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Looking for assistance regarding following ancestors -

David BASTABLE (1835-1912) m. Maria SKIDMORE (b. 1839) St Thomas Dudley 19 Sep 1858
have traced their children as follows:
John 1859-1912
Sarah Jane 1863-1935
William 1868-
George 1869-1938
Emmanuel 1874-
Mary Rebecca 1874-
David 1875
James 1881-1895

Of the above I am particularly interested in John 1859, William 1868, Emmanuel 1874 and James 1881, of whom I have very few details.

They come from a long line of bricklayers residing Oldbury, Causeway Green, Ashes, The Hill and Blackheath.

Rob G

They are on BCC https://bcconnections.tribalpages.com/t ... ver=407614

See here, page 11 onwards for the descendants of James Skidmore b1803:

http://www.skidmorefamilyhistory.com/SK ... 2%2001.pdf

His parents etc are on the pages just before. They can be connected to earlier generations on BCC.

The Skidmore site http://www.skidmorefamilyhistory.com/page20.html

thanks for pointing this out.

Added some to Bcc

John seemed to marry have added here
https://www.tribalpages.com/tribe/brows ... =152224759

Missing on BCC...
1881. Park Lane, Oldbury.
David Bastable, head, 45, Bricklayer,
Maria, wife, 42,
Jane, daur, 18,
William, son, 13,
George, son, 11,
Mary, daur, 7,
Emanuel, son, 6,
David, son, 5,
All born Oldbury

1911. 44 Whyley Street, Langley Near Birmingham, Oldbury
Emmanuel Webb, head, married 27 years, 4 children, 3 living, Labourer and stoker, Oldbury
Sarah Jane Webb, wife, Langley
John Webb, son, 19, Labourer and stoker, Langley
David Bastable, father in law, W, Bricklayer, Causeway Green

I wonder if this is, William, Emmanuel and David?
September 1904 Ship Damascus. Sydney
Mr W Bastable
Mr E Bastable,
Mr D Bastable
All Bricklayers

Them names can be found in the Australia electoral roll... still as Bricklayers looks like Emmanuel and David and also a Sarah Ann lived in the same house

Death Index,
Redfern, New South Wales, 1914. William Bastable, parents David and Maria
Canterbury, New South Wales, 1938. David Bastable, parents David and Maria

Emmanuel Webb - Sarah J Bastable 1883 Dudley St Thomas. I've requested a lookup and then we can connect BCC https://www.tribalpages.com/tribe/brows ... ver=408378

Regarding the connection with BASTABLEs in Australia - don't recognise those mentioned but...

Emmanuel WEBB m. Sarah Jane BASTABLE - their son Arthur b. 1884 Oldbury emigrated to Sydney NSW between 1900-1905, as yet I have not traced the actual date/vessel. He too was a bricklayer who went on to raise a large family in Oz after marrying Florence E RANKIN at Casino NSW in 1907.

However, those you have mentioned must surely have some kind of connection to this family?

In respect of the three going to Australia in 1904 -

William b. 1868
Emmanuel b. 1874
David b. 1875

I would guess that they were the sons of David BASTABLE b. 1835 & wife Maria Skidmore b. 1839

A little more about the emigrants to Australia ...

David BASTABLE (b. 1875) m. Sarah Ann DYAS at St Paul's Blackheath 04 Aug 1901

I have a note that they made a return visit to England on the vessel "Omrah" ex Brisbane arr London 16 Jun 1916, passengers listed as follows:
David BASTABLE age 41
Sarah BASTABLE age 41
Joyce BASTABLE age 2

Added bit more to bcc
let me know if you want your username added in notes to David Bastable ie that you connect

moving to brickwalls.

NL - no problem re username etc

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