On 21 December 2010 19:35, geoff <geoff@mover.karoo.co.uk> wrote: > Hi Every one , > Hope you all have a Good Christmas and a Happy new year > .. > The one I would love to bring home would be my Great Granddad GEORGE BROWN > .I have his marriage certificate in 1871 September 28th He was age 28 and a > widower profession Sailor if age is correct he was born 1843 . On the 1881 > census his birth place was BECCLES SUFFOLK . I have been looking for him > since I retired year 2000 .I know all about my Great Grandma her family her > late husbands family .All came from NECTON NORFOLK . In the past I have > found out about other family's .My family's tree is not so long but nice and > wide ,a bit like me ..:-)) ALL THE BEST TO ALL .. > Best Regards Geoff .. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SUFFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Everyone Wishing everyone a Great Christmas & a Happy New Year. I don't post here very often, but I never miss your postings, I have no direct links to Suffolk other than my mother lives near Hadleigh & my late father is in Ipswich forever. The one I would love to bring home would be my Grandfather's Granddad HENRY LAWS, Henry was born in Walworth SRY in 1800, by the time of his marriage in 1825 he was a Master Mariner, a trade in which he passed on to his sons, he himself continued in the foreign trade up to his death in 1880, he travelled the globe firstly in Brigs and later in Barques mostly in the sugar trade to Mauritius & St Kitts, and right up to his death sticking with sail well into the age of steam. Where his parents came from is uncertain and even after 40 years as a one-name researcher it is still uncertain, likewise his wife's parents origins are also uncertain I have seen records that would indicate she (MARY ANN LOTHERINGTON) had been born in Greenwich KENT (1861 census) but in the 1851 census gives her birthplace as Weeting Surrey, well as we all know Weeting is near Brandon on the Norfolk/Suffolk borders (that is unless you know different) there were certainly LAWS in the immediate area, but LOTHERINGTON is a North Yorkshire/County Durham name. John P Laws. (Member 674, of Guild of One-Name Studies, since 1984) laws@one-name.org Researching LAW, LAWE, LAWES, LAWS, LAWSE & allied families worldwide since 1974. see our website at - www.lawsfamilyregister.org.uk Our members get unlimited access to our database which now stands at 61,000 People, having 17,450 families, with 140,150 events in 30,000 places across the World. Also:- Moderator: LAW & LAWS-UK mailing lists and message boards at Rootsweb.com and now using SKYPE & GOOGLE-Docs