May I also add the Swinerds also went to South Africa and Zanzibar. Most of then travelled abroad to work on various railways after having worked in the Ashford Railway works. Philip ----- Original Message ----- From: "A Swinerd" <a.swinerd@btinternet.com> To: <eng-ken-woodchurch@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 7:59 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-KEN-WOODCHURCH] Catherine DITTON > Descendents of the Swineyard/Swinyard/Swynyard family, Woodchurch based > 1630 > to 1750, are > now living in America, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and Brazil. > Regards > Dave Swinerd > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gary Samson" <gsamson@goldbern.co.uk> > To: <eng-ken-woodchurch@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2007 6:52 PM > Subject: Re: [ENG-KEN-WOODCHURCH] Catherine DITTON > > >> Martin, I suspect we might have reached pandemic proportions by now! It >> would certainly be interesting to find out how many countries have >> settled and resident families that originated from Woodchurch. >> Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the US are obvious destinations that >> we already know about but I wonder how many other Woodchurch families >> there are living in less obvious, non-English-speaking countries. If you >> know of any, please let me know and I'll compile a list. >> >> Gary Samson >> Canterbury, Kent >> >> NOW Available Online! 'A Stroll Around the Green' >> www.goldbern.co.uk/woodchurch/stroll.htm >> >> >> Martin Willcocks said the following on 21.04.2007 15:40: >> > Hi all: >> > >> > It's amazing how far the Woodchurch community has spread! Though I am >> > not in a direct Ditton line, there is at least one Ditton twig in my >> > tree (John Ditton m. Bennet King 19 Oct 1806 Woodchurch) Probably a >> > bit >> > too early for Patricia's ggf but could John and Bennet be in her tree > too? >> > >> > Regards >> > Martin Willcocks >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-KEN-WOODCHURCH-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 > ENG-KEN-WOODCHURCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message