Royston and District Family History Society

This section allows members to seek help in researching their family connections.

Each entry will appear for a period of time, approximately six months from the date of posting to the site. If you wish an entry to appear here, please provide as much information as you can about the people you are trying to trace or require help identifying. You should also provide a point of contact such as your postal or e-mail address. Please let us know if you have been successful in your search and whether this site helped in your quest.

From Egil Ulateig

2665 Lesja
Norway
E-mail post@forlaget-reportasje.no

I am writing a book about a mountain district in Norway. There I found that a man called E. Beldam lived around 1910-20. I have found out that the Beldam family lived in Royston, and therefore my question to you is: Do you know where I can find documents or persons that may throw some light upon the history of this family, which I think was quite prominent in the area. Any information relating to the family is of interest to me.

I have had more information from Egil, as follows (Ed)

The Beldam who settled here was a very, very eccentric man and there is a lot of stories about his life here. At the same time he was a learned man. I have seen his Library with beautiful books in Greek and Latin. He married a farmer's daughter here and sent her to a private school in England and raised a girl with her in the mountain valley. This daughter got married to a man who was a brother of my grandmother.

Published August 2009

From John Mabbitt

Can anybody help me please? I am currently researching my family history and cannot find when and where my maternal grandmother, Ellen Sarah Rosendale, was born. I have researched all the usual genealogy websites. Family members are certain that Ellen was born in Kneesworth about 1880. According to her marriage certificate her father was John Rosendale. She married Frederick Henry Howes in 1898.

I wonder whether there are any Rosendales still living in the area that either might be related or know of the family. Or perhaps, is there anybody else who can help me to track her down? I would be very grateful for any information, however remote it may seem. I don't even know whether she had any siblings. It is possible that her mother was Sarah Ann Pearmain but I can't prove this. Without her birth certificate I don't know who both her parents were. Anyone reading this may know of somebody who can help me, so please pass it on.

Please contact me either by:-

E-mail - jmabbitt@virginmedia.com

Phone - 01582 690680

John Mabbitt
35 Tring Rd
Dunstable
Beds LU6 2PX

Thanking you in anticipation

Published April 2010