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. Chris Jefferies Cheltenham Glos

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

We'll have to form a club, Roy.There's nobody else named Joy Pountain either, although there is a wrongly transcribed lady in one of the Censuses - turned out she was really Ivy, written badly!! Kind regards Joy [Pountain] Hungerford Roy Stockdill wrote:- > 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.