Ascott House , Wing

[scrimnet]

Hi Annie
Great picture of the house, if only the gamekeeper was standing outside . 

He  was Robert Stevens, bapt Jan 1838 in Cheddington, married to Ann Carter, in 1860.

He was Gamekeeper in 1881 census, living with his wife in the Gamekeepers lodge.
In 91 he was back to being and Ag. Lab, and in 1901, a Poultry breeder living in the delightfully named Bottom End.

Fred

Should have read this properly!

My grandmother was Jane Louisa Stevens born Tingewick 1880ish....Any relation??? I haven't done her side yet....

[ptdrifter]

Hi Scrimnet,
No Jane Louisa's  in the tree yet. And none from Tingewick

[scrimnet]

Ah well...just seemed a bit of a coincidence...Brother in law of Jane Louisa gets a job a Wing after coming out of the army...and she is a Stevens as well as the gamekeeper...

[liverpool annie]

As I was looking for some of my Bucks family ... I came across this ....

you've probably "been there .... done that " ..... but I have to say I've just spent quite some time

going through this site ...... fascinating !! 

http://www.wing-ops.org.uk/index.html

Annie

[ptdrifter]

http://www.wing-ops.org.uk/index.html

Annie

Yes , that's a great site, I found some of my realatives on the PR transcriptions on there

[liverpool annie]

Hi Fred !

As I'm well known for going off on tangents ....... I was looking for something else and came across this ..... nothing to do with your Gamekeeper of course ......  but interesting nonetheless !! thought it may interest you too !! 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Primrose,_Countess_of_Rosebery

Annie 

[Keziahemm]

Hi

Have you tried looking for Gamekeepers' Deputations in Buckingham Archives?
I have ancestors who were gamekeepers in Northamptonshire for the Earl of Westmoreland and others.  In Northampton archives found the Deputations (registers of all gamekeepers in the county who had to be licenced and sworn in every year) with lots of information, i.e., name, where they lived, status, who they worked for, the area covered, and year.

Wished I had taken a digital camera with me, I ended up with writer's cramp 

Regards

Susan 

[ptdrifter]

Hi Susan
Thanks for that info.
I will add that to the list for when I am able to get to Aylesbury.

Rgds
Fred

[ahcoles]

Hi everyone - I am the person behind the Wing One Place Study website you all have such kind words about. I know that Fred has already been in touch with me, but if any of you haven't been in touch and let me know who your families are in Wing then please do so, I'd love to hear from you and may even have further information for you as copyright restrictions mean I can't put everything online! I have STEVENS from Wing in my line too, but c.1800.

I'm squirrelling away all the pieces of information I can get as to who worked for the Rothschilds at Ascott and in what capacity - eventually this will make it on to the website - so I'd particularly like to hear more about those chauffeurs and the like! My ancestor allegedly worked with the polo ponies after WW1 but I haven't found evidence as yet that they even had polo at Ascott.....

Regards
Alex