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In early December 2002 the Pontefract Castle Heritage Society put on 3 events for people who were interested in a dramatised history of the castle by moonlight (or torch Light) the finally was a visit to the castle magazine where gunpowder was stored
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showing John Shillito,
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Website - New Look for 2001. This month sees a new look to the website with new sections to make finding information easier - we hope you can find your way round better with Site Map More Sillitoe News. Mrs. Lesley Jones, you will remember from November 2000 News kindly took up the post of County Coordinator for Suffolk - please go to Sillitoe of Suffolk for that report or for her latest report to- Sillitoe Of Essex. |
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Shillito Surname List - Progress Report Thanks to John and Kay Shillitoe since November of 2000 we have had a Shillito Surname
List on Rootsweb - if you
have never used this medium before I can highly recommend it to you. |
Family History - Making The Most Of RecordsNewspapers as a source of informationRead All About It - man drops dead in busy Leeds shopping area. The study of genealogy is mainly concerned with who begat whom but to really get to know our ancestors we diversify into family history, the events which affected our ancestors. Changes of Government, war, famine, plague, unemployment these are "bigger picture" events but we are not constantly talking to each other about them, we often find local events more interesting - so what did our ancestors talk about? The answer lies in local newspapers. Select News Items from "The Leeds Intelligencer" Highwayman Edition of Nov 6 - 13th, 1764. Last Sunday about Six o'clock in the evening, Mr George Green, Apprentice to Mr Clarkson, Grocer in this town, was stopped upon the Turnpike Road on Black Moor near Sandhill, by a single Highwayman, indifferently mounted, who presenting a pistol to his Breast robb'd him of his Watch, about 12s 6d. in silver and some Half-pence, and then made off. He had on a slouch'd hat, dark colour'd Cloaths, and rode on a dark brown or black Horse. Unseasonal Severe Storm Edition No. 730. Tuesday July 7, 1767 On Sunday Night we had the most violent storm of wind and rain, ever known at this season of the Year in the memory of the oldest man living: great numbers of people being so terrified, they durst not continue in their beds, but got up and went into the streets, expecting every moment their houses would have tumbled about their ears; providentially, it ceased about four o'clock the next morning, without having done any considerable damage, except blowing down a few trees and a windmill in the neighbourhood Weather Report Edition No. 732. Tuesday July 21, 1767 Yesterday afternoon, about three o'clock, we had a violent shower of hail and rain accompanied with most terrible claps of thunder and flashes of lightening, ever remember'd, which made sad havock in this town and neighbourhood, particularly in our workhouse. At the same time the lightening fell upon a a chimney of the house of Mr Thomas Garforth of Scot-hall Mill near this town, proceeded into several lodging-rooms, from thence into the brewing kitchen. Eventful Wedding Day Tues July 28th 1767 On Thurs last married Joseph Sharp... aged 85 to Ann Wilson aged 23, ...attended ...by a great concourse of people. The bridegroom had the misfortune to lose his horse in the hurry, and was obliged to be carried home in a coal cart. Tis said he began his courtship with this his second wife, the day he buried his first whom he had lived with upwards of 50 years. Dropt dead Tues July 28th 1767 Yesterday afternon Arthur Coffin a poor journeyman whitesmith dropt down dead near the cross in this town... River Rising Tues Aug 11th 1767 ...Inhabitants about the bridge, alarmed with a sudden and uncommon swell in the river, which rose upwards of two yards perpendicular, in the space of an hour. Penalty Tues Aug 11th 1767 Richard Harrison, for breaking open the shop of Thomas Lambert, Butcher, to be whipp'd round the market place in this town this day. Yes, our ancestors were very much like ourselves, global warming, crime figures and local events made the news. If you can contribute a story about how you have made the most of an underused source to discover genealogical facts or family history why not write a short article (up to 2 A4 sides) for publication in this series. |
Shillito Close, Colchester.
Shillito Road, Blofield near Norwich.
Shillitoe Road, Poole, Dorset.
Shillitoe Close, Bury St. Edmunds.
Shillitoe Avenue, Potters Bar.
Shillito Yard, Wakefield, West Yorkshire.
Shillito Wood, Nr Baslow, Derbyshire..
If you know of any others, let us know!
Sadly for Ornithologists this is not a rare bird species but for Transport and Train Enthusiasts as well as descendants it has been very interesting.
A Darning egg is an implement to stuff under the hole in your sock to enable you to mend it, this particular darning egg made between about 1840 and 1860 was presented at the April BBC's Antiques Road show at Keswick, Cumbria by the owner.
The Transfer Printed scene on the ceramic egg is of a steam train emerging from the Bransty Tunnel in Whitehaven (on the coast near Keswick) with the initials T. W. S. The owner said he thought the initials possibly stood for Thomas but certainly for Wynn Shillitoe, the owner's two names. These charming decorative and useful items were often given as presents for weddings and birthdays. The egg was valued at between £600 and £1,000 auction price.
One of the quickest ways to end up barking up the wrong family
tree is to jump to natural, if hasty, conclusions such as that
all the children must be entered in the parish registers, A Will
sometimes names children whose baptisms do not appear in the
local church registers.
Reading wills is also a good way of discovering the married names
of daughters but even if your ancestor did not leave a will you
can get a fair idea of how your ancestor lived by the bequests
made by a testator who was of a similar social standing as your
ancestor. For information on locating UK wills and applying for copies please
see the Gen-Guide
Recognition is due to the late Dr John Sykes of Doncaster whose research notes of families in 29 handwritten volumes were written in his spare time more than a hundred and thirty years ago, in 1867. This material is now in Doncaster Archives who have indexed the names - we have extracted most of the data which is mainly wills abstracts, parish register entries and a few family trees of two or three generations and this is in the Shillito FHS Archive.
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