NEWMAN families on PORTLAND

[Limeywesty]

Interested to hear from any researchers of the Newman family on Portland, or anyone who has any suggestions about finding records that may record employees in the quarries.

My line seem to have migrated from Portland to Weymouth. Tentative male line is John (?Ayles) Newman born c.1802, Portland, mariner and father Thomas Newman of Portland, stonemason.

[ridgeway]

Hello Limeywesty
I cant find any indexes of stonemasons I dont no if you have baptisms
and marriages for your Newmans but here they are
ST GEORGE BAPTISMS PORTLAND
John ayles Newman son of thomas@ ann bap 12-dec-1802
grace newman dau of ditto bap 3-june-1804
william newman son of ditto bap 8-june-1806
alice ayles newman dau of ditto bap 23-july-1809
jacob newman son of ditto bap 12-may-1811
ST GEORGE MARRIAGE PORTLAND
john ayles newman to ann fuzzard on the 16-october-1824
All the best
Ridgeway

[Limeywesty]

Wow, thanks Ridgeway,
This information looks good. Will start looking closer myself.
What source did you use?
Limey

[ridgeway]

Hello Limeywesty
Found one baptism
Thomas son of john and ann newman 17-april-1825 st george portland
living at chissell occupation seaman
its the only baptism for newman in the register i have one disc for the
area ibought it with other discs a few years ago
all the best
ridgeway

[Tony]

Hey Limeywesty if you are descended from John Ayles NEWMAN we are distant cousins.
So, hi Cousin!
I have been working on our tree for quite a few years now. I got stumped in the direct ancestral line - since 1974 in fact when the Portland registers were still held at the church - but I have been pursuing the branches sideways and downwards since then, plus the various marriage lines.
I sense in your post that you are not 100% sure about your John Ayles NEWMAN descent. Maybe I can help.
If you want to keep it private get back to me on shipshaper@hotmail.com.
In all my years of Newman digging you are only the fourth other serious researcher of our family I have come across. For reference, my Mother's line boasts at least 30 of them down the years.

[billysax]

Wow, thanks Ridgeway,
This information looks good. Will start looking closer myself.
What source did you use?
Limey

I would guess that the source is the Dorset OPC, which has a Portland section full of old BMD's.

[richard horner]

I am doing some research for an elderly lady and part of the information that I have is that she has a connection with a Robert Andrews NeWMAN (bn 1840 Weymouth) and Miriam Sarah MUSSELLWHITE (bn 1844 Hamworthy). I believe I have traced the NEWMAN side back to Thomas and Ann AYLES 9marr 1792) though William NEWMAN (1806). Would this be anything to do with your family?

regards
richard

[Limeywesty]

Hi Richard,

These names ring bells, but I will have to check my notes to be sure as I have only just unearthed bits of information on this part of the family, mostly using online records and with some help from Tony below (or above)!

[trudibeaumont]

I am doing some research on NEWMAN now and have seen your posting. Robert Andrews NEWMAN was my great grandfather. I'm having some trouble with William NEWMAN and any info you might have would be appreciated. Thanks

I am doing some research for an elderly lady and part of the information that I have is that she has a connection with a Robert Andrews NeWMAN (bn 1840 Weymouth) and Miriam Sarah MUSSELLWHITE (bn 1844 Hamworthy). I believe I have traced the NEWMAN side back to Thomas and Ann AYLES 9marr 1792) though William NEWMAN (1806). Would this be anything to do with your family?

regards
richard

[wasagan]

I am doing some research on NEWMAN now and have seen your posting. Robert Andrews NEWMAN was my great grandfather. I'm having some trouble with William NEWMAN and any info you might have would be appreciated.

trudibeaumont, Robert Andrews NEWMAN b.1840 was also my great-grandfather. So how do you fit into our family tree?
In case you don't know Robert is buried in Hamworthy churchyard.