Four Trees - Our Great Grandfathers

[BattyB]

All worked in agriculture in one way or another - no wonder I panic when I stray into towns !

William DOBLE - 1830 - 1908
John HARRIS - 1861 (still looking for his death date)
James STRAWBRIDGE - 1860 - 1903
Thomas VINCENT - 1846 - 1917

[grandma]

I,ve got  3 accounted for and one suspect.

Fred Sykes, b.1843 Huddersfield,. Letterpress printer
Henry Rodwell, b. 1842,  d. 1844, Watford.  Auctioneer
George Craig, b. 1825, d. 1898, Hamilton. Furnace man.

And here,s our suspect..My grandfather was illigimate, James Lynch Ferrigan. b. Edinburgh.We have found a James Lynch, living nearby, who could be the guilty party. However he died tragically, by falling down a flight of steps while under the influence. And as both his son and brother died without issue we,re afraid the line has petered out. However, I have talked my brother into sending in his DNA to A*****y, so maybe we will get an answer some day. Stranger things have happened. Keep your fingers crossed for me.

Mary

[phil56]

As a newcomer to RootsChat (what a great site, and so many helpful people) I thought I need a bit of practice, so here are my four GG'S:

Frederick Thomas Brown.  b: Winchester 1848 d: Winchester 1938, Draper. He worked for then owned the family Drapery business in Winchester High Street

Frederick Charles Hansford.   b: Beaminster, Dorset 1864 d: Winchester 1950, Post Master, ran a Post Office in Burgess Road southampton for over forty years.

Albert Gard.  b: Bristol 1871  d: Winchester 1942 Taylor. He supplied the school uniforms to Winchester College for many years.

Charles Bennett Lloyd. b:Birmingham 1859 d Stoke Charity, nr Winchester 1924. Vicar. He was based in several parishes in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, he had the foresight to document his family history.

In summary, I think all four were quite respected gentlemen setting the standards for later generations, it was however discovered a few years ago that one of them (not saying which one) did father a child before marriage !    

[Zelley]

As a newcomer to RootsChat (what a great site, and so many helpful people) I thought I need a bit of practice, so here are my four GG'S:

Frederick Thomas Brown.  b: Winchester 1848 d: Winchester 1938, Draper. He worked for then owned the family Drapery business in Winchester High Street

Frederick Charles Hansford.   b: Beaminster, Dorset 1864 d: Winchester 1950, Post Master, ran a Post Office in Burgess Road southampton for over forty years.

Albert Gard.  b: Bristol 1871  d: Winchester 1942 Taylor. He supplied the school uniforms to Winchester College for many years.

Charles Bennett Lloyd. b:Birmingham 1859 d Stoke Charity, nr Winchester 1924. Vicar. He was based in several parishes in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, he had the foresight to document his family history.

In summary, I think all four were quite respected gentlemen setting the standards for later generations, it was however discovered a few years ago that one of them (not saying which one) did father a child before marriage !    

Good additions, and fathering a child before marriage is likely par for the course
in many family trees.

[toni*]

Charles Bennett Lloyd. b:Birmingham 1859 d Stoke Charity, nr Winchester 1924. Vicar. He was based in several parishes in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, he had the foresight to document his family history.

LUCKY YOU! 

[Ermintrude46]

My lot are:

William Thomas Barton bn. 1861 in Rotherfield, East Sussex, father was an ag lab.  As a young man, worked as an ostler in the local Railway Hotel, then moved to London as a domestic coachman.  Married Jane Maria Sylvester in 1884 and had six children born in six different towns in southern England and Wales.  Jane was a non-conformist, and her grandfather's home in Farlington, Hampshire was licenced as a non-conformist meeting house.  William's line is the only one to have yielded a single "gentleman" and even he was probably exaggerating!

Charles Hinton bn. 1864 in Bentworth, Hampshire, father was a footman to a Rector who had moved to Hampshire from Worcestershire.  As a young man, worked as a gardener to the Rector before moving to London as a domestic coachman.  Married Mary Jane Chalker in 1894 and had ten children in fourteen years (only six survived infancy) before dying of fatty heart at the age of 44.  His premature death split the family up with four of the children going into homes and two into service.  Am (impatiently) awaiting detailed information from the Children's Society about the family situation after his death.

Richard Joshua Jones bn. 1860 in Poplar, Middlesex, father (and grandfather and great grandfather) was a shipwright.  Shipbuilding in Deptford was dying so Richard became a painter and decorator, married 17 year old Charlotte Ann Rumble only just in time in 1884 and went on to have a further 13 children - all eight sons worked on the Docks.  Had two thumbs on his right hand (as did two of his sons) and his grandmother pleaded guilty to manslaughter at the Old Bailey in 1836.

John Hindle bn. 1855 in Darlington, Durham, father a shoemaker.  Worked as a brakesman in an iron foundary before moving to Erith, Kent to another iron foundary in about 1884.  Married Eliza Mary Smith in 1880, the gothic silver locket she was given as a wedding present is my proudest possession.  Had four children, three 'ooop north' and one in Kent.

Ermy

[danuslave]

Just found this thread and it's fascinating, but I don't understand this

I can only locate three because my grandfather didn't exist until his marriage in 1907 therefore no gt.grandad!

Did he just beam in from outer space or was he given a completely new identity for some reason??

Linda

[Jellis]

My great grandfathers are:

1/ Uknown father of Charles George Cookson - please report to me if you read this
2/ Charles Jackson born 1860 Northampton
3/ William Bird born 1857 Rugby Warks
4/ John William Knott born 1848 Hinderclay Suffolk

Number 1 means I can go no further with that line, unfortunately.   

Janet

[julianb]

1/ Uknown father of Charles George Cookson - please report to me if you read this

LOL. I know the feeling well.

I gave my great grandparents Frank and Annie Baker a very good talking to for not getting married, when I visited their grave earlier this year.  While I know something of Annie's forebears (well her mother at least), Frank has left me with a very big headache - he was one of two of that name born in 1857 in the Nottingham area who became carpenters, but which one?