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Catherine Alice Collins

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The Tilley Family Migration

This branch of my tree is about the Tilley family of the New Forest which commences with John Tilley and Martha Spearen, my 8th Great-Grandparents

In part at least, this came about due to a message from somebody on Ancestry, our trees shared a name. It turns out that that person is a 6th cousin, living in Australia. Far from the only relative found to be living abroad. The story starts with families that would be fairly static. Where perhaps twenty miles was a large distance and travels through time and space to go halfway around the world.

As part of this research I am also creating a database of One Place Study of Marriages in Sopley. This will give some insight of the families living in Sopley with my 8th Great-Grandparents

It has already provided some excitement. A possible brother to John who married at a similar time, just a few years apart. This has potentially created a new, previously undiscovered, link, and a jump into another person's tree in Ancestry. Which, in turn has resulted in a whole new line of research.

Collaboration with other people has provided further insight, especially with the number of different spellings of surnames, with vast swathes of the population unable to read, write, or spell, and some records being in Latin. It all adds to the general confusion, challenge, and enjoyment.

Read more at The Tilley Family Migration or go to a list of people in the database The people in The Tilley Family Migration

The one place study of the Parish of Sopley

Parish of Sopley, Hampshire, England

As part of my exploration of the Tilley Family Migration I created a database of One Place Study of Marriages in Sopley.

This research has since expanded, firstly with the Electoral Polls, at a time before universal suffrage and the secret vote, and then into the Lords of the Manor, This includes feudal Barons and has entries as far back as 1086 with information from the Domesday Book.

Sopley now has a place of its own in my Genealogy website

It is now a full One Place Study of Sopley, with Apprenticeships, occupations, census information. This will continue to expand. Although I think it will become less sustainable in the 20th Century and beyond in part due to the increase in population together with the enhanced mobility of the population

Where possible, I will geolocate the plots in the Tithe Map and cross reference with the various Census returns, where there is enough information to decerne the route taken by the enumerator.

I have registered my OPS with the Society of One Place Studies

My TNG database list of people in the Sopley study.

Family Trees

The Bignells and the Pomeroys of Broadwindsor

This is not my research, but it is my family. More importantly, it is how I became hooked on Family Tree research.

This tree was created by the hard work and research of Robin Pomeroy and "Bobby" Barbara Ann Pomeroy nee Hood, over many years, the old fashioned way, without the benefits of the Genealogy websites we have today and their associated records. Photographed above with my parents, Robin on the left and Bobby on the right.

I have merely put their data on line for them, with their knowledge and permission, firstly on Ancestry, and now here. Transcribing one of the hard copies they circulated to the family, my Mum's copy, into database record format and sharing with the world.

Additional contributions to the original work came from Pamela Shaftoe in respect of the descendants of Mary Brown. From Audrey Johnson, a lot of contributions on the Newport Pomeroys. From Colin Pomeroy, much about the descendants of Charles Cleal Pomeroy, and from Estella Nobles those of Thomas Pomeroy. Original information about the descendants of Charles Edward Pomeroy came from Geraldine Nottley-Jones and was amplified by Peggy Hurst, nee Pomeroy. There were also contributions throughout from Chris Pomery.

I believe that the Chris Pomery (note the variation in spelling) above is the primary and registered researcher of the Pomeroy surname, and its variations, in the Guild of One Name Studies and runs the Pomeroy Family Association


The improbable Hurst tree

Why is this improbable? Well, it is my general Ancestry rough working tree. Experiments and uncertain links and additions are included. It is generally not properly validated. Currently, it relies on a large portion of its far ancestors on an alleged bastard child. Using this dodgy link the tree continues back to BC dates and apparent relatives, with Royalty from a number of countries on the way.

Despite being improbable it is my biggest and main tree. It is also the Ancestry tree connected to my DNA results. Having so many branches sometimes leads to unexpected and interesting finds which aid development and research. Fully validated material is incorporated into a much smaller home tree.


The Hurst Family Tree

The Hurst Family Tree is my validated tree based around my father, Norman George Hurst.


The One Name and One Place Studies

Studies of One Name

Inspired by the Guild of One Name Studies I have started collecting data on the surnames of Hurst and Collins. Pomeroy is already extensively covered. I may add Broomfield latter. That would have all my Grandparents covered.

Read more at The Tilley Family Migration or go to a list of people in the database The people in The Tilley Family Migration

The One Name Study of the Surname Nash in support of the identification of one of my ancestor Edward Nash, or go to a list of people in the database.

Another ONS is that of Biddlecombe, commencing with those in the parish of Eling Hampshire. Edward Biddlecombe, born in 1770 in Beaulieu. Of his children one was called John and another James. They both had children called Charles, born about 4 years apart. Living a couple of miles apart. Both Charles married Emma. Then to add to the confusion, both Charles use similar names for their children. All residing in Eling. Very confusing. The way forward, research all Biddlecombe, Biddlecomb, and other variations in the area. Hoping to allocate them to relative branches and trees. Hoping to resolve the confusion.

Studies of One Place

The one Place Studies started with the people of Whiteparish, in Wiltshire, England. I have a hunch that that parish may have links to my tree. I find family and social migration interesting and this will help explore that. At the time of writing, the earliest date is 1470 when the population was less than 200, and the community fairly static. Marriages tended to be within the community and family associations can be assumed.

Read more at Whiteparish One Place Study or go to a list of people in the database The people of Whiteparish

I also have a Millbrook Parish One Place Study. It starts with plotting The enumerators route of the 1841 census of Millbrook, Hampshire, but now absorbed into Southampton. Turnpikes became an interesting challenge.

Read more at Millbrook Parish One Place Study

or go to a list of people in the database The people of Millbrook

When I was 14 years old our family moved from Southampton to the outskirts of Romsey. Romsey has a very significant country estate called Broadlands, with a long and intertwined history. Broadlands formed part of the abbey of Romsey in the tenth century. Surrendered to the Crown at the Dissolution in 1539, it was granted first to John Foster, a former steward to the abbey and then in 1544 to Sir Thomas Seymour, an uncle of Edward VI. More recently it has been the home of Louis Mountbatten with connections to the Royal Family. Rather that a One Place study of Romsey I have started a One Place Study, or One Estate Study of The Broadlands Park Estate.

Read more at Broadlands - A country estate in Hampshire, near Romsey

 

Perhaps the next will be Western Terrace, small road of railway cottages backing on to the railway off Chapel Road Southampton, Hampshire, England. Parts of my family lived there in living memory, until it was demolished in the mid 1960's.

 

 

My parents wedding group

The wedding of Norman George Hurst and Peggy Alice Mary Pomeroy on 9 November 1946 in Southampton

Photo taken at Atherley Studios by Eva E Powell, 300/302, Shirley Road, Southampton.

Back row from left; William Charles H Stanley, husband of Normans sister Millicent (and probably best man), Jean Ricketts, Norman George Hurst, Yvonne Letitia Ricketts, Bertram Harry Stephen Pomeroy (Peggy's Dad), Edward (Ted) Bertram Dan Pomeroy (Peggy's brother).

Front row; from left; Francis Hurst nee Broomfield, (Norman's Mum), Peggy Alice Mary Pomeroy, Catherine Alice Pomeroy nee Collins, (Peggy's mum)


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More background about trees, people, and places

Family Trees can be just a list of people and how they are interrelated.

However they can contain so much more. Records, so many records.

Part of the process of assessment of a record for me, is about location. This takes me into social economic history. In the 19th century, where a lot of our records come from, life was considerably different form today. The very rich could move about the country, and indeed they would with a degree of ease that we have today, albeit on a different timescale. I recently found people on my tree that migrated to North America, and subsequently part of the family moved on to Australia, and set up home there. Shipping passenger records indicate that people from that family frequently visited their relatives both in North America and Britain, before returning to their home in Australia. That was not the lot of the masses though.

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