A STEPHENSON researcher may have an interest in the following: Extracted from Hull Daily Mail 21 June 1927 "Death of well known Holderness Methodist" A well known Holderness farmer passed away at Park House Farm Catwick on Monday in the person of Mr.George Stephenson aged 79.He was born at Brandesburton and had farmed at Catwick for the past 20 yrs.He will be a much missed man in the district.Mr.Stephenson was a prominent Wesleyan Methodist ,and his farmhouse, a delightful residence by the roadside opposite the village road to Hull, and much admired by the travelling public, had been an open house for years to Nonconformists.Deceased was a bachelor. Hope that helps someone. Mr.STEPHENSON is no relation to me. Margaret Taylor ( Port Perry.Ont)

When I asked my mother what a "High Tea" was she told me it's when you stand up and eat your tea off the shelf...... (mining humour...all her family were miners).Rita in Germany

In a message dated 23/07/2012 13:26:50 GMT Daylight Time, roy.stockdill@btinternet.com writes: From: JJupar@aol.com > In a message dated 23/07/2012 11:06:15 GMT Daylight Time, > martin@mbriscoe.me.uk writes: > English High Tea would be a light snack of cakes and tea but it used to be > quite common for Scottish hotels to do a High Tea between about 1700h > (perhaps earlier) and 1800h (or later) with Dinner starting some time after > 1900h. > > The menu would have a range of simple cooked dishes like sausage and chips, > fish and chips etc which were served with plenty of toast then followed by > a > range of cakes and jam for the toast. Often the cooked dish would be > similar of the same as those on the main Dinner menu so it could be cheaper > alternative to Dinner without all the pomp. > > There would obviously be a big pot of tea or coffee as well. > > > Martin Briscoe > Fort William > martin@mbriscoe.me.uk > > > -----Original Message----- > From: yorksgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:yorksgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of JJupar@aol.com > Sent: 23 July 2012 10:45 > To: kessie3@online.de; YORKSGEN@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [YORKSGEN] High Teas > > In a message dated 23/07/2012 09:30:32 GMT Daylight Time, > kessie3@online.de > writes: > When I asked my mother what a "High Tea" was she told me it's when you > stand up and eat your tea off the shelf...... (mining humour...all her > family were miners).Rita in Germany > > Hi, > > When you look at other peoples High Teas they seem to vary between > countys. However it seems to vary a bit. The working and middle class families > have a big High Tea but the upper classes have a lighter afternoon tea > with sandwiches and littler cakes because they are going to have another meal > later. > > I am not class conscious but and I didn't know how to explain it > otherwise. > > JUDY ELKINGTON > [North Derbyshire]> All this talk of High Teas with sausage and chips, cakes and sandwiches, etc, is making me wonder what sort of childhood and upbringing listers had. When I were nobbut a kid in'th' wartime we were lucky to get a piece of stale bread with pork dripping for 'us tea! What's more, because our parents couldn't afford to buy us shoes we were sent to school with more pieces of hard, stale bread strapped to 'us feet. Cue Monty Python's wonderful Five Yorkshiremen sketch.....! -- Roy Stockdill Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Famous family trees blog: http://blog.findmypast.co.uk/tag/roy-stockdill/ "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE Hi Roy, I hope you had a better childhood that you have made out to have. I don't remember bread being used for mending shoes but I do remember cardboard to keep the wet out of the holes. I think we should all take a pinch of salt with what Roy tells. Keep it up Roy it cheers my day. JUDY ELKINGTON [North Derbyshire] www.elkingtonfamily.com Elkington@rootsweb.com www.one-name.org/profiles/elkington.html

I was sitting last week in Beverley archives trying to track down some elusive catholic ancestors. I was reading a parchment document about how horses and guns of Catholics in the ERY were rounded up and removed. Then I read the date the document was written -1745  Yorkshire is further north than Derby so no wonder the authorities did this. Ask me off list if you are not from the UK and do not understand the significance of the date, otherwise you might be flamed! Chris

In a message dated 23/07/2012 11:06:15 GMT Daylight Time, martin@mbriscoe.me.uk writes: English High Tea would be a light snack of cakes and tea but it used to be quite common for Scottish hotels to do a High Tea between about 1700h (perhaps earlier) and 1800h (or later) with Dinner starting some time after 1900h. The menu would have a range of simple cooked dishes like sausage and chips, fish and chips etc which were served with plenty of toast then followed by a range of cakes and jam for the toast. Often the cooked dish would be similar of the same as those on the main Dinner menu so it could be cheaper alternative to Dinner without all the pomp. There would obviously be a big pot of tea or coffee as well. Martin Briscoe Fort William martin@mbriscoe.me.uk -----Original Message----- From: yorksgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:yorksgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of JJupar@aol.com Sent: 23 July 2012 10:45 To: kessie3@online.de; YORKSGEN@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [YORKSGEN] High Teas In a message dated 23/07/2012 09:30:32 GMT Daylight Time, kessie3@online.de writes: When I asked my mother what a "High Tea" was she told me it's when you stand up and eat your tea off the shelf...... (mining humour...all her family were miners).Rita in Germany Hi, When you look at other peoples High Teas they seem to vary between countys. However it seems to vary a bit. The working and middle class families have a big High Tea but the upper classes have a lighter afternoon tea with sandwiches and littler cakes because they are going to have another meal later. I am not class conscious but and I didn't know how to explain it otherwise. JUDY ELKINGTON [North Derbyshire] www.elkingtonfamily.com Elkington@rootsweb.com www.one-name.org/profiles/elkington.html

In a message dated 23/07/2012 09:30:32 GMT Daylight Time, kessie3@online.de writes: When I asked my mother what a "High Tea" was she told me it's when you stand up and eat your tea off the shelf...... (mining humour...all her family were miners).Rita in Germany Hi, I never heard that one but it is definitely right, that the miners always kept the best filled tables. We didn't always sit on proper chairs but anything even a box was acceptable, JUDY ELKINGTON [North Derbyshire] www.elkingtonfamily.com Elkington@rootsweb.com www.one-name.org/profiles/elkington.html

Hi Yorkins, I wish they still had them. I used to go with my husband before we had children on what were called Domiciliary Visits. He was an Artificial Limb Maker and he used visit patients at home on Saturdays. What a thrill if we went to a Coal Miners house. We were nearly always invited in for tea and what a spread. Cold Ham Lashings of bread and butter and assorted pickles, followed with scones and home made Jam. The whole was followed with an assortment of buns and lovely home made cakes. We used to go to several places but the Miners were always well fed in the 1950s and early 60s.. Oh for one of their teas now. JUDY ELKINGTON [North Derbyshire] _www.elkingtonfamily.com_ (http://www.elkingtonfamily.com/) Elkington@rootsweb.com _www.one-name.org/profiles/elkington.html_ (http://www.one-name.org/profiles/elkington.html)

Thank you very much Colin. I had assumed that everyone resident in UK would automatically have a vote by that time - didn't realise they had to qualify. I must brush up on my electoral Roll Knowledge. A good thing about this "pastime" is that however old you are you never stop learning! Many thanks Cheers Mabel in NZ Hi Mabel, There is no John CRAGGS listed in any of the Electoral Rolls for Bradford from 1900 to 1915 (there were none from then until 1920 due to WWI). Presumably this means that he wasn't eligible to vote. Best wishes, Colin Hinson In the village of Blunham in Bedfordshire U.K. Webmaster for the Genuki Yorkshire pages: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ Old and Rare Yorkshire Books on searchable CDroms: http://www.YorkshireCDbooks.com

The 1871 census for England and Wales was taken on the 2nd April 1871. Dawn in Sweden -----Original Message----- From: Barbara McLean Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2012 3:23 PM To: Yorksgen Yorksgen Subject: [YORKSGEN] 1871 Census Does anyone know what the date of the 1871 Census was? I grabbed a copy off Ancestry while I was at our library yesterday and realized there's no date on the top as most census have. Thanks for any help. Barbara McLean Murrieta, Ca ..... Ancestors in Yorkshire? http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/index.html; www.ryedalefamilyhistory.org; www.wharfedalefhg.org.uk; www.yorkshireparishregisters.com; www.yorkshireroots.org.uk; ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Barbara Try http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Census.html No UK census has a date at the top, I think you must be thinking of the US census the reference tells you the year though HO107 = 1841 & 1851 (two small pages side by side = 184) RG9 = 1861 RG10 = 1871 RG11 = 1881 RG12 = 1891 RG13 = 1901 RG14 = 1911 Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 21/07/2012 14:23, Barbara McLean wrote: > Does anyone know what the date of the 1871 Census was? I grabbed a copy off > Ancestry while I was at our library yesterday and realized there's no date > on the top as most census have. Thanks for any help. > > > > Barbara McLean > > Murrieta, Ca

Well I AM and I'm sulking!! Jeannie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Keith" <keithnancy@t-one.net> To: <yorksgen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2012 7:19 AM Subject: Re: [YORKSGEN] High tea > > I am not jealous... I am NOT jealous... I AM NOT JEALOUS!!!!! > > Nancy > in sunny Michigan, U S of A > Yorksgen 2005 (I think. The years are beginning to run together.) > > > > > On 7/20/2012 3:09 AM, CHRISTINE WILLOTT wrote: >> High tea was 50s style food courtesy of Marks&Spencer. We were so stuffed >> with savouries that we could not manage the cake (Swiss Roll and sponge), >> so that is going to Pudsey for lecture day. There are still some spaces >> left for this - ask Jackie Depelle. We toasted the Queen with elderflower >> champagne which really was home made. Then Lynn Lucas brought in a >> selection of old fashioned sweeties from the shop in Beverley. We fell on >> these like kids in a sweetie shop. >> >> Today we are having a day off and are going to Whitby on the bus for fish >> and chips. >> >> Chris >> ..... >> Ancestors in Yorkshire? http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/index.html; >> www.ryedalefamilyhistory.org; www.wharfedalefhg.org.uk; >> www.yorkshireparishregisters.com; www.yorkshireroots.org.uk; >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> . >> > ..... > Ancestors in Yorkshire? http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/index.html; > www.ryedalefamilyhistory.org; www.wharfedalefhg.org.uk; > www.yorkshireparishregisters.com; www.yorkshireroots.org.uk; > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Just returned from a week at Yorksgen, tired but happy. Had a great week, met up with old friends and met some new ones. Collected lots of information and pointers for where to look for more. Great chat over shared pots of tea, suppers and dare I say it sweets. Thanks to Janice for organising the accommodation, Chris for on- site organisation and the lift, Colin as ever the fountain of knowledge so willing imparted (complete with jokes) and everyone else for making it a great week. For the ones on their way home, safe journey; to those remaining don't work too hard. For those unable to make it - we missed you, to those considering coming - act on it come and join us next year. Cheers Lynn J

Before this thread gets banned. Roy is stirring again. There are just as many British, English, Chilean. Italian, Spanish, Eastern European block members etc. etc. working in Australia in bars, restaurants and studying at our UNI's etc.... we applaud them for going out of their comfort zones and getting the experience of living and working in different countries. I am very grateful that my ancestors left England and Scotland and came to Australia. They came out between 1788 and 1911, some convicts but mostly free settlers. My husband's people left Albania in 1928. What a wonderful thing for me that they did. I'm still trying to prove where my grandfather's BRIGGS branch came from, Yorkshire or Kent or elsewhere. Regards Ann in sunny Perth

     I second that, Nancy, (but I am jealous, really!).   Here I am shivering in my first Winter in NZ for 4 years.     Lorna Kay  --- On Sat, 21/7/12, Nancy Keith <keithnancy@t-one.net> wrote: From: Nancy Keith <keithnancy@t-one.net> Subject: Re: [YORKSGEN] High tea To: yorksgen@rootsweb.com Date: Saturday, 21, July, 2012, 9:19 AM I am not jealous... I am NOT jealous... I AM NOT JEALOUS!!!!! Nancy in sunny Michigan, U S of A Yorksgen 2005 (I think.  The years are beginning to run together.) On 7/20/2012 3:09 AM, CHRISTINE WILLOTT wrote: > High tea was 50s style food courtesy of Marks&Spencer. We were so stuffed with savouries that we could not manage the cake (Swiss Roll and sponge), so that is going to Pudsey for lecture day. There are still some spaces left for this - ask Jackie Depelle. We toasted the Queen with elderflower champagne which really was home made. Then Lynn Lucas brought in a selection of old fashioned sweeties from the shop in Beverley. We fell on these like kids in a sweetie shop. > > Today we are having a day off and are going to Whitby on the bus for fish and chips. > > Chris > ..... > Ancestors in Yorkshire? http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/index.html; > www.ryedalefamilyhistory.org; www.wharfedalefhg.org.uk; > www.yorkshireparishregisters.com; www.yorkshireroots.org.uk; > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message  .

Hi Jeannie! Okay, so maybe I am too. A little bit. I think the only cure for it is to sign up for Yorksgen for next year. Definitely on MY bucket list! Still have many good memories of the time we were there at the same time, and am more than willing to add another batch of good memories surrounding another Yorksgen. Nancy On 7/20/2012 11:57 PM, Jeannie Muller wrote: > Well I AM and I'm sulking!! > Jeannie > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Keith" <keithnancy@t-one.net> > To: <yorksgen@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2012 7:19 AM > Subject: Re: [YORKSGEN] High tea > > >> >> I am not jealous... I am NOT jealous... I AM NOT JEALOUS!!!!! >> >> Nancy >> in sunny Michigan, U S of A >> Yorksgen 2005 (I think. The years are beginning to run together.) >> >> >> >> >> On 7/20/2012 3:09 AM, CHRISTINE WILLOTT wrote: >>> High tea was 50s style food courtesy of Marks&Spencer. We were so >>> stuffed with savouries that we could not manage the cake (Swiss Roll >>> and sponge), so that is going to Pudsey for lecture day. There are >>> still some spaces left for this - ask Jackie Depelle. We toasted the >>> Queen with elderflower champagne which really was home made. Then >>> Lynn Lucas brought in a selection of old fashioned sweeties from the >>> shop in Beverley. We fell on these like kids in a sweetie shop. >>> >>> Today we are having a day off and are going to Whitby on the bus for >>> fish and chips. >>> >>> Chris >>> ..... >>> Ancestors in Yorkshire? >>> http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/index.html; >>> www.ryedalefamilyhistory.org; www.wharfedalefhg.org.uk; >>> www.yorkshireparishregisters.com; www.yorkshireroots.org.uk; >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> . >>> >> ..... >> Ancestors in Yorkshire? http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/index.html; >> www.ryedalefamilyhistory.org; www.wharfedalefhg.org.uk; >> www.yorkshireparishregisters.com; www.yorkshireroots.org.uk; >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > . >

Does anyone know what the date of the 1871 Census was? I grabbed a copy off Ancestry while I was at our library yesterday and realized there's no date on the top as most census have. Thanks for any help. Barbara McLean Murrieta, Ca

In response to all who commented on the 'Wet Weather' between the UK and Australia look at the following from Wikipedia: How many times will United Kingdom fit into Australia? Answer: The land mass of the UK is 243,609 sq km The land mass of Australia is 7,692,024 sq km The UK will fit into Australia about 31.5 times. Read more:http://wiki.answers com/Q/How_many_times_will_united_kingdom_fit_into_Australia#ixzz21ANTInt3 Brian M Morley Queensland Australia -----Original Message----- From: yorksgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:yorksgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of SBS Engineers Research Sent: 19 July 2012 09:09 To: Nivard Ovington; yorksgen@rootsweb.com Subject: [YORKSGEN] Wet Pudding Hi list and thanks to Nivard for a look at the wet weather, it's a very pretty sight. Although we have had the odd 'flood' in various parts of Australia, these reach a small area only and dry up quickly. Australia has been suffering the worst drought(s) since the Federation Drought(s).

Kay, maybe we should solve that problem by signing up for next year's Yorksgen! Given a winning lottery ticket, I would do it without a second's hesitation! We LOVED it when we went! Nancy On 7/20/2012 5:41 PM, D J Kay wrote: > I second that, Nancy, (but I am jealous, really!). Here I am > shivering in my first Winter in NZ for 4 years. > Lorna Kay > > --- On *Sat, 21/7/12, Nancy Keith /<keithnancy@t-one.net>/* wrote: > > > From: Nancy Keith <keithnancy@t-one.net> > Subject: Re: [YORKSGEN] High tea > To: yorksgen@rootsweb.com > Date: Saturday, 21, July, 2012, 9:19 AM > > > I am not jealous... I am NOT jealous... I AM NOT JEALOUS!!!!! > > Nancy > in sunny Michigan, U S of A > Yorksgen 2005 (I think. The years are beginning to run together.) > > > > > On 7/20/2012 3:09 AM, CHRISTINE WILLOTT wrote: > > High tea was 50s style food courtesy of Marks&Spencer. We were > so stuffed with savouries that we could not manage the cake (Swiss > Roll and sponge), so that is going to Pudsey for lecture day. > There are still some spaces left for this - ask Jackie Depelle. We > toasted the Queen with elderflower champagne which really was home > made. Then Lynn Lucas brought in a selection of old fashioned > sweeties from the shop in Beverley. We fell on these like kids in > a sweetie shop. > > > > Today we are having a day off and are going to Whitby on the bus > for fish and chips. > > > > Chris > > ..... > > Ancestors in Yorkshire? > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/index.html; > > www.ryedalefamilyhistory.org; www.wharfedalefhg.org.uk; > > www.yorkshireparishregisters.com; www.yorkshireroots.org.uk; > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com > <http://nz.mc960.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com> > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > > . >

Hi I am hoping to find anyone else researching the name of Peirson born Whitby approx dates 1900+ Daniel Peirson married Maria Gibbins in London area but moved to Yorkshire he was a retired police constable some of their children married there Hoping you can help Thanking you all Eileen

I am not jealous... I am NOT jealous... I AM NOT JEALOUS!!!!! Nancy in sunny Michigan, U S of A Yorksgen 2005 (I think. The years are beginning to run together.) On 7/20/2012 3:09 AM, CHRISTINE WILLOTT wrote: > High tea was 50s style food courtesy of Marks&Spencer. We were so stuffed with savouries that we could not manage the cake (Swiss Roll and sponge), so that is going to Pudsey for lecture day. There are still some spaces left for this - ask Jackie Depelle. We toasted the Queen with elderflower champagne which really was home made. Then Lynn Lucas brought in a selection of old fashioned sweeties from the shop in Beverley. We fell on these like kids in a sweetie shop. > > Today we are having a day off and are going to Whitby on the bus for fish and chips. > > Chris > ..... > Ancestors in Yorkshire? http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/index.html; > www.ryedalefamilyhistory.org; www.wharfedalefhg.org.uk; > www.yorkshireparishregisters.com; www.yorkshireroots.org.uk; > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > . >