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Re: Richard Wailes or Whales, of Northumberland, England

rhall36 — 2009-09-20 18:55:38Z

My grandmother was a Wales, born in Gateshead, Durham. I have found in my files 3 Richard Wales born Bedlington and Durham. Her father, was born as Joseph Wailes! How would I send the info?

One, born in 1837/38, shows some children born Bedlington, then two children born in AMERICA, then two in Durham, UK. So he must have been in the US for a few years, and gone back to UK

Regards, Rob Hall, Katy, TEXAS

Re: The Whales Family

ECKOTHEDJ — 2008-09-30 08:29:16Z

IT WAS THE CHEROKEE TRIBE.

Re: the Whales Family

ECKOTHEDJ — 2008-09-30 08:26:53Z

MY LAST NAME IS WHALES AND I HAVE RECENTLY DECIDED TO TRY AND DO SOME RESEARCH ON MY FAMILY'S BACK GROUND. I AM FROM BALTIMORE, MY GRAND FATHER'S LAST NAME WAS WHALES, HE WAS CHEROKEE INDIAN.

Re: James and Joanna Whales

jimmyers19481 — 2004-12-27 03:51:15Z

I am not able to fully decipher your posting concerning James and Joanna Whales. Are you saying they were also adopted, besides your mother, or are they the birth parents of your mother?

Please reply as we know of at least two adoptions from a Whales and reason to believe there were two others. Whales as you likely know is an uncommon surname, and to see adoption connected with the name is rare. (Very rare, as yours in the only such posting.)

If this at all interest you please reply to JamesMyers1948@yahoo.com

Re: Richard Wailes or Whales, of Northumberland, England

johnstewart48 — 2004-12-10 18:34:38Z

Ken, I see in your message that you have Della (or Delia) C. STRINGER who m. 1873 John "Jack" WALES (1869-1957). Would you perchance have anything more on her older brother, W. H. STRINGER b. ca. 1863 in OH who m. 30 Mar 1898 a Mary BASCOM?

Regards,
John

Re: Richard Wailes or Whales, of Northumberland, England

johnstewart48 — 2004-12-10 18:34:38Z

Thanks, for the web site. Guess she doesn't have Della's brothers listed from what I can see. Takes forever to load & I sort of gave up on it.
Thanks anyway,

whiles or wiles

kmcintyre113 — 2004-06-12 16:29:00Z

Am looking for anybody who might be researching same family. My great x 2 grandfather was Frederick Whiles, born circa 1833 in (I think) Norfolk England. His parents names, as far as I know were Peter and Elizabeth. Frederick came to Australia as a young man, married here in 1863 and is buried at Bethungra NSW, in 1925. Can anyone help?

Re: The Whales Family

lcorthell1 — 2004-04-02 18:48:37Z

Hi,
I beleive I have some of his relatives.2 daughters: catherine (b.1774) and hannah(b.1770-75) whales (wales).Both of Cornish, maine
grandson: Simeon (b.1822-24)cornish maine, and died in Hiram1903
Son: John whales of cornish maine. married mary holmes around 1824
Both Whales women were from parsonfield/cornish, maine. catherine married thomas pendexter. hanna married thomas's brother, paul pendexter. lists hannah and catherine as originally from western reserve in ohio. catherine(whales) and Thomas pendexter had a daughter named catherine (b.1794) who married Nathaniel Parker(b.1791) They had a son named Thomas Parker(b.1828). Thomas is my g-g-g-grandfather. My particular search is looking for his wife. It does not list a wife in the 1850-1870 census. Just Thomas Parker and the children. According to maine records at that time, it was against the law to marry anyone of "color" including native americans.Since thomas was at least 25-50% native american through Catherine Whales, it might make sense he married a native american. If you have since got any more information, I would be very greatful to hearr from you.
candace M. Corthell

Re: the Whales Family

lcorthell1 — 2004-04-02 18:18:42Z

Hi,
I think i may have some kind of link here. Cornish/parsonfield, Maine. I have both a Catherine Whales(wales) (b. 1774) (died-1827) lists her as native american.Catherine married Thomas pendexter (b.8/16/1767)around 1790. children were:
Anna-1792
Catherine-1794 m. nathaniel Parker (my g-g-g-g-grandfather)
Thomas(d.young)
jonathan-1801
eliza-1800?
henry-1804
ruth-1805
jerusha-1806
sara-1817
george-1828(mother is mary berry)
david w. 1830(mother is mary berry)

What I believe may be her sister is Hannah whales . she married Paul Pendexter(thomas's brother) in 1788.
Children are:
paul jr.-1792
sarah-1794
nathan-1797
henry-1800
william-1805
Both women are around the same age , and both come from Cornish maine.Lists both women as coming from western reservation in ohio. I am not sure when their father moved from ohio to parsonfield/cornish maine. Hope this helps.If you have gotten further information since posting your message about this,I would be very greatfulfor anything you can share.

Re: the Whales Family

2004-01-04 09:54:22Z

My Great Great Grandfather was James WHALES who emigrated from England according to the Canadian 1881 census. My Grandmother always said he was from Wales so maybe the authorities did not distinguish between England and Wales as both were aprt of the UK. His son Michael lived at Prince Edward Island at the time of the 1901 census and his daughter Blanche Reta (Rita) was my grandmother. I have had no luck in tracing the family any further. Michael may have dropped the 'H' from the surname and become WALES but this may be an error on the part of the people entering the name . There is no WHALES surname list in Canada that I can find, although I do not live there anymore. James WHALES was a gardener and his son Michael was an engineer according to the 1901 census. My grandmother told me that he had worked on the first pipe line under the ocean....Good luck with your searching your WHALES family.
Jan

Whale/ Sarah dtr of William Roper

suzuki25 — 2002-06-28 02:09:22Z

Whale/ Sarah seeking info on where she was abt 1880 onwards marriage 1865 husband Nathanial Mark Edwards children/ Mary Kell/David turpie Submitter ancester/Sandra EdwardsResident of northumberland north east uk 2002

Whale/william roper/northumberland/

suzuki25 — 2002-06-28 01:54:59Z

William Roper Whale his daughter Sarah married Nathanial Mark Edwards 1865 William Roper was a mariner and was my 4times grt Grand Father the family go back too Bedlington carlisle and I think before from south uk I seek all info on William being a direct decendant

Re: Quinnell family

2002-04-03 08:17:49Z

Hi Tim in NZ,
My Quinnells are as follows:
Minnie Roberta Quinnell (born approx. 1870 in New Brampton, Kent)Father William Quinnell. Mother unknown but she married three times from Roberts to Quinnell, Slight and Morris. Some of the Quinnells are known to have gone to Wellington,NZ. I think they were Sam and Myrtle. Any connections? Cheers from Margaret in Fremantle, West Oz.

Re: Richard Wailes or Whales, of Northumberland, England

2002-03-01 01:09:59Z

John,
I don't have information on her brother. The information on her parents come from this website by one of Della Stringer's descendants:

http://www.geocities.com/nifty_nelsons/family.htm

You might write to the page author to see if she will exchange regarding the Stringer family.
Ken Akers

Richard Wailes or Whales, of Northumberland, England

2002-01-27 02:05:51Z

the Whales Family

2002-01-07 21:30:41Z

I am related by marriage to the Whales family of cleveland ohio, and am looking for anyone with the same Name or info on Walter Whales, my husband's grandfather who died sometime around 1950 or history of the family before the 1960's of which we have some info. They lived in Cleveland but may have come from elsewhere, possibly scotland. I have been searching for 22 years and no one has been able to find any info on our family. It is possible there is some native american blood in the family, of which tribe I am not sure.

howdie all

2001-10-26 03:04:32Z

kiaora my name is tim quinnell im 18 and from newzealand and im looking 4 any quinnells in australia and would like some information on family history u can email it to me at tim_quinnell@hotmail.com thank

john whales

2001-05-22 09:29:54Z

I have info on John Wales b bef 1750 resided in ME... think it is accurate. If you want the ME info, email me...looking for his ancestors...ideas?

James and Joanna Whales

1999-12-24 12:47:59Z

I am looking for James and Joanna Whales, my mom was put up for adoption when she was 3 days old. I have found a James but I don't know if it is the right information. If anyone has any information please send it to me.

The Whales Family

1999-10-07 13:47:16Z

I am looking for information regarding John Whales who was born around 1740. He grew up in the Western Reserve of Ohio. He left Ohio around 1760 for Maine. I assume that his father was an English trader and his mother was a native american. I would like to identify her tribe.