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Mary Oliver - spanner in the works
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I'm hoping that either Shane or Rene will be able to help me with this. I have just received a copy of Mary Oliver's death certificate. This is Mary Oliver mother of Willliam Augustus. All the details fit - died in Stonesfield 1894 , 74 years old (about right) informant George Swinford - son-in-law (...
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Family Day
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Thank you Shane for all your work in organizing the Family Day. It was fantastic. Your presentation of the family tree was so interesting incorporating so many facts, stories, photographs and much more. Thanks to the guest speakers too, Jane and Shaun, they gave excellent presentations fu...
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Small world - coincidence - spooky
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I'm sure that other family researchers have noticed how often things turn up during their research which sends a bit of a shiver down the spine. The Oliver family has been in Oxfordshire for hundreds of years so I suppose it is not surprising that we bump into Oliver descendants or find that we have...
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Left handed Olivers
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My Grandmother, Elizabeth Oliver (1881-1962), was left handed and I am not sure if this comes down from her maternal or paternal side. I am also left handed, so is my son and my niece. There are also other left handers on my Oliver branch of the family. I am, therefore, interested to know if any of the ot...
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Oxford Prison
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Hello everyone I have been looking at the brothers and sisters of my Gt.Gt. Grandmother Mary Oliver (in other words the children of James and Margaret Oliver of Finstock) and have found on the 1841 census that Augustine born 1824 was in Oxford Prison. He was only 15. I haven't yet been able to find hi...
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'Jackson's Oxford Journal' online
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As promised here are some instructions on using ‘Jackson’s Oxford Journal’ (and 47 other newspapers) online. You will need a current Oxfordshire library ticket to get in by this method. Other county library services may have access to the same database, which is provided by a company called Gal...
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Olivers shop in Finstock
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Hi All, The Kellys Business Directories (a sort of yellow pages from yesteryear I believe) list Olivers as shopkeepers in Finstock, certainly as far back as 1854 and as recent as 1911, extracts below: Here's 1854, Edward Oliver as the Shopkeeper: Here's 1911, Charlotte as the Shopkeeper (Widow, hu...
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Stonesfield Olivers in Witney
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Some more bits for the Oliver family jigsaw puzzle for you...
While looking for something else in the transcripts of Witney St Mary marriages, I came across the following:
George Oliver, 28, bachelor, carter of Stonesfield, son of Philip Oliver, carter, married Kathleen Anni...
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Oliver Family History Meeting - March 28th 2010
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Hi All, A date and venue has now been organised for a Oliver family history meeting, being 28th March 2010 at the St James Centre, Stonesfield. Here is a link to the flyer for the day link Thanks, Shane -- Edited by Shane Bywaters on Monday 8th of March 2010 08:37:06 AM
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New Book from Stonesfield Resident Frank Hall
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Hi All, Just thought I'd mention that The Wychwood Press have recently published a new book called 'Just Getting On With It - Franks Story'. 'Frank' being Frank Hall who has lived in Stonesfield since the early 1930’s. I've just purchased a copy myself and have started reading it; I've already come ac...
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Northleigh Barracks (Eynsham Hall)
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Hello again all, Irene, I remember us discussiing a while back about the huts at the old barracks in Northleigh, at Eynsham Hall. This was where my Dad lived at the very beginning of his life (and was born I think), when my granddad first came out of the army in the early 1950's. I think you mentioned your...
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Tots Oliver - Do you know of her?
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Hello All, I was browsing some old back dated copies of the Finstock Village Newsletter when on the front of the December 2005 copy I spotted an 'Oliver'. ‘Tots Oliver’ to be precise (I don't what Tots is an abbreviation for, or if it was a sort of nickname?) and she it with 4 others including a couple of L...
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Hello
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Is it bubonic plague - swine flu - has something happened in Oxfordshire that I should know about. Where have all the Ollies gone?
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Heritage Search
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In case you haven’t come across it, and as the message board has been silent for a while, I thought I would tell you about the Heritage Search website at www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/heritagesearch
Several different catalogues are online her...
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OFHS open day
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Hello all
In case you don't already know about it, I am posting details of a big genealogy event in West Oxfordshire this coming weekend:
Oxfordshire Family History Open Day
Saturday 26th September 2009
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
It is being held at a new venue this year, namely the Marlborough...
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New member 'Linda' and William Augustus of Combe
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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...
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Ancestry - Library edition
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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...
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Finstock morris dancers
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[url=http://england.prm.ox.ac.uk/englishness-morris-dancers-bells.html]http://england....
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Albert Oliver, his family and the Stonesfield Friendly Society
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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....
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New exhibition at Witney Museum
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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...
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S.A. Oliver at Witney Music Festival
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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...
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R.E.Oliver at Witney Grammar School
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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 '...
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Mr Oliver, Mayor of Woodstock
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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...
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Some Oliver sportsmen in 1972
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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...
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For Info - Not all Chipping Norton Olivers are ours ....
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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...
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Another Oliver?
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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...
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More Oliver strays
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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...
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Allan Thomas Oliver Bench - Coombe Churchyard
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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...
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New Section
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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.
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How to post a reply to the messageboard - 4 Easy Steps ..
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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...
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