Hi all from another distant cousin (with a silly screenname that was a nickname from schooldays...anyway...)
Right, here's my two penneth: James and Rachel's youngest son was Henry (Harry) William (1869-1957), he had three children (Mary Elizabeth (1918-2009), John Owen (1921- ) and James William Romaine (1924-2010)), and James W R had five children, of whom I am number 4 (born 1973). So this makes me James and Rachel's great grandson.
It may sound strange that there are so few generations between me and James & Rachel, but Dad was 49 when I was born and his father was 55 when he was born. So that's 104 years to span just three generations...
Grandad William (as I've always referred to him, although obviously I never knew him) was born behind a pub in Whepstead. Per his own notes about his early life, at the time (1869) his family was living at Fern Hill Cottage (presumably now Fern Hill Stud, Brockley Road, Whepstead). I don't know the age of the pubs but the two nearest ones are apparently the Wigwam and the Stag, so I would guess he was born behind one of them. He writes that a few years later his father rented a 20 acre farm which would have been Dodds Green Farm.
I have a brief timeline of his life and key events including his three marriages and time spent in London before moving back to Bury St Edmunds and opening an ironmonger's shop in Woolhall Street -the building is still there but I last heard that it was a nail bar. I also have an Excel-based family tree for which I can take very little credit,which I've compiled from info supplied by my cousin (the son of John Owen Farrow, who has been working on this for many years) and a John Farrow who may be a very distant relation but is not a descendant of George Farrow (1770-1846) and Mary (1762-1843), so there may be some errors and there are certainly some omissions.
If you would like me to share more of what I have, including a few photos, please get in touch! Similarly, I'd be interested to fill in a few gaps.
Steve
