The

Stonehewer to Stanier

Society

Editorial.

Our Autumn 2014

Issue is inevitably full of mate-

rial on this years get-

together!

An appropriate &

interesting addition on the

Biddulph Stonehewers pro-

vided by Pam Tulley can be

found on page 6.

Margaret Bowyer’s

excellent article on

the Stanyer & Stanway

families in Cheshire reaches

it’s conclusion—this time

concentrating on the Stan-

ways of Cheshire.

Our World War

One story also reaches it’s

inevitable sad conclusion.

Much of this news-

letter highlights the work

being done on both our ex-

isting & some new Society

Projects—read all about

Inside this issue:

- Members at Biddulph.

- Editorial

1

-Eliza Stanway ‘The

Wheelwrights Daughter’-

3 The Stanway Ancestry.

—Society Projects Part 1

2

- Some MGS Boy Scouts

in WWI—Part 3.

3

- Society Get-together

2014—Biddulph

- Society Projects Part 2.

4

- 2014 get-together ct’d. 5

- 2014 get-together ct’d.

-(including ‘Hurst Mill’ &

‘Biddulph Old Hall’.

6

- Society Projects Part 3.

- 16th Century Biddulph

Stonehewers Behaviour!

7

- ‘Our Society News’

- Society Projects Part 4.

8

Stonehewer to Stanier

Current family names:

Stonehewer, Stonier, Stonyer, Stanyer, Stanier, Stanier with DNA links to Stanway.

GOONS

Journal Award

2006

Second place

Interested in our Society? Please contact our Chairman, his details are on page 8, or

see the Society Face Book: https://www.facebook.com/StonehewerToStanierSociety

Members Note:

See Projects on pages

2, 4, 7, & 8!

Volume 1, Number 43

Autumn 2014

ISSN 1744-7585

Elizabeth Simpson Award 2011

Third Place - One Name Societies

these inside & do join in to

help extend our family

knowledge & your archive!

See more on the plans for

2015 on page 8.

Christmas also ap-

proaches! Marie & I, & our

family, wish you all a very

happy Christmas & a successful

new year researching your fami-

lies history!

Marie & Michael

Members at our 2014 Get-together in Biddulph!

Attendees: Roland Machin, Elaine Heathcote, Pam Lomas, Alan Stanier, Tom Sta-

nier, Gordon Lomas, Michael Stonehewer (with board), Graham Stonier, Elaine

Stanier, Marie Stonehewer, Anne Wilkinson, Gill Clay, Alec Newman, Hillary

Stonehewer, Liz Newman, Christine Stonier, & Phil Stonehewer.

((Regretfully, the photographer from the Biddulph Chronicle being early, members Peter

Hodgkinson, Dorothy Mear, Noreen Stringer & Derek Wheelhouse were too late for the

Biddulph Chronicle photograph, but you will see them inside on pages 5 and 6.)

Page 2 Volume 1, Number 43

Eliza Stanway—‘The Wheelwright’s Daughter’- Part3. by Margaret Bowyer

(In part 3, Margaret returns to tell us more of William Stanway’s life.)

William Stanway seems to have spent a long and eventful life. Most of his life was spent in

Cheshire at Gawsworth, Marton, Eaton and Congleton. But he did spend time in East Anglia at

Wingfield in Suffolk. He is said to have been married three times. He was father to numerous children.

Many of his male relatives were carpenters and wheelwrights.

There have been Stanways in the vicinity of Gawsworth for centuries:- 1595, 1st May. John

Stanway married Marie Olfield; 1595, 1st September. John son of John Stanway, baptised.

In Astbury Parish records:- 1663, 21st October. Ellen Stanway marries Warton Greene. 1728,

22nd July. Elizabeth Stanway married Gulielmus Lowndes. Staffordshire Records:- 1630’s:- Randle Stanway having children -

Eccleshall. 1653, 26th September, Richard son of Thos. And Ann Stanway, Biddulph.

There are a considerable number of Stanway Wills at Chester. There seem to be three Stanway Wills which con-

nect to my great-grandmother Elisa’s ancestry:-

Thomas Stanway, labourer and farmer, of Eaton, 1806

Thomas Stanway, farmer of Gawsworth, 1816.

William Stanway of Newbold, Farmer, 1788. (William mentions Thomas Stanway, husbandman of Eaton as one of

his executors.

There are several references to Stanways, also Stonehewers, and Stoniers, in the estate papers of the estate pa-

pers of one of the local estates:- “ The Bromley-Davenport Papers, the tenants of a Cheshire Estate 1700-1900” edited by

Keith Giles. (####)

In “The Manor of Gawsworth” by Raymond Richards, Stanways have several mentions.

E.g. Mark Stanway on the treble bell in a bell ringing of Grandshire Minor on 21st March, 1904.

‘Kelleys Directories for Congleton, 1914’.

Mrs. Anne Stanway, Tea Rooms, High Town

Joseph Stanway, Wheelwright, High Town.

Also in ‘Kelly’s Directory for North Rode’,

James Stanway, Wheelwright.

Thomas Stanway, Wheelwright.

There is a memorial plaque to a “James Stanway, carpenter as was his father before him” in the church at North

Rode. There is no mention of a fathers Christian name. Was he the first born child of William and brother to my

great-grandmother, Eliza?

(Picture from the book—’Arts, Agriculture,

Manufacture, etc of GB’ by WH Payne 1908.’)

All this was before 1914. The world of the Stanways, as for everyone else, would never be the same again after the First

World War. Margaret Bowyer.

(Our thanks once again to Margaret for a most interesting article on the Congleton Stanway ancestry, and their relationship to the

Stanyer family! The full article and it’s informative illustrations can be found in our Society Archive0.

Update on the Society Projects—Part 1 - Michael Stonehewer

Once again our annual meeting gave a kick start to our projects!

DNA (Research Booklet part D ‘DNA’: Project Manager—Alan Stanier). Since our meeting one of our newer members,

Graham Stonier, is having a DNA test done. Currently our Society offers a 50% subsidy, but expect to reduce this

to a third at the beginning of the new Year—approach Alan NOW if you are interested! Grahams wife Christine is

also sending the Family Tree in to our Archivist, Chris Lanfear. (See page 7 for more on our Family Tree Projects).

In Memoriam (Not Currently in our Research Booklet—but will be!). The article on my Uncles WW1 service finishes

with this issue, however I am aware that we need to prepare whatever material we can about our WW1 casualties

to give them justice. I propose to cover each of our casualties in our newsletter on the date of its issue nearest to

their death. To achieve this I will give the names of those killed in action for the different seasons in the issue before

so you can let me know if you are related & / or have any material about that person.

Wills & Probate (Research Booklet Part I-3 ‘Wills & Probate’: Project Manager—Pam Tulley). Pam has recently re-

ceived a document to help in researching Wills—do get in touch with her if you have any queries! (Also remember

that there is also information, & some wills & probate records, on our web site!!!)

Update on the Society Projects’—for part 2 see p4, part 3 page 6 & part 4 page 8..

Page 3 Volume 1, Number 43

Some Manchester Grammar School Boy Scouts in WWI—Part 3 by Michael Stonehewer.

Part 3a—TWGPP

You will recall in the first part of this article given in our Spring Edition 2014, Volume 1, Number 41, page 4, that this is the

voluntary organisation is where I started from!

A few years ago I found a reference on-line regarding an offer to have a WWI grave photographed in northern France and I

thought that if I was not able to visit Uncle Samuel’s grave, then I would ask this volunteer to do it for me.

More recently I thought that I would try and track this source down and put my plan into action, in so doing I discovered

how much the idea of photographing these war graves had

expanded and become the respected organisation that it is

today. Discovering their website I was soon able to order a

photograph of my Uncle Sam’s grave and three photographs

arrived on line just a couple of days later. The results are

shown alongside, and include a general view of the Ancre

War Graves Site plus two of my Uncles grave—one is shown

above. This is a project, working in association with the Com-

monwealth War Graves Commission, to photograph war

graves from around the world from WW1 to present day. It

is run completely by volunteers based in over 66 countries worldwide who have photographed over 1,800,000 war graves

in approx 23,000 cemeteries. As all this work is being done by volunteers it is possible for relatives & friends to obtain pho-

tographs of a loved one’s grave or a memorial, where there is no known grave, via the website. This work has recently

been recognised by the President of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (The Duke of Kent) who presented a

commendation to the TWGPP organisation as a whole.

Do go and look at their website at www.twgpp.org click onto the ‘Volunteers’ and see in which countries they are operat-

ing in, read more about TWGPP under ‘About Us’ and under ‘News & FAQ’, most moving of all – look under ‘Thanks’ to

see how much the work of WGPP is appreciated by those who have used it!

Please use their website ‘search facility’ to check if a photograph is currently held and available. If unsuccessful please do not

hesitate to go onto 'Contact us' for further help.

Part 3b—Imperial War Museum photographs. Looking around to see what else I might find out about my

uncle I came across the following photographs. (With high demand, the IWM is changing it’s website and hence I rrcoend that

you look at it as the reference to find pictures has changed).

Officers and men of the Gordon Highlanders

resting by the roadside, near Meaulte, July 1916 (right)

Gordon Highlanders, repairing a road; near

Hamel, on the Somme Front, September 1916(left)

Is my Uncle in these photos?—I expect now that I

will never ever know.

Battle of the Ancre—Ruins of the Railway Station

of Beaumont Hamel captured by the 51st Divi-

sion on 13 November. (left)

Battle of the Ancre. British wounded at a Dress-

ing Station. Aveluy Wood, 13 November 1916

(right). These last two photos were taken on the

day he died—was he taken to this Dressing Sta-

tion still alive—or was he killed outright?

Page 4 Volume 1, Number 43

Society Get-together - Biddulph 2014.

from Michael Stonehewer.

This years meeting started in the usual way by having a welcoming morning coffee on arrival. We started our day in St. Law-

rence, the Parish Church of Biddulph. Whilst members met they had the opportunity of examining the display of Biddulph

history laid out be Elaine Heathcote, author & past Chair of the Biddulph & District Genealogical & Historical Society, along

with a display of material regarding our society and it’s activities.

(Alongside can be seen members examining items from the displays—in view are

left to right: Tom Stanier, Pam Lomas, Hillary Stanier, (?), Graham Stonier, Anne

Wilkinson & Hillary Stonehewer).

After a welcome and brief history of the church given by Roland Machin

(Chairman of the Biddulph & District Genealogical & Historical Society), a

photographer from the local Chronicle Newspaper came and took a group

photograph at the west entrance to the church. (See front page). Then it was

back to our displays and a discussion on the societies activities.

Society Projects -(Part 2).

Introduction: The Chairman mentioned our projects and the following comments were

noted:-

Current projects include one on Memorial Inscriptions (Project manager— Pat Clarke,

member number 079) and in our discussions on the history of Biddulph the Chairman re-

minded members of the work of Gordon & Pam Lomas in recording Memorial Inscriptions

and asked Gordon to explain the work undertaken. Gordon went onto explain that whilst

it can be easy to read the gravestones, they had some concern in that they found in the

churchyard several green spaces without gravestones! He & Pam, took heavy rods and

discovered the grave stone some foot or more below the surface! Permission to excavate

was given by the vicar—providing they returned the site to it’s original condition. An interesting aspect was the story of a

lady who used to walk past with her dog whilst there were doing this work—she asked if she might help—and this turned

out to be Elaine Heathcote, who has become a long term helper! (Alongside can be seen Gordon Lomas showing fellow member

Liz Newman the area which he & Pam recorded! If you have any memorial inscriptions—please send them in to Pat Clarke for re-

cording—photographs are also always welcome! - thank you).

The Proposed ‘One-Place Study Project. The Chairman had circulated this idea previously and by the time of the

meeting, some nine members had expressed an interest in forming a One-Place Study for Biddulph. Some

ideas had been exchanged between Michael & Elaine Heathcote of the Biddulph & District Genealogical &

Historical Society, and with Alan Stanier re about current sources available & what exactly we could do.

Tom Stanier also gave input at the meeting, but is busy with WW1 work at this time.

Your Chairman raised this idea at the meeting, and much discussion took place, in particular on having a Biddulph One-Place

Study. Subsequent communications led to a realisation that we can only do so much, but at the same time, there is much in-

formation ‘out there’! In summary, we realise that the best we can achieve is to link on-line all the information that is avail-

able and Alan has done this already! Alan therefore will act as Project Leader whilst Elaine will act as the Biddulph One-Place Leader. Our Archive information on anything to do with Biddulph is now linked through Alan’s work. We look for-

ward to having more proposals of places that members would like to see a One-Place Study conducted for.

(Since the meeting the current situation has been reached—One-Place Study (Research Booklet Part I-4 ‘One-Place Study

Projects’: Project Manager—Alan Stanier, with Biddulph One-Place Study Leader—Elaine Heathcote).

This means if you have a place of interest to you, we can make similar arrangements—please do contact either Alan or my-

self if you have any thoughts, ideas or suggestions! E.g. Another site for a one-place study.

Original Record Project (Research Booklet Part L ‘Original Record Project’ : Project Managers—Anne Wilkinson & Michael

Stonehewer). Michael mentioned this only briefly at the meeting. This Project has given us a few

headaches—there are quite a large number of records to go through, plus it is sometimes difficult

to recognise some of our family names within the text. Anne & I are trying a couple of approaches

& will get back to you in our next newsletter. However, in the meantime, offers of help, however small, will be very much

appreciated!

(The report on our get-together continues on pages 5 and 6; and as has already been mentioned you will also find more on

our projects on the following pages!)

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Business Meeting

Michael led a short Business Meeting to complete our annual AGM Postal Vote to have all the items ratified.

AGM Business Meeting Minutes 27th September, Biddulph 2014

Introduction: The Chairman explained the system of us having a Postal Vote followed by a Business Meeting to ratify & if

necessary clarify the items on the Agenda, hence enabling members from all our member countries to give their idea and

express their opinions. As there were only three written responses, the chairman proposed that we accept the Minutes of

the Previous Business Meeting held at Alresford in 2013 and that we also accept the current Agenda Items as previously

published; as those present accepted this the Chairman went straight onto the last item—‘M’. Proposals for Date & Venue

for our next meeting in 2015—please see below.

A. Apologies for absence Chris & William Lanfear, Rosemary Smith, Jane & Michael Stanier, Pam Tulley

B. Approval of the Minutes of the Annual AGM Postal Vote recorded in the UK, May-June 2014.

& the subsequent ratification at the Seventh AGM Business Meeting held on 13th July 2013 in Alresford,

Hampshire.

C. Constitution of the Society B. Officers of the Society C. Approval of Accounts & Membership

D Membership E. Projects F. Archive G. Newsletter H. Website I. Registered Charity Status

J. Affiliation to Federation of Family History Societies L. Any Other Business .

M. Proposals for Date and Venue for the next meeting.

As several members have suggested that we should visit Stoke & The Potteries this idea was put forward. Members Anne

Wilkinson who has mooted the idea, and Noreen Stringer & Dorothy Mear living in that area and having made suggestions

re possible venues, and will liaise with Anne to develop this idea. (More on this proposal as ‘things’ develop will be pub-

lished in our newsletter in due course).

Proposal for Honorary Membership

Michael, as Chairman, had proposed with our core committee, that we make past member,

Elaine Heathcote an Honorary Member for the great work she has done in researching Fam-

ily History (including our family members), & in writing two books of Biddulph and the sur-

rounding area—and for supporting us with a display at our meetings when held in this area.

Michael had the great pleasure of making this presentation after our business meeting.

Our sincere thanks and congratulations to Elaine!, ( and in character

Elaine has agreed to lead the Biddulph element of our One-Place Study Project!)

Sir William Stanier & His Locomotives.

Member Tom Stanier brought this excellent DVD of Sir William’s locomotives which he kindly

donated to the society. Lasting some 30 minutes it contained some very interesting material

along with comments made by family members including Tom & member Jean Velecky!

(Member Richard Stonehewer has arranged to have copies made).

Lunch Break

After members had had a final look at the various items on display (some from our Archive, our

Family Trees, plus additional items including a significant number of items on our venue—

Biddulph. Plus the Biddulph display by Elaine Heathcote.

This lunch break at The Talbot Inn not only gave us the opportunity to mix & chat together, but Roland Machine (Chair

B&DG&HS) told me that it was the property was owned by the Stonier family!

( This Lunch Break gave the Chairman the opportunity to get his camera out!

To the left you can see members Anne Wilkinson,

talking with Gill Clay & Alan Stanier.

On the right in mixed conversation are going

around the table from bottom left—Graham Ston-

ier, Alec & Liz Newman, & beyond Liz, Pam Lo-

mas facing her husband Gordon. Next to Gordon

leaning forward is Peter Hodginson followed by

Christine Stonier. (Peter missed the Group photo-

graph but can be seen here!). Marie & Michael

Stonehewer are next, but are not in the picture!

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Lunch Break Continuing with our lunch break1 On the right you can see

Dorothy Mear, Noreen Stringer, with Phil & Hillary Stonehewer.

(Sadly, Doreen & Noreen arrived after our group photograph was taken, but

arrived early enough to enjoy the rest of the day!)

Hurst Mill (For Mill details please see our previous newsletter—Summer

No42, page 6). Roland Machine kindly pointed out the simple route to walk

from The Talbot Inn to the Hurst Mill where his son Tim was kindly waiting to

show us the site. Whilst there is little left of the Mill, the Mill Pond (which is

keenly fished by a Congleton Angling Group) is still there and you can see us

standing at the spot where the water was fed into the silk mill to power it’s

workings. On leaving the mill the water went on by a leat to Biddulph Grange.

(The picture to the right shows a smiling group realising that the photographer

was just on the edge of the

bank and almost falling back-

wards to take this photograph!!

Derek Wheelhouse who missed

the group photograph can be seen

to the right of the picture wearing

a flat hat). Our picture to the left shows Hurst Mill as it

was c. 1900, & to the right, as it is today. (Formally a Silk Mill &

home of William Stonier.)

Biddulph Old Hall The final venue for the day and whilst we had

visited twice before, for many, this was the highlight of the day! The cur-

rent owners of the hall, Nigel Daly & Brian Vowles, once again, gave us a

very warm welcome!

Both Nigel & Brian took us around the exterior of the property first and

highlighted what they had found plus the difficult work they have

achieved. The picture to the right shows the

different stages of work carried out over the

centuries to the structure of the building. (This

gateway has two family crests—that of the Bateman family,

and that of the Stonier—Stonehewer family; believed to have

been put there by Robert Bateman— the artist.). The exte-

rior wall damaged in the civil war shows evidence on the

then probably exterior of the hall on this part of the site.

(See picture to the left). Indeed, the picture below it shows

Nigel highlighting areas that have been repaired, as well as

where parts of the structure, such as a fireplace sur-

round, indicate the use of the rooms demolished in the Civil War. Brian can been

seen in the smaller picture pointing out where on the repaired tower where sev-

eral rectangular windows had been replaced using pictures made by Robert Bateman appropriate for the chapel which will

become a site of reconciliation between Roman Catholics (who had lived there under threat of persecution) and the Protestants

who subsequently lived in the hall.

On moving into the interior we were once again given

a very warm welcome of afternoon tea—Nigel showed

us the first floor room converted by Robert Bateman

into an artist studio and on the stairs a painting of his

wife. This, and another, a very recent addition, both

deserve much more than the just a few words that can

be given here! Look forward to our next issue to find

out more!!

Michael Stonehewer.

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Update on the Society Projects—Part 3 - Anne Wilkinson & Chris Lanfear with intro. by Michael. Family Tree Linking. You will be aware of Chris Lanfear’s very useful work in linking our family trees, here Anne Wilkinson

is explaining how she is building on Chris’s work by putting the groups that Chris has developed onto the Ancestry web-site. Please

help by sending in your tree to Chris if you haven’t already done so—or if you have updated your tree since you sent it in!!!

Family Trees now on Ancestry. The following text by Anne explains her work on the Society’s Family Trees:- As I already

subscribe to Ancestry.co.uk and find it invaluable for both keeping records and searching for information, I am intending

to put the Society’s trees onto that website. Although some people have reservations about the site, there are advantages. It keeps

your information remotely, so there is no danger of losing it in a fire or computer malfunction, and also it publicises your information

and therefore attracts people doing similar research. This could help to increase membership of the society.

For anyone worried about privacy, I would explain that living people are never identified. They simply appear as ‘Living’ or ‘Private’.

You would have to contact the owner of the tree to get further information on those people. Also, the whole tree can be made

Private if that is preferred. In that case, other users will see a message that someone might be related to the person you are

researching, but you would have to contact the tree owner for details. It should be remembered, however, that all the records

searchable on Ancestry are freely available to all subscribers, so it is perfectly possible to construct trees without knowing anything personal about the family, and without asking permission, and it can be counter-productive to the furtherance of family history

research to keep trees Private as far as deceased people are concerned. In addition, I would not propose to add purely personal details

to any of the trees. I would simply construct the tree with basic details, such a dates and places that would be found in public records.

If individual family members want to add their own details, photos, etc, they could do that by being named as a ‘Contributor’.

It is possible to see the trees and contribute to them without having to subscribe to Ancestry, but you do need email and the internet.

I can email any trees to anyone as a ‘Guest’, which means you can look at them but would not be able to use the research facilities.

They will automatically be up-dated as information is added and you will be notified.

At the moment I am working on a ‘master’ tree for all the trees that are linked to my own. This will be called ‘Stonehewer 1’. I will

then start on any other Stonehewers not apparently related, and intend to follow with Stoniers, Staniers etc, until I have trees for all

families. However, I am aware that many members may have already put their trees on Ancestry, and therefore, to avoid unnecessary

work and duplication, I would be grateful if those who have already created Ancestry trees would let me know and send details. If

possible I would like to be invited to those trees as a ‘Guest’. That way I can keep track of the trees and put members in touch with

each other, where appropriate. Please feel free to send me details of any other sites you are using.

This project should necessarily be considered a ‘work in progress’ and will take some time to complete, if it is ever completed! As time

goes on, we will see how it can best serve the Society as a whole, so please contact me with any views and suggestions you might have.

Anne Wilkinson anni.wilkinson@gmail.com (My thanks to Anne’s for her new approach & to Chris for her long term work!)

Sixteenth century cattle stealing and riotous behaviour involving the Stonehewers of Biddulph

by Pam Tulley.

The Collections for a History of Staffordshire published by the Staffordshire Record Society provide a

wonderful insight into the life of our Stonehewer ancestors in the reign of Henry VIII. The volume published in 1912 has a

transcription of a case that went to The Court of the Star Chamber in 1535, which shows that life in Biddulph could be

more akin to the American wild west than rural Staffordshire.

The account describes how Richard Bydulph along with Roger Stonehewer (yeoman), Robert Smyth and Hugh Smalwode

were accused of breaking into a ‘close’ on 4 September and ‘wrongfully removing six cows and goods’ belonging to William

Wegwoode; their manner was said to be ‘riotous, using force and arms’.

It would appear that there was a re-run of this riotous behaviour on 2 November with the same three men along with

Richard Thorley, William Wynkle, yeoman, Roger Wynkle, yeoman, John Stonehewer, yeoman all of Bydulph with Richard

Gybson, wheelwright of Overton. On this occasion the close was broken into and ox taken.

The record shows that the owners of the stolen property felt they would not ‘obtain remedy’ in common law for the

thefts because Richard Bydulph was a gentlemen and had a great many friends and that they were just poor men. It is not

clear how the matter was resolved but by 1538 there was another outbreak of riotous behaviour involving John

Stonehewer.

On this occasion John Stonehewer with others ‘riotously’ came to the pasture known as the Loundes to promote the

cause of Nicholas Whellock who was in dispute with Sir Richard Thorley, the vicar of Biddulph about the pasture. Possibly

John was supporting the cause of his neighbour. What is recorded is that John Stonehewer, aged 50, gave a statement to

the court. If the transcription from the original document is accurate, John Stonehewer would have been born in 1488,

which provides a real glimpse of our very early links between the Stonehewers and the Biddulph area.

Volume 1912 of the new series of the Collections for a History of Staffordshire: Star Chamber Proceedings 1498 -1553.

Held by the William Salt Library, Stafford.

Page 75, Star Chamber: Bundle 27 No. 97. Pages 121-123, Star Chamber: Bundle 33 No.1

(Our thanks to Pam for this article on our early Biddulph ancestors—we have also received the Bundles referred to above & they are

now in our Archive!)

Our Society News

News of Members: It is always a pleasure to pass on news of our families.

As I write, I have just found out that our Business Secretary is in Gloucester

Hospital, but recovering, and I understand that she will be out shortly and

staying at her daughters. I will pass on more news when I find out more.

Member Ritianne Fergus & her father met Marie & I whilst we were at a

conference earlier this year. In Malta They are well, send their best wishes

& Ritianne is going to look at a new contact project. (Please see below).

Points for Members!-

-Members Address List: please check and advise of any

errors or changes. E-mails: Please let Alan or myself know of any

change ASAP—if you do not hear from us, then it could be that you

have changed your address & not yet let us know!!

-Research Booklet: as you can see from this newsletter

there are several changes going on that will affect our Research

Booklet—I am amending this as we go and will send out a new copy

in the Spring of 2015.

As part of the amendments to our Research Booklet, I am

adding more websites for those of you researching on-line. Do let

me know if you find them of any use!!

-Archive: Chris Lanfear continues to update this and

Alan Stanier & myself also add material from a number of other

sources, including from the society website. Please do not hesitate

to send Chris anything that you have so she can add it to the ar-

chive—it is a great help to us all. Again I will send out the latest list

in the new year.

Update on the Society Projects—Part 4.

Contact Projects: Member Bob Stanway has been tracing persons

in South Africa who have one of our family names. A Stonehewer

has been found and Bob is also in contact with the Cape Town Family His-

tory Society. Ritianne Stanyer, mentioned above, is also looking to establish

links with those who again have one of our names, or similar in Europe

(i.e. Ones having the same in meaning in other European Countries).

Our 2015 Annual Get-together.

As you will have read on page 5—it is proposed to have next years

get-together in the Stoke & Potteries area. Whilst Anne Wilkinson, is look-

ing at this with input from Dorothy Mear & Noreen Stringer—you will ap-

preciate that any help is better than non at all—so please, give your help to

Anne, especially if you have a particular knowledge or interest in the Potter-

ies—thank you!

The future!! A grand title perhaps but we have to look forward whilst

studying our families past! You will have read about the activities that have

taken place at the get-together, and of those which are being developed as

part of our research projects—they only work if we all help—so I thank all

of you for your work and support. To help you, I am preparing an activities

list and this will also come out in the New Year.

Until then—do take care & enjoy your Christmas.

Volume 1, Number 43

Stonehewer to Stanier

In Our Next Newsletter: See more on what’s happening in your society

& Members Interests will return—so do send in yours!

Acknowledgements: My thanks to Margaret Bowyer, Chris Lanfear,

Anne Wilkinson, Tony Bonson, Roland Machin, Elaine Heathcote, Derek Wheelhouse, Gordon Lomas, Nigel Daley, Brian Vowles, Pam Tulley,

Tom Stanier, the IWM & TWGPP and, as always, my family for all their help and support!

Volume 1 Number 43

Stonehewer to Stanier Society

Member of

The Guild of One-Name Studies &

The Federation of Family History Societies

Honorary Members: Chris Lanfear,

Alan Stanier & Derek Wheelhouse

Committee: Chairman & Editor.

Committee Michael Stonehewer

The Shires, 71 Knutsford Road,

Row of Trees, Alderley Edge,

Cheshire, SK97SH

Phone/ Fax: 01625 590105

E-mail: michael.stonehewer@virgin.net

Vice-Chair & Archivist: Chris Lanfear

Assistant to Archivist: Rosemary Smith

Membership Secretary: Gill Clay

Events Booking Secretary: Liz Newman

Society Secretary: Rosemary Smith

Society Treasurer: Jane Stanier

Military Historian: Bill Lanfear

Webmaster: Alan Stanier Country Contacts: Canada: Shirley Lancaster,

Malta: Ritianne Stanier, New Zealand: (North

Island): David S Newbold,

& (South Island): Audrey Potter

Project Managers: DNA Project: Alan Stanier

Family Tree Matching Project: Chris Lanfear

Facial Survey Project: Ron Gray

Data Research Project: Dr Michael Stanier

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Society’s award winning website:

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/

~stanier

(Webmaster—Alan Stanier)

On Line Society Monthly Chats:

These take place on the

2nd Sunday of the Month from 4 to 5pm,

UK time.

(to access follow link on our web site front page,

or,

add after ~stanier /chatroom.htm )

Associated websites:

www.book.co.nz/geneal.htm

(by Trevor Reeves)

privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~alan/Stanier

(by Alan Stanier)

Stanyerfamilytree.co.uk/default.html

(by Jonathan Stanyer)