Hi Daisy Loo,
How interesting! There is a manor at Waddesden, but you probably know that.
My family are mainly from Radnage, near High Wycombe.
One branch I have been able to trace to my 9th great grandad Ralph Stone, born 1555 Princes Risborough. Thanks to a diligent vicar who kept records and a dear distant relative I met via GenesReunited. My 7th great grandad moved to Radnage.
My 3rd gt granny Stone married into the Ing family and my granny was an Ing before marrying my grandad. The Ings I have traced back to Elisha born 1659 in Haddenham, Bucks. He married in Hedgerley Bucks but they lived in West Wycombe of which there is a postcard kindly donated by Daniel above.
Well my 2nd grt grandad born Radnage. married Stokenchurch and died in Oxfordshire.
This sounds like a very "Bucks" family but it is not actually. My 3rd gt granny, born in Radnage, had a sister who married a young man who grew up in Radnage and he was originlly a negro slave boy. He and my 3rd gt aunt remained in Radnage
but then the family moved right across England and finally into Wales and then right across Wales to the furthest corner within a few miles of my home now. Small world. The descendents are very fair skinned now too!
Daisy Loo, my ancestors were in the wood business but less skilled than yours. Anther branch who married into the Ing family were originally Romanies. They lived and worked fashioning the timber in the woods around High Wycombe. They worked themselves up from common woodmen to furniture manufacturers. Funny enough, I have worked for a High Wycombe furniture factory and my husband worked for the same company, G Plan, and hubby also worked for Ercol.
Small world. Would love to hear about your ancestors when you can spare the time. Ann
