Art'noon Listers My Christmas Dinner guests would be my "make-you-eyes-water" great-grandparents, proven or not - Hannah WATSON (b1852 in Carnaby), to find out if 1871 Census lodger in Glasidale William PICKERING, really was the father of my illegitmate grandfather James WATSON (b1871)..... Sarah Ann CLARKE (b1850 in East Harlsey), to find out the real story behind her eight illegitimate children, six of whom were allegedly to my supposed grandfather Samuel WALKER (including my grandmother Elizabeth Jane b1875), before they married and had four more legitimate children together, all in the Rosedale "Klondyke" years...... Hannah MOORHOUSE nee WHITFIELD (b1840 in Idle) (husband Edwin having long disappeared), to find out if twice married and twice widowed neighbour Nathaniel GREAVES really was the father of my illegitimate grandfather Ernest MOORHOUSE (b1869), before he buggered-off to Pennsylvania..... and Christopher HARTLEY (b1831 in Eccleshill) and Mary Ann BARRACLOUGH (b1843 in Eccleshill) who thankfully seem to have led straightforward and uncomplicated lives...... And if anyone with a decade to spare can throw any more light on the less than straightforward ones, you are welcome to join us in Sevilla to celebrate a Yorkshire Christmas in Spain....... I jest not! Greetings to all on the list - particularly my cousins (Garry Fudge - we owe you a large drink!!!) Feliz Navidad to all, and a good New Year too. Enjoy! Geoff in Sevilla > From: janperkins@blueyonder.co.uk> To: eng-yks-bradford@rootsweb.com> Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 13:27:46 +0000> Subject: [YKS-BRADFORD] My Christmas Dinner Guest> > Hi All> > > > As the lists are very quiet, perhaps we can try and “jolly” it up a> little…….> > > > Which of your ancestors would you invite to your Christmas Dinner and> Why????> > > > Warmest Wishes> > > > Jan> > > > > > > No virus found in this outgoing message.> Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.17/1179 - Release Date: 09/12/2007> 11:06> > > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-YKS-BRADFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Firstly I would want my mother who died 5 years ago to tell her what I have found out about her mother who died when she was 18 months old. I would tell her how her mothers family came from a beautiful little village in Cambridgeshire but her family were recruited by the Mill owners from Bradford who wanted young and old, children and adults, to work in the mills. I would want all of the Roberts family who moved from Cambridgeshire to Bradford to find out how they journeyed so far, how they felt when they saw where they were to live? I would invite Mary Ann Coates my 2 x great grandmother as there are several things I would like to know. Mary Ann was illegitimate and her mother Mary also appeared to have an illegitimate son called Samuel in 1841. What happened to Samuel as I cannot find him in 1851. Who was Hannah Hoyle that her mother Mary was living with in 1841 and why was Mary Ann living with Hannah in 1861 - what happened to her mother? Was Hannah really her grandmother as it states on the 1861 census or did she just call her that? I would also want Rose Atkinson nee Cherry who was my 3rd great grandmother from Masham . I would like to know what was it like to have 12 children in the early 1800s and how did they celebrate Christmas with so many? I admire Rose as when she married she made a mark so could not read or write, but at the end of her life she was writing letters to her sons in America and New Zealand. How did she learn to write? how did she feel with her sons travelling so far and with little chance of seeing them again? I love her letters, a mixture of gossip, warnings about drink and loose women and discussion re Womens wages and the local economy. She gives the impression she observed and noted many things so I would love to know about her life and the changes she saw between 1808 and 1886. I would want the husband of Rose too as I want to know was his father George Atkinson or Bateman Atkinson - these 2 both had a son called George within an 18month period and 1 of them had disappeared by the time census records were kept. That would be a start but I would need to rent a hotel to have all I would really like to speak to. Merry Xmas Liz