It would be worth looking at the, say, 1851 census and following to see what was his actual job. Joining to become engine crew or station staff had a career path from what was effectively apprentice status and it was possible to be moved although not until a senior level. 1848 was during the railway building boom. This was mainly undertaken by navvies and their families living in what were shanty towns. Families would be expected to take in lodgers with mum acting as a boarding house keeper. There were no real records unless the camp was operating at the time of a census. There was a an excellent Time Team edition about the subject. Navvies could come from anywhere. Cheers Paul -----Original Message----- From: DEVON [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of elizabeth Sent: 05 September 2017 17:38 To: [email protected] Subject: [DEV] STOODLEIGH Thanks Graham , that was the very point this enquirer made , why did he move , and I thought it was probably because the excitement of the railways was still very much Bristol and around ......IKB and all of those . will pass this on to the enquirer. -----Original Message----- From: Graham Parnell Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 2017 4:37 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [DEV] STOODLEIGH The line from Tiverton to Bampton, although passing very close to Stoodleigh (a couple of miles from the village centre, but far closer to the parish boundary) but didn't open until 1884. In fact you say that he married in Frocester in 1848, but the railway had then only just reached Devon (1843/4). Far more likely that he moved away from Devon to find work. -----Original Message----- From: DEVON [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: 05 September 2017 15:26 To: DEVON Subject: [DEV] STOODLEIGH Hi, an enquirer on the Glos list has a Mogford ancestor from Stoodleigh , who in 1848 married and was working for a railway in Frocester , Glos . I don`t know Stoodleigh but see from genuki that it is between Bampton and Tiverton , did it ever have its own railway station ? or would a young man have to have got a job at either Bampton or Tiverton ? --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ------------------------------------------ The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/ and the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=devon ------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------ The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/ and the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=devon ------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------ The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/ and the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=devon ------------------------------- 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