Hi Janine The best people to ask would be the records office themselves Staff records being a purely private matter at the time you can only hope that any records if kept at all are lodged with the records office but there was nothing compelling them to do so Does it still survive? if so and the records office can't help, try the present owners, its possible for these things to still be in private hands and be passed down Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) PS neither William FRAIERS or FAIERS comes up in Barham, the nearest I see is some FAYERS is that your family? If so they are Ag Labs not gardeners > Would anyone have an idea where I could find some information on Shrubland > Park in Barham Ipswich. I have googled a fair amount about ownership etc, > but I have an old postcard of Shrubland found in my Great Grandfathers > correspondence, which has hand written on it : > > "Shrubland Park Beautiful Estate designed by William Fraiers for Sir William > Middleton now belonging to Lady De Laumaurez, Maze 12 ft of Box" > > As I said I can google info about who owned Shrubland and that it was > designed by James Pain and that the gardens were designed by Sir Charles > Barry etc, but would there be records of gardeners at the estate or who > worked there around 1850? My ancestors were Faiers living in Barham on the > 1851 census and I wondered if Willliam Faiers may have been a gardener > there. Would the SRO have records of this type? > > > Janine
Thanks Nivard Yes they are my Fayers, Faiers, Fairs, Fraiers, various spellings exist. The Henry Fayers, Ag Labourer on the 1851 census in Barham is my GG Grandfather interestingly he is listed on his daughters marriage cert in 1863 as deceased gardener and on his death certificate in 1854 as Gardener. His father was William Fairs, labourer from Claydon. I will contact SRO, thank you again for your reply. Janine -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nivard Ovington Sent: Tuesday, 5 June 2012 9:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [SFK-UK] Shrubland Park Hi Janine The best people to ask would be the records office themselves Staff records being a purely private matter at the time you can only hope that any records if kept at all are lodged with the records office but there was nothing compelling them to do so Does it still survive? if so and the records office can't help, try the present owners, its possible for these things to still be in private hands and be passed down Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) PS neither William FRAIERS or FAIERS comes up in Barham, the nearest I see is some FAYERS is that your family? If so they are Ag Labs not gardeners > Would anyone have an idea where I could find some information on Shrubland > Park in Barham Ipswich. I have googled a fair amount about ownership etc, > but I have an old postcard of Shrubland found in my Great Grandfathers > correspondence, which has hand written on it : > > "Shrubland Park Beautiful Estate designed by William Fraiers for Sir William > Middleton now belonging to Lady De Laumaurez, Maze 12 ft of Box" > > As I said I can google info about who owned Shrubland and that it was > designed by James Pain and that the gardens were designed by Sir Charles > Barry etc, but would there be records of gardeners at the estate or who > worked there around 1850? My ancestors were Faiers living in Barham on the > 1851 census and I wondered if Willliam Faiers may have been a gardener > there. Would the SRO have records of this type? > > > Janine ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2178 / Virus Database: 2433/5045 - Release Date: 06/04/12