Mr Alfred Septimus Walne and a little ‘flirting’. From the Western Daily Press (22 February 1867, Page 3): The biennial ball given by the bachelors of Bath took place last night at the Assembly Rooms. The whole of the magnificent suite of apartments was in use, and splendid, chaste, and costly ornaments gleamed from every nookContinueContinue reading “150 years ago: The Bath Bachelors’ Ball”
Category Archives: Walne
1911: Spelling
In 1911, eleven individuals appeared on their schedule as ‘Warnes Walne’, the others I read as ‘Walne’, although the transcription varies wildly. Were all of these people registered as such at birth (in the GRO index)? No, although the vast majority were. Of those born after the introduction of civil registration (all but one recordContinueContinue reading “1911: Spelling”
1911: Where born?
In the interests of surname research, only those men and women born Walnes and still being so in 1911 are in included in this graphic. In other words, women who took the name Walne on marriage are excluded, leaving 203 individuals. Of those, one gentleman is a puzzle and no birth record has been found.ContinueContinue reading “1911: Where born?”
1911: Married in? Children? Age?
How many of the 262 (for now – already one down on my previous post!) Walnes in the 1911 census were Walnes by marriage? 59 – or 22.5% 54 of these women appear to have been the first wives of their Walne husband, four the second, and one, the third. None of them were Walnes beforeContinueContinue reading “1911: Married in? Children? Age?”
A double wedding…almost!
It’s always intriguing to spot siblings in a group of four names in the marriage index: sharing the same Registration District, Quarter, Volume and Page Number. It suggests that it just might have been a double wedding. Alice Walne and her brother George Walne both married in Cosford RD in December Quarter 1905 (Vol 4a, PageContinueContinue reading “A double wedding…almost!”
Origins….?
The recent publication of the Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland has brought a new explanation of the origin of the surname Walne. (Oxford University Press, 2016; available online: oxfordreference.com, accessed 15 January, 2017). In my part of the world I am lucky enough to have access to this new work withContinueContinue reading “Origins….?”
100 years ago today: a death in Burnley
One of at least 15 Walnes in Burnley for the 1911 census, Thomas Walne, aged 53, died on this day in 1917. His death was recorded in the Burnley Express on 31 January. Thomas was born and married in Preston and appears there in each census until 1891, but the enumerator’s book of that year findsContinueContinue reading “100 years ago today: a death in Burnley”
100 years ago today: Framlingham Volunteers
Published in the Framlingham Weekly News on 20 January 1917, Henry George Walne appeared giving a vote of thanks for ‘a very pleasant evening’… Volunteer Prize Distribution at Framlingham A handicap shooting competition was held by the Framlingham Volunteers at Christmas, and, thank[s] to the generosity of their friends, each of the sixty-two competitors received aContinueContinue reading “100 years ago today: Framlingham Volunteers”
1911: where?
Having achieved an estimate of the number of Walnes in the 1911 census, where exactly were they in England and Wales? The answer, for 63% of them, was Lancashire. By far the biggest chunk were in Alston/Dilworth/Longridge, the home of 41/263 individuals. There were also concentrations in Blackburn (25), Colne (16), Oldham (16), Burnley (15),ContinueContinue reading “1911: where?”
New websites – ONS and OPS
On New Year’s Day I launched two new websites for two of my projects. My One-Name Study: http://www.walnehistory.com My One-Place Study: http://www.badinghamhistory.com Both are in their infancy, particularly my OPS, but I have been busy writing blogs for both and plan to make regular updates about people I find in my research as well asContinueContinue reading “New websites – ONS and OPS”
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