A sense of humour

[Boongie Pam]

Hi,

I have a similar situation in my family.  I have John Lowther born 1755 and Mary Steward his wife born 1750 they both died within 2 weeks of each other in 1843.  On the 1841 census for Wigton they are both listed as potters, apparently in Cumberland a potter is a travelling dealer, a travelling salesman I guess.  They are apparently from a line of gypsies that settled in the area.

I can't imagine how hard that would be at such an age.

There are some good stories from this website from a 1901 newspaper - some funny, some sad.

http://www.wirksworth.org.uk/A20-1901.htm


Cheers,
Pam