Forum: Somerset county-wide forum

My Great-grandmother was Mary Jane MEES daughter of James MEES and Esther COOMBS. She was born in Watley, Somerset on 12th June 1852. She married Edwin WILCOX at Whatley on 7th April 1874. He was a coal miner. They lived for some time in Coleford where my grandmother Annie Elder was born c1886....

Interested in anyone with any of the Cave family from Bridgwater in their family tree. Connections with Chard, Wareham and some of the family went to Canada. Has connections with the Hill family. Many thanks, Heather.

I am currently trying to locate any information on a Jane Sainsbury, born abt 1855 in Shepton Mallet, Somerset. I have no parent names available at this time. I can only assume that she had a name in front of Jane. I know she also had a brother John who was born abt 1847. Jane did marry Henry...

Does any one have links with the COOKE family from Bath. I have William Joliffe COOKE born in Bath ca 1802. (Taken from the 1851 census for Bromley) |help|

I am looking for some information please about one of my ancestors, my 4x great Grandmother Sarah Warren, I am interested in finding out more about unmarried Mothers during the 1830's 1840's period in England, Sarah had been born in 1812 in Witham Friary, Somerset the only daughter born to Labourer...

Hi, I am in Australia hoping someone could please help me out with an enquiry. My Grt Grt Grt Grandfather Abraham Card (F: Willam Card, M: Mary Evans/Card/Dove) was born in "Rodney Stoke" Somersetshire in 1825. He travelled to Australia aboard the 'Petrel' in 1849 where he married an Eliza Baldock...

Morning all, I'm searching for the names of newspapers that would have been available in 1936 for the areas in and around Yeovil, in particular South Petherton and Matlock. Would anyone be able to help me with this? I don't live in the area but I'm hoping (fingers crossed tightly) to get hold of...

Seeing as though Smith is such a common name my ancestors decided to give their children unusual first names. I have managed to find the marriage and now death of my gggrandfather but not his birth which will be in the parish registers but which parish register do I look at? They were living in...

I wonder if anyone can help me with locating Parish Records for YEOVIL, Somerset - In particular i am looking for the years from 1700 onwards and covering BMD. My brick wall seems unbreakable at the moment - in that I am unable to find any information on William ALLEN who i believe married...

I wonder whether someone can help me out I have been looking into my Chivers family in the Somerset coalfields and came across one particular relation named James Thomas Tucker born in 1823 in High Littleton, Somerset as one of seven children born to John Tucker and Rebecca Chivers James Thomas...

I'm trying to trace the family of Richard and Mary Vallis who were residing in Shepton Montague in 1818 to 1821 era. My research so far indicates their children were Ann, who married a blacksmith surname Talbot. James who married Elizabeth, Joseph (appears to be a bachelor), Richard married...

Im researching the Davidge (Davadge / Davage) family from Somerset, England. The furthest back I have in my family tree is William Davidge (b.1800 Orchardleigh, Somerset) and his wife Ann (b.1803, Laverton Somerset). Their children were: Sarah (b.1832), John, Jane, Elizabeth, Charles &...