Yelf Births 1830-1860

A good few years ago I found myself between jobs and took the opportunity to spend the time researching the Yelfs at the old St Catherine's House. I can't guarantee the results were 100% correct, that I haven't missed any or that everything was transcribed correctly but they may be of use to those doing a little research of their own. The records were broken down in quarters as indicated. These are all YELF records unless otherwise noted. Remember the registers were started in 1837 but took a while for everyone to comply so there may be gaps. And finally, there will be more to follow...

• 1837 Sept: CLARA WHEELER (IOW)
• 1838 Mar: CLARA (IOW)
• 1838 Jun: ROBERT (WINCHESTER)
• 1838 Sept: ALFRED (IOW)
• 1839 Sept: EMILY BROOKS (IOW)
• 1840 Mar: WILLIAM (IOW)
• 1840 Jun: MARY ANN (READING)
• 1840 Dec: RICHARD ADOLPHUS (IOW)
• 1841 Jun: SARAH LOUISE (IOW)
• 1841 Sept: KATE CRESSWELL (IOW)
• 1842 Mar: EMMA (IOW)
• 1842 Jun: SARAH JANE (WINDSOR)
• 1843 Mar: HARRY SOUTHAMPTON
• 1843 Sept: 'MALE' (STH. STONEHAM)
• 1844 Mar: ERNEST MEREDITH (IOW)
• 1844 Sept: MARY JANE (STH. STONEHAM)
• 1845 Mar: FANNY (IOW)
• 1845 Sept: EDWARD GEORGE (WINDSOR)
• 1846 Jun: SARAH HANNAH (STH. STONEHAM)
• 1847 Jun: JOSEPH (IOW)
• 1848 Dec: WILLIAM THOMAS (CAMBERWELL)
• 1849 Sept: FANNY NUNN (IOW)
• 1849 Sept: GEORGE (IOW)
• 1850 Jun: CAROLINE (STH. STONEHAM)
• 1850 Dec: HARRY HAUGHTON (IOW)
• 1850 Dec: ROBERT (IOW)
• 1852 Mar: ELLEN (IOW)
• 1852 Mar: HELEN (STH. STONEHAM)
• 1855 Dec: ERNEST CHARLES (IOW)
• 1856 Dec: JANE ( RADFORD)
• 1857 Mar: ANNIE ELIZABETH (ST. GEO. HANOVER SQ.)
• 1857 Jun: GERTRUDE ALICE (IOW)
• 1859 Mar: BLANCHE EMILY (IOW)
• 1859 Mar: GEORGE HENRY (PORTSEA)
• 1860 Mar: ELIZA MARY HOLME (IOW)
• 1860 Jun: THOMAS HARRY (ST. MARTIN)
• 1860 Jun: WALTER FREDERICK (IOW)
  

Yelf Bottle top

Well it's been a while since my last post, but put that down to a lack of new items coming in and an absorption with my 'Faded London' website, which takes up quite a chunk of my available time. However a nice little item came up recently on ebay. This was for a Yelf beer bottle top, something that wouldn't only be interesting on its own merits, but because I happen to own a couple of top-less Yelf beer-bottles myself!

£2.99 and a week or so later here it is perched at a jaunty angle on it's new home.

I think that brewing some beer and bottling up with this old relic might be taking it a bit far, but it's certainly nice to have the two back together again.

Of course I didn't buy it on its own - some other Isle of Wight bottle tops came along with it
The breweries represented are

The Ventnor Brewery
Dear & Morgan - Cowes
F. Saunders - Shanklin
Henry Adams - Ryde
Randall & Co - Ryde

I suppose my other Yelf Beer bottle will have to make do with an inferior stopper for the meantime, but the vendor mentioned another exciting object to keep my eyes open for "I have a... stoneware stout bottle from Yelfs. Very collectable..." Eyes peeled then!