[WED]Wedmore to Iowa. Do you know the ship and date ?

[Nancy Hill]

Thanks for your response, Stanley.  I can't find any link to the name.
George Redman married Louisa Jane Fear in Mark in 1869 and their son George
Castle was born in Iowa.  Louisa Jane was the daughter of Robert William
Fear and Betsey Cox Fear.  George came to America in 1851 and lived in the
Dyersville, Iowa area until 1872 and George Castle was born after that.  We
have always been curious about his middle name and where it came from.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stanley Castle" <scastle@cocklake.demon.co.uk>
To: <wedmore@lists.tutton.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 4:28 AM
Subject: RE: [WED]Wedmore to Iowa. Do you know the ship and date ?


> Nancy,
>
> The Castle family that I am a part of came from Oxford. So we cannot be
held
> responsible. The Castle name in fair widespread the highest density of
> Castles is in Kent followed by Oxford. There are a few in the Wedmore
> registers in the 17th century when there was a family of them in Cocklake.
> There are only about eight entries in the local phone directory so there
are
> not many in the area now.
> As you probably know it used to be quite common for the children of a
couple
> to be given the mother's maiden name as a second Christian name. The
nearest
> example is when Hannah Pople's daughter married a Porter their children
were
> named Pople Porter.
> There is a possibility the George was named after a geographical location
> (maybe where he was conceived). There is an area called Castle and a
Castle
> farm at Heath House and a Fenny Castle a mile or so south of Wookey.
> I think that a family name is probably the best bet (maybe even a maiden
> aunt with a lot of money to leave, who might be persuaded to leave it to a
> nephew carrying her name - parents think wishfully.
>
> Stanley Castle
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wedmore-admin@lists.tutton.org
> [mailto:wedmore-admin@lists.tutton.org]On Behalf Of Nancy Hill
> Sent: 01 March 2003 03:18
> To: wedmore@lists.tutton.org
> Subject: Re: [WED]Wedmore to Iowa. Do you know the ship and date ?
>
> Hi, I have a question for Stanley Castle.  My great-grandfather, George
> Redman, came to America in 1851 from Wedmore.  One of his sons is named
> George Castle Redman.  George died in 1887.  We have always been curious
> about George's middle name, Castle, and thought it might have been a
family
> name.  When I saw your post, I wondered if you might have any information
> about George Redman since he named one of his sons Castle.  Would you have
> any insight on this?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Nancy Hill
>
>
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