whepstead... Farrow/Seeley

[JustinL]

I live rather a complicated existence. My home (wife and kids) is in Dublin, but I spend the working week in Heysham (near Morecambe). Neither are exactly close to Suffolk.

Pat - I shall investigate your SLH site. I am very eager to learn more about the hard lives of Suffolk ancestors.

I have been in touch with a couple of other distant cousins in recent years, so I have a very extensive Farrow family tree. I shall devise a way of sharing it with you.

I have just noticed that JJ's and George's uncle George (1831-1883) served in the Coldstream Guards for 22 years, including in places such as the Crimea!

Justin

[Suffolk Mawther]

Hello Justin,

The web site for Suffolk Local History Council is being changed and updated, however whether you find the new or the old version, you should find a page that gives the titles of lots of articles that have been published in our 'Review' in the past, these often relate to the working lives of our ancestors.
You can order a copy of any article for the cost of the postage.

We publish a Newsletter and a Review in Spring and Autumn, we are a non-profit making charity supporting local history groups/museums throughout Suffolk.  There are also in the region of 280 Local History Recorders in parishes throughout the county, I recruited a new LHR only yesterday.

Pat ...
who should be doing SLHC work today 

[patridee]

 Hi Justin. Thanks for the info on George.. I have just discovered another distant
 cousin in Australia...   She is the granddaughter of Rachel married George
 Freestone and the emigrated in 1924, I am in contact with her.

 Would be glad to fill you in on the suffolk side if you need any help.


  Regards  Pat

[norfolk woman]

I found him in the 1871 census as a farmer. Then the researcher in the records office,at
Bury loooked in one of her directories and found him at Dodds farm. She photo copied it
for me, and also the ordanance survey map of the area and a sale notice for the farmhouse, buildings, cottage, gardens and 17 acres of land. This belonged to a Mr. John Mead.
 So I am thinking this could be when John James went to live in sheffield. He is there in the 1881 census with a wife Phaney, born in Yorkshire, they have 3 children Alice 4, Annie 3, and Arthur 1 ( my grandfather). 

I haven't found where out where John and Rachel where at this point yet.

[norfolk woman]

hi Patridee
I was interested in your post as I live at dodds cottage whepstead [ex dodds farm] I think I may have missed you earlier in the year? I have been working on the history of the house and hadn't found records  of any farrows so would be interested in the information you found and the sales particulars -what was the date of this? I do have a photo of a group of Farrows outside the house in the 1920s and could send copy and details if required. These people were all from London but they thought that Farrows had previously lived in the house.
I think we have Had at least 3 different lots of Farrow relatives call round in the last few years!
Norfolk woman

[patridee]

Hi norfolkwoman, Yes I did call at the cottage twice this year and missed you both times.
As I said in one of my post I got the information on Dodds cottage from Bury St. Edmunds record office. If you want I will send you copies of them. I would love copies of photo' s and any information you can give me.

I thought I had come to a dead end with this line of my research.

Regards Patridee

[JustinL]

Hello Norfolk Woman,

Welcome to Rootschat.

My grandmother's branch of this Farrow family had been in London since the late 1870s.

The photo sounds very interesting indeed; I would love to see it.

Justin

[norfolk woman]

Hi Patridee and Justin, happy to send you copy of the photo, it was given to me by a Farrow relative who lives locally. Being new to Roots chat -how do we exchange addresses without telling the world? By the way- Whepstead now has a good village website which I understand has been used by one or two others to help with their research.
Try to call again next time you are in the village! Norfolk woman

[patridee]

 Hi Norfolk Woman if you go into the help file at the top of the page, you will receive instructions on how to send personel messages. Then no one can read your messages,they are only seen by the person you send them to.

  Patridee