Liz Parkinson wrote, Sat, 16 Mar 2013 18:09:41 +0000 > William was a navvy apparently That was probably at the height of the railway building boom, when lots of Irish navvies came to work in England (also due to the Irish famine). So he may well have followed the work. It may be useful to see what railway was being built near where and when you have found him, and then follow that railway (as he did) and you may find other evidence of him & his family. Irish then implies a strong probability of being RC.
I know for certain they were RC, later generation were baptised RC and the discovery of that caused a lot of upset when it became known. I believe that some records which appear to have been destroyed by a family member showed that the family's route down the country could be seen via the bapstisms of their children, and it followed a railway line. Liz P x On 17 March 2013 10:37, Ooooppss <Ooooppss@btinternet.com> wrote: > Liz Parkinson wrote, Sat, 16 Mar 2013 18:09:41 +0000 > >> William was a navvy apparently > > That was probably at the height of the railway building boom, when > lots of Irish navvies came to work in England (also due to the Irish > famine). So he may well have followed the work. > > It may be useful to see what railway was being built near where and > when you have found him, and then follow that railway (as he did) and > you may find other evidence of him & his family. > > Irish then implies a strong probability of being RC. > > ****************************** > ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED MATERIALS. > ****************************** > PLEASE keep your Anti-Virus and Anti-Malware software up to date. BEWARE of messages making it onto the List with a single URL. NEVER follow the link. It's usually from an infected source! > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to STAFFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message