Hi James James Lovelock has advised me that his father's name is Tom ( Thomas) Arthur. Unfortunately he hasn't provided the place of birth but his letter indicates that this event took place at Farnborough near Wantage in 1872 and he was one of 13 children. Can any Listers find him on the 1881 Census? I also asked James if he knew anything about the Lovelocks of Polperro in South East Cornwall. Whilst on holiday in the area a couple of years ago I noticed several shops in the village run by Lovelocks and was told by another shopkeeper that there was quite a Colony of Lovelocks! James said that he was aware of this enterprising branch of the family but did not know anyone there. Does anyone have any knowledge of this branch and when they moved to the area? Best Wishes John -----Original Message----- From: James Loveluck [mailto:james.loveluck@numericable.fr] Sent: 23 June 2003 20:17 To: John Lovelock Cc: LOVELOCK-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: James Lovelock Hello John, Well this is certainly an interesting connection - your announcement in the Newbury News is turning out to be very fruitful! Its unfortunate that James Lovelock doesn't give quite enough information to track down his Lovelock branch, or at least not in the letter which you forwarded. It would be nice to have a least the first name of his father, and perferably his place of birth. In fact, I have some credit left at 1837online, so I did a lookup for Lovelock births in 1919, and found the corresponding record in the 3rd quarter, for Hitchin RD, vol. 3a, page 1145. Perhaps you could suggest to James that he take a look at the Lovelock Web site, and that he browse around to see if he can find any likely ancestors! I'd be more than happy to help him out! John Lovelock wrote: Dear James I received a fascinating letter from James Lovelock (from his home in Cornwall) on Friday and e mailed him requesting his permission to circulate the contents of his letter to The List. James has since given me permission to share his genealogy and I therefore reproduce his letter in full below: " Dear John Lovelock 17 June 2003 A friend who lives in Newbury passed on your announcement in the Newbury News about a reunion of the Lovelock families. Although I am not personally much interested in genealogy I thought you might like the few details of my family history for your data base. My father's family came from the Latin Down area on the hills above Wantage, nearest village Farnborough.Grandfather worked at the Brickworks owned by the Lousley family. Father, born 1872 died 1956, was one of 13 children. He moved to Brixton London in his teen age. I was born at Letchworth Garden City, my mother's home, in 1919. As a child I remember an Uncle Fred Lovelock, who also lived in Brixton, and an aunt Lilly who lived in Didcot and was married to a Herman. There were also cousins living in Portsmouth. My father's sister Clara lived close by and she was married to Frank Guichard. The only other point of interest is that there is some evidence of Inuit (Baffin Island) ancestry in my father's family. In my case the Blood Group Laboratory of Boston USA were prepared to say the odds were over a million to one that my ancestry included an Inuit. I hope that this information is helpful, if not just transfer it to the bin. With all best wishes >From James Lovelock CH CBE CChem FRS " Best Wishes John Lovelock Hedgerley Buckinghamshire England -----Original Message----- From: James Loveluck [mailto:james.loveluck@numericable.fr] Sent: 06 January 2003 17:24 To: John Lovelock Cc: LOVELOCK-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: New Year Honours Thanks to John and Michael for keeping a sharp eye on the New Year Honours! Even though James E. Lovelock is well known, in family history terms he remains a bit of a mystery. Does anyone know of a connection with other Lovelock branches? Regards, James John Lovelock wrote: Happy New Year Lovelock Listers. Spotted in The Times Tuesday 31st December 2002: ORDER OF THE COMPANIONS OF HONOUR James Ephraim Lovelock Scientist, inventor and author, services to global environmental science. Best Wishes John Lovelock ==== LOVELOCK Mailing List ==== Lovelock family history Web pages: http://perso.numericable.fr/~lovjames/family-history/lovelock/ ============================== 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 ==== LOVELOCK Mailing List ==== Lovelock family history Web pages: http://perso.numericable.fr/~lovjames/family-history/lovelock/ ============================== 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