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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago
East London |
Maternal grandfather was in the Merchant Navy.
Maternal grandmother did laundry and worked in a pie and mash shop.
Paternal grandmother was from a family who owned warehouses and property.
No idea about my Paternal grandfather's family. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Farmers. Pretty much all of them, so much so, we were apparently part of the highest caste in the system despite our religion not supposedly believing in them  |
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Great grandfather was in the army. If you watch dad's army he was in the same regiment as Corporal Jones, I have his campaign medals from the battle in the Sudan that featured as a flashback in one of the episodes where he fought the 'fuzzy wuzzies'. He was also in WWI |
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My ancestors in my father’s side were Lighthouse Keepers. There’s a commemoration for one of them who dies in a storm at Portland Bill. No record of it, but some paper ancestry work done by a relative found a Highwayman from off of the 1600s..
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By *r_PinkMan
over a year ago
london stratford |
Mother was a stripper (in the 60s n 70s, now it would be classified as burlesque stripping)
Dad started out as a butcher then went on to drive and mind Arabs.
Dads family where refugees fleeing Communism. and mums family left Ireland when the potato famine happened and ended up working on the Liverpool docks and Navy |
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One Great Grandad was an jeweller and antique dealer.
Another was a dock yard labourer then later a time keeper on the railway.
Grandad 1's mother's family were fairground people.
Grandma 1's mother's family had a furniture shop, but were originally from Yorkshire and worked in woollen mills.
Grandad 2's Dad was a piano tuner and concert pianist. His mother didn't work.
Grandma 2's Dad is the jeweller above.
Both my Grandads worked in the financial services sector (Grandad 1 started in the Army though). My Dad worked in finance too. Grandma 1 worked PT in M&S. Grandma 2 was a kept woman. Mother has worked in a vast array of jobs, all mainly unsuccessfully.
We both work in education.
There's no pattern in our family! |
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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago
Newry Down |
As would be expected, the less gifted members took instructions from others whilst the more clever and independently minded ones worked for themselves in whatever was in vogue at the time; many generations later those traits are still very evident.
The cleverer ones even resemble their ancestors, morphologically: in size, build,facial feature, hair, look of resolve, etc
I recently saw a sepia photograph from almost 100 years ago of an ancestor; it was like looking at my cousin whose behaviour is identical, reportedly!
Very few went to prison, but some were in asylums and workhouses which were enormous institutions with large populations, then. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Farmers, gardeners, builders.
Now I'm intrigued to look further back than 1800s  "
Oh you should! I love family history, sadly I've exhausted most of my family, my dad took over for me and has found out loads! |
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"Farmers, gardeners, builders.
Now I'm intrigued to look further back than 1800s "
I've got back to the 1730s on my Dad's side. They are easy to trace, due to superior record keeping in the Netherlands. It's fun tracing the family tree, although can also be very emotional. Many of ancestors on that side come to an abrupt end circa 1943. |
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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago
Newry Down |
"Farmers, gardeners, builders.
Now I'm intrigued to look further back than 1800s
I've got back to the 1730s on my Dad's side. They are easy to trace, due to superior record keeping in the Netherlands. It's fun tracing the family tree, although can also be very emotional. Many of ancestors on that side come to an abrupt end circa 1943."
From a medical perspective the Netherlands (Holland) is interesting because the Dutch Hunger Winter that was implemented by the German invaders caused health problems that are epigenetically evident to this day.
Audrey Hepburn said her health problems were a consequence of starvation as a child in wartime. |
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"Farmers, gardeners, builders.
Now I'm intrigued to look further back than 1800s
I've got back to the 1730s on my Dad's side. They are easy to trace, due to superior record keeping in the Netherlands. It's fun tracing the family tree, although can also be very emotional. Many of ancestors on that side come to an abrupt end circa 1943.
From a medical perspective the Netherlands (Holland) is interesting because the Dutch Hunger Winter that was implemented by the German invaders caused health problems that are epigenetically evident to this day.
Audrey Hepburn said her health problems were a consequence of starvation as a child in wartime."
My ancestors didn't starve. They were gassed.
But yes, the Dutch Hunger Winter of 1944 was a terrible event also. |
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By *eliWoman
over a year ago
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Mum's side - teachers, nurses, doctors, musicians.
Dad's side - army, teachers, legal.
Going back further (as was quite common in where they're from) the women worked in the houses of plantation owners. Carried their children. You get the idea.
Clearly attracting older white men has been passed down the generations. |
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By *rAitchMan
over a year ago
Diagonally Parked in a Parallel Universe |
I've a couple of historical documents. My dad's grandfather commissioned a family history in 1910, which was reserched and handwritten. I scanned it to my laptop years ago but only glanced at it. I'm now reading it due to this thread. The book lists wills, births, marriages and deaths, and the first entry is dated 1541.
My paternal great grandfather was a Merchant Navy Captain and Master Mariner - I also have a framed copy of his Master Mariner certificate on my wall. Further back, in the late 1800s, there was a Viscount of Portugal, who was also a Knight Military Commander of the Crown of Italy and a Mayor of Hackney. I've just found a portrait of him online.
On my mothers side, I have a large framed family tree showing a direct lineage to a Knight who was born in 1188, and displays a coat of arms that was granted in 1461.
Seems quite apt that I rent a flat in a country mansion.  |
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