When ever I try to look at records for Claxby in "Lincs to the past" I keep getting Moorby. What am I doing wrong.?? I am looking for a family of Stevenson William Stevenson married Sarah Quickfall in 1830 at Claxby she died in 1840 at Claxby. They had 3 children John born ? , Mary Ann born 1834 at Mk Rasen, Hannah 1836 at Rothwell. The children were mentioned in their grandfather William Quickfalls Will in 1846. Does anyone know about this family?? Bev on Bribie Island

Why shouldn't it be Brit oriented? It was the same in other countries wherever the Olympics took place. Victor On 29/07/2012 2:12 PM, Diana Robinson wrote: > I'm finding that it was a bit too Brit-oriented to resonate with a lot of > non-Brits., even though the commentators were doing their best to explain > the references. I found it quite emotional, but then that's where I grew up. > > Happy hunting! > > Diana Robinson (nee Gardner) > Now in Rochester, NY, USA > > > -----Original Message----- > From: John & Jan Marchant [mailto:jjmarchant@optusnet.com.au] > Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2012 12:46 AM > To: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [LIN] Slightly off History. > > Another once off. > > Same here - although I am a Pom anyway, from way back. Haven't played the > recorded Opening Ceremony yet - didn't get up at 5.30 am to see it all - so > have yet to see the historical stuff, which looked really good on the news. > > Jan > NSW > Australia > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Fay Fraser" <lekahfay@bigpond.net.au> > To: <eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2012 10:54 AM > Subject: [LIN] Slightly off History. > > >> Lou, apologies this is a once off... but I just wanted to say.. >> >> Congratulations !!! on the Olympic Opening Ceremony... which took us from >> a simple time in life in " Merry Ole England" with the Maypole Dancing, >> through to the Industrial Revolution and WW1 to the Modern England as we >> know it... I loved all the authentic Costumes and can viusalise what our >> Ancestors must have looked like in those early days.. >> >> Fay >> Queensland >> Australia >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ENG-LINCSGEN-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: 2012.0.2178 / Virus Database: 2437/5157 - Release Date: 07/26/12 >> > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Another once off. Same here - although I am a Pom anyway, from way back. Haven't played the recorded Opening Ceremony yet - didn't get up at 5.30 am to see it all - so have yet to see the historical stuff, which looked really good on the news. Jan NSW Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fay Fraser" <lekahfay@bigpond.net.au> To: <eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2012 10:54 AM Subject: [LIN] Slightly off History. > Lou, apologies this is a once off... but I just wanted to say.. > > Congratulations !!! on the Olympic Opening Ceremony... which took us from > a simple time in life in " Merry Ole England" with the Maypole Dancing, > through to the Industrial Revolution and WW1 to the Modern England as we > know it... I loved all the authentic Costumes and can viusalise what our > Ancestors must have looked like in those early days.. > > Fay > Queensland > Australia > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-LINCSGEN-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: 2012.0.2178 / Virus Database: 2437/5157 - Release Date: 07/26/12 >

I didn't say it shouldn't be Brit oriented - I said it was too much so to resonate with some people from elsewhere, including media. I personally enjoyed it greatly, but then I'm not from elsewhere. -----Original Message----- From: Victor Markham [mailto:victor@markham.me.uk] Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2012 10:07 AM To: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LIN] Slightly off History. Why shouldn't it be Brit oriented? It was the same in other countries wherever the Olympics took place. Victor On 29/07/2012 2:12 PM, Diana Robinson wrote: > I'm finding that it was a bit too Brit-oriented to resonate with a lot of > non-Brits., even though the commentators were doing their best to explain > the references. I found it quite emotional, but then that's where I grew up. > > Happy hunting! > > Diana Robinson (nee Gardner) > Now in Rochester, NY, USA > > > -----Original Message----- > From: John & Jan Marchant [mailto:jjmarchant@optusnet.com.au] > Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2012 12:46 AM > To: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [LIN] Slightly off History. > > Another once off. > > Same here - although I am a Pom anyway, from way back. Haven't played the > recorded Opening Ceremony yet - didn't get up at 5.30 am to see it all - so > have yet to see the historical stuff, which looked really good on the news. > > Jan > NSW > Australia > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Fay Fraser" <lekahfay@bigpond.net.au> > To: <eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2012 10:54 AM > Subject: [LIN] Slightly off History. > > >> Lou, apologies this is a once off... but I just wanted to say.. >> >> Congratulations !!! on the Olympic Opening Ceremony... which took us from >> a simple time in life in " Merry Ole England" with the Maypole Dancing, >> through to the Industrial Revolution and WW1 to the Modern England as we >> know it... I loved all the authentic Costumes and can viusalise what our >> Ancestors must have looked like in those early days.. >> >> Fay >> Queensland >> Australia >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ENG-LINCSGEN-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: 2012.0.2178 / Virus Database: 2437/5157 - Release Date: 07/26/12 >> > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Barbara: In the 1841 census, there are three children living with John Simpson and Dorcea (that's what her name looks like on the census image). There are baptisms in Navenby for the three children. These entries are from the British Vital Records cds. SIMPSON, Mary Christening Date: 14 Apr 1832 Navenby, Lincolnshire Father: John Simpson Mother: Sarah Source: FHL Film 1542196 Dates: 1721 - 1907 SIMPSON, Sarah Christening Date: 28 Jan 1834 Navenby, Lincolnshire Father: John Simpson Mother: Sarah Source: FHL Film 1542196 Dates: 1721 - 1907 SIMPSON, Alfred Christening Date: 29 Sep 1835 Navenby, Lincolnshire Father: John Simpson Mother: Sarah Source: FHL Film 1542196 Dates: 1721 – 1907 When John married Sarah Cooke on 13 Dec 1830 in Navenby, he was described as a widower, so that would fit with the death of Elizabeth two years earlier and the baptisms of the three children. There is a burial for Sarah SIMPSON, born about 1811, on 31 Dec 1837 in Navenby. Theodosia's burial in Navenby on 13 Jun 1887 is recorded with the name Theodosia Sophia SIMPSON. If she used a short form of her name from time to time then this would fit with the marriage you found for a John SIMPSON to a Dorcea Sophia CODLING in 1841. There is a Dorcey CODLIN (daughter) baptised in Helpringham on 14 Mar 1817, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth. He was a shoemaker. There is also a marriage in Navenby on 22 Mar 1838 between John SIMPSON and Mary Ann CODLING. His father was John and hers was Joseph. They had one child, William Codling SIMPSON who was baptised on 3 Oct 1839 and buried on 12 Nov 1839. Mary Ann was buried on 12 Oct 1839. She was born in Helpringham in 1807, d/o Joseph and Elizabeth, and appears to be the sister of Theodosia/Dorsey. So, you may be right and John married several times. Chris Andrew Ontario, Canada On Sunday 29/07/2012 at 2:39 am, Barbara Titherington wrote: > I have a John Simpson born 1805 Wellingore, Lincs in my family tree, > on > the 1851, 61, 71, and 1881 census's he was married to a Theodosia ? > born 1817 Helpringham, Lincs. I haven't been able to find a marriage > anywhere. I looked on Hugh Wallis's site and John and Theodosia are > mentioned as parents of some children but I couldn't see a marriage. > If > I have the right person I think John was married to Elizabeth Armstead > in 1823 Wellingore and she died 1828. In 1841 a John Simpson was > married > to a Dorcea born the same time and place as Theodosia and I found a > marriage for John Simpson to Corcea Sophia Codling in 1841. Am trying > to > work out whether Dorcea changed her name to Theodosia or if they are > two > different people. I believe he must also have been married to someone > else between 1828 and 1841 as there are children born in the 1830,s. > I'm totally confused as I expect you will be reading this but if > anyone > on the list could shed some light on this I would be over the moon. > > Barbara in Aus.

Hi, Missing Lincs,     I'm going to ask that we keep all discussion of the Olympics off list so that we can comply with Rootsweb's original plan that we deal just with family history in Lincolnshire.  You're free to enjoy, praise, complain and wonder about the Olumpics on your own, but let's keep the list free for its intended purpose.         Lou (list admin.)

Barbara, You seem new to the list and therefore may be new to either/both of searching in Lincolnshire and family history, so you will have to forgive me if I'm teaching granny how to suck eggs. <g> In the 1851 census John is living in Navenby, and the children are all allegedly born in Navenby. Many Lincolnshire parish registers are availabe online at Lincs to the Past (LLTP). http://www.lincstothepast.com/ Do read the 'help' section, especially the bit about how to search the PRs. You also need to scroll to the bottom of the document where it gives you a list of the correct parish titles to use when searching. In your case enter Navenby PAR 1 in the 'with the exact phrase box', and then scroll through the results till you see a baptism register covering 1830-1840. A little bit of guesswork relating to the number of images/number of years (otherwise you can just work your way through all the pages!) will lead to http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/RecordDisplayTranscript.aspx?oid=603358&iid=117188 (left-hand page) Lincolnshire Family History Society have published many indexes (originally on floppy disk and fiche) but are now updating them and publishing them on CD. The baptism, marriage, and burial indexes in particular are worth their weight in gold as I can check umpteen parishes in minutes. (Although all but the most recently published indexes are also on Findmypast, I find it easier to find families using the CDs.) Navenby is in Graffoe deanery. I have only the original marriage index which says that John Simpson widower married Sarah Cook 13 Dec 1830 in Navenby. I'm then stumped because I can't find the marriage in the online PR which is supposed to cover 1813-1837. That isn't the only Navenby marriage missing so I can only assume that Lincolnshire Archives omitted a few pages when they were down-loading. (I will make enquiries.) Then it gets interesting. <g> People, led by the wonderful and indefatigable Anne Cole, are indexing marriages 1837-1911 to help us confirm who married who as between these dates the GRO Index lists only people on the same page. You must read the introduction to each district to find out which parishes have been indexed and for which dates, as this index is still a work in progress. http://mi.lincolnshiremarriages.org.uk/ Navenby comes under Lincoln rural. A search for John Simpson in Lincoln rural doesn't bring up the 1840 marriage to a female Codling, but it does show a John Simpson marrying a Mary Ann Coddling (sic) in Navenby in 1838. Marriages after the introduction of civil registration on 1 July 1837 unfortunately aren't available on LLTP, but you can ask Lincs Archives for copies of the PR entries. Note that as John's 1840 marriage is not listed in this index then he didn't marry in Navenby; possibly marrying in the Register Office. Even though you don't know the church/chapel Lincolnshire Registration Services *may* be able to help you as usually you have to know the place of marriage but they are in the process of updating their system. http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/residents/births-marriages-deaths-and-civil-partnerships/certificates/faqs-birth-death-marriage-and-civil-partnership-certificates/28786.article If not you will have to apply to the GRO as usual. You need Navenby burials 1813-1859 http://www.lincstothepast.com/Burials/621530.record?pt=T I would check the baptisms first in case John and Sarah/John & Mary/John & Theodosia had children who died as infants, and then start looking in Navenby burials 1830/1831 onwards for Sarah, Mary, and any children. I suspect that Mary Ann Coddling may be a sister to Theodosia (who I do think is Corcea) but you'll only find that out if you order the 1840 marriage certificate and compare the names of the brides' fathers. Ah! Last minute inspiration. I am guilty, many times, of forgetting FreeREG. http://freereg.rootsweb.com/ Check out Codling using Soundex in Helpringham. (And then you can find the PR entries using LLTP. <g>) Finally, in addition to the one after my name, two other 'must' bookmarks for Lincolnshire researchers http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/index.html http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/Deans/index.html Pam Proud to be a member of Lincolnshire Family History Society http://www.lincolnshirefhs.co.uk/ On 29/07/2012 07:41, Barbara Titherington wrote: > I have a John Simpson born 1805 Wellingore, Lincs in my family tree, on > the 1851, 61, 71, and 1881 census's he was married to a Theodosia ? > born 1817 Helpringham, Lincs. I haven't been able to find a marriage > anywhere. I looked on Hugh Wallis's site and John and Theodosia are > mentioned as parents of some children but I couldn't see a marriage. If > I have the right person I think John was married to Elizabeth Armstead > in 1823 Wellingore and she died 1828. In 1841 a John Simpson was married > to a Dorcea born the same time and place as Theodosia and I found a > marriage for John Simpson to Corcea Sophia Codling in 1841. Am trying to > work out whether Dorcea changed her name to Theodosia or if they are two > different people. I believe he must also have been married to someone > else between 1828 and 1841 as there are children born in the 1830,s. > I'm totally confused as I expect you will be reading this but if anyone > on the list could shed some light on this I would be over the moon. > > Barbara in Aus. > >

Rule number 1. Always check on Genuki how many places in Lincolnshire share the same or a similar name. http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/parishes.html Rule number 2. Make sure you enter the correct parish title on LLTP. In to the 'how to search parish registers' section on the Lincs to the Past site, if you scroll to the bottom of the instructions there's a list of the correct parish titles to enter when searching. http://www.lincstothepast.com/help/how-to-search-for-parish-registers/361.article William's marriage, in Claxby by Normanby: http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/RecordDisplayTranscript.aspx?oid=885112&iid=129745 Pam Proud to be a member of Lincolnshire Family History Society http://www.lincolnshirefhs.co.uk/ On 29/07/2012 06:46, J & B.H. Stegeman wrote: > When ever I try to look at records for Claxby in "Lincs to the past" I keep getting Moorby. What am I doing wrong.?? > I am looking for a family of Stevenson > William Stevenson married Sarah Quickfall in 1830 at Claxby she died in 1840 at Claxby. > They had 3 children John born ? , Mary Ann born 1834 at Mk Rasen, Hannah 1836 at Rothwell. > The children were mentioned in their grandfather William Quickfalls Will in 1846. > Does anyone know about this family?? > Bev on Bribie Island > > ------------------------------- >

I'm finding that it was a bit too Brit-oriented to resonate with a lot of non-Brits., even though the commentators were doing their best to explain the references. I found it quite emotional, but then that's where I grew up. Happy hunting!   Diana Robinson (nee Gardner) Now in Rochester, NY, USA -----Original Message----- From: John & Jan Marchant [mailto:jjmarchant@optusnet.com.au] Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2012 12:46 AM To: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LIN] Slightly off History. Another once off. Same here - although I am a Pom anyway, from way back. Haven't played the recorded Opening Ceremony yet - didn't get up at 5.30 am to see it all - so have yet to see the historical stuff, which looked really good on the news. Jan NSW Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fay Fraser" <lekahfay@bigpond.net.au> To: <eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2012 10:54 AM Subject: [LIN] Slightly off History. > Lou, apologies this is a once off... but I just wanted to say.. > > Congratulations !!! on the Olympic Opening Ceremony... which took us from > a simple time in life in " Merry Ole England" with the Maypole Dancing, > through to the Industrial Revolution and WW1 to the Modern England as we > know it... I loved all the authentic Costumes and can viusalise what our > Ancestors must have looked like in those early days.. > > Fay > Queensland > Australia > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-LINCSGEN-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: 2012.0.2178 / Virus Database: 2437/5157 - Release Date: 07/26/12 >

Remember that the majority of our ancestors from that time, particularly females, could not read or write. If you pronounce the last part of Theodosia, you get Docea, which is pretty close to Dorcea. I strongly suspect that is your answer. She probably did not officially change her name, but just "went by" some variation of Docea or Dorcea because that is what people called her. (My great grandmother's name was Tryphena and no two census enumerators ever got even close to similarity in their spellings!) Happy hunting!   Diana Robinson (nee Gardner) Now in Rochester, NY, USA -----Original Message----- From: Barbara Titherington [mailto:upu234@dodo.com.au] Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2012 2:41 AM To: ENG-LINCSGEN@rootsweb.com Subject: [LIN] Simpson I have a John Simpson born 1805 Wellingore, Lincs in my family tree, on the 1851, 61, 71, and 1881 census's he was married to a Theodosia ? born 1817 Helpringham, Lincs. I haven't been able to find a marriage anywhere. I looked on Hugh Wallis's site and John and Theodosia are mentioned as parents of some children but I couldn't see a marriage. If I have the right person I think John was married to Elizabeth Armstead in 1823 Wellingore and she died 1828. In 1841 a John Simpson was married to a Dorcea born the same time and place as Theodosia and I found a marriage for John Simpson to Corcea Sophia Codling in 1841. Am trying to work out whether Dorcea changed her name to Theodosia or if they are two different people. I believe he must also have been married to someone else between 1828 and 1841 as there are children born in the 1830,s. I'm totally confused as I expect you will be reading this but if anyone on the list could shed some light on this I would be over the moon. Barbara in Aus.

Nice one John - that should be the grind AND the grime, probably the grind and the grime of all the grandads :-\ Judith Harper Nelson, NZ On 28/07/2012 19:16, John Sharp wrote: > Being a Family tree buff, I was disappointed to find that grindand was not a grandad > must have been an error ? > > From: Judith Harper <quester@orcon.net.nz> > To: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com > Sent: Saturday, 28 July 2012, 2:23 > Subject: Re: [LIN] Slightly off History. > > > > Not to mention the harshness of life, the grindand the grime. But that > was life. Can I mention the Queen? I knew she had a sense of humour and > that segment was such fun. > > Judith Harper > Nelson, NZ > > On 28/07/2012 12:54, Fay Fraser wrote: >> Lou, apologies this is a once off... but I just wanted to say.. >> >> Congratulations !!! on the Olympic Opening Ceremony... which took us from a simple time in life in " Merry Ole England" with the Maypole Dancing, through to the Industrial Revolution and WW1 to the Modern England as we know it... I loved all the authentic Costumes and can viusalise what our Ancestors must have looked like in those early days.. >> >> Fay >> Queensland >> Australia >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LINCSGEN-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-LINCSGEN-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-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi, when I was a boy in Lincolnshire through the war years of 1940-45, my father used to call the Bullocks beasts, and the milking cows were just that cows.  Bazza ________________________________ From: Judith Harper <quester@orcon.net.nz> To: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, 26 July 2012, 10:51 Subject: Re: [LIN] Fw: Lincolnshire BEASTS 26.07.12 And in New Zealand! Judith Harper Nelson,  NZ On 26/07/2012 21:32, Jan Moon wrote: > and in Australia! >  > Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 10:24:11 +0100 >> From: ovington1@sky.com >> To: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [LIN] Fw:  Lincolnshire BEASTS 26.07.12 >> >> Hi all >> >> I am a little surprised that some are finding the term "beast" unusual >> >> Its common agricultural usage all over England in my experience >> >> Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) >> >> >> >> On 26/07/2012 10:19, Peter Atkinson wrote: >>> I was going fishing in Northumberland last year and had to stop driving my >>> car because some young heifers had escaped from a field and were on the >>> road. I went to tell the farmer, who lived just a short distance away, and >>> he said ''o. the beasts are out again.''. So the term ''beasts'' is still >>> used today certainly in Northumberland. >>> >>> Peter >>> Newcastle upon Tyne >>  >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LINCSGEN-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-LINCSGEN-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-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Not to mention the harshness of life, the grindand the grime. But that was life. Can I mention the Queen? I knew she had a sense of humour and that segment was such fun. Judith Harper Nelson, NZ On 28/07/2012 12:54, Fay Fraser wrote: > Lou, apologies this is a once off... but I just wanted to say.. > > Congratulations !!! on the Olympic Opening Ceremony... which took us from a simple time in life in " Merry Ole England" with the Maypole Dancing, through to the Industrial Revolution and WW1 to the Modern England as we know it... I loved all the authentic Costumes and can viusalise what our Ancestors must have looked like in those early days.. > > Fay > Queensland > Australia > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Although not born in Lincolnshire, the pair below play do for 'Lincoln Ladies Football Club' at Ashby Avenue, Lincoln - so I guess that's as good an excuse as any to include them! http://www.lincolnladiesfc.com/index.html FOOTBALL (Date of birth, place of birth, club) Sophie BRADLEY (1989, Nottingham; Lincoln Ladies) - A midfield player for Lincoln Ladies F.C. Casey STONEY (1982, London; Lincoln Ladies) - A defender player for Lincoln Ladies F.C.

(Year of Birth, Place of Birth; Lives; Club) ATHLETICS Rob TOBIN (4x400m relay, 1983, Lincoln; Basingstoke) FIELD HOCKEY Crista CULLEN (1985, Boston, Lincolnshire; London; Leicester) Georgie TWIGG (1990, Lincoln; Clifton Ladies) ROWING If picked - Emily will a member in the Women's 'Eight' boat Emily TAYLOR (1987, Lincoln; Henley-on-Thames; Leander Club) SWIMMING Sophie ALLEN (200m individual medley, 1992, Lincoln; Cheadle Hulme, Stockport; Stockport)

Lou, apologies this is a once off... but I just wanted to say.. Congratulations !!! on the Olympic Opening Ceremony... which took us from a simple time in life in " Merry Ole England" with the Maypole Dancing, through to the Industrial Revolution and WW1 to the Modern England as we know it... I loved all the authentic Costumes and can viusalise what our Ancestors must have looked like in those early days.. Fay Queensland Australia

I recall that one afternoon, while driving home on an arterial road, I saw a young steer trotting down the side of the road, apparently intent on a marathon try-out.  Several cars had stopped to look, but no one made an attempt to discuss the situation to the "beast".  I stopped my car and advised the steer to stop, which he did, but he shook his horns at me.  I advised him to return from whence he came and he did an about-face and started back up the road.  For this I received applause from those who had stayed in their cars.  I considered asking if one of the useless ones could assist me, but the steer and I were doing fine by ourselves.  He made a right turn into a dirt driveway and found his way back into his field where his buddies were relieved that he had returned.  I was able to pull the fence back up into some resemblence of its former shape before I resumed my own journey.  I still wonder if the farmer that evening wondered why he had an extra steer. Apparently a lot of city folk thinks these "beasts" are cute, but are unwilling to herd them or even "shoo" them off of the roads.  I don't use the term "beast" very often, but I do recall the expression "beasts of the field," which I think is a Biblical phrase from Exodus.     Lou ----- Original Message ----- From: Linda <vesey@dccnet.com> To: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com Cc: Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 2:19 PM Subject: Re: [LIN] Fw: Lincolnshire BEASTS 26.07.12 I can't resist sharing one of my favourite stories which may prove to say that we city people in non farming/ranching parts of Western Canada probably don't know the term "beast". As a young bride I left city life to rent a house that backed onto a cattle farm. I soon learned that cattle were escape artists or our local farmer was a poor fence keeper as it became a common occurrence to have the herd appear on the wrong side of the fence. They'd come charging down the road and spread into the yards tromping over the garden frantic to get back through our solid fence to the safety of their pasture.    Annoyed on this occasion and in the panic of the moment I called up the farmhouse and yelled, "The cows are in my yard!" There was a long pause. Then a voice said in calm response: "Cows?.....Do you mean the heifers!" But, yes...my Lincolnshire born granddad Edward Plowright called them 'beasts'. Linda B.C. Canada    I was going fishing in Northumberland last year and had to stop driving my car because some young heifers had escaped from a field and were on the road. I went to tell the farmer, who lived just a short distance away, and he said ''o. the beasts are out again.''. So the term ''beasts'' is still used today certainly in Northumberland. Peter Newcastle upon Tyne > G'day > I too remember my Grandfather > George Fredrick WARD of The Grange Barlings Lincs > call his cattle BEASTS in the 1950's > >>I remember my Lincolnshire farmer father-in-law always referring to cattle >> as "beasts" into the 1960s. >> > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Being a Family tree buff, I was disappointed to find that grindand was not a grandad must have been an error ? From: Judith Harper <quester@orcon.net.nz> To: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, 28 July 2012, 2:23 Subject: Re: [LIN] Slightly off History. Not to mention the harshness of life, the grindand the grime.  But that was life.  Can I mention the Queen? I knew she had a sense of humour and that segment was such fun. Judith Harper Nelson,  NZ On 28/07/2012 12:54, Fay Fraser wrote: > Lou, apologies this is a once off...  but I just wanted to say.. > > Congratulations !!! on the Olympic Opening Ceremony... which took us from a simple time in life in " Merry Ole England" with the Maypole Dancing, through to the Industrial Revolution and WW1 to the Modern England as we know it...  I loved all the authentic Costumes and can viusalise what our Ancestors must have looked like in those early days.. > > Fay > Queensland > Australia >  > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LINCSGEN-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-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

mine too as I'm about to start faffing :-) Cheers! Lynda

Hi Pam do you by any chance recall if you fell over the name Rysdale or Risdale please? cheers Lynda Christchurch NZ