Wanted - Sussex males born 1829-1831

[corkcutter]

I am researching a thesis about young Sussex males who moved to London, trying to work out why they came, what they did when they got there and whether they stayed, this is going to be compared with similar work on young men from Devon and from Lancashire.

I would very much like to hear from anyone who had a male Sussex-born ancestor born 1829-1831, who lived in London in the period 1851 - 1861.

If you could contact me, I will let you know what information would be useful to me.

Many thanks in advance.

Cheryl

[peterbees]

 I have been told that (some) of the land in the Weald was not the best for farming and people moved for this reason.
I wonder about this myself. I do think that the change in industry attracted people to learn trades with secured them a working future.

[coombs]

Hi Cheryl

I see no one of the ancestry you describe has posted so I will post mine. It isnt quite the same but might help you.

In 1861 my 47year old ggg grandfather Thomas Roberts, a Domestic Servant was living in Brighton, Sussex. His wife Esther died in 1863 and he and his 12 year old daughter Ann then moved to London in 1864 and married my ggg gran Mary Ann Walder who was only 24 in July of that year. She was born in 1839 in Warninglid, Sussex and I believe they might have met in Sussex then moved to Hackney, London in late 1863 or early 1864 as once Thomas moved to London, he carried on for a while as a servant in Hackney and then Bow before turning to a warehouseman and then soap boiler.

Still, in the mid 1860s something was a strong enough force to make then leave sunny seaside Brighton and move to smoky London.

Ben

[Romilly]

Hi Cheryl,

My Great/Great/Grandfather, William Dyer, born (approx) 1830, moved from East Grinstead, Sussex to Lewisham, in (approx) 1860. His family were all workers in wood on East Grinstead Common. He was a pale render, & then also became a Park Ranger in South London.

HTH, Romilly.