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Topic: WDYTYA Series 4: #5 Alistair McGowan (Read 3441 times)
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lesleyhannah
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Just going to watch it now!
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Paul Caswell
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Thank you soooo much Nanny Jan!  I had completely forgotten about it. Senior moment I suppose. 
Paul
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Caswell - Durham(Jarrow), Northumberland(Berwick), Dorset(Netherbury) Drury - Middlesex(Kensington), Shropshire(Selattyn) Turner - Dorset(Parkstone) Speight - Kent(Gravesend), Westmorland(Kendal) Stockley - Dorset(Corfe Castle) Amey - Suffolk(Haverill) Cousins - Norfolk(Ketteringham) Sears - Bedfordshire(Potton), Cambridgeshire(Gamlingay) Census information is Crown Copyright
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Springbok
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Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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We enjoyed this episode very much tonight and half way through , had an inkling of the country of origin .
Said as much to OH who was suitably impressed. But I reckon a number of Gene Hunters would have come to the same conclusion!!!
Spring
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Dorset: Ackerman,Bungey,Bunter Chant,Hyle
Islington:Bedford, Eaton,Wilkins
Beds,Fulham: Brazier
Shoreditch: Burton,Coverdale
Essex ,Clerkenwell:Craswell,Cresswell
St.Lukes Middx:Doughty, Dunkley
Andover/IOW/Fulham:Gasser
Fulham: Neal
Bucks:Putnam,Wingrove
Bullwell.Notts:Wilkinson
Clerkenwell/Islington:Wyllie
Herts/ Tottenham/Walthamstow:Young
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dee melody
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This had to be the best episode so far and all those records - i can but dream
Dee
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Census Information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.ukMelody: Carrick, Attymass, Ballina, County Mayo Cassidy:Mayo/Cavan Granaghan: Crossmolina, County Mayo Mullens: Kensington, London |
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Martin Briscoe
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Be interesting to see him on a programme with Sanjeev Bhaskar or Meera Syal, I can imagine a bit of leg pulling from them!
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BRISCOE - Bolton, Heaton Norris, Rochdale, Oldham, Chadderton, Blackburn
POUNDER - Middleton Tyas, Kirkbymoorside, Stokesley, Lambeth, Bolton, Newcastle on Tyne, Leeds
HAMMOND - Quebec, Laverton, Masham, Grantley
SWALES - Laverton, Masham
O'Shea - Quebec
PARRY - Caerhun, Deiniolen, Clwt y Bont, Brynrefail, Tal y Sarn, Brynrefail, Bethesda
EVANS - Llanfihangel Bryn Pabuan, Maesmynis, Dowlais, Stockton on Tees, Hartlepool, Trealaw
HARVEY - Trentham, Sheriffhales, Llanfyllin, Llanferres, Minera
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stoney
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...so many "trees" - what's a dog to do!
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I really enjoyed this episode - Alistair McGowan was really on a quest, and he said he felt like a detective!
I had a suspicion about the final "outcome" - having had the same result myself (ie, your heritage coming from an unexpected source!)
I could sympathise with his feelings of loss for his Scottish roots - I felt much the same haviong been very proud of my Scottish surname (MacGregor) only to later find my Dad had assumed the name!
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Beattie, Beveridge, Carson, Davidson, Hounam, Johnston, Purdon, Rae, Stevenson, - Scotland. Brown, Bulman, Cooke, Harding, Meyers, Osborne, Routledge - England
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patrish
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I found this episode extremely interesting.
I was not at all surprised that he turned out to be of Irish rather then Scottish descent as I have always understood that the Mac's are Scottish and the Mc's Irish.
But I suppose there will always some exceptions to the rules.
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this information is Crown Copyright. from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk London Hall, Thurston Stanley, Phillips, Ayrton, White, Morrish, Smith. West Ham/Barking Saint,Briggs, Essex Barker, Hampshire Kill, Kent Spong, U.S.A Earp, Scotland/Cumbria Templeton, Devon Morrish, Chudley |
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nanny jan
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I've no connections with Ireland, East India Company or India but I found the programme absolutely fascinating. Such a shame about the ruined church and overgrown cemetery.
Wonder where the name Suetonius came from; was he a famous Roman?
Nanny Jan
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Howard , Viney , Kingsman, Pain/e, Rainer/ Rayner, Barham, George, Wakeling (Catherine), Vicary (Frederick) all LDN area/suburbs Ottley/ MDX,
Henman/ KNT Gandy/LDN before 1830 Burgess/LDN
Barham SFK
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rubyrose
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Great programme, thought the part where he met all his relatives was surreal, like something from a comedy sketch.
One thing you have to say for the East India Company and the British Army, they certainly kept great records, pity more of them aren't online.
Ruby
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Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.ukBAKER - Lancashire, Cheshire, BUCHANAN - Glasgow, Lancashire, LAWRENCE - Jamaica, Lancashire, JONES - Shropshire, Lancashire, SHAWCROSS - Lancashire, India, MONTAGU - Lancashire, America, MORRISON - Fife, Lancashire, SEDDON DUTTON HESKETH - Lancashire, WHITEHEAD - Yorkshire, WIDDOWS - Ireland |
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lesleyhannah
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I think the producers have done a good job in making all the programmes very different. So far I've enjoyed all of them - and this one showed how much behind the scenes research goes on before we see the finished production.
Look forward to next week's now!
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