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Travelling People / Re: WHITTLE family fairground connection
« on: Sunday 05 October 08 12:48 BST (UK) »
Dear All
As a granddaughter of James Hickey, daughter of James Hickey (son) all of the James Hickey & Sons of Richmond I am sorry to say that your Whittle family is not the same as my grandmother's (Rebecca Whittle).
Hickey's used Traction Engines for heavy haulage and there are still some around today.
They may well have known you family given they repaired boilers and that there was a permanent fair on Kew Green, Richmond, Surrey.
My cousin and grandson of Rebecca Whittle through her first child and marriage to Henry Bradley (she never did marry James Hickey) tels of his Uncle William (Hickey son no 3) knowing fairground people and taking him to the fair.
My Whittles came from Suffolk.
Whittle is a northern name and it is a fairly common name in the north.
My unce had steram boats on the river thames - use for pleasure and if it needed steam or moving the Hickey's were there.
My great claim to fame is that my grandfather James Hickey helped to build Tower Bridge, cutting rivet holes by hand and still more to investigate....
Nic talking to you and I hope this has helped you sort out some of your connections.
As a granddaughter of James Hickey, daughter of James Hickey (son) all of the James Hickey & Sons of Richmond I am sorry to say that your Whittle family is not the same as my grandmother's (Rebecca Whittle).
Hickey's used Traction Engines for heavy haulage and there are still some around today.
They may well have known you family given they repaired boilers and that there was a permanent fair on Kew Green, Richmond, Surrey.
My cousin and grandson of Rebecca Whittle through her first child and marriage to Henry Bradley (she never did marry James Hickey) tels of his Uncle William (Hickey son no 3) knowing fairground people and taking him to the fair.
My Whittles came from Suffolk.
Whittle is a northern name and it is a fairly common name in the north.
My unce had steram boats on the river thames - use for pleasure and if it needed steam or moving the Hickey's were there.
My great claim to fame is that my grandfather James Hickey helped to build Tower Bridge, cutting rivet holes by hand and still more to investigate....
Nic talking to you and I hope this has helped you sort out some of your connections.