General Oliver Discussion

Shane Bywaters · Shane Bywaters

Hi All and welcome Linda to the website and message board - thanks for joining. Literally just a couple of days ago a few of us were pondering William Augustus and his family so its great to have made this connection and hopefully over the coming weeks and months we can discover more about the family br...

Linda · Linda

Does anyone know if it is possible to access in full the Public Family Trees on Ancestry in the Library or is this part restricted to subscribers? There is a Family Tree listed under 'Wychwood Dore' which lists Margaret Temple Herbert (my g.g.g. grandmother). The same tree also lists a William Town...

jane · jane

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Shane Bywaters · Shane Bywaters

Hi All, I've added a new small peice to the 'Facts and Happenings' section about the Stonesfield Friendly Society. Until recently I'd never even heard of the Friendly Societies, and certainly wasn't aware of the Stonesfield Friendly Society that existed for almost 150 years between 1765 and 1912....

jane · jane

Hello Oliver hunters This is a shameless (but Oliver-related) plug for Witney & District Museum where I happen to be a volunteer. From Wednesday 17th June for nine weeks there is an exhibition here about village life. I haven't been involved in organising it at all but have had a preview toda...

jane · jane

Hello again Everyone has gone very quiet so here's another snippet from the 'Witney Gazette'. The edition in question dates from 8 December 1933 and lists the winning entrants in the Witney & District Music Festival. There were awards in all sorts of different categories. Among entrants w...

jane · jane

Hi everybody First I should say that I'm a bit of an impostor as I haven't got any Oxfordshire ancestors at all, as far as I know. I do have some Olivers in my tree a long way back, but they were in Northumberland. About a year ago I was sitting in Witney Library trawling through some old editions of the '...

jane · jane

Newspapers all too often reveal ancestors behaving badly. But here's an Oliver who seems to have been a pillar of the local community: (From the ‘Oxford Times’, 28 May 1954) Alderman E. H. Oliver was re-elected for his third term of office as Mayor of Woodstock. He had first joined the Woodstock Bo...

jane · jane

Hello again Here are a couple more Oliver sightings, quite recently this time (1972): (i) a photo of the Combe Cricket Club first XI includes an M. Oliver and (ii) a photo of the North Leigh football team includes a G. Oliver. Both photos are in the 'Witney Gazette' of 6 April 1972. I didn't get as...

Shane Bywaters · Shane Bywaters

Hi All, As I was surfing through a number of old newspapers looking for something quite different, I happened to stumble across this heartbreaking article in 1899 involving 'Shocking Child Neglect' and 'the Oliver family'. Naturally, 'Oh my word, how awful', 'who's this', 'where do they fit in' et...

rene oliver · rene oliver

Hi Shane, Whilst perusing some notes that a good friend in Finstock sends me I came across this entry from Witney Baps. (St. Marys). 19.1.1626 Jeames Ollyver (sic.) - son of Jeames I wonder!!!!!!!! Also another entry - 2.8.1607 - Mary Olley daughter of William and Joane (Could she have been an Ol...

rene oliver · rene oliver

Hi there. Just been handed LOVELY BOOK -The Changing Faces of Bladon with Ch. Hanborough and Long Hanborough. by Julie Kennedy. Many very old photos. My `Berry` relatives everywhere. One snippet - Olivers Garage in Long Hanborough was started by Harry Oliver from Stonesfield. He was 18 y.o. w...

Shane Bywaters · Shane Bywaters

Hi All, Coombe churchyard has a wooden bench to the memory of Allan Thomas Oliver 1905 - 1986. I personally don't have Alan in my research to date. but wondered if anyone does?, and if the existence of the bench might be new information for someone? Does any one know of Allan?, where he fits into the...

cassie2008 · cassie2008

Hi Just wanted to say I like the new section on "Where are we now" - Its fascinating to see where everyone got to. Perhaps we will see people from further afield as well soon, it will be interesting to look out for that.

Shane Bywaters · Shane Bywaters

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Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	New member 'Linda' and William Augustus of Combe (Preview) Hi All and welcome Linda to the website and message board - thanks for joining. Literally just a couple of days ago a few of us were pondering William Augustus and his family so its great to have made this connection and hopefully over the coming weeks and months we can discover more about the family br...	Shane Bywaters	14	1333	Mon Sep 21 17:41 2009 by jane
	Ancestry - Library edition (Preview) Does anyone know if it is possible to access in full the Public Family Trees on Ancestry in the Library or is this part restricted to subscribers? There is a Family Tree listed under 'Wychwood Dore' which lists Margaret Temple Herbert (my g.g.g. grandmother). The same tree also lists a William Town...	Linda	9	992	Tue Sep 8 10:41 2009 by Linda
	Finstock morris dancers (Preview) [url=http://england.prm.ox.ac.uk/englishness-morris-dancers-bells.html]http://england....	jane	3	1145	Fri Sep 4 16:27 2009 by jane
	Albert Oliver, his family and the Stonesfield Friendly Society (Preview) Hi All, I've added a new small peice to the 'Facts and Happenings' section about the Stonesfield Friendly Society. Until recently I'd never even heard of the Friendly Societies, and certainly wasn't aware of the Stonesfield Friendly Society that existed for almost 150 years between 1765 and 1912....	Shane Bywaters	7	1899	Sun Aug 23 19:19 2009 by jane
	New exhibition at Witney Museum (Preview) Hello Oliver hunters This is a shameless (but Oliver-related) plug for Witney & District Museum where I happen to be a volunteer. From Wednesday 17th June for nine weeks there is an exhibition here about village life. I haven't been involved in organising it at all but have had a preview toda...	jane	4	889	Wed Aug 19 18:36 2009 by jane
	S.A. Oliver at Witney Music Festival (Preview) Hello again Everyone has gone very quiet so here's another snippet from the 'Witney Gazette'. The edition in question dates from 8 December 1933 and lists the winning entrants in the Witney & District Music Festival. There were awards in all sorts of different categories. Among entrants w...	jane	10	1174	Tue Aug 4 10:14 2009 by rene oliver
	R.E.Oliver at Witney Grammar School (Preview) Hi everybody First I should say that I'm a bit of an impostor as I haven't got any Oxfordshire ancestors at all, as far as I know. I do have some Olivers in my tree a long way back, but they were in Northumberland. About a year ago I was sitting in Witney Library trawling through some old editions of the '...	jane	8	1175	Tue Jul 7 20:34 2009 by jane
	Mr Oliver, Mayor of Woodstock (Preview) Newspapers all too often reveal ancestors behaving badly. But here's an Oliver who seems to have been a pillar of the local community: (From the ‘Oxford Times’, 28 May 1954) Alderman E. H. Oliver was re-elected for his third term of office as Mayor of Woodstock. He had first joined the Woodstock Bo...	jane	1	883	Fri Jun 12 22:01 2009 by Shane Bywaters
	Some Oliver sportsmen in 1972 (Preview) Hello again Here are a couple more Oliver sightings, quite recently this time (1972): (i) a photo of the Combe Cricket Club first XI includes an M. Oliver and (ii) a photo of the North Leigh football team includes a G. Oliver. Both photos are in the 'Witney Gazette' of 6 April 1972. I didn't get as...	jane	1	801	Wed Jun 10 15:37 2009 by rene oliver
	For Info - Not all Chipping Norton Olivers are ours .... (Preview) Hi All, As I was surfing through a number of old newspapers looking for something quite different, I happened to stumble across this heartbreaking article in 1899 involving 'Shocking Child Neglect' and 'the Oliver family'. Naturally, 'Oh my word, how awful', 'who's this', 'where do they fit in' et...	Shane Bywaters	0	901	Sun May 31 09:42 2009 by Shane Bywaters
	Another Oliver? (Preview) Hi Shane, Whilst perusing some notes that a good friend in Finstock sends me I came across this entry from Witney Baps. (St. Marys). 19.1.1626 Jeames Ollyver (sic.) - son of Jeames I wonder!!!!!!!! Also another entry - 2.8.1607 - Mary Olley daughter of William and Joane (Could she have been an Ol...	rene oliver	0	1030	Tue May 26 11:09 2009 by rene oliver
	More Oliver strays (Preview) Hi there. Just been handed LOVELY BOOK -The Changing Faces of Bladon with Ch. Hanborough and Long Hanborough. by Julie Kennedy. Many very old photos. My `Berry` relatives everywhere. One snippet - Olivers Garage in Long Hanborough was started by Harry Oliver from Stonesfield. He was 18 y.o. w...	rene oliver	7	1419	Sat May 9 14:21 2009 by rene oliver
	Allan Thomas Oliver Bench - Coombe Churchyard (Preview) Hi All, Coombe churchyard has a wooden bench to the memory of Allan Thomas Oliver 1905 - 1986. I personally don't have Alan in my research to date. but wondered if anyone does?, and if the existence of the bench might be new information for someone? Does any one know of Allan?, where he fits into the...	Shane Bywaters	8	2215	Fri May 1 17:15 2009 by Shane Bywaters
	New Section (Preview) Hi Just wanted to say I like the new section on "Where are we now" - Its fascinating to see where everyone got to. Perhaps we will see people from further afield as well soon, it will be interesting to look out for that.	cassie2008	1	884	Sat Apr 4 21:35 2009 by Shane Bywaters
	How to post a reply to the messageboard - 4 Easy Steps .. (Preview) Hi Everyone, Here are some instructions for posting replies to this message board. It's easy as 1, 2, 3 ..... 4. Step 1 – Click on the specific forum area you would like to go into i.e. Member Introductions (see diagram below) Step 2 – Click on the specific discussion topic you would like to go into i.e...	Shane Bywaters	0	915	Wed Mar 25 15:24 2009 by Shane Bywaters
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