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greensleeves
RootsChat Senior
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Greensleeves
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My mother's Suffolk side were prosperous farmers in the 1500s, but over the centuries they gradually eased themselves down the ladder so that by the early 1800s they had arrived at Ag Lab status, which was where they stayed until the 20th century offered new opportunities.
My father's Durham/Yorkshire side, on the other hand, was more transport based, starting with master mariners, going through various railway jobs, until by the 1930s they were established in the northern shipyards. The Depression put paid to that, though, at which point my father joined the RAF - so to some extent I suppose he was following a pattern: boats - trains - boats - planes.
Greensleeves, who has broken the mould, for I make maps....
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Suffolk: Pearl(e) & variations - Brettenham, Hitcham,Rattlesden; Waddilove - Rattlesden and possibly Norfolk. Garnham - Belstead, Ipswich & area.
Durham/Yorkshire: Sedgwick - West Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Leeds, Merrington.
Shadforth - Hartlepool/Stockton
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IgorStrav
RootsChat Aristocrat
Posts: 1169
Arthur Pay 1915-2002 "handsome bu**er"
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Many of my family were policemen, starting from my great great grandfather (born 1839).
I have lost count of the number of times I've located people in the tree either directly related, or married into the family, who were policemen!
However, none of the current generation are in the force. At one time it was certainly the way to get off the land and on to a salaried position with, hold your breath, a PENSION!!!!!!
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Pay, Kent. Barham, Kent. Cork(e), Kent. Cooley, Kent. Barwell, Rutland/Northants/Greenwich. Cotterill, Derbys. Van Steenhoven, Belgium/East London. Burton, East London. Wade, Greenwich/Brightlingsea, Essex.
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