OK, that's interesting. That's exactly what I wondered, whether one parish or many, would you still be a sojourner ? Looking at the censuses from 1841, the "Wossen" name hardly exists anymore, anywhere in England, although "Wassen" is more plentiful. I found the marriage of the base-born Mary Wossen and it is "Wozzen" ! (See IGI and other sources). So the name is something of a "moveable feast" but at least we can work out how it was meant to sound. Francis ----- Original Message ----- From: "dubhda2" <david.dowd@btinternet.com> To: <eng-hampshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2008 9:49 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-HANTS] Meaning of SOJOURNER > Hi Francis, > my guess is that Wossen is derived from a place-name, probably from > Woolston > (just across the River Itchen from Southampton [there are others]) - my > reason for saying this is that Wosencroft is definitely from > Woolstonecroft > [i.e., Wolstancroft]). > > You need only move one parish away to be regarded as a sojourner by the > parish authorities, ever-mindful of possible drains on the parish rates > (sojourners, rather than residents, could be returned to their birth > parish > if they turned out to be an expense). > > Old Milton was more than one parish away so qualifies well. New Milton > (1904) even further and Milton proper is in Soiuthampton. > > Regards, David > > > ............................................. > Want to contact the local community? > Please visit Hampshire Parish Jottings > http://hants.parishjottings.org.uk > ............................................. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-HAMPSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message