tirley glos boatman

[chrisy]

Hi story on tirley around 1849, what was it like?what is a boatman,trying to trace thomas halling married to ann (nee stevens )

[Geoffers]

Hi story on tirley around 1849, what was it like?

Best place to look for this type of information is a directory. Genuki has a description from a gazetteer of 1868
http://www.genuki.org.uk:8080/big/eng/GLS/Tirley/

Large scale OS maps from the 1880's are on:
http://www.old-maps.co.uk/
Tirley won't have changed much from 1849

what is a boatman

Someone who earned a living with a small boat - in this case on a river. He could presumably have been transporting goods, or using his local knowledge of the river. I would guess if he lived in Tirley that he may have worked around Haw Bridge

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[Geoffers]

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trying to trace thomas halling married to ann (nee stevens )

Have you found them on any census returns? The 1861 census is available on 1837online (pay-per-view site). The 1881 census transcript is available free on the mormon web-site.

Geoffers

[chrisy]

Does any one know when elvers were first fished for.Would a boatman also fish,I know elvers today are very expensive,however they were once eaten by everyone.(well almost I hated them)How do i track a boat, I have the name,have found it on the census,but would like to find out more.many thanks for any help

[Geoff Everitt]

A boatman would probably take a load of hay up to Birmingham (lots of horses there) and return with a load of coal. Several of the Tewkesbury boatmen had family links with Staffordshire.

Elvers - I don't think a boat would be used. The flow of the river away from the bank would be too fast for the little blighters. I think present-day practice is to use a fine-meshed net while standing on the bank; I guess it has always been so. A free source of food for poor people.

Try this page for significant dates in elver fishing (goes back to 1500s)

http://www.severnbore.ndirect.co.uk/history.htm

[pigmyhippo]

Do you know of any information about Mary Ann HALLING born 1863, Tirley who married
George Frederick Birch of Frampton on Severn in Sept 1882, Glos?
Any info would be appreciated.
My Ancestors the DUNN's also came from Tirley and were listed as waterman/Boatman, whats the difference?
Regards
Sue

[chrisy]

mary ann halling is in my tree,I seem to get lost in this site,Mary has sister called Elizebeth 1885 aprx,brother william 1849/1927,and charles 1848.I do not have any info on her husband,but can get back to 1595 with Halling/hawlinge.My full tree is on genes reunited,I have visited Tirley,it is very small,sometimes the area seems to merge with deerhurst again very small and close to Tirley.What is your link to Halling?I am now putting into my favs,so i do not lose this site,Christine ne Halling