'1933 Who's Who in Methodism' & 'Hill's Arrangement'

[mary elms]

Hello Diane,

There's a list of Methodist Publications and their dates on the Methodist Archives site at this page

https://rylibweb.man.ac.uk/data1/dg/m.../methguid.html

There were a number of Methodist Boarding Schools to which people might have sent their children but not particularly to make them preachers. They were sometimes used by ministers to give their children a consistant education because they moved so often.

Mary.

[Diane Grant-Salmon]

Snap Mary! Now it's my turn to say that I missed that link! I'll have a read and find out what's there.

Perhaps Stephen told his Father at an early age, that he would like to be a Methodist Minister, so he possibly went to one of the Schools? His Papa was quite well-to-do and could afford it ...... the only one who had any dosh!

If I can find Stephen anywhere, I'll let you know.

[Diane Grant-Salmon]

Hi Mary,

I've just found Stephen in the 1861 Census.
I must have had a sike-kic (can't spell that word!) flash yesterday, as he is Assistant Master to Wesleyan Local Preacher, (John Pryce JONES) in Oswestry .

It's a School with 16 Pupil Boarders, so I got the pupil bit wrong then!

[mary elms]

Hello Diane,

Congratulations!

? Psychic ?


Mary.

[Diane Grant-Salmon]

Hi Mary,

Oh, that's how you spell it! Trouble is, it won't 'stay' in my brain, so I gave up trying ...... my friends all know that I've got a block with this word!

[Val Goddard]

Thanks so much for that information - there were some things I did not know before.

Val

[Diane Grant-Salmon]

Hi Mary,

I've just popped in to give you an update on my Stephen, (I've been doing some gardening today and chatting on the phone!)

He certainly flits about, as I found him in 1871, living at Scout Road Wesleyan Chapel & School, Sowerby, Halifax, with his unmarried sister, Ruth. I was pleased to find out that he has passed his *test* and is now a Wesleyan Minister!

[mary elms]

there were some things I did not know before.

that's always nice!

He certainly flits about, as I found him in 1871, living at Scout Road Wesleyan Chapel & School, Sowerby, Halifax, with his unmarried sister, Ruth.

That certainly makes sense for Hebden Bridge Circuit! So I wonder where the 9 year old Stephen went to school? Was the Oswestry school around in 1851? Was he a pupil there before becoming assistant master?

Mary.

[Diane Grant-Salmon]

So I wonder where the 9 year old Stephen went to school? Was the Oswestry school around in 1851? Was he a pupil there before becoming assistant master?

Mary.

I was thinking the same as you Mary, as his Parents and Uncles are all living in Staffordshire in 1851 and he's not with any of them. I've just been to Genuki Shropshire for a look-see, so will have to put my thinking-cap on now, as to how to track him down

[Diane Grant-Salmon]

Hi Mary,
He's got to be a pupil at the School! I will do my best to obtain a copy of the census page, so will have a look at Shropshire FHS to see if they can get me one? Anyway, the transcription from Family History Online, says that Stephen Forest aged 10, is living in Oswestry Town, so it looks good!