Hi Chris, Let me know the results of your research. I checked my JEFFERIES entries in my genealogy file and I don't have a Chris or Christopher. I traced my branch back from Bristol to Siston, Gloucester. It would be interesting to know if the lineage of the accused also goes back there. Regards, Nancy Frey Newcastle, Ontario, CANADA OPC for Ansford & Castle Cary, Somerset Moderator of Yahoo! Catsash Hundred Group Moderator of Yahoo! Glaston Twelve Hides Hundred Group Moderator of Yahoo! NorthWiltshire Group Moderator of Yahoo! SouthWiltshire Group Moderator of Yahoo! WestWiltshire Group Moderator of Yahoo! FULFORD_North Devon Group Moderator of Yahoo! DAVIDGE Connections Group ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Jefferies" <chris.jefferies@blueyonder.co.uk> To: <bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 4:45 AM Subject: [B&S] Jefferies > Its not a good day to be called Chris Jefferies!! > > > > 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. Yesterday on the TV news when they announced that > they had an interview with the murdered 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. > > > > 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 > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I traced my Jefferies with certainty back to my GG grandfather Thomas Jefferies born around the early 1790s. I have a range of 12 year for his birth date from the mid 1780s to mid 1790s but if you ignore the death date and that in the 1841 census you get to a birth date in the early 1890s. He is probably the son of Thomas Jefferies and Hannah Stone baptised at Syston in 1792. This is the parish where most Jefferies, Jefferis etc can be found and I estimate that pre 1800 around 1/3 of the graves are variations of the surname. I have 125 Jefferies on my Tree and I have no other Christopher Jefferies on my tree either. The person in question has now been released on police bail but someone said that he was born somewhere in Lincolnshire but I don't know how true that is. However it is still possible that his ancestors came from the Bristol area originally. Chris Jefferies Cheltenham Glos From: bristol_and_somerset-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:bristol_and_somerset-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Nancy Frey Sent: 03 January 2011 04:52 To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [B&S] Jefferies Hi Chris, Let me know the results of your research. I checked my JEFFERIES entries in my genealogy file and I don't have a Chris or Christopher. I traced my branch back from Bristol to Siston, Gloucester. It would be interesting to know if the lineage of the accused also goes back there. Regards, Nancy Frey Newcastle, Ontario, CANADA OPC for Ansford & Castle Cary, Somerset Moderator of Yahoo! Catsash Hundred Group Moderator of Yahoo! Glaston Twelve Hides Hundred Group Moderator of Yahoo! NorthWiltshire Group Moderator of Yahoo! SouthWiltshire Group Moderator of Yahoo! WestWiltshire Group Moderator of Yahoo! FULFORD_North Devon Group Moderator of Yahoo! DAVIDGE Connections Group ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Jefferies" <chris.jefferies@blueyonder.co.uk> To: <bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 4:45 AM Subject: [B&S] Jefferies > Its not a good day to be called Chris Jefferies!! > > > > 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. Yesterday on the TV news when they announced that > they had an interview with the murdered 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. > > > > 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 > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com 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: 1435/3355 - Release Date: 01/02/11