While looking at references on James Woodhouse 'The Shoemaker Poet' for another thread, I came across the genealogy of W H Auden.
It seems that his Great Great Grandparents were John Auden and Phoebe Woodhouse who married in Rowley Regis in 1782.
Phoebe is on BCC here:
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"Wystan Hugh Auden (21 February 1907 - 29 September 1973, ...... who published as W. H. Auden, was an Anglo-American poet, born in England, later an American citizen, regarded by many as one of the greatest writers of the 20th century."
"Auden grew up in Birmingham in a professional middle class family and read English literature at Christ Church, Oxford."
"He was also a prolific writer of prose essays and reviews on literary, political, psychological and religious subjects, and he worked at various times on documentary films, poetic plays and other forms of performance. Throughout his career he was both controversial and influential. After his death, some of his poems, notably "Funeral Blues" ("Stop all the clocks") and "September 1, 1939", became widely known through films, broadcasts and popular media."
"Auden was born in York, England, to George Augustus Auden, a physician, and Constance Rosalie Bicknell Auden, who had trained (but never served) as a missionary nurse. He was the third of three children, all sons; the eldest, George Bernard Auden, became a farmer, while the second, John Bicknell Auden, became a geologist. Auden's grandfathers were both Church of England clergymen; he grew up in an Anglo-Catholic household which followed a "High" form of Anglicanism with doctrine and ritual resembling those of Roman Catholicism. He traced his love of music and language partly to the church services of his childhood. He believed he was of Icelandic descent, and his lifelong fascination with Icelandic legends and Old Norse sagas is visible throughout his work."
"George Augustus Auden (1872 - 1957) was an English physician, professor of public health, school medical officer, and writer on archaeological subjects.
George Augustus Auden was educated at Repton and at Christ's College, Cambridge, taking a first-class degree in natural sciences in 1893.[1] He studied medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, and qualified in medicine in 1896. He then held several medical appointments in London before moving to York where he was physician at York County Hospital for fourteen years. His son W. H. Auden was born at 54 Bootham, York, in 1907, and in 1908 he moved to Birmingham, where he became the first School Medical Officer and Lecturer in Public Health at Birmingham University. Here he gained an international reputation as an innovative researcher and educator. During the First World War he served as a medical officer in the British Army in Egypt, Gallipoli, and France. He retired as School Medical Officer in 1937, but continued at the University and became Professor of Public Health in 1941.
He married Constance Rosalie Bicknell in 1899. They had three sons: Bernard, who became a farmer; the geologist John Bicknell Auden; and the poet W. H. Auden."
1881 at 37 Hartington St., St. Peter, Derby
Sarah E. Auden Head Widow 42 Annuitant b. Staffs., Rollestone
Alice Auden Daur 12 Scholar b. Staffs., Horninglow
Frederick L. Auden Son 10 Scholar b. Staffs., Horninglow
George A. Auden Son 8 Scholar b. Staffs., Horninglow
Harold A. Auden Son 6 Scholar b. Staffs., Horninglow
Anne Hopkins Mother 76 Annuitant b. Derbyshire, Newton Solney
Mary A. Forrester Serv. 19 Cook b. Staffs., Oakamoor
Elizabeth S. Woodward Serv. 22 Housemaid b. Staffs., Abbots Bromley
Harriet M. Price Serv.15 Nurse b. Shropshire, Benthall Cross
Ancestry:
London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 about George Augustus Auden
Name: George Augustus Auden
Age: 27
Estimated birth year: abt 1872
Spouse Name: Constance Rosalie Bicknell
Spouse Age: 30
Record Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 27 Jun 1899
Parish: All Saints, Notting Hill
County: Middlesex
Borough: Kensington and Chelsea
Father Name: John Auden
1871 at Dog Lane, Horninglow (surname transcribed as 'Duden')
John Auden Head 40 Curate of Horninglow b. Staffs., Rowley Regis
Sarah Eliza Auden Wife 32 Curate's wife b. Staffs., Rolleston
John Auden Son 10 b. Staffs., Silver Dale?
William Hopkins Auden Son 8 b. Staffs., Silver Dale?
Thos Edward Auden Son 5 b. Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight
Alfred Auden Son 4 b. Staffs., Horninglow
Alice Auden Daur 2 b. Staffs., Horninglow
Fredrick Lewis Son 1 Month b. Staffs., Horninglow
Agnes M Creery Servant 18 Governess b. Staffs., Reston
Ann Lee Servant 28 Cook b. Nottinghamshire, Maidwell
Eliza Lee Servant 19 Housemaid b. Nottinghamshire, Maidwell
"Wystan Hugh Auden (21 February 1907 - 29 September 1973, ...... who published as W. H. Auden, was an Anglo-American poet, born in England, later an American citizen, regarded by many as one of the greatest writers of the 20th century."
"Auden grew up in Birmingham in a professional middle class family and read English literature at Christ Church, Oxford."
"He was also a prolific writer of prose essays and reviews on literary, political, psychological and religious subjects, and he worked at various times on documentary films, poetic plays and other forms of performance. Throughout his career he was both controversial and influential. After his death, some of his poems, notably "Funeral Blues" ("Stop all the clocks") and "September 1, 1939", became widely known through films, broadcasts and popular media."
"Auden was born in York, England, to George Augustus Auden, a physician, and Constance Rosalie Bicknell Auden, who had trained (but never served) as a missionary nurse. He was the third of three children, all sons; the eldest, George Bernard Auden, became a farmer, while the second, John Bicknell Auden, became a geologist. Auden's grandfathers were both Church of England clergymen; he grew up in an Anglo-Catholic household which followed a "High" form of Anglicanism with doctrine and ritual resembling those of Roman Catholicism. He traced his love of music and language partly to the church services of his childhood. He believed he was of Icelandic descent, and his lifelong fascination with Icelandic legends and Old Norse sagas is visible throughout his work."
"George Augustus Auden (1872 - 1957) was an English physician, professor of public health, school medical officer, and writer on archaeological subjects.
George Augustus Auden was educated at Repton and at Christ's College, Cambridge, taking a first-class degree in natural sciences in 1893.[1] He studied medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, and qualified in medicine in 1896. He then held several medical appointments in London before moving to York where he was physician at York County Hospital for fourteen years. His son W. H. Auden was born at 54 Bootham, York, in 1907, and in 1908 he moved to Birmingham, where he became the first School Medical Officer and Lecturer in Public Health at Birmingham University. Here he gained an international reputation as an innovative researcher and educator. During the First World War he served as a medical officer in the British Army in Egypt, Gallipoli, and France. He retired as School Medical Officer in 1937, but continued at the University and became Professor of Public Health in 1941.
He married Constance Rosalie Bicknell in 1899. They had three sons: Bernard, who became a farmer; the geologist John Bicknell Auden; and the poet W. H. Auden."
1881 at 37 Hartington St., St. Peter, Derby
Sarah E. Auden Head Widow 42 Annuitant b. Staffs., Rollestone
Alice Auden Daur 12 Scholar b. Staffs., Horninglow
Frederick L. Auden Son 10 Scholar b. Staffs., Horninglow
George A. Auden Son 8 Scholar b. Staffs., Horninglow
Harold A. Auden Son 6 Scholar b. Staffs., Horninglow
Anne Hopkins Mother 76 Annuitant b. Derbyshire, Newton Solney
Mary A. Forrester Serv. 19 Cook b. Staffs., Oakamoor
Elizabeth S. Woodward Serv. 22 Housemaid b. Staffs., Abbots Bromley
Harriet M. Price Serv.15 Nurse b. Shropshire, Benthall Cross
Ancestry:
London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 about George Augustus Auden
Name: George Augustus Auden
Age: 27
Estimated birth year: abt 1872
Spouse Name: Constance Rosalie Bicknell
Spouse Age: 30
Record Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 27 Jun 1899
Parish: All Saints, Notting Hill
County: Middlesex
Borough: Kensington and Chelsea
Father Name: John Auden
1871 at Dog Lane, Horninglow (surname transcribed as 'Duden')
John Auden Head 40 Curate of Horninglow b. Staffs., Rowley Regis
Sarah Eliza Auden Wife 32 Curate's wife b. Staffs., Rolleston
John Auden Son 10 b. Staffs., Silver Dale?
William Hopkins Auden Son 8 b. Staffs., Silver Dale?
Thos Edward Auden Son 5 b. Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight
Alfred Auden Son 4 b. Staffs., Horninglow
Alice Auden Daur 2 b. Staffs., Horninglow
Fredrick Lewis Son 1 Month b. Staffs., Horninglow
Agnes M Creery Servant 18 Governess b. Staffs., Reston
Ann Lee Servant 28 Cook b. Nottinghamshire, Maidwell
Eliza Lee Servant 19 Housemaid b. Nottinghamshire, Maidwell
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England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1861-1941 Record for John Auden
AUDEN The Reverend John
1877 6 March
The Will of the Reverend John Auden late of Horninglow, Burton-on-Trent in the County of Stafford Clerk who died 23rd of November 1876 at Carisbrooke in the Isle of Wight was proved at Lichfield by the Reverend William Auden of Church Broughton in the County of Derby and the Reverend Thomas Auden of Ford in the County of Salop Brothers the Executors.
Effects under 10,000 Pounds
AUDEN The Reverend John
1877 6 March
The Will of the Reverend John Auden late of Horninglow, Burton-on-Trent in the County of Stafford Clerk who died 23rd of November 1876 at Carisbrooke in the Isle of Wight was proved at Lichfield by the Reverend William Auden of Church Broughton in the County of Derby and the Reverend Thomas Auden of Ford in the County of Salop Brothers the Executors.
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Free BMDs Marriage:
John Auden 1859 Burton Upon Trent Derbyshire, Staffordshire
Sarah Eliza Hopkins 1859 Burton Upon Trent Derbyshire, Staffordshire
John Auden 1859 Burton Upon Trent Derbyshire, Staffordshire
Sarah Eliza Hopkins 1859 Burton Upon Trent Derbyshire, Staffordshire
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1861 at Church St., Knutton, Silverdale (transcribed as 'Andin')
John Auden Head 30 Curate of Silverdale M. A. b. Staffs., Rowley Regis
Sarah E Auden Wife 22 b. Staffs., Rolleston
John E Auden Son 4 MO b. Staffs., Silverdale
Ann Simpson Servant 15 House Servant b. Staffs., Trentham
Ellen Fryer Servant 14 Nurse b. Staffs., Wolstanton
John Auden Head 30 Curate of Silverdale M. A. b. Staffs., Rowley Regis
Sarah E Auden Wife 22 b. Staffs., Rolleston
John E Auden Son 4 MO b. Staffs., Silverdale
Ann Simpson Servant 15 House Servant b. Staffs., Trentham
Ellen Fryer Servant 14 Nurse b. Staffs., Wolstanton
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England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1861-1941 Record for Hannah Auden
1868 13 July
AUDEN Hannah The Will of Hannah Auden late of Rowley Regis in the County of Stafford Widow deceased who died 27th October 1867 at Rowley Regis aforesaid was proved at Lichfield by the oaths of the Reverend John Auden of Horninglow in the Parish of Burton-upon-Trent in the County aforesaid Clerk
the Reverend William Auden of Church Broughton in the County of Derby and the Reverend Thomas Auden of Wellenborough in the County of Nrthampton Clerk the Sons the Executors
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Handwritten in:
"Resworn at the Stamp Office June 1870 under 1500 Pounds
1868 13 July
AUDEN Hannah The Will of Hannah Auden late of Rowley Regis in the County of Stafford Widow deceased who died 27th October 1867 at Rowley Regis aforesaid was proved at Lichfield by the oaths of the Reverend John Auden of Horninglow in the Parish of Burton-upon-Trent in the County aforesaid Clerk
the Reverend William Auden of Church Broughton in the County of Derby and the Reverend Thomas Auden of Wellenborough in the County of Nrthampton Clerk the Sons the Executors
Effects under 300 Pounds
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"Resworn at the Stamp Office June 1870 under 1500 Pounds
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Wasn't it Mary Auden who transcribed the Rowley PR's 
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Hi Linell,
It was Henrietta Mary Auden who we need to be very grateful to for transcribing the RR pr's. I have a great deal of info on her and the Auden's which was previously posted on another site by a serious researcher. I printed it off (with her permision) as I thought there might be enough to do a booklet or an article on the Audens and the Rowley connection. I also bought a book, "Shrewsbury", written by Henrietta's father, Thomas who was a vicar here in Shropshire, which Henrietta edited. Will look out the old printouts and post some more info later.
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It was Henrietta Mary Auden who we need to be very grateful to for transcribing the RR pr's. I have a great deal of info on her and the Auden's which was previously posted on another site by a serious researcher. I printed it off (with her permision) as I thought there might be enough to do a booklet or an article on the Audens and the Rowley connection. I also bought a book, "Shrewsbury", written by Henrietta's father, Thomas who was a vicar here in Shropshire, which Henrietta edited. Will look out the old printouts and post some more info later.
Margaret
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Re: W H Auden, Poet - Black Country Roots
It would be good to add some of this info to BCC
but we need not to lift or copy info from Wiki etc
we could add the basics and marriages bapts census etc
then make the connection to phebe
but we need not to lift or copy info from Wiki etc
we could add the basics and marriages bapts census etc
then make the connection to phebe
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Does henrietta link to the Audens above?
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Yes, I think Henrietta Mary does link to this same Auden family. Looks like her grandparents are William Auden and Hannah Nicklin. And her mother was Anne Hopkins, sister of Sarah Eliza Hopkins who married John Auden, W. H. Auden's granddad.
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Think Thomas, William and John were brothers. Henrietta's father was Thomas, and she was the aunt of the poet.
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Yes, Thomas, William and John were brothers and they married 3 Hopkins sisters.
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The Hopkins family were from Dunstall, Staffs.
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Where do we start then with this and adding what we can
can we for sure link that Phoebe Woodhouse
can someone post the marriages etc and I will do my best to start adding
we can add the others from other parts of the country when we have one
foot in the door in the BC....so is that Phoebe and JOhn
when was he born?
can we for sure link that Phoebe Woodhouse
can someone post the marriages etc and I will do my best to start adding
we can add the others from other parts of the country when we have one
foot in the door in the BC....so is that Phoebe and JOhn
when was he born?