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Issue #36
Comment
After some time when the Shardlow variant seemed to dominate this Newsletter it was refreshing to receive several items for the
other, dare I say original, spelling of the name. It is interesting how many people now it spell with an “A” when earlier generations
of the same family appear in records as ShardElow, some of this can be put down to the person writing the records not hearing
correctly or thinking he knew best. I have been told the change was made in order to inherit from a will but I think there are too
many cases for this to be true of them all. Dropping the central “E” only occurs in the Midland Counties and is, I feel sure, due
partly to there being no regularized form of spelling at that time and partly to the local pronunciation as I have seen both forms in the same document.
Militia Appointments
Sometime ago I wrote about the Muster Lists of all able bodied men between the ages of 16 and 60 who were liable for military
service, the forerunner of today’s Territorial Army. I have just obtained a list of the Commissioned Officers appointed in 1659 to
command Six Foot Regiments of the City of London. These include William Shardlow with the rank of Captain Lieutenant, I have
not been able to find a definition of this rank but in each regiment it is listed immediately following the Colonel and ahead of the
Lieutenant-Colonel so my guess is that it was Adjutant to the Colonel. I am wondering if this Capt. Shardlow can be the one reported in the last newsletter
Apprenticeship
In October 1719 Daniel Shardelow, son of Thomas Shardelow of Thelveton, Norfolk, was apprenticed for 7 years to John
Stananought, Taylor of Harlestone, Norfolk. Daniel is not a name much favoured in the Shardelow clan, the only one for which I
have detailed records was born at Thelveton in 1655, too early to be the apprentice but the IGI has a Daniel marrying Frances
Warns in 1704 at Carleton Rode some 8-9 miles to the North of Thelveton. I am hoping to get the Registers for both these parishes in order to see if they are the parents of the young Daniel.
New Zealand Shadlows
The New Zealand Electoral Roll 1893 is regarded as the nearest thing to a National Census and is also notable for being the first
to enfranchise women. It does not of course include persons under the age of 21.
Nine Shardlow’s are listed but no one with an A or E in the middle. By reference to their number on the Electoral Roll and their address it is possible to divide them into four families, Joseph & Agnes living in Invercargill, Frank & Ann in Parnell with Benjamin who I take to be a son, Benjamin & Harriet in Napier and William Henry & Elizabeth Annie living in Petone which I think is a suburb of Wellington.
Another CD entitled “New Zealand WW1 Service Personnel & Reserves Index” is a list made in 1915 of men between 17 and 60 liable for military service. This is supplemented by various other lists of service personnel.
There were five Shardlows, Benjamin John, (thought to be the son of Benjamin & Ann above) Charles (1st Reserve), Henry George (2nd Reserve) probably the son of William Henry & Elizabeth Annie, John (1st Reserve) and William (Medical Corps) son of Joseph & Agnes.
If anyone knows how these connect with families in England I would be grateful if they would share it with me.
While writing of New Zealand it may be remembered that SHARDS #24 mentioned a Thomas Shardalow Sweet, the 1893 Electoral Roll has 18 Sweets including two Thomas,s and a Thomas Benjamin but nothing to indicate a Shardalow connection.
New Contacts
Harvey Allen is researching his wife’s family which includes a Shardalow element, this is a welcome addition to our records as it
is a branch on which I have not previously done much work. Mrs. Allen is a descendant of James Shardalow born 1815 in Chedgrave, Norfolk. 
Writing from Melbourne, Australia Peter & Matilda Enlund were asking about Elizabeth Shardalow b 1799 who married William Rushmer. Elizabeth was the daughter of Francis Shardalow and Sarah Sewell and sister of Drake Shardalow.
This connects Peter with the Shardalows at Thorpe next Haddiscoe, Norfolk and with John Shardalow in Canada. Rather more remotely Marg. Cowie and myself could claim to be distant Cousins. Peter Enlund tells me he is a 4th cousin of “Rusty” Rushmer the fighter pilot killed in the Battle of Britain On a recent trip to Norfolk I took this photo of the Memorial Plaque in Thurlton Church.
Trafalgar
October 21 being the 200th anniversary of this naval battle family History magazines have been full of this and Admiral Lord Nelson. There is a excellent National Archives site at
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nelson which includes a
searchable list of men (and one woman) who took part in the battle. I ran a search for Shardlow and both the ‘A’ & `E’ variations with a negative result in each case.
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