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Hi Jennifer

Good to see you are making progress. It is that kind of twist that makes this so fascinating.

LK
:D :D :D

Nice to hear both the modern-day connections and the ancestral ones made - thanks for telling us!

Hi LadyKira,
I have found....as i suspected that my two families of Westall's are connected ....They actually joined 270 years ago with the second marriage of my 6x grandfather John Westall 1718 on my Mother's side ..his first marriage was to a Hester Benfield 1718....his second marriage was to a Mary Parme 1740 ...this is where my Father's line stared....their son Thomas Westall 1770.....his son Timothy Westall 1824.....his son George Westall 1874 ....down to my Father Ernest Westall 1922. There were four second marriages through from John down to George.
Thanks for all your help, also to the others who have helped me along the way :-) :-) Keep up the good work Jenny X

Hi Christine & Janey,
I have now had a reply from family history on the Lambourn site re: the Prior's . Liz made contact with the family , they gave her their email add to pass on to me . Joseph Prior my half uncle was the father of seven so now i have all their names whereabouts & how many children they had . My contact is actually Joseph's youngest child . We are making plans for a family gathering in the spring .
How great is that!!!!!!
Best regards Jenny

I have been looking at mine again so posted the 1911 when I came across it. Stil no definite match but we even have relatives in the same street. I am still looking for you.
Lovely that you found living connections to your tree.

Well that has all been a resounding success, and it's so nice to hear of family reunions like that.

Now I shall leave you and cousin(?) Christine to sort yourselves and your Westalls out!

Hi Janey & Christine,
I did put a message on success stories, this wiil give a more detailed account of how things have progressed. After a meet with my cousin ,( we hadn't met for over forty years). We found several graves in St Mary's Churchyard Lambourn Woodlands Berks who were members of our family . Then to the Wheelwright pub in Lambourn as this is where our Half Uncle Joseph Prior 1901 used to play the violin , a story told by my Father , there we met one of the locals who told us that there are still members of the Prior family living in the village . Since our visit i emailed the Lambourn website editor, he sent my email to the person who deals with family research on that site, she contacted me saying that she knew the family & had infact been at school with one of them, she told me that she would see what she could find out . When i told her that i was from a village called Aldbourne & that my Father still lives there she told me that her parents used to live there also when they first married & wondered if my Father may know them . It turnes out that her father is the oldest living National Hunt Jockey at 93yrs & guess what my Dad knows him!!!!!!! apparently he once rode for a Major Powell in Aldbourne,
don't know if he remembers my Dad because i haven't heard back yet.
what a small world!!
Regarding the Westall family almost everything that Christine sent me is connected to me , i have had contact with a Westall through matches & i have been able to give him info on a side of his family he knew nothing about & like wise with me, i have been able to tie up lots of loose ends .
I had been a little confused as my Grandmother on my mum's side was a Westall before Marriage & then my Mum married a Westall . This has caused some laughs in my family.......... (you know the one about small villages & inbreeding) ......my Husband gained great pleasure from that one as he always joked about me coming from the sticks!!!! & being an inbred.
My search started with a conversation with my Father when he mentioned that he wondered what had happened to one of his sister's & i offered to look into things for him . Well i traced her only to find that she had died in 1998 , but i have contact with her Grandaughter , she told me that Alice had three daughters one Joan who died in 1996 two years before her mother . I did write to the other two but had no reply shame!! but it's so long ago , but i will be meeting Alice's Grandaughter my second cousin soon i hope , we did arrange to meet in August but unfortunately my husband had to had an operation so we will have to rearrange .
I am very grateful to my cousin as she sent me lots of photos of Alice & her family which i have been able to give to my Dad ,Alice now has pride of position on my Dad's dresser , my only regret is that he didn't ask me before because we have all lived so close but yet so far apart as Alice only lived a few miles away in Newbury Berks.
As you can see my contact with G R has been a huge success & so it goes on as i've been researching my husbands family the Tuck's & the Hale's i can't leave it alone now i'm on here most days .
Thankyou Janey & Christine
Best regards JennyX

I should maybe mention that I did hear back from Jennifer by PM on Sept 1 in reply to the info about living relations I sent her. She very much appreciates the help. I'm not sure whether she's ever posted back here! so I'll send her a PM to suggest she come back to the thread.

1911 census - household transcription
Person: WESTALL, George
Address: Lambourn Woodlands Lambourn
WESTALL, George Head Widower M 36 1875 Shepherd Woodlands St Mary VIEW
WESTALL, Amelia Daughter F 10 1901 Eastgarston Woodlands VIEW
WESTALL, Eva Daughter F 6 1905 Woodlands St Mary VIEW
WESTALL, Annie Daughter F 5 1906 Woodlands St Mary VIEW
PRIOR, Sarah F 40 1871 House Keeper Newbury VIEW
PRIOR, Joseph Son M 9 1902 Lambeth VIEW
PRIOR, Ruth Daughter F 1 1910 Woodlands St Mary

Hi Janey
hope ive got it right this time

Ive been helping Jenny to look for the Priors as they are my wife family George Westall was he grangfater so Sara Prior her Grandmother so any help finding any liveing Priors would be gr8
Alan

George or William George 1855 Ramsbury is mine. He married Martha.

I am having trouble pinpointing George as I have not found him with his parents, Several possibilities though,
URL adress above is from the Aldbourne communty website. If you would like to PM me we could share trees. It may help with identifying who was who. Trouble is some of mine used their middle names including William George. Now if that were a family tradition..........................

perhaps you could post the 1911 census

http://www.aldbourne.info/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=2304

Births Dec 1859 (>99%)
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WESTALL George Hungerford 2c 230

2 possibles we will need to eliminate by deduction

1871
Address: Baydon Road Bilcher's Farm, Lambourn
HELLARD, Thomas Head M 39 1832 Wiltshire VIEW
HELLARD, Lucy Wife F 37 1834 Wiltshire VIEW
HELLARD, Lucy A Daughter F 16 1855 Berkshire VIEW
HELLARD, Heneritta Daughter F 14 1857 Berkshire VIEW
HELLARD, Charles J Son M 8 1863 Berkshire VIEW
HELLARD, Tom Son M 2 1869 Berkshire VIEW
HELLARD, Fred H Son M 1 1870 Berkshire VIEW
BRIANT, Sarah E Sister-In-Law F 26 1845 Wiltshire VIEW
WALTER, Alice M Servant F 19 1852 London VIEW
GIBBS, Francis M 14 1857 Berkshire VIEW
WESTALL, George M 10 1861 Wiltshire

or

1871
Address: Square Castle Inn, Ramsbury
PIKE, John H Head M 33 1838 Wiltshire VIEW
PIKE, Mary Wife F 32 1839 Wiltshire VIEW
PIKE, Amelia Daughter F 5 1866 Wiltshire VIEW
PIKE, Annie Daughter F 3 1868 Wiltshire VIEW
PIKE, Henry J Son M 0 1871 Wiltshire VIEW
WESTALL, George Servant M 17 1854 Wiltshire VIEW
BUTLER, Ann Servant F 17 1854 Wiltshire

1881
Address: Witcha, Ramsbury (Wilts)
WESTALL, Elizabeth Head Widow F 74 1807
Eastbury
Berkshire VIEW
BENNETT, Ann Daughter Widow F 23 1858 Ag Lab
Ramsbury
Wiltshire VIEW
WESTALL, George Grand Son Single M 22 1859 Ag Lab
Ramsbury
Wiltshire VIEW
BENNETT, Alfred Grand Son Single M 7 1874 Scholar
Ramsbury
Wiltshire

My Gran Edith lived in farm lane Aldbourne when i was a child prior to that they lived at the bottom of Baydon hill, Aldbourne .Great Aunt Louisa lived up the Butts off the Marlborough Rd Aldbourne Gran Edith Barnes had 12 children they all had children except two so the family is huge
Lv jen

1891
Address: High Street, Ramsbury, Chilton Foliat
WESTALL, George Head Married M 32 1859 Labourer
Ramsbury
Wiltshire VIEW
WESTALL, Sarah Wife Married F 25 1866
Ramsbury
Wiltshire
WESTALL, Elizth Daughter Single F 4 1887
Ramsbury
Wiltshire
WESTALL, Edith Daughter F 3 1888
Ramsbury
Wiltshire
WESTALL, Eliza Daughter F 0 (8M) 1891
Ramsbury
Wiltshire

1901
Address: West Street, Aldbourn (Wilts), Aldbourne
WESTALL, George Head Married M 43 1858 Traction Engine Driver
Ramsbury
Wiltshire VIEW
WESTALL, Sarah Wife Married F 34 1867
Ramsbury
Wiltshire VIEW
WESTALL, Edith Daughter Single F 13 1888
Ramsbury
Wiltshire VIEW
WESTALL, Louisa Daughter F 10 1891
Ramsbury
Wiltshire VIEW
WESTALL, Emily Daughter F 8 1893
Ramsbury
Wiltshire VIEW
WESTALL, Lily Daughter F 5 1896
Ramsbury
Wiltshire VIEW
WESTALL, Henry G Son M 2 1899
Aldbourne
Wiltshire VIEW
WESTALL, James Son M 0 (4 MOS) 1901
Aldbourne
Wiltshire

Now we are getting really close. I have studied lots in Aldbourne.I have half of Aldbourne on my tree. I have people on that street and it is tiny. Our relatives must have known each other at least