Thread: WDYTYR .......tonight 9pm

petal · 19-10-2007, 07:04 PM

Mollie you won't have nothing on me mate what with my Pendered Coin in the museum..........being mates with King Offa no less.........and whats more then going over to Ireland, marrying into a bit of dosh with land...........lol
Unfortunately, just to spoil it all I reckon I've got some skeletons in the cupboard..........according to Bedford Gaol records anyway..............

slizzy · 19-10-2007, 07:12 PM

Ooh get you Petal you must tell us more about your Pendreed coin, King Offa and the Irish landowner. I love interesting genealogy finds.

petal · 19-10-2007, 07:34 PM

Oh slizzy it's been an ongoing saga for some time now.............lol One of my contacts sent me all the details about a coin minted by an ancestor on Mums side thats now in the British Museum. Seems that this rellie was a 'moneyer' to King Offa and respected so well that the King let him mint his own coin. He couldn't spend it, it had no value like that just the prestige I suppose. Then there's the little tale about one of our lot (also on Mums side) who used to brag that he had a load of gold coins buried in his garden. Well lo and behold, the cottage caught fire, the coins were found (rellie long deceased) but there was quite a family dispute as to who they belonged to. So, they ended up as Treasure Trove.............lol
Then.......trying to trace some of Mums lot who went to Ireland I came across one of them just by googling..........seems he'd changed his name around but kept his surname as a sort of middle name. From what I gather the husband took the wife's name on marriage in order to keep the land the wife's family owned.
Thats about it in a nutshell really slizzy. No as exciting when I see it in black and white but it was fun at the time when I first found out.
Now I'm currently trawling Bedford Gaol and finding a lot of people who just 'might' be mine.....................lol So, two sides to every coin (excuse the pun)

slizzy · 19-10-2007, 08:15 PM

That's all so interesting and exciting Petal. I've found nothing to match it in my ancestry. You must have been thrilled when you found these things out I would have been screaming with glee. Your family history makes mine seem very dull. I am investigating one link however, where my gggrandfather was possibly in Notts gaol but as yet I've not got very far. Also there's another family story/myth (who knows) that an ancestor of my mother's was the son of the local gentry, but disowned for marrying beneath him! but that's as exciting as mine gets so far.

petal · 20-10-2007, 08:59 AM

Well looking back at my lot on Mums side they all seemed quite affluent, then one of them married a village girl (start of Mum's line) and they seemed to be the poor side of the family from then on. One was in the workhouse for a while poor soul,one chap went bankrupt.
Then on the better off side of that family one of them was a 'hit and run' driver. On his way back from the golf club he ran over a cyclist, cyclist died, driver didn't stop. Can't find any prison records for him but his dad was a JP ! Did he pull a few strings I wonder ?

mollie · 20-10-2007, 02:55 PM

Hey Mary.........can you remember the story that surrounds Dolly Pentreath......I,ve kinda lost track on her.....please share it again. I know we done a lot of messing about to find out about her.

petal · 20-10-2007, 04:01 PM

Crikey Mollie that's going back a bit.............lol I think it all started with someone somewhere saying that my lot came from Cornwall originally so I tried to find out looking at variants etc. Up came Penreath as a possible and then along came Dolly. Such a fascinating character..........oh how I wanted her in my tree.................lol Unfortunately, no proof so I could only dream. I had a feeling I put something about her on the History thread but that may have been on the old site.............not sure, but if you google her name she'll be there..............lol

19-10-2007, 07:04 PM	#11 (permalink)
petal Super Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Horncastle, Lincolnshire Posts: 8,553 Total Awards: 5	Re: WDYTYR .......tonight 9pm Mollie you won't have nothing on me mate what with my Pendered Coin in the museum..........being mates with King Offa no less.........and whats more then going over to Ireland, marrying into a bit of dosh with land...........lol Unfortunately, just to spoil it all I reckon I've got some skeletons in the cupboard..........according to Bedford Gaol records anyway..............
	(AKA Mary) How beautiful it is to do nothing and rest afterwards...

19-10-2007, 07:12 PM	#12 (permalink)
slizzy Ancestry Aid Staff Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 15,475 Total Awards: 8	Re: WDYTYR .......tonight 9pm Ooh get you Petal you must tell us more about your Pendreed coin, King Offa and the Irish landowner. I love interesting genealogy finds.

19-10-2007, 07:34 PM	#13 (permalink)
petal Super Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Horncastle, Lincolnshire Posts: 8,553 Total Awards: 5	Re: WDYTYR .......tonight 9pm Oh slizzy it's been an ongoing saga for some time now.............lol One of my contacts sent me all the details about a coin minted by an ancestor on Mums side thats now in the British Museum. Seems that this rellie was a 'moneyer' to King Offa and respected so well that the King let him mint his own coin. He couldn't spend it, it had no value like that just the prestige I suppose. Then there's the little tale about one of our lot (also on Mums side) who used to brag that he had a load of gold coins buried in his garden. Well lo and behold, the cottage caught fire, the coins were found (rellie long deceased) but there was quite a family dispute as to who they belonged to. So, they ended up as Treasure Trove.............lol Then.......trying to trace some of Mums lot who went to Ireland I came across one of them just by googling..........seems he'd changed his name around but kept his surname as a sort of middle name. From what I gather the husband took the wife's name on marriage in order to keep the land the wife's family owned. Thats about it in a nutshell really slizzy. No as exciting when I see it in black and white but it was fun at the time when I first found out. Now I'm currently trawling Bedford Gaol and finding a lot of people who just 'might' be mine.....................lol So, two sides to every coin (excuse the pun)
	(AKA Mary) How beautiful it is to do nothing and rest afterwards...

19-10-2007, 08:15 PM	#14 (permalink)
slizzy Ancestry Aid Staff Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 15,475 Total Awards: 8	Re: WDYTYR .......tonight 9pm That's all so interesting and exciting Petal. I've found nothing to match it in my ancestry. You must have been thrilled when you found these things out I would have been screaming with glee. Your family history makes mine seem very dull. I am investigating one link however, where my gggrandfather was possibly in Notts gaol but as yet I've not got very far. Also there's another family story/myth (who knows) that an ancestor of my mother's was the son of the local gentry, but disowned for marrying beneath him! but that's as exciting as mine gets so far.

20-10-2007, 08:59 AM	#15 (permalink)
petal Super Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Horncastle, Lincolnshire Posts: 8,553 Total Awards: 5	Re: WDYTYR .......tonight 9pm Well looking back at my lot on Mums side they all seemed quite affluent, then one of them married a village girl (start of Mum's line) and they seemed to be the poor side of the family from then on. One was in the workhouse for a while poor soul,one chap went bankrupt. Then on the better off side of that family one of them was a 'hit and run' driver. On his way back from the golf club he ran over a cyclist, cyclist died, driver didn't stop. Can't find any prison records for him but his dad was a JP ! Did he pull a few strings I wonder ?
	(AKA Mary) How beautiful it is to do nothing and rest afterwards...

20-10-2007, 02:55 PM	#16 (permalink)
mollie Ancestry Aid Staff Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Isle of Man Posts: 1,683 Total Awards: 2	Re: WDYTYR .......tonight 9pm *Hey Mary.........can you remember the story that surrounds Dolly Pentreath......I,ve kinda lost track on her.....please share it again. I know we done a lot of messing about to find out about her.*
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20-10-2007, 04:01 PM	#17 (permalink)
petal Super Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Horncastle, Lincolnshire Posts: 8,553 Total Awards: 5	Re: WDYTYR .......tonight 9pm Crikey Mollie that's going back a bit.............lol I think it all started with someone somewhere saying that my lot came from Cornwall originally so I tried to find out looking at variants etc. Up came Penreath as a possible and then along came Dolly. Such a fascinating character..........oh how I wanted her in my tree.................lol Unfortunately, no proof so I could only dream. I had a feeling I put something about her on the History thread but that may have been on the old site.............not sure, but if you google her name she'll be there..............lol
	(AKA Mary) How beautiful it is to do nothing and rest afterwards...