Roy There may only be 81 people of the name born in that period but it is less than one per year. As I was born within a year of the man arrested and have a lot of connections with Bristol it is a reasonable assumption that people who have not actually met me or seen a photograph to wonder if I am that person. I have had several off list emails from people on this and other lists saying that they had indeed done that so it was a good job that I sent the email. Chris Jefferies Cheltenham Glos From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Roy Stockdill Sent: 30 December 2010 13:38 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [B&D] Jefferies On 30 Dec 2010 at 12:05, Chris Jefferies wrote: > Its not a good day to be called Chris Jefferies!! > > Yesterday on the TV news when they announced that they had an > interview with the murdered Bristol girl's landlord called Chris > Jefferies I had a very strange feeling as I waited to see what he > looked like. It was a very odd interview and when they first announced > this morning that "someone" had been arrested I knew immediately it > was him. > > I am not aware of anyone else of that name on my tree so if there is a > family connection it is a very distant one as Jefferies is quite a > common surname around Bristol. Perhaps I should try and trace his > family back to see if there is a connection as its always good to have > a connection to someone famous or infamous. Some years ago I Googled > my name and most hits were for someone in Bristol but I don't think it > was him as he I believe is a lecturer and the person I found like me > worked in IT. > You are hardly alone! A quick search of the birth indexes at FMP shows 81 males called Christopher Jefferies born between 1916 and 2006, six of them in Bristol. However, according to press reports, the Chris Jefferies who has been charged was born at Grimsby, Lincolnshire, and this accords with a Christopher J E Jefferies born there in 1945. If you were to read that a Roy Stockdill had been charged with murder I couldn't claim it wasn't me, since I am the only one of the name in the entire birth indexes right from 1837 ! There was only one other of my name in the whole world, as far as I am aware, who was in Texas, but he died in 1983. If anyone ever comes across another, do let me know. -- Roy Stockdill Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1191 / Virus Database: 1435/3347 - Release Date: 12/29/10