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Re: johnsons of thorney fen
« Reply #9 on: Monday 20 April 09 20:53 BST (UK) »
thank you all for your sterling work.  I am now much further on, with good leads.

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Re: johnsons of thorney fen
« Reply #10 on: Tuesday 09 June 09 04:31 BST (UK) »
Hi, just joined the forum and landed right in the middle of family. Harriet Johnson was my Grandma, in the 1911 census she is married to Harry Wood in Leicester and her birth is given  transcribed as Chorney, but is actually Thorney if you look at the original. The family legend (i.e no eveidence) was that she was married twice, firstly to a Mr Hallam. This seems to link up with some of your prior responses, I have more info and photos if you need it,

Steve

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Re: johnsons of thorney fen
« Reply #11 on: Tuesday 09 June 09 07:57 BST (UK) »
Welcome to RootsChat Steve  :)

I guess you have found this alredy but there's a marriage

Harriet Hallam - Harry Wood in Jun 1918, Leicester 7a 567

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Re: johnsons of thorney fen
« Reply #12 on: Tuesday 09 June 09 21:10 BST (UK) »

No, In fact I didn't have this many thanks. Harriet was a bit of a hard case it seems. The family legend had it that she left her first marriage to live with Harry, but getting married as late as 1918 was a bit of a surprise, she was listed as Mrs Wood in the 1911 census. To top it all when Harry died she married (shacked up) with another guy, go Harriet   :)

Steve

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Re: johnsons of thorney fen
« Reply #13 on: Tuesday 09 June 09 21:20 BST (UK) »
Hello
Have just seen Leicester man post, I also have Johnsons on my tree. Thomas who married a Lucy Harrold ,in 1868 in Thorney, daug's Mary Ann Emma. son James, Frederick,Alfred.
Do you have any of these names

Zena

     

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Re: johnsons of thorney fen
« Reply #14 on: Tuesday 09 June 09 21:38 BST (UK) »
Quote from: zena 5 on Tuesday 09 June 09 21:20 BST (UK)
Hello
Have just seen Leicester man post, I also have Johnsons on my tree. Thomas who married a Lucy Harrold ,in 1868 in Thorney, daug's Mary Ann Emma. son James, Frederick,Alfred.
Do you have any of these names

Zena

     

Hi Zena, strangely I have none of those names in my tree, I have Sarah, Joseph, Elizabeth and Johnson as Harriets siblings and Ann as her mother, but these ancestors are new to my radar so more research is required my forge a link,

Steve

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Re: johnsons of thorney fen
« Reply #15 on: Tuesday 09 June 09 21:54 BST (UK) »
Hi Steve
It seems the Johnsons were living in Eye on 1881.
Let me know if you find any link

Zena :)
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