Owston: Scorey & Brewster help please!

[Steve Steere]

I am researching the SCORY/SCOREY name (mainly found in Hampshire) and have just found evidence that a William SCOREY born c1832, living in Canada in 1881, came from Yorkshire. His daughter married a Vice-Admiral's son which indicates that the family were higher up on the social ladder than the usual Scorey's.

The IGI has a marriage for a William SCORY and Sarah BREWSTER in Owston, Yorkshire in 1828, who are possible parents.

Before I start digging in the West Riding for the family is there anyone who can give me a pointer to the parish that William who married Sarah came from, or even other Scor(e)y's of that time, hopefully from a marriage or burials index or directory, as Owston may just be the brides parish. |help|

Many thanks,

Steve

[arthurk]

The IGI has a marriage for a William SCORY and Sarah BREWSTER in Owston, Yorkshire in 1828, who are possible parents.

Before I start digging in the West Riding for the family is there anyone who can give me a pointer to the parish that William who married Sarah came from, or even other Scor(e)y's of that time, hopefully from a marriage or burials index or directory, as Owston may just be the brides parish. |help|
The Owston PRs up to 1837 have been transcribed and were published by the Yorkshire Archaeological Society Parish Register Section in 1993. By looking in this volume I can see the answer to your question, but in view of Rod's comments on another board I think it would probably be illegal for me to post it here.

(Rod, if you're reading, is this correct? And what if I sent it by private message?)

If you're unwilling to buy a copy, one way to get round this would be for you to visit the Society of Genealogists, where I think there's a copy in the library.

Arthur

[Steve Steere]

Hi Arthur,

I would gladly support the local FHS, but when you are looking at just one family in a county it gets expensive! I am a member of four different societies, as well as subscribing to commercial sites. Your answer tells me I need to join SoG as well, what's another! well I had it on the list to do, but there are not enough hours in the day. Thanks for the answer anyway, though I am still looking for a home parish for the Scorey's in the West Riding.

Regards,

Steve

[arthurk]

I would gladly support the local FHS, but when you are looking at just one family in a county it gets expensive! I am a member of four different societies, as well as subscribing to commercial sites.Having Yorkshire ancestors is, of course, the best, though it's a mixed blessing because the county is covered by a large number of societies. Last time I reckoned it up, I could have joined about 12 of them to cover all my areas of interest. As it is, I'm currently a member of five, plus one surname one which is mainly Yorkshire, plus the SoG and one other.


Your answer tells me I need to join SoG as well, what's another!No it doesn't. Non-members are very welcome to use the SoG's library on payment of a fee. If on visiting they decide to join, the visitor's fee can be set against membership.


Thanks for the answer anyway, though I am still looking for a home parish for the Scorey's in the West Riding.Don't get me wrong - I'm more than happy to provide the information, it's just that a couple of days ago Rod wrote something on another board which indicates that certain lookups will not be tolerated for copyright reasons. I'd been hoping that he might notice my question here, but as he seems not to have done I'll find somewhere else to ask him.

Arthur

[Rod Neep]

Don't get me wrong - I'm more than happy to provide the information, it's just that a couple of days ago Rod wrote something on another board which indicates that certain lookups will not be tolerated for copyright reasons.
No, I didn't, I said for licence reasons on certain publisher's CDs.


I'd been hoping that he might notice my question here, but as he seems not to have done I'll find somewhere else to ask him.

Arthur
I am not in a position to give a definitive answer on that, as I do not have that CD, and therefore I have not seen the licence.

Regards
Rod

[arthurk]

I am researching the SCORY/SCOREY name (mainly found in Hampshire) and have just found evidence that a William SCOREY born c1832, living in Canada in 1881, came from Yorkshire. His daughter married a Vice-Admiral's son which indicates that the family were higher up on the social ladder than the usual Scorey's.

The IGI has a marriage for a William SCORY and Sarah BREWSTER in Owston, Yorkshire in 1828, who are possible parents.

Before I start digging in the West Riding for the family is there anyone who can give me a pointer to the parish that William who married Sarah came from, or even other Scor(e)y's of that time, hopefully from a marriage or burials index or directory, as Owston may just be the brides parish.

Sorry about all the delay with this - blame it on my confusion between lookups in books and CDs.

Anyway, according to the transcript of the Owston PRs 1600-1837 (from Yorkshire Archaeological Society), both William SCORY and Sarah BREWSTER were of Owston. There are no other SCORYs in the index, but there's a possible baptism for Sarah in 1813 - daughter of Richard and Elisabeth. Apart from the baptism of a likely brother for Sarah in 1821, the only others called BREWSTER are from a much earlier period.

The original PRs for Owston are at Doncaster Archives, though I understand a film is also available at LDS centres. Also, the Doncaster FHS have produced a marriage index which includes Owston, which would presumably give their reading of the original.

Good luck,
Arthur

[Steve Steere]

Hello Arthur,

I appreciate you posting that information, many thanks.
I will have to get down to my LDS centre as it is closer to me than Doncaster!

Thanks again.

Steve

[arthurk]

Hi again Steve

I've had a few more thoughts on this. As you imply, SCORY/SCOREY isn't a very common name in Yorkshire. Much more common is SCORER/SCORAH/SCHORAH etc, and it might be worth considering if the two might have been confused at some stage.

Another thing which I realise I didn't mention before - and could be significant - is that in the SCORY/BREWSTER marriage entry in Owston, according to the transcript, neither party signed their name. Also, at the baptism of Sarah BREWSTER in 1813 and the likely brother in 1821, the father is described as a labourer.

Sorry for the omission,
Arthur

[Steve Steere]

Hi Arthur,

Appreciate the extra infomation, thanks.

The Scorey families are mainly centred in Hampshire, but being mariners did move around, and I know of one early move that saw the name go to Northumberland & Co Durham. Other's did go to Yorkshire in the clergy, and so they only briefly appear here and there. It could be that a move was made for economic, or even personal reasons such as being a fugitive from the law or from a girl's parents! It does make searching that much interesting.

It is quite possible that the name has been mistranscribed, and if the marriage and baptism were entered by the same person is more likely.

I have lots of early men who have disappeared and do not appear on the Hampshire parish register's, some no doubt lost at sea, or died as an unknown stranger away from home, so whenever I see one elsewhere do try to find out if he is one of mine.

Thanks again.

Steve