacey All Saints £1.50 £2.00 £2.50 Bishopstoke St. Mary Bramdean St. Simon & St. Jude Bursledon St. Leonard; Roman Catholic Churchyard (disused) B3 Boldre St. John the Baptist £1.50 £2.00 £2.50 Limited Stock B4 Bentley St. Mary £1.50 £2.00 £2.50 Burghclere All Saints; Ascension Bullington St. Michael & All Angels B5 Braishfield All Saints £3.00 £3.50 £3.50 2 fiches Bramshaw St. Peter Broughton St. Mary; Baptist Chapel Buriton St. Mary; Cemetry C1 Chilcomb St. Andrew £1.50 £2.00 £2.50 Chilworth St. Denys C2 Chalton St. Michael & All Angels £3.00 £3.50 £3.50 2 fiches Charlton St. Thomas Chawton St. Nicholas Cheriton St. Michael & All Angels Chilbolton St. Mary the Less Chilton Candover St. Nicholas Church Oakley St. Leonard Clanfield St. James Cliddesden St. Leonard C3 Colden Common Holy Trinity £3.00 £3.50 £3.50 2 fiches Colbury Christ Church Compton All Saints C4 Colemore (Colmer) St. Peter ad Vincula £3.00 £3.50 £3.50 2 fiches Combe St. Swithin Copythorne St. Mary Corhampton Dedication unknown

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CM1 Cemetery Four Marks £1.50 £2.00 £2.50 (Revised version of S7) South Tidworth - St. Mary’s Mortuary Chapel E1 East Boldre St. Paul £1.50 £2.00 £2.50 Limited East Woodhay St. Martin Stock East Worldham St. Mary Ecchinswell Congregational; Old Churchyard (disused); St. Lawrence E2 East Dean Not dedicated £3.00 £3.50 £3.50 2 fiches East Meon All Saints East Stratton All Saints East Tisted St. James East Tytherley St. Peter Eastleigh Church of the Resurrection Easton St. Mary the Virgin Eastrop St. Mary E3 Ellingham St. Mary & All Saints £4.50 £5.00 £5.00 3 fiches Ellisfield St. Martin Elvetham St. Mary the Virgin Empshott Holy Rood Emsworth St. James, Baptist Church Ewhurst St. Mary the Virgin Ewshot St. Mary the Virgin Exbury St. Katherine Exton St. Peter & St. Paul G1 Goodworth Clatford St. Peter £1.50 £2.00 £2.50 Grateley St. Leonard; Cemetery Greatham St. John the Evangelist (disused); St. John the Baptist Greywell St. Mary H1 Hedge End St. John the Evangelist; Cemetery £1.50 £2.00 £2.50 H2 Havant Dissenters’ Burial Ground; £3.00 £3.50 £3.50 2 fiches Cemetery; St. Joseph (RC) Hayling Island Roman Catholic Cemetery South Hayling St. Mary H3 Hound St. Mary £1.50 £2.00 £2.50 H5 Hamble-le-Rice St. Andrew £1.50 £2.00 £2.50 Hatherden Christ Church Herriard St. Mary Hinton Ampner All Saints; Cemetery H6 Highclere Estate Cemetery £3.00 £3.50 £3.50 2 fiches Highclere St. Michael & All Angels Limited Holybourne Holy Rood Stock Hook with Warsash Methodist Cemetery; St. Mary Hordle All Saints; The Old Churchyard Houghton All Saints M1 Micheldever St. Mary the Virgin £1.50 £2.00 £2.50 Milford-on-Sea All Saints N1 Netley Military Hospital Cemetery £1.50 £2.00 £2.50 Nursling St. Boniface

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N2 Nately Scures St. Swithun £3.00 £3.50 £3.50 2 fiches Nether Wallop St. Andrew Limited Nether/Over Wallop Baptist Chapel Stock Newham St. Nicholas Newton Valance St. Mary Newtown St. Mary and St. John Newtown (Soberton) Holy Trinity North Baddesley St. John the Baptist North Waltham St. Michael Northington Old Churchyard Nutley St. Mary O1 Odiham All Saints £3.00 £3.50 £3.50 2 fiches Otterbourne Old Churchyard; St. Matthew Over Wallop St. Peter Overton St. Mary Ovington St. Peter Owslebury St. Andrew P1 Portchester Priory of St. Mary £4.50 £5.00 £5.00 3 fiches Portsdown Christ Church Purbrook St. John the Baptist P3 Portsmouth Highland Road Cemetery £10.50 £11.00 £11.00 7 fiches Limited Stock R1 Ringwood St. Peter & St. Paul; Cemetery £3.00 £3.50 £3.50 2 fiches Limited Stock R3 Ramsdale (Ramsdell)Christ Church £4.50 £5.00 £5.00 3 fiches Rockbourne St. Andrew Ropley St. Peter Rotherwick Dedication unknown Rowlands Castle St. John the Baptist Rowledge St. James Rowner St. Mary the Virgin Rownhams St. John the Evangelist S1 Sherfield English St. Leonard; Old St. Leonard £1.50 £2.00 £2.50 Churchyard; Ebenezer Chapel Burial Ground S3 Southampton Sholing, St. Mary; Highfield, £1.50 £2.00 £2.50 Limited Christ Church; Bitterne Park, Stock Ascension including Chapel of St. Lawrence; St. Denys S6 Southampton Bitterne, Holy Saviour £4.50 £5.00 £5.00 3 fiches S7 Smannell Christ Church £1.50 £2.00 £2.50 South Tidworth Cemetery - see also CM1 Steventon St. Nicholas Swanmore St. Barnabas Swarraton St. Andrew Churchyard (disused) T1 Tadley St. Peter; United Reformed £1.50 £2.00 £2.50 Tangley St. Thomas of Canterbury; Cemetery Thruxton St. Peter & St. Paul Timsbury St. Andrew Tufton St. Mary Tunworth All Saints

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T2 Tichborne St. Andrew £3.00 £3.50 £3.50 2 fiches Titchfield St. Peter Twyford St. Mary the Virgin U1 Upham Blessed Mary £1.50 £2.00 £2.50 Upton Grey St. Mary Up Nately St. Stephen Up Nately St. Stephen W1 Winchester St. John the Baptist; £1.50 £2.00 £2.50 Cemetery (St. Giles Hill) W2 Winchester West Hill Cemetery; £3.00 £3.50 £3.50 2 fiches West Hill Cemetery memorials removed W3 Winchester St. James Cemetery (RC); £1.50 £2.00 £2.50 St. Swithun upon Kingsgate; Chapel of St. Cross Hospital W4 Winchester Cathedral Church of “Holy Trinity £1.50 £2.00 £2.50 and St. Peter & St. Paul and St. Swithun” W5 Whitchurch All Hallows; Cemetery £1.50 £2.00 £2.50 W6 Wonston Holy Trinity £1.50 £2.00 £2.50 Woodmancote St. James Woodcott St. James Woolton Hill St. Thomas W7 Warnford Our Lady £6.00 £6.50 £6.50 4 fiches Waterlooville St. George the Martyr Weeke St. Matthew West Dean (Wiltshire) St. Mary; De Borbach Chantry West End (Southampton) St. James West Meon St. John the Evangelist West Tisted St. Mary Magdalen West Tytherley St. Peter West Worldham St. Nicholas Weston Patrick St. Lawrence Weyhill St. Michael & All Angels; Cemetery Wherwell St. Peter & Holy Cross W8 Warblington St. Thomas à Becket Cemetery £4.50 £5.00 £5.00 3 fiches

Hampshire Family Historian on DVD ROM

This DVD is in an Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) file. There is a version of Adobe Acrobat Reader for Windows 95 or higher on the disk. AppleMac users are able to download a suitable version of the reader from the internet. Collect in Person £7.50 By post UK £9.00 or Overseas £10.80 HFH01 Scanned images of the first ten volumes of our quarterly journal, 1974-1984. These pages are images of the original journals. Because of their age and condition, not all text is recognised as such, so searching for keywords in Acrobat Reader may or may not be successful. An index of surnames appearing in articles is given at the end. This disk requires a computer with a DVD drive.

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Miscellaneous Books, Fiches, Badges and Binders

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Limited Stock: Hampshire Land Tax: Index to the Land Tax Assessments Indexed 1780 - 1831/2 compiled by Mrs Paddy Neville and produced on 8 fiches in 2 parts. Please note that the index covers only those records at the Hampshire Record Office that have been filmed. Other parishes are not included. Part 1: Surnames A to J (4 fiche set) Part 2: Surnames K to Z (4 fiche set) £6.00 £6.50 £6.00 £6.50

The Cemeteries of Hampshire: Their History & Records (Book). £3.50 £4.00 £6.00

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Hampshire Village Series

A series of booklets compiled by Roy Montgomery on ancient rural Collect By Post By Post parishes of Hampshire covering items such as a brief history, the in Person UK Overseas church and non-conformists, schools, pubs and inns. The aim of the £2.00 £3.00 £4.50 booklets is to help researchers develop their own knowledge by investigating further the various sources used, including the extensive holdings at the Hampshire Record Office and Hampshire Libraries. They are illustrated with a schematic map of the parish, a modern photo of the church and where possible an older photo of the church or village. This is an on-going project with more parishes being added.

Beaulieu (67) Crawley (24) Abbotstone (64) Ropley (20) Bentley (72) Crondall (39) Kilmeston (42) St Mary Bourne (6) Bentworth (44) Denmead (26) Kings Somborne (57) Selborne (11) Bighton (27) Dummer (60) Kings Worthy (45) Sherborne St John (28) Binsted (66) East Meon (3) Kingsclere (31) Bishops Sutton (68) Ewshott (40) Lasham (69) Silchester (71) Bishop’s Waltham (61) Exton (56) Liss (54) South Warnborough (49) Boldre (9) Farringdon (15) Lockerley (43) Southwick (50) Bramley (5) Froxfield (48) Martyr Worthy (52) Steep (10) Breamore (33) Greatham (29) Medstead (1) Stoke Charity (7) Broughton (35) Hambledon (25) Meonstoke (2) Brown and Chilton Harbridge (53) Minstead (8) Tichborne (70) Candover (30) Hartley Wintney (62) Monk Sherborne (55) Titchfield (41) Buriton (14) Hawkley (65) Mottisfont (46) Upham (32) Burley (34) Hinton Ampner (4) Nether Wallop (51) Upton Grey (37) Chalton (58) Holybourne (19) Northington and Warblington and Chawton (47) Houghton (16) Swarraton (18) Cheriton (23) Hursley (38) Old Basing (13) Emsworth (63) Chilbolton (22) Ibsley (59) Ovington (12) Warnford (73) Corhampton (21) Itchen Stoke & Owslebury (36) West Meon (17)

WEA Publications

We are pleased to offer the following publications from the Portsmouth Workers Education Association Local History Group. This is a splendid series entitled "Memories …..", covering various areas of Portsmouth. They contain fascinating detail of the streets and houses within the area using early records from Portsmouth Record Office. The books also include personal stories from inhabitants of the area, as do the more general books about wartime and work experiences. They are an invaluable source of social history and detailed observation of daily life mainly from the 1920s and 30s, but also the 40s and 50s.

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A Portsmouth Memories of Kingston, Paulsgrove, and Old Portsmouth £2.40 £3.60 £5.90 Miscellany that came along after publication of the area books, collected together as stories worthwhile publishing. Going to Work Published in 2001, this book contains memories of £1.00 £2.20 £4.50 Volume One starting work in the Portsmouth-Portsea areas in a variety of trades and occupations. This is an illustrated version of the 1981 booklet. Going to Work Newly published in 2002, this book continues with more £1.00 £2.20 £4.50 Volume Two memories of starting work in the Portsmouth-Portsea areas in a variety of trades and occupations. Kingston The main route from North End to Kingston and Fratton £2.25 £3.80 £5.80 Road was well served with shops, churches and taverns. A Remembered reprint in 2012 of our 1998 booklet with memories of shops and businesses in Kingston Road and Kingston Crescent. Memories of Revised in 2002 with 9 new illustrations and the addition £2.40 £3.60 £5.90 Arundel Street of streets lying between Arundel Street and the railway. Memories of Illustrated booklet of the well-known market street and £2.10 £3.30 £5.60 Charlotte surrounding area. Reprint of second edition of 1993. Street Memories of This book deals with the area east of the island, between £2.00 £3.20 £5.50 Copnor Copnor Road, from Hilsea, and the railway until they converge at Copnor Bridge. Illustrated with photographs. New for 2011. Memories of This illustrated volume covers Commercial Road, the £2.40 £4.00 £5.90 Downtown largest shopping street in Portsmouth. Reprint of the 1994 edition. Memories of This book covers Eastney Road and Highland Road in the £2.00 £3.20 £5.50 Eastney south east of Portsea Island. There are also some general memories of the beach, the Marine Barracks, Fort Cumberland and, of course, the ‘Glory Hole’. Published 1994. Memories of Illustrated with maps and drawings, the booklet covers £2.40 £3.60 £5.90 Fratton Fratton Road. First published in 1997, reprinted 2001. Memories of This covers the area enclosed by Lake Road, Fratton £2.40 £3.60 £5.90 Lake Road Road, Arundel Street and Commercial Road. 62 pages with 8 illustrations. First published in 1980; revised and expanded in 1999. Memories of Memories of Marylebone (Hyde Park Road) a reprint of our £3.00 £3.80 £6.10 Marylebone 1999 booklet with memories of shops and businesses in Hyde Park Road and surrounding streets which at one time was known as Marylebone. Memories of This book covers three adjacent areas on the west of £2.40 £3.60 £5.90 Mile End and Portsea Island: Flathouse along the western shore; Mile Rudmore End surrounding part of Commercial Road; and Rudmore further north.

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Memories of New for 2006, this volume covers the residential and busy £2.20 £3.40 £5.70 North End and shopping area north of Kingston to the old city boundary Hilsea and thence on through Hilsea to the north of Portsea Island. Memories of New Road A new revision in 2012 of one or the earliest £3.00 £3.80 £6.10 New Road WEA booklets with memories, shops, and businesses in New Road. Memories of Revised version of Buckland Memories (1991) covering £2.40 £4.00 £6.20 Old Buckland the area between Commercial Road and Kingston Road, north of Church Street and Lake Road. Published in 2001. Memories of A new book for 2013 with memories and shops and £3.00 £3.80 £6.10 Palmerston businesses in the main shopping area of Southsea. Road Southsea (Including Marmion Rd & Osborne Rd) Memories of This volume incorporates the former Memories of Portsea £2.40 £4.00 £6.20 Portsea and Memories of Queen Street booklets. It covers the area between the town of Old Portsmouth and the Dockyard, centred on Queen Street. There is also a new section on the history of the Gunwharf leading up to the modern Gunwharf Quays development. Published 2007. Memories of This edition revisits Old Portsmouth, but using a post-war £2.50 £4.10 £6.00 Old street directory as a guide to the research. First published Portsmouth 2009. Memories of This book covers the area now known as Southsea £2.40 £3.60 £5.90 Southsea including the area from the beach to the parades and the common. Reprint of the volume first published in 2000. Memories of First published in 1998, this reprint covers the area to the £2.25 £3.80 £5.80 Wymering and north west of Portsea Island which was developed pre- Paulsgrove and post-war to accommodate the expansion of Portsmouth. Milton Formerly a separate village, Milton lies on the eastern side £2.00 £3.20 £5.50 Memories of the island between Copnor and Eastney. Published 1995 reprinted 2000. Women at War The third in the series ‘Portsmouth at War’, this book £2.10 £3.70 £5.60 relates the experiences of women during the Second World War. It continues with stories of evacuees. Illustrated with drawings and photographs. Dickensian A special limited edition for the 2012 anniversary year of £3.00 £3.80 £6.10 Portsmouth Dickens birth in Portsmouth has some information on the family, their houses in Portsmouth, living conditions in the early 1800s, and areas of Portsmouth around 1812 - the time of Dickens birth Highbury Published in 2002, this book deals with the area to the £3.00 £3.80 £6.10 Memories north east of Portsea Island between the Creek and the south coast railway line. The main housing in the area was started between the wars. 13 illustrations.

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A Christmas tree for German soldiers in a temporary hospital in 1871

Prince Albert, Queen Victoria’s consort, is usually credited with having introduced the Christmas tree into England in 1840. However, the honour of establishing this tradition in the United Kingdom rightfully belongs to ‘good Queen Charlotte’, the German wife of George III, who set up the first known English tree at Queen’s Lodge, Windsor, in December, 1800. From ‘The First Christmas Tree’ Published in History Today Volume: 56 Issue: 12 2006 by Alison Barne Hampshire Genealogical Society