JONES PITTAWAY
SMITHSON FAMILY TREE
Pittaway Branch
Well the Pittaway part
of my family is the hidden part,
so I thought I would start searching at the base of the tree…
The name Pittaway has some history. I've put here what I
found
with a few links to show my gratitude to the sites
on which I discovered some of the information…
Thanks to all…
http://genforum.genealogy.com/pittaway/messages/42.html
Meaning of surname
Pittaway
Posted by: Betty Portsmith Date: January 30, 2002 at 00:14:37
of 107
This is a paragragh taken from
"Quarries & Craftsmen of The Windrush Valley" by Joanna
Turner
"The full history of Taynton Stone will never be known. The
quarries cover at least 100 acres, as the green humps and hollows
testify. Dense woods, now obscure, some of the workings, and the
hundreds of anonymous men who toiled there, no doubt lie buried not
very far away. The characteristic stone can be recognised in most
of the churches within 20miles of Taynton and in Wren's churches in
London. We know the names of some of the families who owned
quarries - Leper, Strong, Pittaway, Wingfield and Lee. A "pittaway"
is a stone-slat pick, and it would be interesting to know when it
was first used as a surname for the family. Seven generations of
Pittaways were cutters at Taynton. The last Burford resident of
that name died only a few years ago, but seven people of the name
are listed in the Oxfordshire telephone book and twenty-three in
the Gloucestershire one."
http://genforum.genealogy.com/pittaway/messages/84.html
Better late than
never....
Posted by: Mandy Latchu (ID *****2694) Date: October 13, 2003 at
15:05:39
In Reply to: Meaning of surname Pittaway by Betty Portsmith of
107
Or at least I hope so.
Thank you for the information. Untill a few days ago I was plodding
along doing my family history......Then came the Pittaway's....The
Taynton one's.
Suffering from bereavement, I had nothing better to do than to try
to off-set the pain by getting out for the day, and as the planned
day of the visit to the Oxford history center was out (due to it
being closed on Monday's) I decided to ditch the Oxford census and
jump the gun by going straight to Taynton to follow up the marriage
certificate of my great great grandmother and the whisperings and
murmerings of the family tree research.....
My first sight of Taynton was through tear bleary eyes (convenient
as I was in the car and the usual English drizzle had blurred the
windscreen) I came accross the sign "Taynton" before I was ready,
and made a sharp turn right....There, below, lay the quintessential
English pastoral landscape. It quite woke me out of my melancholy,
and I stopped the car, awed at the landscape that my forebears had
chosen as "home". Enough..
The church is magnificent. The graveyard is littered with the the
bones of Pittaway's, Hunts, and the longer stayers of the Taynton
village...
The next day, I took my mother, not informing her of the trip I had
taken the day before.
To tell my mother the story of her ancestry, in a place like
Taynton, wrapped in the comfort of the church that her forefathers
had built, christened, married, died, celebrated and mourned in....
to pick out the houses with her where the boys wooed girls, where
the children were born the bread was baked and where the old faded
away...All this for generation after generation after
generation...
More... On the second trip I discovered professional "Grafitti" in
the church... The sign of "The Templars".
The Pittaway's were stone masons. I have been to the sight in
France where a mystery still prevails...It has followed me for 15
years. Here, in Taynton, it deepens?
If you are a Pittaway, I suggest you look further into the
marriages and history of that line... Who knows what you may
uncover.
My grateful thanks go to Betty Portsmith for giving us a paragragh
taken from "Quarries & Craftsmen of The Windrush Valley" by
Joanna Turner, and the consequential enlightenment on the
subject.
Appologies, but it is an extremely good bottle of "Italian
Chiati"!
Mandy
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JONES PITTAWAY
SMITHSON FAMILY TREE
Pittaway Branch
Well other than many
other Pittaway families
I've not found much about my "real" grandfather…
I really need a hand here and hope that someone
may come up with some interesting information for me.
Lower in the page I have a long list of Pittaways that were in the
Cape region,
perhaps there is some link to my grandfather in this list that I
have not found yet ?
My grandfather,
Ruben Joseph Pittaway, was my grandmother's
first husband…
and in the family he was one of the bad ones, that I think is the
reaseon I know nothing about him.
He married
Herculina Johanna Coetzer, b: 27-6-1896 at Cashal
near Melsetter, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe).
I think they married in the Melsetter region of Rhodesia
(Zimbabwe).
Ruben Joseph Pittaway had three children:
Ruben Pittaway
Edith Pittaway (Coetzer)(changed to Jones, 27-5-1942)
Arthur Henry Pittaway (changed to Jones,
27-5-1942)
My
Great-great-great-grandparents
Pittaway,
b: …, …, ??
Married : ??, b:….
(?)
My Great-great-grandparents
Children :
1. Pittaway,
b: ….
Married : ??
(?)
Children :
1. Pittaway,
b: …?.
My great-grandparents
Pittaway,
b: …?.
Married: ??, b: …(?).
My grandparents
Children :
1. Rueben Joseph
Pittaway,
(Born Natal or Cape ? South
Africa), died Bulawayo Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) death certificate
035465D. Death register entry 984/63.
Married : Herculina Johanna
Pittaway, née
Coetzer,
(cf.
Coetzer
Branch), b: 27-6-1896 at Cashal near
Melsetter, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe).
Divorced : Remarried 2nd: Jones
(?)(English)(?))
(cf.
Jones
Branch)
Herculina
Johanna Jones,
nee Coetzer.
My parents
Children:
1. Ruben Pittaway, b: 19…, …, Rhodesia
(Zimbabwe).
2. Edith Elizabeth Beattie, nee Coetzer (father R.J. Pittaway) b:
19-7-1923
(?) in
Salisbury (Harare), changed name to Jones on 27/5/42. Rhodesia
(Zimbabwe). Died in Harare, Zimbabwe, ………19(?).
Married - David Smith Beattie
(my uncle) (cf. Beattie
Branch), b: 20-7-1917
(?), Brechin,
Scotland.
3. Arthur Henry
Jones (nee
Pittaway)(my
father), b:
1930?, birth registration entry No. 304/31 shows father as Ruben
Joseph Pittaway, b:(?).
(recorded for records search). Surname was changed to Jones on the
27-5-1942 after his mother remarried Jones. Died 30-07-1992,
Mottingham, London, UK.
Married: Margaret
Smithson, b: ……………in
Durham, England.
Children:
1. Stephen Jones, b: …………1964, …, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe).
— Married: Sharon …………, b: ……1966. Has children. Courtney Megan
Jones, b: ……
2. Rodney Jones, b: 14-04-1966, …, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe).
Has children:
1. Daughter, Rossanna
(?)
2. Daughter, Leonie
(?)
3. Jeremey Jones, b: …………1968, …, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe). Has no
children.
4. Dennis Jones,
(That's me ;-) b: 11-03-1969, Kariba, Rhodesia
(Zimbabwe).
— Union: Marie-Pierre Leroux, b: 5-7-1959, Chartres, France, Has
children. Emma Stéphanie Jones, b: 24-9-1988, Camden, London,
UK.
Here is the long listing
I came across on the internet : (bonne
lecture…)
-----Original
Message-----
From: Ellen Stanton [mailto:harprulz@Bellsouth.net]
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 11:28 AM
To: SOUTH-AFRICA-IMMIGRANTS-BRITISH-L@rootsweb.com
Subject: Methodist Parish Records: Bathurst #28
This is installment #28 of the Methodist Parish Records for
Bathurst, Cape Province, South Africa. Dates follow American
convention of MMDDYY. Some of the handwriting was very difficult to
decipher, so entries with a ? denote my best guess.
Microfilm# 1560854 : Methodist Parish Records — Bathurst
Christenings: 1885-1925
Entry #94
Child: James Edward PITTAWAY
Parents: Frederick and Charlotte
Born: 12/1/1863
Baptized: 7/4/1887
Entry #95
Child: Frederick PITTAWAY
Parents: Frederick and Charlotte
Born: 10/5/1869
Baptized: 7/4/1887
Entry #96
Child: Sarah Ann PITTAWAY
Parents: Frederick and Charlotte
Born: 6/8/1871
Baptized: 7/4/1887
Entry #139
Child: Charlotte Benetta PITTAWAY
Parents: James Edward and Harriett
Born: 1/7/1888
Baptized: 8/19/1888
Entry #163
Child: Edward Frederick PITTAWAY
Parents: James Edward and Harriett
Born: 9/20/1889
Baptized: 10/9/1889
Entry #216
Child: Walter Stanley PITTAWAY
Parents: Henry and Margaret
Born: 8/2/1892
Baptized: 12/11/1892
Entry #224
Child: Lily Shepherd PITTAWAY
Parents: James Edward and Harriet
Born: 9/22/1892
Baptized: 2/26/1893
Entry #278
Husband: James Edward PITTAWAY, Full, Miller, Rokeby Park
Wife: Harriett SPARROW, Full, Laai Flats
Date: 7/14/1887
Witnesses: William PITTAWAY, Elizabeth SPARROW
Entry #293
Child: Florence Beatrice PITTAWAY
Parents: James Edward and Harriett
Born: 12/3/1894
Baptized: 6/6/1895
Entry #294
Child: William Wooldridge PITTAWAY
Parents: Henry and Margaret
Born: 10/8/1894
Baptized: 3/26/1895
Entry #307
Husband: Henry PITTAWAY, Full, Widower, Farmer, Shaw Park
Wife: Margaret Frances REDDIN, Full, Shaw Park
Date: 7/9/1890
Witnesses: George William SMITH, Harold SPENCER
Entry #367
Child: Cecil John Rhodes STAPLES
Parents: Charles Herman and Henrietta Josephine (born
PITTAWAY)
Born: 11/1/1899
Baptized: 12/31/1899
Entry #372
Child: Horace Ruthven PITTAWAY
Parents: Henry and Margaret (born REDDIN)
Born: 12/25/1899
Baptized: 5/23/1900
Entry #388
Child: Freda Martha STAPLES
Parents: Charles Herman and Henrietta Josephine (born
PITTAWAY)
Born: 4/26/1901
Baptized: 6/16/1901
Entry #403
Child: Emily Jane STAPLES
Parents: Charles Herman and Henrietta Josephine (born
PITTAWAY)
Born: 6/21/1902
Baptized: 8/24/1902
Entry #410
Child: Florence Mary PITTAWAY
Parents: Henry and Margaret (born REDDIN)
Born: 4/5/1902
Baptized: 12/28/1902
Entry #455
Child: Emma Muriel PITTAWAY
Parents: Henry and Margaret
Born: 11/11/1904
Baptized: 1/9/1905
Entry #543
Child: Hilton Fletcher PITTAWAY
Parents: Henry and Margaret
Born: 12/2/1909
Baptized: 4/24/1910
Entry #555
Child: Ethelwyn Lenora PITTAWAY
Parents: Francis Joseph and Ellen Isabella
Born: 9/28/1910
Baptized: 12/25/1910
Entry #574
Child: Ivy Matilda PITTAWAY
Parents: Henry and Margaret
Born: 3/3/1912
Baptized: 3/24/1912
Entry #601
Child: Athol Francis PITTAWAY
Parents: Francis Joseph and Ellen Isabel
Born: 12/6/1913
Baptized: 1/25/1914
Entry #601
Child: Athol Francis PITTAWAY
Parents: Francis Joseph and Ellen Isabel
Born: 12/6/1913
Baptized: 1/25/1914
Entry #709
Child: Kenneth Albert PITTAWAY
Parents: Albert Ernest and Dora Thompson
Born: 6/18/1919
Baptized: 6/8/1920
Entry #783
Child: Albert Whittal PITTAWAY
Parents: Francis Joseph and Ellen Isabel
Born: 7/12/1922
Baptized: 5/30/1924
Entry #787
Child: Violet Martha PITTAWAY
Parents: Oliver Lindon and Martha
Born: 7/10/1924
Baptized: 10/19/1924
Entry #797
Child: Ena Mary Harriet PITTAWAY
Parents: Albert Ernest and Dora Thompson
Born: 12/17/1924
Baptized: 2/15/1925
• Alfred PITTAWAY was born in 1868.(4579) He died in 1940.(4580) He
was buried in Old Cemetery, Lady Grey, East Cape, South Africa.
(4581)(11) (235)
Grave Address as obtained from the Old Cemetery Register : Block D,
Grave No. 41.
This single grave has two occupants. It has a marble headstone with
the following inscriptions:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
OUR DEAR DADDY
ALFRED PITTAWAY
BORN 1868
DIED 1940
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
LOREEN MAUD
DEARLY BELOVED DAUGHTER
OF A & M PITTAWAY
BORN 12 NOVR 1906
DIED 14 SEPTR 1907
SAFE IN THE ARMS OF JESUS
Children were: Loreen Maud PITTAWAY.
• Alfred PITTAWAY was born on 18 Oct 1899.(4582) He died on 10 Aug
1920.(4583) He was buried in Old Cemetery, Lady Grey, East Cape,
South Africa. (4584)(11) (235)
Grave Address as obtained from the Old Cemetery Register : Block D,
Grave No. 39.
This single grave has a granite headstone with the following
inscriptions:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
ALFRED PITTAWAY
BORN 18 OCTOBER 1899
DIED 10 AUG 1920
• Georgie PITTAWAY(11) was born on 25 Feb 1938. (4585)(14)
The year of birth on the headstone is not clear. It could be 1938
or 1939.
He died on 18 Mar 1942.(4586) He was buried in Old Cemetery, Lady
Grey, East Cape, South Africa. (4587)(11)
Grave Address as obtained from the Old Cemetery Register : Block
L"B", Grave No. 26.
This single grave has the following inscriptions on the
Headstone:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF GEORGIE PITTAWAY
BORN 25.2.1938 (it could also be 1939)
DIED 18.3.1942
TILL WE MEET
According to the Cemetery Register, he was a child of S
Pittaway.
• Loreen Maud PITTAWAY was born on 12 Nov 1906.(4588) She died on
14 Sep 1907.(4589) She was buried in Old Cemetery, Lady Grey, East
Cape, South Africa. (4590)(235) (11)
Grave Address as obtained from the Old Cemetery Register : Block D,
Grave No. 41.
This single grave has two occupants. It has a marble headstone with
the following inscriptions:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
OUR DEAR DADDY
ALFRED PITTAWAY
BORN 1868
DIED 1940
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
LOREEN MAUD
DEARLY BELOVED DAUGHTER
OF A & M PITTAWAY
BORN 12 NOVR 1906
DIED 14 SEPTR 1907
SAFE IN THE ARMS OF JESUS
Parents: Alfred PITTAWAY.