gillyflower
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Hi from Lincolnshire
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Hi Malcolm,
Thank you for the welcome I am in Scunthorpe so not far away from Lincoln, but I am a Lincolnshire yella belly lol
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My family originate from Ashby and the Scunthorpe area.
Hi Chimp,
I actually live in Ashby but my family originated around Boston (Lincs)
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My Dad was born at Benington and a few generations of Blands before him and then a Scot married into the family and the line has gone all the way back to 1100s which is really hard to get your head around when you think of all the history the ancestors have lived through.
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I was wrong he was born in Butterwick about 20 miles from Boston. Not bad for me, at least I got the first letter right
His son, my gr grandfather married a Scot (not sure if she was a Scotbut Campbell is a Scottish name)
Butterwick is not far from Boston. My Scots were Roger and Anstruther the Anstruther line unlocked an aristocratic family, hence being able to get back to thec1100s
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Hi Homebird! Welcome! I hope you enjoy being here as much I have over a few years now!
My hubby (well, ex. hubby now, but still a close friend who drops by every week), is from Lincolnshire, so we have spent a lot of time there over the years. He (dare I say it) is from Scunthorpe, but his mother is from Lincoln. His father hails from Pudsey in Yorkshire.
Cheers, Diana in Tropical Far North Qld Australia
My hubby (well, ex. hubby now, but still a close friend who drops by every week), is from Lincolnshire, so we have spent a lot of time there over the years. He (dare I say it) is from Scunthorpe, but his mother is from Lincoln. His father hails from Pudsey in Yorkshire.
Cheers, Diana in Tropical Far North Qld Australia
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Hi Diana,
It is a small world as they say lol. I do have cousins in Australia after my great uncle decided to desert England, John Rodger, he was an engineer I think. It's supposed to be Spring here so if you can send some warm sun that would be lovely
Take care
Lesley
One of my paternal gr. grandmothers was from Thimbleby.. She watches over me everyday from a photo on my wall! She's one tough, stern looking old gal so I figure tough folks come from Lincolnshire. View media item 471
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One of my paternal gr. grandmothers was from Thimbleby.. She watches over me everyday from a photo on my wall! She's one tough, stern looking old gal so I figure tough folks come from Lincolnshire.
One of my paternal gr. grandmothers was from Thimbleby.. She watches over me everyday from a photo on my wall! She's one tough, stern looking old gal so I figure tough folks come from Lincolnshire.
One of my paternal gr. grandmothers was from Thimbleby.. She watches over me everyday from a photo on my wall! She's one tough, stern looking old gal so I figure tough folks come from Lincolnshire.
They are a strong looking family all those strapping good looking lads, no shortage of girlsfriends there I should think. Lol
There were 16 children all total... The first one died early, but we only know a bit of information from the family bible. Much later in life she had triplets and one died at birth, and one died about 7 months from convulsions, the other lived to old age. A total of 14 boys and 2 girls! Of those children several never had a family, including one of the girls. I think the most children any of the others had was 3! My grandad is the tall blonde upper left.