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From: "Jim Parsons" <>
Subject: Re: [DOR] Somersetshire?
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 18:50:20 +0100
References: <3D4EB977.4EDA702B@sympatico.ca>


Somersetshire like Dorsetshire is a county.

Have you tried the IGI for STUCKEY? I have a vague recollection of a
STUCKEY's BANK in BATH, Somersetshire.

Jim in Frome Somersetshire.

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From: "Morgaine" <>
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Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 6:44 PM
Subject: [DOR] Somersetshire?


> Hello one & all. At a local churchyard here in Ontario(near Edgar,
> Ontario to be exact) today looking for the stone for my 3 x & 2 x great
> grandparents. My 3 x great grandmother's stone notes that she was a
> native of Somersetshire, England. I looked on my maps and on Multi-map
> but can't find this. This is probably a really stupid question to those
> geographically in the know - but - where would Somersetshire be? Is it
> as simple as a "shire somewhere in Somerset" or was it an actual
> village? I do not know Jane Stuckey's maiden name, unfortunately - only
> that she was the wife of John Stuckey who was a native of "England" -
> Jane was born c May 1812 (died March 1, 1887 age 74 years 10 months).
> Any help pinpointing a location for Somersetshire appreciated. Thanks.
> Deborah
>
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