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The Plant Family History Group - Official Journal

Roots & Branches
The official journal of the Plant Family History Group is called Roots and Branches. It was published from 1990 to 2007 on a twice yearly basis (usually in January and July) and it contains articles that were provided by members of the Group. Copies are available in various Libraries and from the President of the Group.
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Journal Contents

CONTENTS - Journal No 1

Aims of the Journal
Origin of the Name
Occurrence of the name
Members' Interests
Plant City - Florida
Plant and Fishers - Dudley Port Ironworks
Elworth Hall Plants - Episode 1 - Early years
Pottery Plants - Trade descriptions
The Conversion of monetary value to 1985 figures
Plants Boxing Booth
Robert Plant of Cheadle
Indexed Parish Register - Lancs & Cheshire
Frederick Plant 1903-1972 and his influence on the Pottery Industry
Members of the Society

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CONTENTS - Journal No 2

Aims of the Journal
William Plant - Stockport Grammar School
Plants - Leicester 1851 Census
Members' Interests
Early Staffordshire Plants
Staffordshire Burial Index
John Plant & Hannah Weddon of Branford, Connetticutt
Detective Work
The Plants of Elworth Hall - Second Instalment
Plants who attended Oxford & Cambridge Universities
Plants at Clowne (c 1780)
Do you know this Lady?
Terms - Houses & Farm Buildings
Members of the Society

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CONTENTS - Journal No 3

Aims of the Journal
Members' Interests
Plant of St Louis, Missouri
Mortality Records - Manchester Cathedral
Plants near Baslow
Nipper
The Staffordshire Burial Index
Useful Addresses - Staffordshire Records
Old Names for traders and Occupations
Plants in the Publication of The London Record Society
Plants of Elworth Hall - Chapter No. 3
Bound Apprentices - U.S.A.
Desford - Leicestershire Records
Robert Plant - Clerk
Members of the Group

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CONTENTS - Journal No 4

Aims of the Group
Members' Interests
Blacksmith Plants near Clowne
Lost Cousins
Cheshire Hearth Tax
Birmingham Directory 1870 - Plant References
The Staffordshire Burial Index - Hannah to James
Land Measurement
The Plant Family and the Goldfields of Queensland
Famine Immigrants
Members of the Group

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CONTENTS - Journal No 5

Introduction
Members' Interests
Elworth Hall - Chapter 4
List of Cheshire Wills
Manchester Court Leet Records
Map of Staffs showing ancient parishes
Plants around N.E. Derbyshire
Coins and Tokens
Early Staffordshire Records - Continuation
Leek - Plant references
The French Connection
Increase Cook Plant of Georgia U S A
Members of the Group

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CONTENTS - Journal No 6

Members
Map of Cheshire showing ancient parishes
Wm Plant of Sale
J Plant - Prizefighter
Plants in Cheshire 1851 Census - Analysis
Burial Index for Staffordshire - Jane to Judith
Cheshire Oath of Allegiance
Charles Plant of Clowne
Place Names
Robert Hazzlehurst Plant of Georgia
John Plante - Westminster 1343
Diary of John Plant of Leekfrith
Richmond Warwick Plant of Cradley Heath
Miscellaneous Stray - Middlesborough
Letters
Members' Interests

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CONTENTS - Journal No 7

Members of the Group
The Court Rolls of the Lordship of Macclesfield 1345-1485
Charles Harvey Plant of Preston
1851 Census - Stockport Cheshire
John Plant - Librarian of Salford
Plant Reference in Will of Joseph Howard of Brooklyn, New York State 1886
Irish Connections
Diary of John Plant of Leekfrith - 2 June 1849 to 8 October 1849
Useful Addresses - UK Records
Miscellaneous Information - Bury Lancashire
Sheffield Plants (circa 1850)
Thomas Plant of Coventry 1483
Calendor to Pleadings Wilts 1558-9
Plants Extracted from the PO Commercial Directory 1860 for
Staffordshire and Birmingham
Members' Interests

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CONTENTS - Journal No 8

Members of the Group
Members' Interests
Letters
Extracts from 1851 Census for Macclesfield - Cheshire
Treatment of the Poor
Early Staffordshire Records (continued)
Sheffield Plants from Duckmanton
Staffordshire Burial Index (continued)
The Plants of St Louis U.S.A.
Diary of John Plant of Hazzlewood House Farm (continued)

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CONTENTS - Journal No 9

Members of the Group
Members' Interests
George Henry Plant of Macon Georgia U.S.A.
Obituary of Wm Plant  - Member No 72
The Plant Family of Cheadle
Clowne Plants in Sheffield
We all know about Grandma Plant or  If uncle hadn't married an Austrian
Extracts from 1851 Census - Bowdon, Cheshire
Plants of Gloucester
John Plant of Hazzlewood House Farm - Leek Frith
Monetary values in Byegone Times
Staffordshire Burial Index - Noah to Samuel

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CONTENTS - JOURNAL NO. 10

CommentsPage 1
Members of the GroupPage 3
Members' InterestsPage 6
Around Plants Yard (Dr John Plant)Page 9
Staffordshire Burial Index (Sarah to Susanna)Page 18
My Suffolk PlantsPage 20
A Strange TalePage 24
The Plant Family of Cheadle StaffsPage 26
Plants Brushes - WolverhamptonPage 32
An Account of James Plant's Voyage to Australia 1854Page 41
The Diary of John Plant of Hazzlewood House Farm 1849-1853Page 44
Contents of previous JournalsPage 49
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CONTENTS - JOURNAL NO. 11

Members of the GroupPage 1
Members' InterestsPage 4
Sheffield Area Plants (Dr John S Plant)Page 7
The Manufacture of Buttons - Late 19th Century BirminghamPage 19
Untangling the Vine - The Geographic PlantsPage 23
The Diary of John Plant of Hazzlewood Farm - LeekfrithPage 30
Appointment of John Plant of Walsall - Overseas of the Poor 1752Page 36
Plant Extracts 1851 Census RuncornPage 38
The Pioneers of Utica USAPage 40
Plant Family Involvement in the Hatting Industry of North West EnglandPage 54
Staffordshire Burial IndexPage 5?
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CONTENTS - JOURNAL NO. 12

Members of the GroupPage 1
Members' InterestPage 4
The Plant Family and Hatting Industry in the North West EnglandPage 7
Staffordshire Burial Index Uncle to WilliamPage 14
The Wandering PlantsPage 16
Distaff Kin of Benjamin Plant of Sheffield (1742-1806) by Dr John S PlantPage 19
The Manufacture of Buttons - Late 19th CenturyPage 33
The Diary of John Plant of Hazzlewood Farm 1 Jan to 29 March 1851Page 35
1851 Census Returns Northwich CheshirePage 39
Removal Orders and what happened to Mary PlantPage 43
Extracts from Coventry and Lichfield Diocese Ordination RegisterPage 46
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CONTENTS - JOURNAL NO. 13

Members of the GroupPage 1
Members' InterestsPage 5
IntroductionPage 9
LettersPage 11
Extracts from 1851 Census Congleton and Sandbach CheshirePage 21
Staffordshire Burial Index - supplement Aaron to GeorgePage 29
Plant Family USAPage 34
The Diary of John Plant of Hazzlewood Farm - 2 April to 30 June 1851Page 37
The Sheffield Plant base by around 1800 (Dr John Plant)Page 41
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CONTENTS - JOURNAL NO. 14

Members of The GroupPage 1
Members' InterestsPage 4
The New Family Records CentrePage 7
Sheffield Plants (Dr John Plant)Page 8
Diary of John Plant of HazzlewoodPage 30
The Plant Family and the Goldfield of Queensland - supplementPage 36
Staffordshire Burial IndexPage 41
1851 Census for Nantwich & Crewe, CheshirePage 45
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CONTENTS - JOURNAL NO. 15

Members of The GroupPage 1
Members' InterestsPage 5
Editors CommentsPage 8
Millenium Get TogetherPage 12
Extracts from 1851 Census for ChesterPage 13
Staffordshire Burial IndexPage 16
Possible Origins for the Sheffield Plants (Dr John Plant)Page 20
The Brightside PlantsPage 43
Members' LettersPage 46
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CONTENTS - JOURNAL NO. 16

Members of the GroupPage 1
Members' InterestsPage 5
Millennium Get TogetherPage 9
Editor's Comments inc. research details of new membersPage 10
Origins of the Plant Name
A View with Particularity to its Meaning in NW England (by Dr John S Plant)
Page 13
Somerset House Wills Records by Judith Kirkby (Member No. 139)Page 37
Staffordshire Burial Index (Supplement Nathan to Samuel)Page 43
Early Leicester RecordsPage 45
The Diary of John Plant of Hazzlewood Farm 6 Jan to 20 June 1852Page 48
Miscellaneous Strays - Market HarboroughPage 52
Members' LettersPage 53
Plant Calendar of Wills - County Court of Lichfield by Sue WoodsPage 56
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CONTENTS - JOURNAL NO. 17

Members of the GroupPage 1
Members' interestsPage 5
IntroductionPage 9
Diary of John Plant of Hazzlewood Farm, Leekfrith, North Staffs. From 2 March 1853 including description of Visit made to the Isle of ManPage 12
1851 Census Cheshire - Extracts covering The Wirral including Birkenhead and TranmerePage 13
Immigration to Victoria Australia from British Ports 1859-1869Page 15
Palmers Index to the TimesPage 17
Plantagenet times to Sheffield ca 1800
600 years from the Plant Name's Origins to a Plant's Yard Plant Family (by Dr John S Plant)
Page 22
Staffordshire Burial IndexPage 46
Emigrants to Australia 1863 (William and Mary Ann Plant of Manchester, EnglandPage 48
LettersPage 54
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CONTENTS - JOURNAL NO.18

Members of the GroupPage 1
Members' InterestPage 5
Introduction including The Web Site/Computerisation of RecordsPage 9
Early Plant Origins and the Peak
NW Plant origins and possible links across the Peak to Sheffield (by Dr John S Plant)
Page 12
Plant Re-union 19 June 1999Page 36
Members' lettersPage 45
Wrekin District Roll of HonourPage 50
The Diary of John Plant of Hazzlewood Farm, North Staffordshire
Concluding installments incorporate Review of years 1852 and 1853 The last words of John Plant John Plant's family, friends and neighbours
Page 51
Leek - Staffordshire - Early PlantsPage 53
Palmers Index to the Times 1790-1905Page 57
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CONTENTS - JOURNAL 19

Members of the GroupPage 1
Members' InterestsPage 5
IntroductionPage 8
Victoria Pioneer Index File 1838-8
Including addresses of Australian State Registry Offices8
Page 10
Errant Plantagenets and settled Plants
The Plantagenet surname and some early proximities of the Plants (by Dr John S Plant)
Page 18
Palmers Index to the Times 1790-1905
Case A 5th September 1874 - Isaac Plant for Selling bad hams - Sheffield
Case B 18th March 1868 - Robert, Thomas and David Plant for horse stealing Tooting and Peckham
Case C 17th December 1857 - Ann Plant for wilful murder of John Plant at Wolverhampton
Page 41
Extracts from Durham Record Office comprising
Calendar of prisoners in Durham Jail 1861-71
Mining deaths in Great Britain 1850-70
Page 43
Miscellaneous extracts from Commercial DirectoriesPage 44
Staffordshire Burial Index - Teresa to ThomasPage 46
John Plant - Bury Football ClubPage 48
Plant-related material in the PRO and British LibraryPage 50
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CONTENTS - JOURNAL 20

Members of the GroupPage 1
Members' InterestsPage 5
IntroductionPage 8
Members' LettersPage 10
Elsie Plant (100 years of age)Page 14
The Museum of HattingPage 15
Format of Proposed Web SitePage 17
Plantagenets Vita and Plant's Yard Life
Life's meaning in Plantagenet times and a Plant's Yard Plant shoemaker (by Dr John S Plant)
Page 18
Extracts from Palmers Index to the Times
George Plant aged 32 charged with the wilful Murder of Wm Wilson of Sheffield on 25 Jan 1859
Page 39
Staffordshire Burial Index - W to William (additional to Journal 12, pages 14-15)Page 41
John Plant of Lincoln 1394-5Page 43
Plants included in the 1881 British Census for the county of Suffolk (21 pages) Supplement
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CONTENTS - JOURNAL 21

Members of the GroupPage 1
Members' InterestsPage 5
IntroductionPage 8
Why the Group now has a Web SitePage 11
Members' LettersPage 12
Plant Distribution in 1881 Census (by W Keith Plant)Page 16
From Pot to Plant (by Fay Bielewiez)Page 19
The Rose and her Establisher Offshoots
13th century Plant name origins and some contemporary literature (by Dr John S Plant)
Page 22
What is a BehinderPage 47
Staffordshire Marriage Index Index - Abigail to BridgettPage 48
Miscellaneous Extracts - Pigot's Directories (early 19th Century)Page 55
British Certificate Costs - Civil RegistrationPage 57
The Black Country and the part played by Plant and Fisher, Iron works, Dudley Port (by W Keith Plant)Page 58
Plants included in the 1881 British Census for the county of Lincoln (15 pages) Supplement
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CONTENTS - JOURNAL 22

Members of the GroupPage 1
Members' InterestsPage 5
IntroductionPage 8
New Members - Areas of InterestPage 10
Descendants of Early Plants in North America (by Linda Waggoner)Page 13
Web Site Report (Dr John Plant)Page 17
Members' LetterPage 17
Wm Plant - Boatswain (by Brad Scott)Page 20
Kingswinford Records (by Kathy Compagno, Dorian Greenbaum, Keith Plant)
comprising 1841 Census, Marriages 1828-76, Baptismal register Shut End Primitive Methodist Pensnett 1845-87
Page 24
Intertwining Plants: A story of Cooperation and Friendship (Dorian Greenbaum)Page 30
Plantagenet soul and Prince of Peace
Medieval Meaning of the Plant name and its subsequent distribution (by Dr John S Plant)
Page 32
Plant Extracts - 1851 Census - Cheadle, Staffs (by Earl Davies)Page 46
Plant and Fishers Ironworks - Dudley PortPage 52
Black Country Plants - Wills 1858-1914 (by Shirley Hughes)Page 53
Commercial Directory 1816-17Page 57
Joe Plant - Bury Football ClubPage 58
Staffordshire Marriage Index Index - Cassander to ElizabethPage 59
Plants included in the 1881 British Census for county ShropshirePage 67
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CONTENTS - JOURNAL 23

Members of the GroupPage 1
Members' InterestsPage 6
IntroductionPage 10
New Members - Areas of InterestPage 12
Members' LettersPage 15
Web Site Report (Dr John Plant)Page 18
DNA Testing Project (Dr John Plant)Page 18
Plant extracts from Australia Vital Records Index
1788-1905 New South Wales
Page 20
Charles Paulton Plant JP - Mayor of Wolverhampton 1902Page 22
Staffordshire Marriage Index - Emma to IzabellPage 25
Planted Spirits and Plantagenet ethos
14th century sense to the Plant name with evidence in the Pearl Poet's poems (by Dr John S Plant)
Page 31
Plant Masters listed in Apprentices Index 1710-1761Page 45
Joe Plant - JockeyPage 46
Shocking Murder by Poisoning - Louisa Plant, Macclesfield 1836
Extract from Palmers Index to the Times (Brad Scott)
Page 47
1881 British Census - Plant Extracts - MiddlesexSupplement
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CONTENTS - JOURNAL 24

Members of the GroupPage 1
Members' InterestsPage 6
Interests of Past membersPage 10
IntroductionPage 15
New Members - Areas of InterestPage 17
Members' LettersPage 20
`French' Origins for Plant-like names (Dr John S Plant)Page 24
SnippetsPage 39
The Black CountryPage 41
Staffordshire Marriage Index 1500 to 1837 - James to JanePage 44
Report on Initial DNA results for Plant(t) (Dr John S Plant)Page 50
Web Site Report (Dr John S Plant)Page 53
Plant extracts from Derbyshire Hearth Tax Assessment 1662-70Page 54
1881 British Census - Plant Extracts - LeicestershirePage 56
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CONTENTS - JOURNAL 25

Members of the GroupPage 1
Members' InterestsPage 7
IntroductionPage 11
New Members - Areas of InterestPage 13
Members' LettersPage 16
From Greek herbals to Leek Plants (Dr John S Plant)Page 19
SnippetsPage 35
DNA Progress Report (Dr John S Plant)Page 41
GRO Indexing Project - Progress Report (Phil Plant)Page 44
Descendants of Early Plants in North America (Linda Plant Wagoner)Page 45
Staffordshire Marriage Index 1500 to 1837 - Jos to JohnPage 51
1881 British Census - Plant Extracts - WorcesterPage 60
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CONTENTS - JOURNAL 26

Members of the GroupPage 1
Members' InterestsPage 7
IntroductionPage 11
Group Co-operationPage 12
New MembersPage 14
Members' Letters/CorrespondencePage 19
Plantevelu and the meaning of Plant (Dr John S Plant)Page 23
Snippets..
..Miscellaneous records St Mary, Bosley
..Plant extracts - Keele Parish Registers
..Slaters Directory for Shropshire 1850
..Burials at Holy Trinity Church Rainow 1815-1959
..Kezia Plant
..James Plant in 1891 Census for Cheshire
Page 42
DNA Progress Report (Dr John S Plant)Page 45
Web Site Report (Dr John S Plant)Page 48
Palmer's Index to the Times 3 June 1812 to 6 Feb 1835 (Brad Scott)Page 49
Plant BreweriesPage 53
1881 British Census - Plant Extracts - NorthamptonshirePage 64
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CONTENTS - JOURNAL 27

Members of the GroupPage 1
Members' InterestsPage 7
Introduction including the National Archives Web SitesPage 12
New MembersPage 14
Useful WebsitesPage 16
Palmer's Index to the Times 20 Jul 1839 to 13 Oct 1849 (Brad Scott)Page 17
Plant Metaphore and Midlands Plants (Dr John S Plant)Page 20
Equivalent Contemporary Values of the poundPage 38
The Surname Plant and its VariantsPage 41
Snippets..
..MI extracts St James, Taxal
..Canadian 1881 Census - Extracts with birthplace Scotland
..Plant entries in Longnor P.R. 1690-1789
..Frederick Plant 1881 British Census Bilston, Staffordshire
..Post Office Directory of the six home counties 1845
..Kelly's 1912 Suffolk Directory
..Extracts from `Betley - A Village of Contrasts'
Page 49
USA Census Records containing information relative to the Plant namePage 53
George Plant and Northwich Victoria Football ClubPage 60
Early Plants USAPage 62
James Plant of Long CrendonPage 64
DNA and Web Site Reports (Dr John S Plant)Page 66
Staffordshire Marriage Index 1500 to 1837 Jonathan to JosephPage 69
1881 British Census - Plant Extracts - Lanark (Scotland)Page 72
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CONTENTS - JOURNAL 28

Members of the GroupPage 1
Members' InterestsPage 7
IntroductionPage 10
New MembersPage 12
Members' LettersPage 15
Plant meaning and some similar names (Dr John S Plant)Page 18
Palmer's Index to the Times 3 Jun 1850 to 27 July 1853 (Brad Scott)Page 32
When Stonham Magpie served pints from a pailPage 34
Snippets..
..Messr Tarns Establishment - Newington, Surrey
..Sidnes Plant - North Staffordshire
..Barlaston Parish - Churchwardens
..Biddulph Staffordshire - Miscellaneous Marriage
..Cheshire grand Remonstrance 1642
..Miscellaneous record - Dudley PR
Page 37
Now where did that originate fromPage 39
The Juror's Book of 1784 - StaffordshirePage 41
Benjamin Plant, Master PotterPage 42
Plant involvement with Coal Mining and Transportation, Buxton, DerbyshirePage 43
Staffordshire Marriage Index 1500's to 1837: Josiah to Mary AnnPage 44
Plant Distribution - 1880 USA: Including list of Plants born in EnglandPage 53
DNA Testing and Web Site Report (Dr John S Plant)Page 58
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CONTENTS - JOURNAL 29

Members of the GroupPage 1
Members' InterestsPage 7
IntroductionPage 11
New MembersPage 13
Palmer's Index to the TimesPage 16
Members' LettersPage 18
Memories of Buxton and Adjoining Area (Valerie Hall)Page 20
1880 US Census - Plants resident in Missouri but born in EnglandPage 22
Plant origins and centuries of meaning (Dr John S Plant)Page 25
Samuel Cornell PlantPage 37
How DNA helps in studying surnames and the Plant project (Dr John S Plant)Page 41
Web Site ReportPage 51
Snippets..
..Extracts from Historical Collections at Wm Salt Archaeological Society
..Marriage solumnized at Trinity Weslyan Chapel, Cumberland St., Macclesfield
..Saltonstall
..Information from Overseers Accounts St Luke's Church - Church Hulme
..Extracts from PR of St Peters, Buxton
..Irish Connections
Page 52
1881 UK Census - Plant extracts from Buckingham, Essex, Hertfordshire, Sussex and KentPage 56
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CONTENTS - JOURNAL 30

Members of the GroupPage 1
Members' InterestsPage 9
IntroductionPage 15
New MembersPage 18
Correspondence and QueriesPage 22
Definition of the Plant namePage 24
Games Re-united by Andrew Plant (Member No. 69)Page 25
Plant name ramification and meaning by Dr John Plant (Member No. 52)Page 26
Map of the `Black Country' 1775Page 47
Snippets comprising..
..RH Plant - Staffordshire County Cricket Club
..Miscellaneous Deaths + Burials - Coversham, Reading, Sunningdale,
Swallowfield, Wargrave and Sunninghilll
..Holyrudehous - Agnes Plant 18 Feb 1574
..Canterbury Freeman Roll 1302 - Johonne Plante
..Somerset House Wills 1859, 1860, 1872 and 1873
..Will of John Brereton 1538 - Reynold Plant
Page 49
Edward Plant of Birmingham bn 1787 (Frying Pan Maker) and his descendantsPage 52
1880 US Census - Plants resident in Up-State New York but born in EnglandPage 57
1881 UK Census - Plant extracts, Durham and where did they come from
by Andrew Plant (Member No 69)
Page 58
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CONTENTS - JOURNAL 31

Members of the GroupPage 1
Members' InterestsPage 8
Past Members's InterestsPage 13
New MembersPage 19
CorrespondencePage 22
Plants' connection with Admiral Nelson and the Battle of TrafalgarPage 24
The Plant bloodline: myth and fact, by Dr John S Plant (Member No 52)Page 27
Staffordshire Marriage Index 1500s to 1837, Plant extracts Mathew to RuthPage 39
Snippets comprising..
.. Boxing Plants;
.. St Laurence Biddulph Staffs - Memorial Inscriptions;
.. Elsie Plant - Manchester
Page 44
Plant solicitors - Lancashire, by Nicky LankesterPage 46
Australian Vital Records Index 1788-1905 - VictoriaPage 47
Palmers Index to the TimesPage 51
The coming of age of DNA testing and the Plant project, by Dr John S PlantPage 55
Victorian Marriages at Manchester CathedralPage 67
British 1881 Census - Plants recorded in Wiltshire, Dorset, Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and GloucestershirePage 69
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CONTENTS - JOURNAL 32

Members of the GroupPage 1
Members' InterestsPage 7
New MembersPage 12
CorrespondencePage 18
Geoffrey Plantagenet: Surname inspirer, by Dr John S Plant (Member No 52)Page 20
Snippets comprising..
.. Plant interred at St Matthews Churchyard, Mearbrook;
.. Plant connection with the Black Death Eyam 1665;
.. Poll Tax 1660 and hearth Tax 1665 Northwich Cheshire;
.. Cathy Compagno in Plant Ave, Webster Groves, Missouri
Page 40
Jack Plant - SingerPage 43
Early Plants in North AmericaPage 48
Thomas Livesey Plant - BiographyPage 51
From Farmers to Blacksmiths to Soldier to Firefighter, by Peter Robert Plant - Member No 243Page 52
Staffordshire Marriage Index 1500s to 1837, Samuel to SarahPage 56
British 1881 Census - Berkshire, Hampshire and OxfordshirePage 61
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CONTENTS - JOURNAL 33

Members of the GroupPage 1
Members' InterestsPage 7
New MembersPage 12
Correspondence..
.. Richard Plant re: Jack Plant (singer);
.. Donald Dykes re: Tuscan China;
.. Allan Collier re: Betty Plant of Ellastone;
.. Graham Shenton re: Ann Plant, Staffs;
.. June Smallpiece re: Sarah Ann Plant of Newcastle-under-Lyme;
.. Tony Brown re: John Plant of Laxfield;
.. Victoria Rowe re: Eliza Plant nee Norden.
Page 14
James Plant: a Victorian `Little Mester', by Dr John S Plant (Member No 52)Page 18
Callendar of the Grants of Probate 1853-60Page 30
Sir Arnold Plant 1898-1978Page 34
Staffordshire Marriages: Sybil - ThomasPage 36
The British CensusPage 40
Palmers Index to the Times: 5 June 1861 - 23 Feb 1869Page 44
Shropshire Burials 1814 - 1837Page 49
Manchester and Liverpool Trade Directories - Miscellaneous RecordsPage 52
Information from the Record Office - Maritime Museum - Albert Dock - LiverpoolPage 54
The Poor Law Records of Cheshire Quarter Sessions 1700-1730Page 56
Staffordshire Quarter Session RollsPage 58
Plant Distribution 1881: Bedford, Cambridgeshire, Huntingdon, Norfolk and RutlandPage 64
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CONTENTS - JOURNAL 34

Members of the GroupPage 1
Members' InterestsPage 8
New MembersPage 17
CorrespondencePage 20
Miscellaneous Records - IrelandPage 21
Cyril Thomas Howe Plant - Baron Plant (1910-1986)Page 26
Snippets comprising..
.. English Settlers in Barbados 1637-1800
.. Plant wills held at F.H.S. of Cheshire Library, Alderley Edge
.. Callendar of Charters and Rolls 1467 Dieulacres - Stafford
.. Kelly's Directory Suffolk 1892
Page 27
Austin Plant: World War I casualty, by Dr John S Plant (Member No 52)Page 30
Electoral RegistersPage 45
Staffordshire Marriage Index W to WmPage 46
Staffordshire Marriage Index: Plante and PlanttPage 50
Palmers Index to the Times: 11 Nov 1869 - 19 Nov 1870Page 51
Update of Name origin project, by Dr John S PlantPage 55
Web Site Report, by Dr John S PlantPage 55
On a possible connection to Plantagenet, by Dr John S PlantPage 56
The Plant name in Nomina publications, by Dr John S PlantPage 57
Update on the Plantagenet Y-DNA project, by Dr John S PlantPage 61
Update of the Plant Y-DNA project, by Dr John S PlantPage 62
1873 Owners of LandPage 65
Plant a Steel Toymaker Business, by Liz Plant (Member No 104)Page 67
Mormon ImmigrationPage 80
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