Introduction

 

 

This book has been produced to celebrate Kath Walton’s 50^th Birthday. From now on in this book she will be known as Kathleen Mayer. This is because this book is about Kath’s Family History, and in family history you use the name you were given at birth.

 

Kath has been researching her Family History for more than 20 years. In that time a vast amount of detail has been found. At the time of writing Kath is unaware of this book. As it is not possible to seek Kath’s advice there will be errors. Also it has been a problem deciding what to include and what not to include and also what form to produce the book in.

 

I have taken what was probably the easiest option. Starting with a book that is produced by a Family History computer programme then adding some notes and as many pictures as I though would add to the interest. It is far from perfect and I hope that in the coming years it is improved on.

 

I hope that this will help preserve the information that Kath has discovered and will help other Family Historians. And of course I hope that family and friends will find it interesting.

 

The Chapters are laid out in families. There are three of these, Mayers, Corbishleys and Doorbars. These represent three of Kath’s four grandparents. The missing family is Kath’s maternal grandmother Elizabeth or Nellie Brown, the reason for this is simple, it has proved extremely difficult to trace Nellie’s ancestors.

 

 

                                     Mayer       =    Doorbar    Corbishley  =   Brown

 

                            

 

     

       William Mayer          =           Nellie Corbishley

 

 

 

                                                    

 

                 Kathleen Mayer      

 

 

So before setting off just a paragraph on Elizabeth (Nellie) Brown. She was born around 1888 but the date is not known, there is no birth certificate and she did not know when her birthday was. Her place of birth is also not clear but it was probably Burslem (or Cobridge!). In 1905 when she was a teenager Nellie was working at the New Inn at Longsdon near Leek. At that time Henry Corbishley had been married for seven years and his first Elizabeth Leech was sick, they had no children. Henry employed Nellie as a housekeeper to help nurse Elizabeth.  Elizabeth died on the 1^st may 1905, Henry then married Nellie a year later at Leek Registry Office on 2^nd April 1906, Nellie gave her age as 18. One month later on the 11^th May Henry James the first of their 10 children was born. Nellie was extremely fond of her children, so much so that she did not want them to marry and did threaten to not attend their weddings. Of course she did attend.