If anybody really really wants the info, I have a full on subscription to Ancestry.co.uk and can get all the census info from every year between 1841 and 1901
It'd be about an hour or two's work so not worth it for casual interest Bru > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Glen Peckett > Sent: 21 November 2008 14:10 > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [canals-list] Vazon bridge at Keadby > > > Not that I can be certain, but I suspect the road swing bridge there > > was built first, and called Vazon Bridge. I would check land registry > > records of the time the canal was built and see if it was named after > > a farmer/land owner, or perhaps after a bridge keeper, though an > > unusual name so not very likely. > > Well, > > The 1901 census lists a John Vazon, retired farmer, living in Fishlake > Parish, born in Sheffield in 1856! > > 1871 lists Vazons in Sheffield Brightside and Doncaster Epworth. Going > back > there are others listed in Sheffield. > > 1841 also has a John Vazon listed in Yorkshire. > > It would need someone with a subscription to one of the sites to give > more > details than I've given here, but it does seem to have been a name > (albeit a > rare one) around the relevant area so the above suppositions may well > be > correct. > > Glen > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.9.8/1801 - Release Date: > 21/11/2008 09:37
