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Family History Beginners Board / Re: National Assitance records
« on: Tuesday 16 October 12 20:15 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for your reply.

Ah well, looks like I'll never get the answers. Always assuming they would have answered them anyway.

Thanks again

Sue

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: National Assitance records
« on: Monday 15 October 12 19:35 BST (UK)  »
Thank you for that. I'll contact them tomorrow.

Sue

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: National Assitance records
« on: Monday 15 October 12 19:18 BST (UK)  »
Hi again.

Their names were Susan Jane Hardy and Thomas George Hardy. The childrens' names were Frederick (1919), Kathleen (1921), Albert (1923)

The last record of Susan and Tom was in Humberston nr Grimsby, Lincolnshire and then Susan was in Grimsby when she registered my Dad's birth. (a very late registering)

Sorry it's a bit sketchy but I need to look out some old info if you need more. Just let me know if you do.

Many thanks

Sue

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: National Assitance records
« on: Monday 15 October 12 18:58 BST (UK)  »
Hi
Thanks for replying.

Basically, my grandfather left his family when my Dad was 6 months old (approx). This would be mid 1924. I know she was on NA for some years as my Dad remembers them coming round to assess her goods and needs. What I hope is to find any record of interviews that took place as the family has various stories as to what happened to my grandad. He has never been heard of since the day he walked out. My grandmother would never talk about him and I would dearly love to answer some of the many questions. Obviously she would have had to tell some of it to the board.
Thanks again
Sue

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Family History Beginners Board / National Assitance records
« on: Monday 15 October 12 18:25 BST (UK)  »
Hi. Can anyone tell me how long any National Assistance records are 'locked'? My grandmother went on it in 1923/4 after her husband deserted her and their 3 children. She died in 1953.
Any help most appreciated
Sue

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The Common Room / Re: Curiosity on ancesters moving around
« on: Friday 29 August 08 08:44 BST (UK)  »
Hi Carole.

Lincolnshire is agricultural, ie. cereal crops as well as vegetables. It's the largest food growing county in England. Big fields and big skies - it's beautiful. But then I'm prejudiced being born here and living here.  ;D

I appreciate that 'farmworkers' may have moved looking for work, I just find it odd that they moved where they did as there were far better areas for farming at this time. Holbeach area was mostly fenland and marshy and around this time many drains were being dug to claim drier land from the sea. But 'mine' always show up as ag labs etc not draindiggers or similiar. Perhaps they were replacing farmworks who moved to draindigging??

As I said I can understand them moving into Lincolnshire, it's just the regularity with which they visited Long Sutton and then back to Dereham that makes me curious. And not just 'my' family but many others too.

Sue


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The Common Room / Curiosity on ancesters moving around
« on: Thursday 28 August 08 22:33 BST (UK)  »
Hi all

I have something bothering me the last few years.

At first I was curious as to why 2 branches of my Norfolk line kept drifting between East Dereham, Norfolk and Long Sutton, Lincs.  A couple of the families, 1 Mayes, and 1 Hardy, had most children in E.D. then one would turn up born L. S, both middle children. Then I discovered that my Huntingdonshire branch, Clarke's, all moved to Fleet, nr Long Sutton around 1900. Now they had been firmly ensconced in Hunts, occasionally London, for 200 years at least. The result was that both branches met and intermarried - 2 generations of them. (My widowed gt grandmother Clarke met my widowed gt grandfather, Hardy, and married in1907.  Her daughter and his son ran off to Grimsby and became my grandparents, 1918

The Hardys and Mayes were at it mid 1850's onwards, Hardys finally settling in Long Sutton in c1898,  Mayes staying in E.D.

So, anyone have any idea what the attraction in the Holbeach area was. Incidently they were all farm workers.

Incidently, during my research I've often come across other families in Long Sutton/Holbeach who were born East Dereham.

Ideas most welcome

Sue

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Lincolnshire Lookup Requests / Re: 1861/71 Census please
« on: Thursday 28 August 08 12:44 BST (UK)  »
Hi

Oh dear, now I am confused. The other main part of my Hardy family is Mayes! That is 'my' Hannah and Harriets' parents were Samuel Hardy and Ann Mayes. I have Hannah's parents marriage from East Dereham PRs 1836 and Hannahs' birth from GRO (not the cert though) 1838.

Need to think about this one.

Anyway, thanks for looking for me, most appreciated

Sue

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Norfolk / Re: Census entry 'Relief'
« on: Thursday 28 August 08 12:21 BST (UK)  »
Thanks Toni

I'll give them a try

Sue

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