243rose
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Afternoon.
During the 19th Century at one point or another most of my ancestors ended up moving from rural areas to various parts of London.
I often wonder whether they ever went back to the countrysdie to visit or attend marriages/Funeral. I automatically tend to think they were probably too poor to keep going back and forth and once in London tended to stay till they expired.
Does anyone know whether train fares were probably too prohibitive to allow too much visiting or that our ancestors travelled more freely than i think.......... perhaps some of you may have examples ??.
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Iain.
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Hi Iain 
I can't answer your question, but it is something I have often thought about myself! So many ancestors left their home town for pastures new - I often wonder if, as they said their goodbyes to the family they were leaving behind, it would be the last time that they ever saw them!
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243rose
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I suppose it was harder to keep contact in those days.
some i suppose were only too glad to leave their families behind.
iain
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This thread might give you some idea of the cost.
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,226186.0.html
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Brock: Alburgh, Norfolk, and after 1850, London; Tooley: Norfolk Grimmer: Norfolk; Grimson: Norfolk Harrison: London; Pollock Dixon: Hampshire; Collins: Middx Jeary: Norfolk; Davison: Norfolk Rogers: London; Bartlett: London Drew: Kent; Alden: Hants Gamble: Yorkshire; Huntingford: East London Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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One of my ancestors was born in Huntingdonshire in the early 1830s. She married in London in 1856 and all her children were born in London.
However she was obviously visiting her place of birth in 1874 as one of her children died there - his death was registered in Huntingdonshire and he was buried there.
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Joy, Larkin, Twort, Baker, Whibley - Brenchley and Horsmonden area Kent Fewell and Speller - Essex and London Headington and Bateman - London Feltwell - Norfolk and London Lewin - India and NZ Evan-Thomas - Wales and London Purser and Cook - Hunts Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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243rose
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thanks
thread read with interest.
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A lot of 'em seemed to do a fair bit of travelling. Possibly more than we think. But it's hard to pin it down.
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As far as I'm aware the railways had three classes of carriages for travellers ... First class for the well to do, Second class for the middle class and open carriages for the common people.
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I think they probably travelled back home more often than we imagine.
One of mine travelled from London to Gloucestershire several times in the 1860s to have her various children baptised in the church where she was married.
I also have a copy of a letter written by my g-grandfather in 1874 to his brother in Australia telling him of their mother's illness and how he (from Hampshire) and his other two brothers from London travelled to Gloucester to see her.
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243rose
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yes.
i think that you are right.
people coped with the conditions of the time as to them it was 'normal', travelling a distance was perhaps not a chore and was affordable on the odd occassion.
i think people look back on the poor of those days with pity etc etc etc etc but to them they expected life to be that way, for them it was the norm...... they must have got by and laughed now and then.
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iain.
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