Metcalfe Posts - Archives - Jan to Dec 2004
 
28 Dec 2004 Fred Baldwin I have, recently, come into possession of a "Centre Seconds Chronograph" pocket watch which was handed down to me from my great grandfather. The name on its face is ................... William A Metcalfe 18 King William Street Blackburn. Do your records recall such a shop-keeper/watchmaker in the mid-late 1800's?
20 Dec 2004 Val Gentile Trying to trace the birth date of my great grandfather. Francis Metcalfe born in Westminster between 1849 & 1853. In the 1881 census he states his age as 32, but in the 1901 census he says he is 48. 1st wife Elizabeth Nott married 13/3/1871 died 1872?. Then married Elizabeth Virtu Bloomfield (bn 1859?) on 9 April 1876 in St George The Martyr, Southwark, London, EV died 1905 aged 45yrs. On both marriage certs his occupation is entered as Seaman & Mariner & for age it reads “Full”. I have tried several websites with no success, can anyone help. I cannot get his b/cert until I have the ref nbrs.
10 Dec 2004 Maryanne Jefferson I was hoping that someone would be able to help me break through my brick wall:
My GGG grandfather was William Metcalf b. Sept 4, 1844 in England, his USA Death Certificate states that his parents are Thomas Metcalf & Hannah and he was born in Comwell, England (Comwell might a error). I have found his mother Hannah Waller Metcalf Hemphrey USA Death Certificate and it states she was born in London, England in 1815. I have found Hannah and William and his sister Sarah in the USA. I have never found his father or any other siblings in the USA. Sarah's USA Death Certificate states that her parents are Thomas and Hannah. Hannah's Death Certificate states that she was the widow of ? Hemphrey and her father was John Waller & mother unknown.
I can not find William's birth certificate or Sarah's birth certificate. I can not also find Thomas and Hannah's Marriage certificate. I do not know if Thomas died and Hannah remarried in USA or England. I was never able to find Mr. Hemphrey in the USA.
If you can shed any light on this confusing brick wall, I would be forever great full!!
13 Nov 2004 Carol Ingram Seeking information on Moses Metcalfe son of Thomas who married Ellen Sandham daughter of John 1854 at Lancaster both Ellens father and Moses were sailors Moses & Ellen had 2 children that I know of Thomas born 1855 and Mary Ellen born 1860 Thomas married Alice Dobson in 1880 and Mary married Fred Hillyard from Leeds about 1880 who had a daughter Annie they lived in Holbeck Thomas and Alice lived in Ingleton and had a son Tom he then left for Australia in 1886 and Alice and son Tom left 1887 for Australia also If anyone can help with information on this family I will be most grateful would love to find family history.
30 Oct 2004 Alyson Gibson Please can anyone help with our query about Anthony Metcalfe - born approx between 1795-1798. My g.g.g.grandfather is George Metcalfe of Abbottside/Hawes who married Eleanor Iveson by licence on 10.01.1842. He was a husbandman of Shaw in Abbottside at the time of his marriage. His father was called Anthony Metcalfe and was a Farmer. We think that this Anthony married Isabella Raw (of Snaizholme) on 16.01.1819 - with a George Metcalfe being one of the witnesses. Does anyone know anything further about this Anthony - we are "stuck" on him and cannot get further back!
9 Oct 2004 Diane Chapman I would like any information about my grandfather Edgar Christopher Metcalfe born 21.07.1880, in Langton on Swales in Yorkshire. Fathers name John, mothers name Ann Turner. He had two brothers we think. Any information would be appreciated.
29 Sep 2004 Jacki Tambellini I am looking for DEREK METCALFE who lived in South Africa in the late 1980’s. He lived around the Vereeniging / Walkerville area. As far as I know he returned to the UK mid 1990’s. He was born late 1950’s, early 1960’s.
24 Sep 2004 Frank Smith I am trying to locate descendants of Stephen and Mary Metcalfe. Stephen was born 1799 in Hawes, Mary born 1800 in Haworth, My Greatgrandmother Susanna was born 1835 in Bell Busk. Other children of Stephen and Mary were Ellen born 1825, Alexander born 1826, Mary born 1828, John born 1829, Thomas born 1831, Stephen 1833, all born in Bell Busk. Susanna married Smith Smith August 1857 in the Parrish of Conniston Cold , District of Skipton, Susanna and Smith Smith immigrated to the United States in 1882, I Believe Stephen died after the 1851 Census and before the 1861 Census and is probably buried at the church in Conniston Cold .I understand that some family members are living in the Skipton area. I would love to have a picture of the church where Susanna was married .Any family connection please contact me.
14 Sep 2004 Stephaine Metcalfe I am looking to trace my Uncles and auntys who we have lost contact with over the years. My father is David J Metcalfe who is married to Carole Metcalfe, and we are looking for Wendy Metcalfe (could have changed), Ann Metcalfe?????, Joe and Judith Metcalfe, I know they have had a falling out with the family but they have a Niece and a great-Nephew and another one on way, who would like to get to know their aunts and uncles. Please if you recognise any of this then please post a message so I know and we can start again. I am Stephaine Metcalfe and I have A brother who is Phillip and a Sister who is Catherine.
28 Aug 2004 Val Gentile Trying to trace any info on Alice Metcalfe, my grandmother. On my fathers birth cert it has that she was a general servant in London, in 1908 & living at 93 F Block Queens Buildings, London. Any help would very much be appreciated.
16 Aug 2004 Angie Amagoalik My name is Angie Amagoalik. I have been searching for my father name of Rick Metcalfe form Montreal. I have been searching for him for the past 20 years. He lived up in Resolute Bay worked for Nordair Company as a Manafer at the airport.
08 Aug 2004 K L Dalley I am looking for information on Joseph Metcalfe, born circa 1823 somewhere in England, and his wife Harriett nee Dawson, born circa 1827.
They emigrated to New Zealand on the ship Canterbury in 1851, and had two daughters Mary Jane and Isabella. Harriett died in 1859 and Joseph was killed two years later in 1861, leaving orphans aged 6 and 4 yrs.
Neither of their death certificates have any information about their background. I know nothing of their childhood, but Mary Jane married Walter Chapman, and Isabella married George Banks.
I'd appreciate any help any-one can give me with my brick wall.
24 Jul 2004 Val Gentile My father, John Francis Geoghegan Metcalfe lost his father when he was a child, his mother remarried when he was about 8 or 9 yrs I think. I gather he was brought up by two Aunts, sisters of his father, they lived off Tooley Street in London, just down the road from Tower Bridge.
The copy of his birth cert. is brief & I was told that the original was destroyed during WW2 during the bombing. Can anyone help.

My Tree so far:
John Francis Geoghegan Metcalfe
- b 22 Feb 1908
- reg 8 May 1908
- d Canterbury 6 Jun 1976 marr Violet Rose Beedell 12 Oct 1930
- St Mary, Lambeth, London

3 Metcalfe children
June Rose b 13 Sept 1932
Barry John Francis b 5 May 1939
Valerie Jeannette b 23 Sept 1941
District Maternity Home, High Wycombe, Buckingham, UK
11 Jun 2004 Johanna Jenkins (nee Metcalfe) Does anyone have any of the following in their tree?
John Metcalf bn 1807 'Watongate' York
Isaac Metcalf bn 1833 Saint Tonel, Cornwall
William Metcalf bn.1841 Cinderford, Gloucester marries Harriet Walters at Cloddock Church Cloddock Mon. on 24th August 1872
William Metcalf bn 1856 Chepstow Gloucester marries Eliza Griffiths at Cloddock Church 20th Dec.1877
William and Eliza had the following children William bn 1878 at Coleford, Gloucester Annie bn 1879 at West Dean Gloucester Isaac bn 1880 at West Dean, Gloucester
26 May 2004 Ron Curant I am looking for William (Bill) Metcalfe, born 1934/5/6, lived Fulham/Hammersmith area of London 1946-1950 and attended West Kensington Central School 1946 to 1950 form 4b, Mr. Williams class. He liked football. Class mates were Rodney Grimshaw, Bruce Preston, John Dodsworth, Arthur Smith, Trevor Pether and myself. Trying to contact Bill re a school reunion. If you know Bill, would love to hear from you. Many thanks.
14 May 2004 Ruth Russell I wondered if anybody out there knows anything about William Metcalfe of Gilling, he married Hannah Kirby in 1883/4? their daughter Elizabeth Gertrude married Edwin Harrison Of Rillington/Yeddingham in 1911 (My Great Grandparents), any information however small would be wonderful.
14 Apr 2004 Lorraine Floureck I am a descendent of Thomas Francis Metcalfe born in Calcutta 1805, his older sister Anne was born there in 1805 and the other children of Francis and Elizabeth (Dilchett) were born in Norton Stockton-on-Tees, they were Hannah, William and George. Thomas married Georgina Cleghorn (b 1808 Wick, Caithness) in Edinburgh, he was a surgeon and I believe he may have trained at the Royal College of Surgeons. On the 1851 census Georgina is a widow living in Norton, I don't know where or when Thomas died. By 1861 Georgina had moved to West Hartlepool with her children Georgina, Elizabeth, William Francis, John Cleghorn, (named after her father) and Charles George Metcalfe. I know Georgina (child) married Michael Lund, my gr grandmother Elizabeth Marion married James Stabler and John married Eleanor Simpson. I can't find a date or place of death for Georgina Metcalfe. I would love to hear from anyone who can help, I have a register entry for both Georgina's birth and her marriage with Thomas Metcalfe.
12 Apr 2004 Sandi Walton I may go to Australia next Feb. 2005 and would like to research the Crowther Metcalfe that was my gr gr uncle. He married Sarah ? in 1881 in Holbeck, Leeds. Crowther died in Hampton, Victoria, Australia in 1933. He was born in Holbeck in 1854. How do I find his descendants in Australia? Thank you.
11 Mar 2004 Jude I am trying to find a Walter Metcalfe, he was my moms father. He married Annabelle Bennett in 1914, in South Shields, Durham. They had a son called Walter born in 1914, then they had a daughter called Jean, who died in 1917, then my mom (her name was Sheila Ward Metcalfe), then they had another daughter called Vera born in 1920. Walter was in the merchant navy when he married Annabelle, then he was in the army, he was a quarter master sergeant. Many thanks.
7 Mar 2004 Kevin Metcalf I would like to chat with anyone with a link to any Metcalfe's from Kirkby Malham and the surrounding area. William Metcalf, born April 13, 1788 in Kirkby Malham, married to Elizabeth Parkinson is my great-great-great grandfather.
26 Jan 2004 Paul Metcalfe Does anybody out there have any information concerning my paternal Great Grandfather, Wheatley Bushby Metcalfe?
He was born in Wetherby in 1874 and married Susanna Bell in Northumberland in 1902.
My Grandad George was born in 1905. Wheatley Bushby, known to the family as Bertie, was named after two Colonels from the British Army. I would particularly like more information about his parents, and how our strand of the family is related to Rowntrees of York. Apparently one of the Rowntree daughters married 'beneath her' to a forebear of mine who was a lowly Colonel in the Army. She was thereafter excluded from the family until her death, whereupon her body was apparently entombed in the family grave.
Any further information would be most welcome.
10 Jan 2004 Charlie Metcalf Looking for information on descendants of Nathaniel H. Metcalf (b. 1779 New Hampshire, d. 1853 Illinois, USA).
Nathaniel H. Metcalf married Hannah Worsley on 25 March 1813 in New Hampshire. Their children were:
1) Alfred Chauncy Metcalf (b. 21 Oct 1813 in New Hampshire, d. 15 May 1898 in Barry, Illinois). He married Sarah McMasters Liggett in 1842 in Illinois.
2) Joseph Loren Metcalf (b. 21 May 1815 in New Hampshire, d. after 1891). Unknown whether he married.
3) Benjamin Franklin Metcalf (b. 23 March 1817 in New Hampshire, d. 3 December 1905 in Denver, Colorado). He married Martha Gillespie prior to 1850. I descend from this marriage.
4) Hannah Rosina Metcalf (b. 15 Oct 1819 in New Hampshire, d. in Pennsylvania). Unknown whether she married.
5) Nathaniel Upham Metcalf (b. 3 Jul 1822, in New Hampshire, d. about 1846 in Fort Ann, New York). He did not marry.
6) Abigail Rosetta Metcalf (b. 4 April 1824 in New Hampshire, d. after 1891). She married Thaddeus A. Smith in Illinois.
If anybody has information about these people or their descendants, please email.

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