John Perkins Genealogy-Bath

Last week I went to Bath to get some info on John Perkins. After going to Shepton Mallet I decided to email the Bath Records Office to see if they had any info on John's dad George. The 1841 Census had George living at 82 Avon Street in Bath.

Copy of the 1841 Census Record

Avon Street is still there and has the same name! But now it is a University.

John's christening was on 12 August 1821 and his birth date was 28 June 1821.

This record shows his parents were living at 1 Skine Place when he was born.

When I asked, turns out Skine Place was basically an alley across the street from St Swinthin's Church were he was baptized. But that area was completely redone since the 1960's. None of the alley's are labelled, anyone of the following pictures could be where they lived.

Behind all the alley's is a parking lot.

John was baptized at St. Swithin's church in the Walcot neighborhood of Bath.

This version of the church was built in 1742.

The window was added in the 1840's.

There use to be an organ on the opposite was than the stained glass window.

This is where the organ use to be.

This is not the baptismal font used for John's christening,

it was added in the 1860's.

St Swithin's is a famous church because William & Barbara Wilberforce were married on 30 May 1791 and George & Cassandra Austen were married on 26 April 1764. George Austen was also buried at the churchyard. William Wilberforce is known as the member of Parliament that started the abolition of slavery in the British Empire. George & Cassandra Austen are the parents of the famous author Jane Austen.

And the records office found George Perkins and Sarah Peck's marriage record at St James Church in Bath. It was 13 June 1821, 15 days before John's birth. The big news was that it shows that George was a widower. So now I need to find his previous marriage record.

St James church was bombed during WW2, so it's now a Marks and Spencer.

Reverence

Alright I need help. There is this family in my ward that lets their kids wander all over and do whatever during Sacrament Meeting. It is totally disruptive, so much so that I and those around me cannot hear the speaker. I have broken up fights between the siblings, shhhhed them (using the shhh noise and a finger at my mouth), snapped my fingers, reminded them not to run in the chapel, and made them put their shoes on previously. When I did the shoes, more than once, I always told the mother (she is a convert to the church) so she is not surprised when/if the kids say something and she always tells me she has told the kids to keep their shoes on in church. So to me it sounds like the mother is trying to teach her kids good behaviour, but failing. The oldest just turned 11 and will be going to YM's next year. His behaviour is the worst of all the kids, so how do I help teach these kids reverence?

BTW, the husband comes from a family that has a history of letting children behave in this manner.

I found this quote by President Kimball:

“We are a richly blessed people. The Lord has given us everything: the gospel of Jesus Christ, the light, the priesthood, the power, the promises, the covenants, the temples, our families, the truth. We should be the happiest people on earth. We should also be the most reverent people, but here I think every individual and every family should take a look at themselves. Are we a reverent people? Do our actions in the home and at church show reverence for our Creator?

“Sometimes we wonder. We attend sacrament meetings and conferences where children wander unrestrained in the aisles. During the service, we notice adults talking with their neighbors, people dozing, and young people gathering in the foyers. We see families coming late and filing noisily to their seats, and groups engaged in loud conversation in the chapel after the meeting.

“Our thoughts turn to investigators, friends, and those whose testimonies are fragile and developing. Are our meetings the powerful missionary tools they can be, where the Spirit of the Lord reigns and penetrates hearts? Or to sense the Spirit must we first block out many needless distractions?

“Let us examine reverence, not only its meaning and importance in the lives of Latter-day Saints, but some possible ways we can teach reverence to our children and improve our performance.

Patriarchal Blessings

If you didn't know, on the church's website you can order your ancestor's Patriarchal Blessings. Go to lds.org, click on "Tools", scroll down to "Patriarchal Blessing request a copy" and click. It will ask you to sign in, if you don't have a user name and password, then you can sign up for one using your membership number. Once you sign in you can request a "copy of own blessing" or "copy of direct-line ancestor's blessing".

You will need to know:

Deceased ancestor name

Deceased ancestor maiden name

Birth date of deceased ancestor (Example: 6 Aug 1968)

Relationship to deceased ancestor

Deceased ancestor's Father's full name, If you do not know it, please enter "unknown"

Deceased ancestor's Mother's full name, If you do not know it, please enter "unknown"

Patriarch who gave blessing

Stake in which blessing was received

Approximate year blessing was given (Example: 1950 or 1950-1960)

Comments

I requested my Grandma Jensen's and it came in the mail today.

If you are not a member of the LDS church, a Patriarchal Blessing is "given to worthy members of the Church by ordained patriarchs. Patriarchal blessings include a declaration of a person's lineage in the house of Israel and contain personal counsel from the Lord. As a person studies his or her patriarchal blessing and follows the counsel it contains, it will provide guidance, comfort, and protection." In the Old Testament, Genesis 48:14, (King James Version, btw, it's the 400th birthday of the KJV of the Bible), Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it upon Ephraim’s head. So PB's are not new, but I'm not sure other churches have continued this practice. Some people call PB's their personal scriptures since they are straight from Heavenly Father. Now that I am on this genealogy kick, it's kinda fun to get these to find out what Heavenly Father had in store for my ancestors.

Fire!

About 2pm a fire started in the brown building in Walsall Town Center. We could smell the smoke about 5pm at our flat. As you can see from the picture they are still trying to get the fire out.

They totally blocked off all roads near the fire.

Day Trips 2011 - Friday

Friday

We did one more session in the London Temple.

One of the nicest things about Surrey is that it is really pretty!

I told Dave he had to pick where we were going this day because his Birthday was Sunday. So he picked Oxford.

As you can see, there are lots of old buildings and lots of tourists.

Oxford is really old, it started sometime before 1096.

Like the sign says Roger Bannister was the first to break the 4 minute mile at the Oxford track.

This is the rental van we got. The key was broken to Dave's car, so we got the sweet ride! Yes, that is a cobble stone street.

Dave decided to take the scenic way home and we ended up driving by Blenheim Palace. I looked it up later and found out this is where Winston Churchill's family has lived since the early 18th Century. If I would have known I would have made Dave stop so we could take pictures.