last updated 20 July 2010

 

Birth, Marriage and Death (BMD) Dates, Places and Certificates / Records - Direct Ancestors

 

the record / certificate links are a mixture of pdf and jpg - several are 400k - some are bigger

please let me know about link failures / problems - afletch at paradoxplace dot com

 

      Photolinks for the most recent 4 generations     Back to Home Page

 

Sproule Pages     Aldous / Stewart / Seward Pages     Fletcher / Procter Pages     Burton / Middlecoat  Pages

 

Adrian's   grand-parents   great grand-parents   great great grand-parents   great great great grand-parents   and gggg(g) g-parents

 

 

Most of the English Churches where ancestors were married were visited and photographed by Adrian Fletcher in 2009.

 

 

 

xxxx - hard copy possessed, not on web site

 

 

Generation / Name

 

 

Birth

Marriage

Death

Other

 

* located in one or more England / Scotland / Ireland / Canada censuses between 1841 and 1911

 

 

 

 

death places are mostly where they were living

rloc = record identifier located

searchable = record probably exists - not yet searched for

 

FIRST GENERATION

 

 

  (age at death)

 

Adrian Fletcher

 

1943 Cairo, Egypt

orig & copy

 

1974 Sydney, Australia

(ended 1994)

 

 

 

Angela Williams (Fletcher)

 

1946 Barnstable, Devon

 

1971 Sandgate, Kent

 

 

 

 

Generation / Name

 

 

Birth

Marriage

Death

Other

SECOND GENERATION

 

 

 

 

 

Michael Fletcher

the gaffer

1918 Princes Gate, London

 

1941 All Saints Cathedral, Cairo

(ended c1950)

 

1997 (89) Folkestone, Kent

 

1) Peggy Fletcher (Sproule)

granny

1917 Plymouth, Devon

1995 (88) Seabrook, Hythe, Kent

 

2) Anita Fletcher (Williams)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Generation / Name

 

 

Birth

Marriage

Death

Other

THIRD GENERATION

 

 

 

 

 

Dr Jimmy Fletcher*

the physician

1890 Folkestone, Kent

 

1915 St Mary Magdalene Parish Church, Milton (Hants).

 

1974 (84) Folkestone, Kent

WWI medal record card

Ethel Fletcher (Burton)*

the doctor's wife

1890 Madras, India (record)

1968 (78) Folkestone, Kent

 

Brigadier Jimmy Sproule

the army health & hygiene manager

1887 Fintona Ireland

 

1915 Emmanuel Parish Church, Compton Gifford, Plymouth (Devon).

 

1954 (66) (Taunton) Somerton, Somerset

WWI, James Sproule, 131 Field Ambulance

and the 38th (Welsh) Division

Clare Sproule (Aldous)*

the army wife, serious photographer & adventurer

1891 Plymouth, Devon

1958 (69) Edinburgh, Scotland (living in Somerton)

 

 

Generation / Name

 

 

Birth

Marriage

Death

Other

 

FOURTH GENERATION

8 names

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Frank E Fletcher*

 

the "Professor of Music", organist and music teacher

1864 Oxenhope,

W Yorkshire

1889 Wesleyan Centenary Chapel, Queen St, Scarborough

1946 (82) Folkestone

rloc

 

 

Elizabeth Fletcher (Procter)*

 

Aunty Lilly

1865 Scarborough,

E Yorkshire

1953 (88) Folkestone

rloc

 

 

Lt Col John Adolphus Burton*

 

the Indian Army doctor

1854, Madras

no record yet

1888 Madras, India (record)

1924 (69) Walligton

(Nr Croydon)

 

 

Georgiana Ernstin Burton (Middlecoat)* - Christian names accurately taken from birth record!

 

 

1871 Great Malvern, Worcestershire

Why Gt Malvern ?

1953 (81) Folkestone

rloc

 

 

Alex Sproule*

 

the photographer, gentleman (sic), JP & drinker

1846 Fintona, Co Tyrone, N Ireland

1874 Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

1921 (75) Fintona

Co Tyrone, N Ireland

 

 

Matilda Sproule (Sproule)*

 

the gentleman's first cousin

1849 Carrickamulkin,

Co Tyrone

1918 (69) probably Fintona

 

 

George Aldous*

 

the Devon county surgeon

1861 Portsea, Hampshire

 

1887 St Stephens, Gloucester Rd / Southwell Gardens, S Kensington

 

LINK TO MARRIAGES OF ISABELLA'S SISTERS & BROTHERS

 

1937-3 (76) Harrow-on-the-Hill, London, rloc

 

 

Isabella Henderson (Bella) Aldous (Stewart)*

 

 

eldest daughter of the Mayor of Melbourne

 

1865  Melbourne, Victoria (register)

1938-3 (73) Harrow-on-the-Hill, London, rloc

 

* located in one or more England / Scotland / Ireland / Canada censuses between 1841 and 1911

 

 

GENERATIONS

2 TO 4

 

Average & Median Lifespan is 78

 

 

 

Generation / Name

 

 

Birth

Marriage

Death

Other

FIFTH GENERATION

16 names

 

fifth generation births are mostly before British central records start in 1837

 

 

 

FAMILY TREE LINK

 

 

 

 

 

John Fletcher*

the tin and iron plate worker, gas fitter and ironmonger

1823 - Oxenhope

1851 Wesleyan Chapel, Temple Row, Keighley

(now a mosque)

1894-Q1 (69) Scarborough, E Yorkshire, rloc

 

Both couples are buried in the Manor Road Cemetery, Scarborough.

 

Maria Fletcher (Dixon)*

the mother of 14

1836 Wadsworth

1922-Q2 (85) Scarborough, E Yorkshire, rloc

 

Joseph Procter*

 

the master draper

1831 - Walmgate, York

Baptized 8 Jul 1831, St George Methodist Chapel, Walmgate

1859 Wesleyan Centenary Chapel, Queen Street, Scarborough

17 Nov 1902 (70) Scarborough, E Yorkshire

 

Elizabeth Procter (Dobson)*

 

the milliner from Scarborough

1832, Scarborough

Baptized 11 Jul 1832, St Mary, Scarborough

1911-Q1 (78)  Scarborough, E Yorkshire England - rloc

FAMILY TREE LINK

 

 

 

 

 

Charles Benjamin Burton

the Madras writer

29 April 1824

20 January 1853, Madras

21 September 1884

(60) - Madras

 

?Priscilla Burton (Webber)

 

?

?

 

Col Francis Middlecoat*

The Native Infantry Colonel, Madras Staff (Pallavaram, Madras)

20 Jun 1839 - Madras, India

10 January 1866

St George's Cathedral

Madras

1922 (83) - Q3 Lambeth rloc

 

Mary Middlecoat (Locke)*

 

9 Mar 1850 - Madras, India record

1928 (78) - Q1 Wandsworth, rloc

 

FAMILY TREE LINK 

 

 

 

 

 

Joseph Sproule* bro to Robert

Canadian Immigrant

16 April 1815, Carrickamulkin

Co Tyrone

1841, Aghadulla

Co Tyrone, Ireland

1 November 1902 ( 87) Peterborough (Ontario)

 

Matilda Sproule (Robinson)

 

Ireland

Canada probably

 

Robert Sproule* bro to Joseph

Another Canadian Immigrant maybe

Ireland

1848, Ireland

?

 

Mary Jane Sproule (Davis)

 

Ireland

?

 

FAMILY TREE LINK

 

 

 

 

 

Alex James Aldous*

the wine supplier to the Royal Navy

1815 Harleston

Norfolk

 

1855 Buriton Parish Church of Saint Mary the Virgin

 

1879-Q1 (64) Portsea, rloc

Probably buried in St Mary, Redenhall.

1. Elizabeth Haw Aldous (Seward)*

yeoman farmer's daughter, tragically dead from scarlet fever at 38

1824 Buriton

Sussex

25 December 1862 (38) Portsea  (scarlet fever)

Link to photo page about Buriton / Weston and the Sewards and their memorials

2. Mary Constance Aldous (Grey)*

 

1844

parish record transcript for second marriage in March 1866, Cambridgeshire

 

 

James Cooper Stewart*

 

the diary writer, top solicitor, leading Presbyterian, Mayor of Melbourne and lawn bowler

 

The James Cooper Stewart Story

 

James C Stewart's Descendants

 

1836 Brechin

Angus, Scotland

1860 in the house of Mrs Waugh in Collingwood, Melbourne,  under the rites of the Presbyterian Church.

 

1919-Q3 (83) Southsea,

England, rloc

 

buried with Amelia in Barnes somewhere

 

 

Marco Polo Passenger List - 1857.

 

Diary of the voyage to Australia 1857-58.

 

Diaries of the visit to Europe 1881-82.

 

1. Amelia Stewart (Waugh)

"Ma"

 

1841 Presbyterian register of births in "Port Philip, NSW" (=Melbourne, which dated from 1835 - Victoria was invented in 1851)

 

1903-Q3 (62) Barnes,

England, rloc

 

buried in Barnes

 

2. Edith Rosa Frances Stewart (Cowling)

Stewart wife No 2 - the gold digger - 44 years' younger

Stewart v Stewart - Melbourne's 1916 divorce scandal

1880

1911 Scots Church, Melbourne

?

 

 

Generation / Name

 

 

Birth

Marriage

Death

Other

SIXTH GENERATION

30 names

 

sixth generation births are all before British central records start in 1837

 

rloc = record identifier located

searchable = record probably exists - not yet searched for

 

FLETCHER / PROCTER FAMILY TREE LINK

Yorkshire

 

 

 

FLETCHER FAMILY TREE LINK

Thomas Fletcher*

the woolcomber (raw wool cleaner)

1801 - probably Coldwell / Shaw - both in Shaw Lane (Oxenhope)

 

Possibly Wesleyan Methodist, otherwise at Haworth as the Oxenhope church did not exist until 1849.

 

England - searchable

 

Probable parents Thomas (b1769) and Grace (also b1769) were living next door in Coldwell at the 1841 census both aged 72.  17 of the 50 people on census page 32 were Fletchers!

 

 

Wife of Thomas Fletcher ( )

 

 

?

before 1841 census & searchable records

 

William Dixon*

 

the cotton power loom worker / manager

 

1810 Shitlington (now Overton), Nr Wakefield,  Yorkshire

27 June 1831

 

probably

St Michael & All Angels, Thornhill by Dewsbury, Yorkshire

 

England after 1881 - searchable

 

below: the cottage next to the  Brooksmeeting Mill that the Dixon family probably lived in in 1841.

 

 

 

Susan Dixon (Sutcliffe)*

the cotton mill owner's daughter

1811 Heptonstall,

W Yorkshire

England after 1881 - searchable

 

Susan's Father was John Sutcliffe (b1791 Heptonstall, West Yorkshire. Latterly Proprietor, Prospect (Cotton Spinning) Mill, Overton (d after 1861).  Her mother Elizabeth was b1791 (d before 1861).

 

Robert Procter*

druggist latterly based in Walmgate, York

1794 Barnard Castle

All Saints C of E,

North St, York

(by the river)

24 January 1819

 

 

20 years after Robert's early death Elizabeth married farmer George Kettlewell in Birkenhead Parish Church on 16 Oct 1861.

2 Aug 1842 (48) Walmgate, York  rloc

 

Buried in public grave no 8068 in York Cemetery with a family headstone added c1873.

 

Robert's father Joseph was bc1764 & m Mary Harrison on 12 March 1792 at Barnard Castle (St Marys CofE) (first of 3 wives who are all buried in the same tomb in St Marys).  His grandfather and g-grandfather were both Roberts from the Barnard Castle area.

 

Elizabeth Procter (Ashton)*

daughter of John Ashton

2 Sept 1801 York

22 Sept 1873 - Haxby, York.  Buried in St Mary's Church 22/09 with second husband, George Kettlewell.

 

Elizabeth's father John Ashton (coachman) m Sarah Stubbins (sic) (b 1760) on 20 Oct 1783 at All Saints Church, Bubwith, Yorkshire.

 

Sarah's parents Joseph Stubings (sic) and Saray Heels - were m 26 Nov 1745 at Bubwith.

 

 

Matthew Dobson

 

mystery man - mostly absent seaman / master mariner

?

 

St Mary, Scarborough

27 December 1827

(transcript of church register in Scarborough Library)

 

pre 1851 (and probably mid 1830s)

 

Elizabeth Dobson (Stringer)*

the milliner

Scarborough

October 1803

(transcript of church register in Scarborough Library)

1880 (77) - Scarborough rloc

Buried in Dean Rd Cemetery, Scarborough C15-23

 

Elizabeth's parents were William & Mary Stringer (Short) (m 13 Aug 1797), her grandparents were Edmond & Elizabeth Stringer (Irish) (m 31 Oct 1776), and her great grandparents (m 31 Mar 1743) were Francis & Arabella Stringer (Darlinghurst) - all marriages at and records from St Mary's Parish Church, Scarborough.

 

BURTON / MIDDLECOAT FAMILY TREE LINK

INDIA

 

 

 

BURTON FAMILY TREE LINK

John Adolphus Burton

John Adolphus 1st

 

 

 

 

 

Susanna Burton (  )

 

1791

18 Dec 1850 (59)  Madras

 

Henry Webber

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mrs Webber

 

 

 

 

Capt George Middlecoat

the Madras Artillery officer

1 Sept 1802

 

5 January 1826, Madras

 

14 February 1845 (42)

Belgaum, India

 

Susanna Middlecoat (Hampton)

the General's daughter

1808

28 March 1870 (62)

Surrey

 

Samuel Richard Locke

colonial tax collector, Madras

 

 

9 March 1849, Madras

 

 

 

Charlotte Sophia Jane Locke (Johnson)

widow of a Nasky or Rehling

 

1889 India

 

SPROULE FAMILY TREE LINK

NORTHERN IRELAND

 

 

 

SPROULE FAMILY TREE LINK

Thomas Sproule

 

 

 

 

 

 

? Sproule (Blake)

 

 

 

 

John Robinson

 

1775 Fintona

1812, Aughadulla, Co Tyrone

1825 Fintona

 

Sarah Robinson (Harpur)

 

1791

1817 Fintona

 

Thomas Sproule - same as above

 

 

 

 

 

 

? Sproule (Blake) - same as above

 

 

 

 

Mr Davis

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mrs Davis

 

 

 

 

ALDOUS / STEWART FAMILY TREE LINK

 

 

 

 

ALDOUS FAMILY TREE LINK

 

James Aldous*

 

 

the Norfolk Wine Merchant, Maltster, Brewer & Porter Merchant, Publican ("The Grapes") and Farmer.

 

Register from Family Bible

1785 Redenhall /  Harleston

All Saints, Mendham

10 July 1809

Harleston -1859 Q2 (74) rloc (Depwade)

 

Probably buried with Harriett in St Mary Redenhall where he was long-term church warden.

 

James' parents were James Aldous and Martha Whiting of Starson / Harleston.

 

 

Harriette Aldous (Poole )*

 

the girl from Mendham

1783 Harleston or Mendham,

Suffolk

Harleston -1860 Q4 (77) rloc (Depwade)

 

 

Samuel Seward*

 

 

how on earth did he meet .....

the Hampshire yeoman (tenant) farmer who moved to Weston in 1804 and built a very big windmill.

January 1787

Loxwood, nr Wisborough Green, Hampshire

Old Church, St Pancras

6 March 1821

 

November 1867 (80) Weston, nr Buriton (rloc Petersfield)

 

Memorial and Tombs in Buriton

 

Samuel's dad Thomas died in 1813, leaving an interesting will (or transcript)and the 26 year old Samuel in charge.

 

Elizabeth Seward (Haw)*

 

 

Link to photo page about Buriton and the Sewards

 

the Londoner with a rich Dad

 

1792 St Pancras,

London

 

December 1858 (66)

Weston, nr Buriton (rloc Petersfield)

 

 

Elizabeth's parents were William & Elizabeth Haw from Oxford St / St Pancras.  Memorial and Tombs in Buriton

 

James Stewart Snr*

the Brechin house painter

October 1804

Dundee

 

21 December 1833

Brechin

 

October 1867

Brechin

(63)

 

James Stewart's father (also James and also a house painter) married Elizabeth Hamilton (b1782in Edinburgh on 10 February 1803.

 

Elizabeth's father Alexander married Elizabeth Brodie in Gladsmuir on 25 July 1777.

 

 

Mary (May) Stewart (Falconer)*

 

 

March 1811

Montrose

April 1867

Brechin

(56)

 

Mary's parents John Falconer and Jean Cooper married in Laurencekirk Parish Church on 24 October 1804.

 

Robert Waugh

the Belfast baker and assisted immigrant

c1799, probably Belfast, Ireland

c1827, Belfast, Ireland

Presbyterian

10 July 1856 (57) Melbourne (Old Cemetery Record)

 

Garrow passenger list - 1838 / 39 - the Waugh family (2 + 2 + 1 on the voyage) sails from Belfast to Melbourne. LHS  RHS

 

Isabella was the daughter of James Henderson and Amelia Shanks (Belfast).  The Hendersons were leading merchants, newspaper proprietors and Presbyterian churchmen. Henderson link

 

 

Isabella Waugh (Henderson)

 

the Belfast Henderson

1803 Belfast, Ireland

August 1872 (69)

Melbourne (register)

 

* located in one or more England / Scotland censuses between 1841 and 1911

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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