Hi Marianne The Hampson name is not that common. At the time of the 1881 census there were approx 5500 Hampsons resident in the UK. This is out of a population of about 30 million. Of the 5500 about 3500 lived in Lancashire. The rest were mainly in Derbyshire, Cheshire , London and Warwick. The general proportion seems to have changed slightly between 1881 and 1901, the populatin went up whilst the Hampsons stayed more or less the same. Ralph ----- Original Message ----- From: "marianne wazelle" <mfwazelle@hotmail.com> To: <HAMPSON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 9:29 PM Subject: Re: [HAMPSON] Re:Hampson database > Hi, > I was told by a list administrator that our HAMPSON surname in England > was/is very common.The limited information that I've collected over the last > 20 years for my HAMPSONS has shown that to be true, along with very common > 1st names. > Basically,the HAMPSON surname in the UK is alot like the SMITH surname here > in the USA. > Marianne > > "Volunteer of Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness" at > http://www.raogk.org/ > for Jefferson county,Pennsylvania > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: amyr@jump.net (Amy Moseley Rupp) > Reply-To: HAMPSON-L@rootsweb.com > To: HAMPSON-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [HAMPSON] Re:Hampson database > Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 11:59:31 -0600 (CST) > > > My Hampson family originated in > Leigh,Atherton-Tyldesley,Lancaster,England > > in the birth of my great great grandfather. > > Benjamin HAMPSON,weaver,father > > Jane HAMPSON formerly ORRELL,mother(married about Dec.1834) > > Roger HAMPSON,son,DOB Jan.27,1851(my gggrandfather) > > Roger immigrated to the USA in 1870. > > I believe that my HAMPSONs also came from the area -- John HAMPSON born > sometime in the late 1700s, had a daughter Mary HAMPSON born abt 1818 > and a son Richard HAMPSON born a couple of years earlier. By 1823 or > so, however, they were believed to be in the Chorlton-on-Medlock area > near Manchester -- he was a bookkeeper. > > Mary and husband George HOLLAND and his family emigrated to the US > through Canada in 1857. > > I haven't been able to make a lot of progress on the family, but > wanted to repost this for you, because it sounds as if we may > be 'cousins' :-) > > Amy Moseley Rupp > amyr@jump.net > Austin, Texas, USA > > > ==== HAMPSON Mailing List ==== > List guidelines: To post to the HAMPSON Rootsweb Mailing List > send to: HAMPSON-L@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online > http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 > > > ==== HAMPSON Mailing List ==== > List guidelines: To post to the HAMPSON Rootsweb Mailing List > send to: HAMPSON-L@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

On 20/01/03 Ralph said: RH> Of the 5500 about 3500 lived in Lancashire. This certainly backs up what I'd always felt, that Hampsons were mainly Lancashire residents. Incidentally Ralph, I have a scan of the 1902 Q3 Marriages from the BMD project, covering the Hampsons - have you extracted these from the BMD records and if not, would you like a copy/transcript? -- Cheers, Anne The Docwra Family Research Project http://resource.at/docwra