UPDATE:

As of this date my research has indicated that Yarwood families were most likely of Welsh decent pre-Roman period, related to the Iorwerth clan. The anglicanized name Yarwood may have meanings related to boat builders or woodsman who worked hardwoods like oak.. Yorwerth, Yorwarth, Harwood, Yorwood, Yearwood, and others may be related. The YARWOOD spelling is found in the Pipe rolls at Shropshire in 1196. Yarwood families are primarily found in Cheshire and Staffordshire England. On a world scale we are about 2,000 households and about 5,000 in number. 3,500 in Great Britain, 250 in the U.S.A, 120 in Canada and 150 in Australia.

My family history begins with my G-G-G grandfather who left the Stoke on Trent area around 1820 and found work up in the Northumbrian city of Newcastle upon tyne. Three generations lived there until my grandfather immigrated to the States in 1913.

If you would like to know more, give me a call at kimjamyar@yahoo.com

Kim that fits what i have heard and the yarwoods were a boatbuldingfamily on the River Weaver in N Cheshire from 1500. Cheshire adjoins Flintshire that northern Welsh county.
My branch went from Sandbach in Souyth Cheshire and seems to nreappear in Bromsgriove Worcestershire. I think that the canals are the moving infliuence. The Trent & meseey ran through Sandbach and their previous homne Astbury but I am still to prove it. Hoew did your family come to Stoke?
Colin Yarwood@ntlworld.com

Are you still researching Yarwood>

Anyone know about John Yarwood Transported 1862 for 7 years Staff?

Patricia

Its seems, from the lack of response, that we don't know about this transportation in 1862.

On the other hand we would doubtless like to know about it... can you tell us any more?

We do know of transportations to Australasia about 100 years earlier but would welcome and be happy to help you find more if you can tell us more?

Colin Y

Hi Colin, this is all news to me I am afraid.
Most of my lot were called John Yarwood, from the stoke on trent area. One was called John Simpson Yarwood but I do not know why Simpson. I am a bit stuck on this name which I thought would be the easiest of my tree!!!

John Simpson Yarwood is on my database of Yarwods:

Name: Not known YARWOOD Of Staffs
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Marriage: abt 1868
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Spouse: Katherine
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Katherine's Other spouses: Enoch MELLOR
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Katherine's Children
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1 M: Peter Henry YARWOOD
Birth: 1869 New Chapel, Stafford

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2 M: John Simpson YARWOOD
Birth: 1871 Smallthorne, Stafford, England

Census: 1881 (cit. LDS) 2 Broads Row, Smallthorne, Stafford, England Age: 10

Spouse: Mrs J S Y

Marriage: Mar 1894 Leek (cit FreeBMD)

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3 M: Charles YARWOOD
Birth: 1873 New Chapel, Stafford

I hope this helps?

I havent done any more on this family but I hope this helps?

Colin

John Simpson Yarwood is on my database of Yarwoods:

Name: Not known YARWOOD Of Staffs
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Marriage: abt 1868
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Spouse: Katherine
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Katherine's Other spouses: Enoch MELLOR
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Katherine's Children
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1 M: Peter Henry YARWOOD
Birth: 1869 New Chapel, Stafford

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2 M: John Simpson YARWOOD
Birth: 1871 Smallthorne, Stafford, England

Census: 1881 (cit. LDS) 2 Broads Row, Smallthorne, Stafford, England Age: 10

Spouse: Mrs J S Y

Marriage: Mar 1894 Leek (cit FreeBMD)

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3 M: Charles YARWOOD
Birth: 1873 New Chapel, Stafford

I hope this helps?

I havent done any more on this family but I hope this helps?

Colin

Hi Colin, I have that thank you so much. I do have more to add from then to now.
I would like to invite you to view the tree. It is a public tree. I could invite you with your e mail or if you prefer not to give this look for Elijah Mayer 1717 and the whole tree should appear. I would really like to find out about my grandad.
He was John Yarwood and although the other John was his father they were not married at the time of the births of all the children, although living as man and wife.My grandad's mum was originally Sarah Payne/Paine They maried in their sixties and died shortly afterwards but the children were called John Yarwood Bartlem etc. They seem to have chaged their name to Yarwood when each child married. This is why it took years for me to find John Yarwood as they were registered as John Yarwood Barlem or Bartlam.

Also my Mum- the living Yarwood is now 81-she knows little about her family.
One of her uncles ended up in Broodmoor for murder it seems and she remembers one other unce and a couple of aunties but the Yarwoods seem to be an elusive lot with lots of second marriages, thankfully not my Mum!!!

Greetings,

I am looking for any Yarwood family that have a history of living in the Newcastle upon Tyne area 1820-. My grandfather was orphaned in 1896 and he traveled to America in 1913 where he started our family near Niagara Falls, New York. There were at least two uncles John and Alfred/Frederick. We might have relatives in Canada also or Australia.

Other family names include Beatty & Todd.

Thank you,

Hi Patricia

Happy it helps. I gathered that data 4 years ago + so there may be better and more complete links about them now. Try a simple Google in quotes of the name of one or other of them and you never know.

Colin Yarwood
coliny dot gen09on at 02 dot co dot uk but copy and paste or the numbers and letters can get mixed up!

Kim!

We have been corresponding since you used your TV to view incoming mail!

What was your grandfathers name... just a little vital ;-)

Colin

Hi Colin, it's been a long while!

I have a long history of William Yarwood's

William 1 who came to the Newcastle upon Tyne area around 1820s... his wife's name was Elizabeth ?
William 2 who also married an Elizabeth ( Todd ) from just south of Newcastle.
They lived in a rowhouse, Elswick area of Newcastle.
William 3 who married Mary Ann Beatty who's family was Scotland.
My grandfather was William Alexander Yarwood born in 1892 in Elswick.
My father was William James Yarwood, married to Doris M. ( Gallagher ) recently died on Jan. 7, 2009.

Hi Does anyone have any information on the Yarwoods from Stoke on Trent please-mostly called John. Known as Yarwood- Bartlem for some time. Thank you.

Well, Kim ought to be able to help you, if you are in the same time frame.

However the Burslem Y family are surely linked to the Mow Cop, and ultimately Astbury branch, aren't they? (Bob Y where are you?)

John was the forename of choice for Yarwood First borns in Cheshire and my own West Midlands branch of the family - which is what makes me believe that our twig came fro that area but proving it! There's the rub!

Colin

Hi- I have my mum here now- doreen Yarwood born 1929 and I am trying hopelessly to get information!!!
She just remembers the Yarwoods of Washerwall Lane, Werrington/Norton/Bagnall areas but I am sure they probably came from Cheshire. They were miners, workers in a chemical factory and Peter owned a pub in Leek.
I will get some info on this forum and see if this prompts any info.They seem an elusive lot!
Thank you

go to Familysearch.org

Check out the Yarwoods on the 1881 UK Census in Staffs... your mums Grandparents must be there. If not try Cheshire!

Colin

Greetings,

Is your mother the famous writer on historical costumes and architecture?

Kim James Yarwood

Hi, No sorry Mum not famous for that!

Mum',s grandad was John Simpson Yarwood and grandma Sarah Payne nee Bartlem/Bartlam.Their children were my grandad- John, and others were Hilda,Harry, Fred,Maud, Kitty, Arthur.
My Grandad's dad was called John and marrried Katherine
Broad but need to check that.
Can't get any further back than that. Apparently the Yarwoods are related to James Brindley the famous engineer but this may be through my grandad's marriage to Florence Kidd my grandmother- her family came from the same area as BBrindley.

Pat

All superb stuff but how about a few dates or approx dates and locations for Bs Ds & Ms?

Colin

Hi Colin,
Just in the middle of a house move so just trying to keep up with e mails. Can't find my papers yet to add the dates but hope to find them soon!!! I have not got them on my public tree yet so I cannot easily refer to them. Get back to you as soon as!

You can do this!!! (cit: www.freeBMD.org) but ~:
you said:
My Grandad's dad was called John and marrried Katherine Broad
Freebmd says
Marriages Mar 1862
Broad Catherine  Leek 6b 284  
Yarwood John   Leek 6b 284

you bsaid
Mum's grandad was John Simpson Yarwood and grandma Sarah Payne nee Bartlem/Bartlam.
freebmd
Marriages Mar 1933  
Bartlam Sarah A L  Leek 6b 357  
Yarwood John S Leek 6b 357  

Their children were my grandad- John, Hilda, Harry, Fred, Maud, Kitty, Arthur.

Births Sep 1934   (>99%)
Yarwood Basil J Kidd Leek 6b372 could this be Basil John?

and
John Yarwood Births, greater than 18 years before 1862 (i.e bef 1844) and somewhere near Leek in Cheshire/Staffs

Free BMD offers
Births Mar 1838 
Yarwood John  Congleton 1973

Births Mar 1841  
Yarwood John   Wolstanton 17285

there are others but they are too far away.

... I got there before you!

C

Hi Colin,
I do have all this on my data files so I will upload them onto my tree for you to look at as soon as I can.
Yes, this was Basil John and he was my uncle.
I don't think I found the father or mother of John Yarwood who married Catherine Broad.
Thanks

Hi, The 1838 is the John who married Catherine Broad but stuck at that one now.

hi my dad is a yarwood he lives in bromsgrove worcestershire, his mother was muriel and his dad was reginald leslie yarwood, his dad was born in plymouth in 1899 and died in grimsby in 1969,

Wendy,

I am interested in your dad and particularly your Grandad.

Reginald is a forename much used by one particularbranch of the family in the Glass 'industry'.

Do you know any more than you have mentioned of your Grandad - forenames, dates, places... I may be able to help.

Colin

Hi My g grandmother was Ellen Yarwood (born abt 1854) d of William Jones Yarwood and Mary Farrel. The family lived in Frodsham Cheshire, where William died in 1850. Mother is listed as 'Landed Proprietor' in 1861 census (not sure what this means though!) Ellen went into service, married in Bolton le Moors, Lancashire and went with my g grandfather back to his home town, Settle in Yorkshire; she died in 1936. Would be most interested if anyone has a connection, or knows the earlier family history.

Hi

No wish to doubt you buy if he died in 1850 how was it his daugfhter was born abt 1854? And who is it you describe as "Mother"?

A landed proprietor means she owned property which was let - could be farmland or houses or even Pubs?

I have your William born 1812, mother Ann Jones.

Colin Y

Hi

No wish to doubt you buy if he died in 1850 how was it his daugfhter was born abt 1854? And who is it you describe as "Mother"?

A landed proprietor means she owned property which was let - could be farmland or houses or even Pubs?

I have your William born 1812, Father Joseph Yarwood, Mother Ann Jones. Grandfather John Yarwood Grandmother Elizabeth Robinson.

Colin Y

Hi Colin
Thank you for your info. Typo on my part - William died 1860 (taken from BMD) and I have been looking at 1861 census. His widow Mary was the 'mother' I referred to! I am quite new to family research so any help is welcomed.

hi colin thanks for your reply, my grandad was born in plymouth 7/7/1899 then we think went to live in london but this has not been confirmed, not sure when he came to worcestershire but served with the middlesex regiment and the worcester regiment,he died in grimsby in 1969, my dad was born in worcester in 1930 then moved to bromsgrove, my grandad left my grandmother and dad when my dad was 7 yrs old so haven't got alot of information sorry,look forward to hearing from you soon

OK

What I have found:

www.FreeBMD.org
Births Sep 1899   (>99%)
Yarwood Reginald Leslie  Plymouth Volume:5b Page:214 <- this is the Volume & page number for a certificate if you want one from Plymouth Regn Office.

Marriages Mar 1920   (>99%)
Webb Muriel E Yarwood Worcester 6c253  
Yarwood Reginald L Webb Worcester 6c253  

National Archives Online Document WO 372/22
Medal Card of Yarwood Reginald L Middlesex Regiment 96534 Private Worcestershire Regiment 57726 Private . Medal Card of Yarwood Reginald L Middlesex Regiment 96534 Private Worcestershire Regiment 57726 Private 
Date: 1914 - 1920 <- you can download his medal card for a few £s

What I suspect: Your gt Grandad was possibly George Henry Yarwood - still looking for him.

My Yarwoods were mostly in the City of Birmingham back to 1750. Som e at Belbroughton too but the family were carpeners and moved to bromsgrove where several of my ancestors were born between 1790 and 1803 - they were building thje locks on the B-Worcs Canal. Births regd in the Church on the Hill in Bromsgrove!

Colin

Wendy,

if you go to http://tinyurl.com/34forky

for £2 you can learn all about his Military record.

If you cant understand it copy it to me and Ill do it for you.

I think the Birth Cert is vital mto unlocking your next generation. There are at least 4 possibles and I have data on all of them ;-)

Colin

Wendy

Had a look in the 1901 and 1911 Census Indexes and found this http://tinyurl.com/2vp2af9

Its a leslie but it could explain why he left his family and went to London. In the 1901 he may be called Riggle Yarwood! At that time he is in Bromley.. with Mum?

Colin