This is a copy of a letter sent to Doc. Wainscott it may assist anyone  researching  the 
Wainscotts in England. A effort to contact Mr. Ewen Wainscott resulted in notification of 
his death in 1995. No family records were available in Auckland N.Z. However this provides 
a place in England.  Gene Clark  1998.
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Ewen M. Wainscott, Regd. Architect
PO Box 5958
Auckland, N.Z.

Dear Mr. Wainscott,

For some time now I have been meaning to write you to give you the benefit of what little 
knowledge I know of the Wainscott family.  Finally my cousin Lionel has shamed me into doing 
something about it.  
It is my intention to prepare a schedule containing as much details as possible and forwarding 
it to you at a later date.  In the meantime I shall give you a brief run down on what I know 
about my immediate family.

My name is Ewen Martin Wainscott (Martin being my mother's maiden name).  I was born at 
Frankton, N.Z. 8-Feb. 1920, a first generation N.Z. on my father's side.  My father was 
Joseph Bramwell Wainscott b. Lesk, Staffordshire, Eng. In Sept 18-1888 and migrated to N.Z. 
on the ZONIC in 1907. 
My grandfather was George Wainscott b. Hereford, Herefordshire, Eng. In about 1850 and worked 
on the North Staffordshire R.R. until he died. The family can be traced back by the town 
clerk of Hereford to James Wainscott 1747 but there are no details available from that date 
up to my great grandfather around 1837.  My grandfather George was married twice having one 
son William by his first wife.  William resided in Leek, Staffordshire and I understand he 
died there about 1961.

My father was one of the 2nd family and his mother was Mary Bloor.  Dad was one of a family 
of six boys and four girls, all of which migrated to N.Z. after their father's death about 
1907. For many years we all considered the name unique and we thought we were the only family
of Wainscotts in existence. When I lived in England between 1945-1950 I spent some time 
searching through Archives in Somerset House which records all births, deaths, etc. in 
England.  However these records only goes back to 1834 and all the peoples under the name 
Wainscott (about 12 in all) could be traced to Hereford and they were direct relatives of 
mine.

It wasn't until I visited the United States in 1963 that I realized that the bulk of the 
family had migrated to the USA.  I located Wainscotts in Seattle, San Diege, Tucson, and 
Dallas.  Most did not know whether they were kin or not.  But one thing seems significant, 
many seemed to think their ancestors came from Owens County, Ky. There is a place called 
Wainscott on Long Island USA and a hamlet called Wainscott about 3 miles south of Rochester, 
Kent, Eng.

Apart from my own family there is little else I can give you in details, but I suspect that 
the family could have originated from Wales which is only 12 miles away from Hereford city.  
My reason for this is mainly we are a family generally on the short (5'6"-5'7" in height), 
stockily built, dark hair, premature gray, there is no baldness in our family.  In other 
words, we look Welsh. There is little else I can tell you.  I am an architect.  My present 
position is Deputy City architect to the city of Auckland, N.Z., a position I've held for 
the last 17 years.  Have been married 19 years and have two children Sarah Josephine 
Wainscott b. 1960 and Bramwell Martin Wainscott b. 1961.  I have asked various members of 
the family to send me the family's records.

Sincerely, yours,

Ewen Wainscott

p.s.  The only Wainscott in Australia is Lindray, a cousin who was born in N.Z. (sic)

Charlotte Curlee Ramsey
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cramsey/index.html