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Category Archives: Littleport
Surname Saturday: GILBERT
Surname Saturday: GILBERT – The Gilbert family of Huntingdonshire and Cambridgeshire are the focus of this week’s meme day. Continue reading
Posted in Abbotsley, Farmers, Gilbert, Littleport, Surname Saturday
Tagged Abbotsley, Burnt Chimney Drove, Colin Tabeart, Elizabeth Brightly, Elizabeth Hale, Elizabeth Howlett, Gilbert, Huntingdonshire, James Gilbert, Land Tax, Littleport, Robert Edsope, Surname Saturday, Thomas Cade, William Gilbert
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Wordless Wednesday
The Geneabloggers meme Wordless Wednesday. Continue reading
Posted in Littleport, Wordless Wednesday
Tagged Cambridgeshire, geneabloggers, Littleport, St George's Church, wordless wednesday
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2010 Littleport Show taking place this Saturday
This Saturday (24th July) sees the Littleport Show – an annual day out for the family from 9am until 6pm at Highfields. Included in the line up of this excellent show is the return of The Littleport Society marquee – … Continue reading
Posted in Cambridgeshire, Events, Littleport
Tagged 2010, family, Highfields, Littleport, Littleport Show, Littleport Society
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Littleport Society announce 2010-2011 meetings calendar
I’ve just received the Summer 2010 (Issue 77) of The Littleport Society magazine and with it came the calendar of their meetings at the Village Hall in Littleport from 7.30pm. They are as follows, but please note that you should … Continue reading
Posted in Cambridgeshire, Littleport
Tagged AGM, autogyros, Brian Jones, Cambridgeshire, cosmetics, Duxford, Genealogy, history, Iain Harvey, Janet Morris, Ken Wallace, Les Millgate, Littleport, Littleport Society, Michelle Bullivant, National Trust, poison, powder, presentations, RAF, Stephen Kelley, Susan Oosthuizen, talks, technology, Tony Kirby, Veronica Bennet, Victoria Street, Victorians, William Harrison, WWII
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Tombstone Tuesday: James, Elizabeth and Willie Gilbert
James and Elizabeth Gilbert’s Gravestone, originally uploaded by familytreeuk. This headstone stands in the cemetery in Littleport, Cambridgeshire. The Gilbert family were and are land owners in the area. The stone shows that Elizabeth and James died close together – … Continue reading
Posted in Farmers, Gilbert, Littleport
Tagged burial, buried, cemetery, death, Elizabeth Gilbert, grave, headstone, James Gilbert, memorial, tombstone tuesday, Willie Gilbert
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Elveden and the Brightwells
One of the family trees that I am currently climbing has a bit of an evolutionary name. The most recent incarnations in the late-19th century are ‘Brightle’, ‘Brightley’ and ‘Brightly’ as found in Littleport and Little Downham fenland, Cambridgeshire. The … Continue reading
Posted in Brightwell, Elveden, Farmers, Genealogy, Littleport, Suffolk
Tagged Ann Church, Brightle, Brightley, Brightly, Brightwell, Bury Record Office, Elden, Elveden, Gathercole, Genuki, George Burton, Harper, John Brightly, John Brightwell, Littleport, Martha Bacon, Mary Crane, Robert Brightwell, Suffolk, Turner
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Littleport Society forthcoming events calendar
I’ve just received the latest Littleport Society magazine and they are currently confirming the following calendar dates – all of which take place at 7.30pm at the Village Hall. 4th December 2009 – Society Bookstall at the late night Christmas … Continue reading
Posted in Cambridgeshire, Family Tree, Fenland, Littleport
Tagged AGM, Bill Wittering, Bruce Frost, calendar, Cambridgeshire, events, familytree, fens, Gordon Easton, history, huguenot, Littleport, Littleport Society, meetings, Royal Mail, Tessa West, village hall
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The Workhouse
It’s unlikely that anyone would have wanted to go to the workhouse unless they’d lost all hope of finding support elsewhere.. but after two illegitimate children (Caroline and Edward Clarke), and an 1838 marriage to widower Mr William Bailey, Mary … Continue reading
Posted in Bailey, Botesdale, Clarke, Littleport, Suffolk
Tagged Alfred Bailey, Amelia Bailey, Back Hills, Caroline Clarke, Castle Hill, Charles Bailey, Edward Bailey, Edward Clarke, Ellis Bailey, Eye, Fanny Bailey, Francis Bailey, Gressenhall, Hartismere, Hartismere Union, Henry Flowers, Ling House of Industry, Louisa Bailey, Mary Bailey, Mary Clarke, Mildenhall Road, Philip Bailey, poverty, William Bailey, workhouse
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New season of Littleport Society meetings announced.
I’ve just received the latest edition of The Littleport Society magazine, so thought i’d share the event info with you that covers the next few months. I’ve been a member of the society for years now and they are exceptionally … Continue reading
Posted in Cambridgeshire, Fenland, Littleport, Railwaymen
Tagged Addenbrookes, Alan Litshel, Bill Wittering, bottles, eels, fens, Gerald Siviour, Gordon Easton, Hilary Ritchie, history, huguenot, Iain Harvey, Littleport, Littleport Society, Malcolm Gaskill, meetings, Mike Petty, nursing, Peter Carter, railways, Royal Mail, St George's Church, talks, Tessa West, Victoria Street, witches
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Can’t see the Woods for the trees
Caroline Clarke, my paternal great, great, great grandmother, had presented me a problem for many years, but 2009 appears to have ended the mystery of who she was and where she came from. After deciding to unravel the mystery of … Continue reading
