Perhaps work was in short supply in Bedfordshire at that time and they thought it was worth the risk. My Gt.grandfather moved from Tempsford to Wakefield at about the same time. He was a platelayer on the railways and family legend has it that he was involved in building the line that runs just outside Tempsford. As they grew up all his sons found work with the railway company in the Wakefield area as well, so it was a good move! Jill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Poile" <kevin.poile@googlemail.com> To: <bedford@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 11:25 PM Subject: [BDF] Move from Bedfordshire to Derbyshire > Hi listers, > > Whilst working on expanding my wife's Bedfordshire lines and tracing > them through the 1851 to 1901 censuse - I noticed that several > families seem to have moved to Derbyshire broadly between 1871 and > 1891. > > I have been puzzling this one for a while and today came across yet > another family that seems to have done the same. > > So my question is was there a concerted effort to move families to > Derbyshire or is this something the families did on their own? It > seems a long way to travel (83 miles in a straight line - according to > "Parish Locater") on the off change that there will be work. > > I have heard of a scheme where families moved north, travelling by > canal I believe, to work in the mills but none of the people involved > seem to have jobs in mills a few go and work in the Mines. > > Looking forward to the replies. > > Kevin > > Top 4 Bedfordshire interests are FISHER, BONNER, BURROWS and > SUMMERFIELD - then all the families that interconnect to these. > > > > The List Guidelines > > http://bedfordrootsweb.blogspot.com/ > > The Bedfordshire Surnames List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/bedf.html > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BEDFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

The line through Tempsford opened around 1850, and was extended to four tracks around 1890 - does this tie up with your family folk lore? Peter Jarmam -----Original Message----- From: bedford-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:bedford-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jill Blain Sent: 16 January 2010 00:01 To: bedford@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BDF] Move from Bedfordshire to Derbyshire Perhaps work was in short supply in Bedfordshire at that time and they thought it was worth the risk. My Gt.grandfather moved from Tempsford to Wakefield at about the same time. He was a platelayer on the railways and family legend has it that he was involved in building the line that runs just outside Tempsford. As they grew up all his sons found work with the railway company in the Wakefield area as well, so it was a good move! Jill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Poile" <kevin.poile@googlemail.com> To: <bedford@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 11:25 PM Subject: [BDF] Move from Bedfordshire to Derbyshire > Hi listers, > > Whilst working on expanding my wife's Bedfordshire lines and tracing > them through the 1851 to 1901 censuse - I noticed that several > families seem to have moved to Derbyshire broadly between 1871 and > 1891. > > I have been puzzling this one for a while and today came across yet > another family that seems to have done the same. > > So my question is was there a concerted effort to move families to > Derbyshire or is this something the families did on their own? It > seems a long way to travel (83 miles in a straight line - according to > "Parish Locater") on the off change that there will be work. > > I have heard of a scheme where families moved north, travelling by > canal I believe, to work in the mills but none of the people involved > seem to have jobs in mills a few go and work in the Mines. > > Looking forward to the replies. > > Kevin > > Top 4 Bedfordshire interests are FISHER, BONNER, BURROWS and > SUMMERFIELD - then all the families that interconnect to these. > > > > The List Guidelines > > http://bedfordrootsweb.blogspot.com/ > > The Bedfordshire Surnames List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/bedf.html > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BEDFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message The List Guidelines http://bedfordrootsweb.blogspot.com/ The Bedfordshire Surnames List http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/bedf.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEDFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.432 / Virus Database: 270.14.142/2623 - Release Date: 01/15/10 07:35:00

A daughter from my family Elizabeth Copperwaite moved in 1891 (Bedford to Derbyshire and married 1892) to a David Payne who was born in Bedford and he moved between census 1881 and 1891. I could not work out why they moved and with a guess I thought there may had been a falling out of families, therefore the move. Your explanation seems to be the reason Stella; work. Thank you for this Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jill Blain" <jill.blain1@btopenworld.com> To: <bedford@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2010 11:00 AM Subject: Re: [BDF] Move from Bedfordshire to Derbyshire > Perhaps work was in short supply in Bedfordshire at that time and they > thought it was worth the risk. > My Gt.grandfather moved from Tempsford to Wakefield at about the same > time. > He was a platelayer on the railways and family legend has it that he was > involved in building the line that runs just outside Tempsford. As they > grew > up all his sons found work with the railway company in the Wakefield area > as > well, so it was a good move! > > Jill > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kevin Poile" <kevin.poile@googlemail.com> > To: <bedford@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 11:25 PM > Subject: [BDF] Move from Bedfordshire to Derbyshire > > >> Hi listers, >> >> Whilst working on expanding my wife's Bedfordshire lines and tracing >> them through the 1851 to 1901 censuse - I noticed that several >> families seem to have moved to Derbyshire broadly between 1871 and >> 1891. >> >> I have been puzzling this one for a while and today came across yet >> another family that seems to have done the same. >> >> So my question is was there a concerted effort to move families to >> Derbyshire or is this something the families did on their own? It >> seems a long way to travel (83 miles in a straight line - according to >> "Parish Locater") on the off change that there will be work. >> >> I have heard of a scheme where families moved north, travelling by >> canal I believe, to work in the mills but none of the people involved >> seem to have jobs in mills a few go and work in the Mines. >> >> Looking forward to the replies. >> >> Kevin >> >> Top 4 Bedfordshire interests are FISHER, BONNER, BURROWS and >> SUMMERFIELD - then all the families that interconnect to these. >> >> >> >> The List Guidelines >> >> http://bedfordrootsweb.blogspot.com/ >> >> The Bedfordshire Surnames List >> >> http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/bedf.html >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> BEDFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > The List Guidelines > > http://bedfordrootsweb.blogspot.com/ > > The Bedfordshire Surnames List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/bedf.html > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BEDFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I too have a family which moved from Great Barford, Beds to Lincolnshire. It has been interesting reading the threads. I had a brick wall for about 15 years, with my INGRAM aka THOMPSON until I was helped by a member of the Bedfordshire Mailing List. Three brothers moved from Great Barford to Brigg in Lincolnshire, they all consistenty gave their place of birth in each Census as Great Barford, but there was no trace of them in the Great Barford PR's. James b 1801, George b 1805 and Samuel b 1809 each married a Lincolnshire lass and spent the rest of their lives in and around Brigg. Their occupations were at various times, Porter in the workhouse, Shoemaker, Gardeners, Bricklayers, and later, builder, Innkeeper. I could never understand their move from Bedfordshire, then came the breakthrough when a wonderful Beds List member looked at the parish registers for me for Great Barford and found the Burial of John INGRAM aka THOMPSON in 1817. John was my 3 x Gt Grandfather Sometime between John's death and 1831 when the first of the brothers marries in Bigby, Brigg at that time had no church so the population used the nearby village of Bigby for BMD's. With this new information I was able to trace John's widow, Elizabeth nee WOOTTON, she also had moved to Lincolnshire, bringing their daughter. Elizabeth. Elizabeth Snr and all her children were using the surname THOMPSON. Now my problem is, why the change of name????? The family must have moved to obtain work, but why come north to Lincs? none of the boys were agricultural workers. Pat in Grimsby, Lincs -