Hi Ray, The lads from Sussex used to go over the Sussex boarder to do their courting. My 5 x great grandfather James BOOKHAM born Lodsworth, Sussex married Sarah OSBORNE born Chiddingfold, Surrey. On my family tree some of my other males crossed the Sussex boarder to marry Surrey girls. When the Bike/Cycle came into being, the lads could travel freely to go courting, "the grass is always greener on the other side" the other side being the County boarder. Regards Barbara Lewis Mallyon Basingstoke, Hants, UK BarbaraMallyon@lewmal.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Christmas" <ray.christmas@inspire.net.nz> To: <HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 12:54 AM Subject: Re: [Ham] RE: CHRISTMAS | 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! | > | > | | | ==== HAMPSHIRE Mailing List ==== | A genealogist NEVER dies he just grows more roots | |