H.M.S. Nubian, May 3rd 1916 Dear Mother, Just a few lines to let you know I am safe and well. We are having some nice weather on the pond now. I want you to send me one of my French Dictionary's and some stamps as well. Stamps are bad to get, as we do not get ashore much, that is why I have not wrote lately. Let me know all the latest news about all the boys from home. I expect Dad will have nearly finished threshing by now. Send me Aunt Agnes's address as I want to write her. Am enclosing £3.18s in this letter for you to save for me when I come home on leave. Well I cannot write any news so will draw to a close. With best love to all I remain Your Loving Son Joe XXXX XXXX I have two long black ribbons from Joe's uniform hats. each is about one yard long, and the names of the ships embroidered in Gold Thread, which is quite tarnished now H.M.S. Victory and H.M.S. Nubian I will tell you more about the Nubian later.

Was surprised to hear Meryl Streep mention in her BAFTA  acceptance speech that she was of half Lincolnshire stock from a Wilkinson family .   Never heard any mention before of that which is strange , especially as she got the award for getting the award for playing one of Lincs most famous daughters .   Having a quick search  of her ancestry all seem to be born in the US right back to the 1600s and then you get to an unplaced William  , so anyone lay claim to link ?       1. Lawrence Wilkinson was born 1620, and died 1692. He was the son of 2. William Wilkinson and 3. Anne Conyers. He married Susannah Smith. She was born 1628, and died 1692.    

Dear David I have lincolnshire Wilkinsons in my line, my great great Grandmother was Eliza Wilkinson born 1842 in North Hykeham, I have traced her line back to William Wilkinson born 1756 in Thorpe on the Hill, he married Elizabeth Marfleet of Somerton Castle Boothby Grafoe, and gave his profession as "Gentleman" but I have no line beyond him ( there is another tree on Ancestry who give his parentage as Christina Page and Thomas Wilkinson but I cannot confirm or deny this at present), I am wondering if there is any link to Meryl's Wilkinsons. regards Elaine Westaway ________________________________ From: david wilson <djwilson22@yahoo.com> To: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, 13 February 2012, 10:33 Subject: [LIN] Meryl Streep and Wilkinson Lincs Relos Was surprised to hear Meryl Streep mention in her BAFTA  acceptance speech that she was of half Lincolnshire stock from a Wilkinson family .   Never heard any mention before of that which is strange , especially as she got the award for getting the award for playing one of Lincs most famous daughters .   Having a quick search  of her ancestry all seem to be born in the US right back to the 1600s and then you get to an unplaced William  , so anyone lay claim to link ?       1. Lawrence Wilkinson was born 1620, and died 1692. He was the son of 2. William Wilkinson and 3. Anne Conyers. He married Susannah Smith. She was born 1628, and died 1692.     ------------------------------- 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

Some time ago Terry Wilkinson extracted all the Lincolnshire Wilkinsons from Parish Reg Census GRO NPC etc and did a one named study His work is deposited at Lincolnshire Archives Pam (Nee Wilkisnon) ________________________________ From: elaine westaway <laneywest1960@yahoo.com> To: "eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com" <eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, 13 February 2012, 11:38 Subject: Re: [LIN] Meryl Streep and Wilkinson Lincs Relos Dear David I have lincolnshire Wilkinsons in my line, my great great Grandmother was Eliza Wilkinson born 1842 in North Hykeham, I have traced her line back to William Wilkinson born 1756 in Thorpe on the Hill, he married Elizabeth Marfleet of Somerton Castle Boothby Grafoe, and gave his profession as "Gentleman" but I have no line beyond him ( there is another tree on Ancestry who give his parentage as Christina Page and Thomas Wilkinson but I cannot confirm or deny this at present), I am wondering if there is any link to Meryl's Wilkinsons. regards Elaine Westaway ________________________________ From: david wilson <djwilson22@yahoo.com> To: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, 13 February 2012, 10:33 Subject: [LIN] Meryl Streep and Wilkinson Lincs Relos   Was surprised to hear Meryl Streep mention in her BAFTA  acceptance speech that she was of half Lincolnshire stock from a Wilkinson family .   Never heard any mention before of that which is strange , especially as she got the award for getting the award for playing one of Lincs most famous daughters .   Having a quick search  of her ancestry all seem to be born in the US right back to the 1600s and then you get to an unplaced William  , so anyone lay claim to link ?       1. Lawrence Wilkinson was born 1620, and died 1692. He was the son of 2. William Wilkinson and 3. Anne Conyers. He married Susannah Smith. She was born 1628, and died 1692.     ------------------------------- 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

sorry not meaning to jump in but i to have wilkinson but an unamed one before 1740 june in peterborough cambs On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 11:38 AM, elaine westaway <laneywest1960@yahoo.com>wrote: > Dear David > I have lincolnshire Wilkinsons in my line, my great great Grandmother was > Eliza Wilkinson born 1842 in North Hykeham, I have traced her line back to > William Wilkinson born 1756 in Thorpe on the Hill, he married Elizabeth > Marfleet of Somerton Castle Boothby Grafoe, and gave his profession as > "Gentleman" but I have no line beyond him ( there is another tree on > Ancestry who give his parentage as Christina Page and Thomas Wilkinson but > I cannot confirm or deny this at present), I am wondering if there is any > link to Meryl's Wilkinsons. > regards > Elaine Westaway > > > ________________________________ > From: david wilson <djwilson22@yahoo.com> > To: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com > Sent: Monday, 13 February 2012, 10:33 > Subject: [LIN] Meryl Streep and Wilkinson Lincs Relos > > > Was surprised to hear Meryl Streep mention in her BAFTA acceptance > speech that she was of half Lincolnshire stock from a Wilkinson family . > > Never heard any mention before of that which is strange , especially as > she got the award for getting the award for playing one of Lincs most > famous daughters . > > Having a quick search of her ancestry all seem to be born in the US right > back to the 1600s and then you get to an unplaced William , so anyone lay > claim to link ? > > > > > > 1. > > Lawrence Wilkinson was born 1620, and died 1692. He was the son of 2. > William Wilkinson and 3. Anne Conyers. He married Susannah Smith. She was > born 1628, and died 1692. > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

For those with access, she's included in a series "Faces of America" on PBS Channel (in Britain - Sky 166) which covers aspects of some celebs' ancestry. Progs are repeated regularly (needless to say). I have seen it but I can't remember if it's any good - <http://www.pbs.org/wnet/facesofamerica/profiles/meryl-streep/70/> Phil Crouch On 13/02/2012 10:33, david wilson wrote: > > Was surprised to hear Meryl Streep mention in her BAFTA acceptance speech that she was of half Lincolnshire stock from a Wilkinson family . > > Never heard any mention before of that which is strange , especially as she got the award for getting the award for playing one of Lincs most famous daughters .

It struck me as a little stretched to say she was half Lincolnshire, as far as I can see she had one ancestor from Lincolnshire in the 1600's My feeling was she was trying to excuse herself for making the film Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) Was surprised to hear Meryl Streep mention in her BAFTA acceptance speech that she was of half Lincolnshire stock from a Wilkinson family . Never heard any mention before of that which is strange , especially as she got the award for getting the award for playing one of Lincs most famous daughters . Having a quick search of her ancestry all seem to be born in the US right back to the 1600s and then you get to an unplaced William , so anyone lay claim to link ? 1. Lawrence Wilkinson was born 1620, and died 1692. He was the son of 2. William Wilkinson and 3. Anne Conyers. He married Susannah Smith. She was born 1628, and died 1692.