SHELVOCK / SHELVOKE / SHILVOCK ONE NAME STUDY


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Welcome & Overview, Background, Myths Exploded, Quotable Quotes, Awards, Site Search

Introduction

About these webpages

Shelvock Location
Geography & Geomorphology

Origins of the Family Name
Earliest origins of the family names

Where & When?
Occurrence of the family names from the C16th - present day

A History of Shelvock Manor
The place and local environs providing the family name as well as some other associated families

The SHELVOKEs
The story of engineering prowess and how a family name will become extinct in modern times

The SHELVOCKs
The story of one couple's destiny to preserve the original family name from extinction

A Brief History of Halesowen
The town that became the centre for the modern family name of SHILVOCK

Demography and Statistics
What the data is telling us

Noted People

An offbeat listing of anyone with a notable recorded history

Commonwealth War Graves, Memorials
The names of those who served in the armed forces, those who sacrificed their lives and other stories

Researchers and Family Contacts
Names and email addresses from around the World

Data Bank
Birth, Death & Marriage Indices, census information and other public domain data from around the World.

SHELVOCK One Name Study:Family Trees (1581-present day)

SHILVOCK One Name Study:Family Trees (1639-present day)

"Most Wanted"
Enquiries still seeking an answer - maybe you can help?

SHELVOCK - The Music
6 sets of instrumental music inspired by the place and history.
Composed and played by the Webauthor

Contact Info


- INTRODUCTION -

About These Webpages

2007 marks the tenth year of this study on the Web. Curiosity turned into fascination about a very strange family name. This group of extremely rare surnames lends itself to an interesting One-Name Study (ONS) to which these webpages are dedicated. After more than a quarter of century onward I continue to compile all references of the names and their variants worldwide. Although is not an official one-name study (such as defined by membership of GOONS) it is currently recognised as the definitive resource for this group of family names. I am still seeking new information, so if you have info I don't have, please let me know.

The creation of the CreativeGraces.net domain has allowed this ONS to develop and be recognised by the genealogical community. The website has been redesigned as part of the greater Genealogical Index and now appears with one of the highest rankings in Google should anyone search for the names. Ten years ago there was very little on the Web concerning these names, but now an enormous amount of new data is appearing and thousands of links to both people and (often repeated) references. I am researching and reviewing what the web has to offer. While I don't particularly like to have external links on my pages I find that I am having to introduce more and more to expand the current content. I regret if you find any subsequent external link broken and would ask you to let me know so I can remove it. I am very selective and check them periodically.

This ONS began as an attempt to link my C18th SHILVOCK family in Birmingham, Warwickshire (WAR), England, with those of the nearby greater Black Country area. The Black Country is part of the industrial West Midlands, west of Birmingham, and includes parts of southern Staffordshire (Staffs. - STS), northern Worcestershire (Worcs. - WOR) and originally a small part of Shropshire (Salop - SAL) that became part of Worcestershire after the 1850's. Despite the foreign-sounding name, the answers lay much closer to home and close to where I was born. Much of the evidence was buried in historic texts and clan memory. The roots were found tucked away in a quiet corner of Shropshire forgotten by most of the family.

My particular branch of the family remains unconnected but could be connected to SHILVOCK in nearby Romsley & Halesowen, part of the nearby inlier of Salop, or directly back to Salopian families of SHELVOCK. Research has travelled back from the modern Black Country (where the name became SHILVOCK) to Shropshire and the ancient Domesday Manor of Shelvock.

I am committed to maintaining a worldwide co-ordination function for all data on this group of families. The information supplied by other researchers and related family members is acknowledged. All occurrences of the name and families worldwide are of interest, all of whom in varying degrees have contributed to the worldwide knowledge of the greater family tree. The information contained in these pages is all that can be researched from worldwide public domain sources, including Internet, libraries, telephone catalogues, etc., as well as personal communications. No private, non-public domain information is included without the permission of the contributing family concerned.

While you are reading, I hope you will take time to download and listen to the six pieces of music on my Shelvock CD inspired by this genealogy, and share in both my love of family history and music. The album cover is a landscape I photographed at Shelvock and has also been used as this website's "favicon". I welcome all constructive feedback and look forward to a dialogue on any relevant topic.

© Mark A S Grace, September 2008 update - Geneva, Switzerland

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