Genealogy Chat

Any ideas on what' born in a wooden box' could mean? With sisters called Lemorlaynor and Treanneter I really wonder what this family were like!!

where did you get these details Sue?

My mum's friend had this in her tree. If this is near Ashby De La Zouch it is the old name for Woodville. It was the main route from Liverpool to London and there was a Wooden Toll box on the road hence Wooden Box.

I thought the nearest thing it could be was maybe a temporary shelter following their home being flooded - are their names Cornish or something? The nearest in my family was my granny puting the youngest baby in a drawer with a blanket (she didn't close the drawer) and as a small child I was terrified that someone wouldn't see the sleeping baby and close the drawer.

Pippa, you're probably right. One of the family was born in Ashby de la Zouch (although it was transcribed as being in Ireland!!)

Sue I came across this once and it turned out the baby was stillborn Pat

1861 tried looking for him in 1871 but can't seem to see him Absalom Boyling abt 1816 Scrooby, Lincolnshire, England Head Codnor and Loscoe Nottinghamshire ==View Record Henry Boyling abt 1850 Wooden Box, Leicestershire, England Son Codnor and Loscoe Nottinghamshire View Record Lemorlaynor Boyling abt 1848 Ashby De La Zouch, Laois, Ireland Daughter Codnor and Loscoe Nottinghamshire View Record Mathew Boyling abt 1854 Breedon, Leicestershire, England Son Codnor and Loscoe Nottinghamshire View Record Rebecca Boyling abt 1818 Scrooby, Lincolnshire, England Wife Codnor and Loscoe Nottinghamshire View Record Treanneter Boyling abt 1860 Codnor, Derbyshire, England Daughter Codnor and Loscoe Nottinghamshire View Record James Smith abt 1859 Congleton, Cheshire, England Grandson Codnor and Loscoe Nottinghamshire View Record Levi Smith abt 1860 Stanton, Derbyshire, England Grandson Codnor and Loscoe Nottinghamshire View Record Maria Smith abt 1841 Lementon, Rutland, England Daughter Codnor and Loscoe Nottinghamshire

For future hunting... I'm not convinced that Scrooby is/was in Lincolnshire - it comes up now in Notts in Multimap, and was in the East Retford District (Notts). It's just a bit north of (East) Retford and south of Bawtry - on what looks to me like the old A1 (Great North Road). Christine

Hi folks, could Scrooby possibly have been mistranscribed/misheard for Scawby? I have looked at Ogilvy's Roads and Chapman and Hall's maps of Lincs and Notts, all early 19th century, and it appears that Scrooby is definitely in Notts and Scawby in Lincs. The Chapman and Hall maps usually show any isolated outlying bits of counties, and neither place appears to be in one of those. Offered for what its worth.:-) Roger

1871 Brampton St Thomas Derbyshire RG10/3614 Folio: 52 Page: 14 New Road Absalom Boylin age 57 born Lincolnshire grinder Rebecca age 48 born Ropsley Lincolnshire Hawker Mathew son age 18 Chair Bottomer born Breedon Derby Fraynette orTraynette dau age 11 born Codnor Derby Elizh or Cliza ? dau born Derbyshire age 6 Uriah Sheriff son in law chair Bottomer age 27 born Walsall Staffs Susannah Sheriff wife Hawker age 25 born Thinkson Leicestershire Pam

family 1861 Absalom Boyling abt 1816 Scrooby, Lincolnshire, England Head Codnor and Loscoe Nottinghamshire Henry Boyling abt 1850 Wooden Box, Leicestershire, England Son Codnor and Loscoe Nottinghamshire Lemorlaynor Boyling abt 1848 Ashby De La Zouch, Laois, Ireland Daughter Codnor and Loscoe Nottinghamshire Mathew Boyling abt 1854 Breedon, Leicestershire, England Son Codnor and Loscoe Nottinghamshire Rebecca Boyling abt 1818 Scrooby, Lincolnshire, England Wife Codnor and Loscoe Nottinghamshire Treanneter Boyling abt 1860 Codnor, Derbyshire, England Daughter Codnor and Loscoe Nottinghamshire James Smith abt 1859 Congleton, Cheshire, England Grandson Codnor and Loscoe Nottinghamshire Levi Smith abt 1860 Stanton, Derbyshire, England Grandson Codnor and Loscoe Nottinghamshire Maria Smith abt 1841 Lementon, Rutland, England Daughter Codnor and Loscoe Nottinghamshire

Hello by the look of it these people are Gypsies or Travellers cannot find Henry in 1871 if he had died they might not have registered him. 1861 RG9/2432 folio 79 page 17 Hob Lane Absalom Boyling is a cutter of clothes pegs and Chair Bottomer born Scroby Lincolnshire age 45 Rebecca wife age 43 born Scroby Temorlaynor age 13 Hawker of clothes pegs born Derbyshire crossed out and Leicestershire written over it Ashby de la Zouch Henry age 11 born Wooden Box Leicestershire Mathew age 7 born Breedon born Leicestershire Treanneter age 1 born Codnor Derbyshire Maria Smith dau Widow age 20 SO YOUNG TO BE A WIDOW Hawker of clothes pegs and small wares born Lementon Rutlandshire James Smith grandson age 2 born CongletonCheshire Levi Smith age 10 months Stanton Debyshire Pam