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Some Special Interests => Travelling People => Topic started by: jal77 on Sunday 05 February 12 17:37 GMT (UK)
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I am looking for the Johnson family who travelled around england circa 1870 - 1900- Elijah Johnson and Sarah Johnson. any help would be great
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Hi and welcome to Rootschat
With a surname like Johnson - we need a lot more information
Where and when were they both born? Have you looked for them on the 1881 census which is free to search at
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=census/search_census.asp
When and where did they marry?
Did they have any children - names and birthyears/birthplaces needed please
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Yes thanks I have found them in 1871 in Durham, and in 1881 in Whitford, Flintshire, but I can't find anybirth records for any of their many children, did travelling people not bother to record births etc. I would love to know more about the circus life aroung this time. Thanks again
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did travelling people not bother to record births etc
Probably not - particularly if they moved around a lot
Are you just looking for info about their life as circus people? Given how long ago that was - that may be difficult
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I am looking for the Johnson family who travelled around england circa 1870 - 1900- Elijah Johnson and Sarah Johnson. any help would be great
What would you like to know? Are you related? Your email address would be better, to keep things private.
Richard
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What would you like to know? Are you related? Your email address would be better, to keep things private.
Richard
Since you both have at least 3 posts you will be able to use PM (Personal Message) to exchange email addresses and personal details that are now allowed to be posted online here.
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Hello,
I only just found this thread and it is years old. But... My Grandmother was Sarah Ellen Johnson married a Hallmark. She was a member of the Johnson Circus, I believe that she rode horses for the circus. I am told that one of her parents was from the Pinder Circus. She gave birth tp my father in 1931, so I am assuming that she was born in the early 1900s
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Hello
Sarah and Elijah Johnson were my two times great grandparents. Their daughter (Mary Ann) Polly Johnson married John Henry Manders, and my Pa (Grandfather) William Walter Manders was one of their four sons.
My Mum was named Polly Johnson Manders after her Nana (grandmother). For some time my Mum lived in her bow topped caravan in Lochwinnoch where they eventually settled, opened a cinema and lived until their deaths.
I have pictures of her caravan and of her if you are interested?
Jacqui
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Jal77 hasn't been logged in since 2013 but NelleR in March of this year so hopefully will see your post.