Forum: Oxfordshire county-wide forum

Looking for marriage date of Richard Hopcroft/Hopcraft to Ann Chester thought to be in early 1800's. Richard thought to be from Arncott. His children born in Boarstall.

I am hoping to visit Eynsham at the end of September with a husband who has no interest in family history. I have been given one day to do Marsh Gibbon & Quainton in Buckinghamshire plus Eynsham so I am trying to plan what I would like to see at each place as driving round in circles is not the...

According to the 1881 Census for Kensington, I have one Emmanuel WIGGINS, age 39 with a stated place of birth Sortall, Oxford. None of my efforts (GenUKI, Google, etc) turns up such a parish ---even in neighbouring counties. Any idea what/where this place may be? My best guess would be...

Henry Alfred Collcutt was b. in Oxford in 1820, one of a long line of Collcutts in the city.He married Elizabeth Randall in 1848 & was a butler at Magdelan College for a number of years., living with his family in St.Aldates.But in 1881 census he was found living in Caversham as a gamekeeper, a...

Hi,could some one look up a marriage for me please in Headington 1846? I have an Ellen Selina Carr of Oxford, in my tree,when she married Robert McClelland in 1865 she said she was a Spinster. I have found an Ellen Selina Carr,married a Thomas Dell,in Headington in 1846.I am trying to find if...

Hi forumites - can anyone kindly provide me a lookup on '41 & '51 for the household details / parents / siblings of a Harriet Knibbs b c1833 in the Banbury area. Harriet married a James Vallis in 1859 and if possible can they be found in the 1861 please? Thanks in advance. HiFly

Hi forumites - I came across two VALLIS family strays in the 1901 Census in Oxon and I have been unable to place/connect either of them. |computer| Alfred Edward (Edwin?) Vallis b 3Q 1869 in Hackney, London and married to Sarah Elizabeth (nee Cooper) b1877 Bulwell, Nottinghamshire. although...

I've been looking on the website of the Oxfordshire Family History Society and gather it is possible to purchase CDs of parish records... My ancestors were all from Bampton. The disc for Witney (OXF-WIT02) apparently covers Aston Bampton. Is that the same as Bampton - or is this a different...

To begin, what a wonderful forum. My family came from Oxford with my ggGrandmother Alice Pricillia Faulkner the only family member to come to America. I have a lot of information on the family (for those who are interested) but I am lacking a few key points. Let me lay out a few branches and I...

I am researching my family tree and have found a line of Paintin,s from Oxford,st Thomas area,i am looking for the marriage of William Henry Paintin b 1855 and Jessie?? in the 1881 census they lived in Canal st,Jericho.

Have traced JAMES COLEMAN and family at the above address on census records (1871 & 1881) does anybody have any information about Black Boy Yard and does it still exist?

Hi I'm desperately trying to find evidence of the birth of Thomas Hopcraft c. 1750 - 1760. lived in Tiffield, Northamptonshire and married there twice. Managed to produce 21 children in the county of Northants, but I don't think he was born there. I know there were lots of Hopcrafts in...

I have been trying for a long time to find out who my great grandfather's parents were. He was metioned in the 1901 census as Charles Judge, age 46, a farrier, born in Reading. BMD records only show 2X Charles Judge - born 1855 but both in Henley. 1901 census also records his son, Charley,...

I have an Eli James born in Warborough 1845. By 1881 he was living in Warrington Lancs with a 16yr Son (1865) born in Warrington. Please could someone have a look and see if he and relatives are at home in Warborough between 1845 and 1865. Hopefully I can get going again then :-) All the very...

looking for this family who in 1941 were living at 74 vicarage road, henley. any info most welcome.

Hi, I'm searching for any information on the above. I have managed to trace back to the late 1790s when William Brayne married Sarah Preston. Their son, William Brain, married Mary DeBank and their son Shadrach, married Sarah Dore. I am looking for information on either William Brayne or...

does anyone have any info on Moses Hyatt(1799-1872, son of Moses Hyatt and wife Diana) was born at Watlington, Oxfordshire in 1799. In 1821 at Watlington he married Elizabeth Lawrence, daughter of William Lawrence, labourer, of Brightwell, Berkshire. Their ten children were born in Oxfordshire:...

Hello, This is my first ever post, so go easy on me please. I am looking for info on Martin Wells who married 21 Apr 1778 to Mary Humphreys in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire. I have asked an archivist at Oxford university to look for him as an alumni, but no luck. What I know about him came from...