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Subject: Re: [CANAL-PEOPLE] New members interests
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 11:46:36 +0000

Charles and Sian Jennings wrote:
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> I am new to the list and re-sending my surname interests which did not appear to get through via digest mode yesterday
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> William BROMAGE (b. 1850, Leicester) and his brother Charles BROMAGE (b.1853, Leicester) ran their own barge or barges mainly along the Oxford canal. Their father William BROMAGE, also a bargeman, was born in Warwick in the 1820s, and I have always been told that the family originates from there.
> William BROMAGE (the younger) married Sarah SHILCOCK at Holy Trinity Coventry in 1873. Sarah's father William SHILCOCK (b. 1829, Leicester) was also a barge boatman. The Shilcocks seem to have been based around Bedworth.
> William and Sarah BROMAGE had 13 children, and their youngest son Arthur (b. 1892) was my grandfather. In later years the Bromage family settled in Coventry and the children went into different occupations.
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> Also researching GETTINGS/GITTINGS in Bedworth/Walsgrave, near Coventry, and HAROLD and variants in Warwick. I do not know if they were canal families but they married into the BROMAGE and SHILCOCK families above.
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> Please contact me if you recognise anyone!
> Sian Jennings
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Sian,

I don't have a direct connection with the SHILLCOCK name, but I have
come across it in relation to my Bedworth/Foleshill based maternal
CHAMBERLAIN family.

My Great Aunt, Louisa Catherine CHAMBERLAIN (1883-1975) married Edward
Henry WELTON (1880-1928). Edward's sister, Charlotte WELTON (1877-1933)
was married to Alexander SHILLCOCK. I do have a few bits of information
on the family, including records of their burials in Coventry Cemetery,
if you would like to have them. I believe Alexander SHILLOCK's father
was Harby SHILLCOCK a barge boatman and is listed in the 1881 Census for
5 Brewery Street, Holy Trinity.

Best wishes

Carole
(Sheffield)

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