No! He was born in 1841 and moved to Wakefield in the late 1870s. He was a platelayer in the 1871 census. I have a photo of him and some other men actually working on the tracks in the Wakefield area. He must have been quite old by then, as he had a white beard! Jill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Jarman" <p.jarman@ntlworld.com> To: <bedford@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2010 8:26 AM Subject: Re: [BDF] Move from Bedfordshire to Derbyshire > 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 > > > > > 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