My husband has an ancestor who was working in London in 1891 as a servant and she was from Rutland so people would travel distances at that time. By then much of the country had railway links. We also have someone from Lincolnshire who remarried in Farnborough then moved back to Lincolnshire. Hilary -----Original Message----- From: Tony & Barb Fisher [mailto:tbfisher@ripnet.com] Sent: 27 August 2005 13:15 To: HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: CHRISTMAS I too have a CHRISTMAS in my tree (lol, sorry 'bout that) that I've had trouble tracing back. I have Jennie (sp) CHRISTMAS marrying George William DUKE in about 1890 & residing in Storrington, W. Sussex. In my research I've always thought that she was the daughter of William and Annie CHRISTMAS of March, Cambridgeshire as I'd not found any other CHRISTMASes in the Southern counties. In the 1891 census I've located the couple living in Horsham & in 1901 they are listed in Ashington. Jennie is listed as being a servant and as such I've always been somewhat suspect that she would have had the means to travel from Cambridgeshire to West Sussex at a young age. Now knowing that there were CHRISTMASes in Hampshire I'm starting to think that she might be from there instead. Does anyone have any CHRISTMASes living the Hampshire/Sussex in the 1800's ???? Many thanks. Tony Fisher E. Ontario, CANADA Researching: Hampshire - FISHER (Colemore, Priors Dean), BRIDGER (Liss), PRIOR (Priors Dean, Oakhanger) West Sussex - DUKE (Storrington), CHRISTMAS (Storrington), BRIDGER (Elsted, Harting, Iping) ______________________________

Hi Hilary, My lot left Godalming in Surrey for New Zealand in 1874. They travelled by rail up to Gravesend to board the sailing ship. I have a difficult case of accepting that my g-grandfather John CHRISTMAS of Godalming travelled 20 miles down to UPWALTHAM in Sussex to marry an ANNE BREWYER. Your case of some one moving for the same reason from LINCS to FARNBOROGH and back to LINCS makes me think that John's journey in about 1818 wasn't improbable. Kind regards, Ray C NZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "hilary gadsby" <bucgadfh@btinternet.com> To: <HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 8:59 AM Subject: [Ham] RE: CHRISTMAS > My husband has an ancestor who was working in London in 1891 as a servant > and she was from Rutland so people would travel distances at that time. > By then much of the country had railway links. > We also have someone from Lincolnshire who remarried in Farnborough then > moved back to Lincolnshire. > Hilary > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tony & Barb Fisher [mailto:tbfisher@ripnet.com] > Sent: 27 August 2005 13:15 > To: HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: CHRISTMAS > > I too have a CHRISTMAS in my tree (lol, sorry 'bout that) that I've had > trouble tracing back. > > I have Jennie (sp) CHRISTMAS marrying George William DUKE in about 1890 & > residing in Storrington, W. Sussex. In my research I've always thought that > she was the daughter of William and Annie CHRISTMAS of March, Cambridgeshire > as I'd not found any other CHRISTMASes in the Southern counties. > > In the 1891 census I've located the couple living in Horsham & in 1901 they > are listed in Ashington. Jennie is listed as being a servant and as such > I've always been somewhat suspect that she would have had the means to > travel from Cambridgeshire to West Sussex at a young age. > > Now knowing that there were CHRISTMASes in Hampshire I'm starting to think > that she might be from there instead. > > Does anyone have any CHRISTMASes living the Hampshire/Sussex in the 1800's > ???? > > Many thanks. > > Tony Fisher > E. Ontario, CANADA > > Researching: Hampshire - FISHER (Colemore, Priors Dean), BRIDGER (Liss), > PRIOR (Priors Dean, Oakhanger) > West Sussex - DUKE (Storrington), CHRISTMAS (Storrington), BRIDGER (Elsted, > Harting, Iping) > > ______________________________ > > > > > ==== HAMPSHIRE Mailing List ==== > If all our ancestors were in a tree what a BIG tree -house that would be! > >

----- Original Message ----- From: "hilary gadsby" <bucgadfh@btinternet.com> To: <HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 8:59 AM Subject: [Ham] RE: CHRISTMAS > My husband has an ancestor who was working in London in 1891 as a servant > and she was from Rutland so people would travel distances at that time. > By then much of the country had railway links. > We also have someone from Lincolnshire who remarried in Farnborough then > moved back to Lincolnshire. > Hilary > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tony & Barb Fisher [mailto:tbfisher@ripnet.com] > Sent: 27 August 2005 13:15 > To: HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: CHRISTMAS > > I too have a CHRISTMAS in my tree (lol, sorry 'bout that) that I've had > trouble tracing back. > > I have Jennie (sp) CHRISTMAS marrying George William DUKE in about 1890 & > residing in Storrington, W. Sussex. In my research I've always thought that > she was the daughter of William and Annie CHRISTMAS of March, Cambridgeshire > as I'd not found any other CHRISTMASes in the Southern counties. > > In the 1891 census I've located the couple living in Horsham & in 1901 they > are listed in Ashington. Jennie is listed as being a servant and as such > I've always been somewhat suspect that she would have had the means to > travel from Cambridgeshire to West Sussex at a young age. > > Now knowing that there were CHRISTMASes in Hampshire I'm starting to think > that she might be from there instead. > > Does anyone have any CHRISTMASes living the Hampshire/Sussex in the 1800's > ???? > > Many thanks. > > Tony Fisher > E. Ontario, CANADA > > Researching: Hampshire - FISHER (Colemore, Priors Dean), BRIDGER (Liss), > PRIOR (Priors Dean, Oakhanger) > West Sussex - DUKE (Storrington), CHRISTMAS (Storrington), BRIDGER (Elsted, > Harting, Iping) > > ______________________________ > > > > > ==== HAMPSHIRE Mailing List ==== > If all our ancestors were in a tree what a BIG tree -house that would be! > >