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Issue #19
New Members
At the time of "going to press" we have 3 new names, Warren Shardlow & John Shadlow in Australia and Carol Steer in
Canada. Carol is a fourth cousin I didn’t know I had and is connected to the Shardalow's via the Bexfield family, she made contact after seeing something I had written in the "W*GG*" Newsletter.
Sequel to Ambrose Shardlow Ltd.
John, our web site host, has pointed out a site with the address (Link not working anymore) www.shardlowindia.com. It turned out to be a
manufacturing firm specializing in crankshafts but their page reads " established in collaboration with Ambrose Shardlow, Ltd. UK." They were the firm mentioned in SHARDS 18.
Empire Builders
Continuing the theme from SHARDS 18, I am indebted to Carol for drawing my attention to a Government scheme in 1834 to
encourage young women to emigrate to Australia. Keziah Shardalow, needlewoman aged 20 was one of these , she sailed,
with 270 other women, from London on the 1 May 1834 aboard the "Strathfieldsaye" bound for Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania). I
have not yet been able to connect Keziah with a family although I think she was probably related to Gwyn's family who moved
from Gt.Yarmouth to London about that time. When Keziah arrived in Hobart in August 1834 she found employment with a Mr. Peachy at £10.10.0 per annum although it is not known in what capacity.
I already had a Keziah SHARDLOW on the database as the mother of Sarah Ann Sherwood who was born 28 Feb. 1850 and registered at Hobart, father's name William Sherwood Given the unusual spelling of Keziah and the relatively small population of Tasmania I thought it probable that she was the Keziah who arrived on the "Strathfieldsaye".
Marj. Cowie has done some sterling work on this and has sent me the following information,
Keziah married William Sherwood 1 May 1835 in Hobart, they had 6 children two of whom died in infancy. The surviving children were William Francis b 3 Mar 1837, James George b19 May 1842, Henry Edward b 27 Sep. 1844 and Sarah Ann b 28 Feb.1850.
Keziah died in 1865. Marj. is looking for clues to where Keziah was born.
South Africa
In the last newsletter I mentioned waiting for a reply from a research agent in SA, eventually a reply was received. It does not
add a great deal in terms of relationships to what I already knew but did include some interesting details. Some time ago Sandy
Nixon made contact with Ron. Shardelow who, at the time, was attached to the South African Embassy in Washington, USA.,
Ron. expressed interest in what we are doing and sent details of his family. No doubt he leads a busy life but since then there
has been no further contact, I have been able to build on the information Ron. sent but have not been able to connect this to their
origin in UK. The earliest information I have is a Samuel Thomas who was Ron's grandfather, he spelled his name SHARDALOW
and said he was born "in the North of England". When he died in 1923 his age was given as 79 which would mean he was born
about 1844. Although this was after the start of civil registration no record of his birth has been found.
From later records I learned that Samuel Thomas's son, Edward John, joined the South African Police. On 13 Jan. 1901 "he obtained 6 months leave for the purpose of joining the Commander-in -Chief's Body Guard". I don't know if he was superstitious but it turned out to be an unlucky date because he died two months later on 1 April. I do not know if his death was in the line of duty or due to illness but I hope to find out. Edward John was also said to have been born in England and his age was very precisely stated to have been 25 years and 2 months. This would mean he was born in the first quarter of 1876 but again no registration has been found at that time or any date before or after. The family does not appear in the 1881 census so I assume they emigrated before that date. In the report of Edward's death his mother was given as Henrietta but looking for the marriage of his parents has been equally unsuccessful.
Announcement "Staffordshire Advertiser" 30 July 1836.
MARRIED
On Monday 25 July, by the Rev. F. Kitchen, Stone, William Randle
Frederick Vernon Kirby Plant, to Sarah, daughter of Mr. Shardlow, of The Three Crowns, Stoke.
[I think this must be in Lynn's family, there was a Sarah christened at Stone 25/4/1813]
"SHARDS Special"
Although this was originally intended only for members of the Group John has persuaded me that it would be of interest on his
web page. To this list can be added the Census Indexes for the Marylebone district of Middlesex, London for the years 1821 and 1831 neither of which produced any of our name veriants.
Militia Musters
Further to my mention of these in the `special'. Before the formation of the Territorial Army as we know it today it was felt there
was a need for a Reserve to supplement the Regular Army in an emergency.
A form of conscription was introduced by which a percentage of men were selected by ballot from a list of adult males. These lists, known as Militia Lists, were in effect a census of all men between the ages of 18 and 50 almost 100 years before the first full census and as such a very useful source but should not be confused with the Militia Musters which are lists of those chosen to do military training. Unfortunately the survival of the full lists is far from complete and many are still held in private collections.
For more information I recommend "Militia Lists and Musters 1757 - 1876". By Jeremy Gibson & Mervyn Medlycott . Published by the Federation of Family History Societies.
Return of Owners of Land
These Returns were published in 1873 for England & Wales and comprised 269,000 entries of people owning one acre or more.
Returns were made by County and I have searched the Counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Derbyshire & Nott's for the variants
Shardlow, Shardalow & Shardelow. Surprisingly the only names found were four Shardalow,s in Norfolk and only one of these
had a substantial holding although some were known to be farming several acres. This shows to what extent land was held by the big estates.
The following interesting statistics were included from the 1871 Census.
Total Population. Inhabited Houses Parishes
NORFOLK 438656 99428 740
SUFFOLK 348867 76501 526
DERBYSHIRE 379394 78309 331
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 319758 68419 275
1911 Census
Avril has pointed out the Web site "Census Access News". which is trying to exert pressure for the earlier release of information on the 1901 and 1911 Census.
As you may know arrangements are in hand for making the 1901 available on the Internet in 2002 and those of us with interests in Norfolk are fortunate in that that County will be made available earlier as a pilot before the general release.
Personally I don't think anything will come of this campaign although I have heard that the 100 year closure was not guaranteed in the legislation for the two years in question.
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