Fenland Family History Society Journal No 1 July 2001 Contents Bridget’s Bit 1 Beginners’ Evening 2 Were your ancestors musical? 3 Littleport Society 4 Diary Dates 5 First General Meeting 5 Summary of the Society’s Constitution 6 Steering Committee 7 Wanted! 7 Help Wanted? 7 Information and Books 8 Poll Books 9 Historical Documents in 10 & Fenland Museum’s Registers & Archives 11 Members Write 13 Towering above Wisbech 13 The Strangers who came to Thorney 14 Fenland Family History Society Journal No 2 Winter 2001 Contents Program 2002 2 Editorial 3 Chairman’s Chat Bridget Hunter 4 Chairman’s Report to the First Annual General Meeting 6 Treasurer’s Report Beverley Smith 7 Minutes of the First Annual General Meeting 8 ‘Great! I have a Pauper’ Sue Paul 8 The Good Old Days Allan Dobney 10 J W Eason – Diarist Ann Stocker 12 Map of Old Moulton C 1890 13 Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor Museums 14 Society Reference Library Stan Addison 14 A Stitch in Time Samphire Quilters 15 ‘Who We Are’ Beverley Smith 15 The Octagon Church Stan Addison 19 That Quiz! 20 St Anthony’s Fire in ? 21 Lost and Found in the Fens Sue Paul 22 Lost a Wisbech Ancestor? Sue Paul 22 Members Write 23 Fenland Family History Society Journal No 3 Summer 2002 Contents Program 2002/2003 2 Chairman’s Chat Bridget Hunter 3 Computers in Family History February Meeting 3 FFHS Visit to Family Records Centre March Meeting 5

Life in the Fens 19 th Century April Meeting 5 Finding your way around the Census May Meeting 6 George IV to George V 7 Who are the Fenlanders? 9 Projects Update 11 Members Write 12 Queens Bank, Cowbit 12 Anyone for the Workhouse? 14 Walsoken Victory Football Club 1893 16 Snippets from the Scottish OPR! 18 Extending your search 19 A Wisbech Photographer 20 Fenland BDM Announcements 1825 21 Cambridgeshire Family History Fair 2003 24 Fenland Family History Society Journal No 4 Winter 2002/3 Contents Program 2003 4 Editorial 5 Chairman’s Chat 6 AGM Report 8 Society Officers Reports 11 Society Meetings Sue Paul 13 Members Write! 15 Star in the East – BDM 18 Census 1821 Index Parson Drove 29 Fenland Family History Society Journal No 5 Spring 2003 Contents Program 2003 2 Editorial 3 Federation of Family History Societies News 4 Chairman’s Chat 5 An Old Family Bible 7 Meetings January & February 2003 9 Star in the East - Births, Deaths and Marriages 11 Members Write - Pictures from the Past 17 - St Ives Marriages 1841 19 Marshland People - The Walpoles in 1891 21 Members Queries 23 Coming Events 25 Fenland Family History Society Journal No 6 Summer 2003 Contents Program 2003/2004 2 Notice of Third Annual General Meeting 3 Editorial 4 Chairman 6 Recent Society Events & Meetings Witches & Ghosts of Cambridgeshire March 7 Drugs & Blue Paint April 7 Newspapers for Family Historians May 9 Outing to March June 10 Wisbech Rose Fair July 11 Fenland to the New World 12 The Marshland Apprentices & Journeymen 16 Last Page is Turned 18 Beckett’s Corner 18 Members Letters & Queries 20 People living in Marshland in 1891 The Terringtons 24 Star in the East BDM November 1839 28 Fenland Family History Society Journal No 7 Winter 2003 Contents Program 2004 2 Editorial 3 Chairman’s Chat 4 Recent Society Events & Meetings 5 Sep 2003 the Industrial Revolution in Coalbrookdale Oct 2003 Researching British Orders, Decorations and Medals Nov 2003 Society Social Evening Jan 2004 Samuel Smith & Victorian Wisbech Jan 2004 Upwell Baptist Church MI’s Annual General Meeting Report 8 What is a One Name Study 11 A Visitor to Wisbech & The Man who Missed The Titanic 13 A time of great change – Civil Registration 1837 14 An Unknown Soldier 19 Maud MAUN of Bridgnorth 20 Murder at Mill House 21 Tinker Tailor 22 Reeve The Baker 23 100 Years Ago The Wisbech Standard 1903 24 Fenland Tax Commissioners 1806 26 The Star in the East December 1836 27 Crime and Punishment 1837 33 Wisbech Union Board of Guardians 1839 – 40 36 People of Marshland 1891 Walsoken 37 Miscellaneous News 39 The New Royal Mail – travel in style 40 Fenland Family History Society Journal No 8 2004 Contents Speaker & Program 2004/5 2 Editorial 4 Summer Chat – Chairman 5 Recent Society Meetings 7 Upwell History – Thomas Hiam 14 Baptist Church, Upwell, Wisbech 14 Law and Order 1904 17 Fenland Sportsmen 19 On the Cricket Pitches 20 Barton School Old Boys Cup 21 A Typical Fen Farmer 22 Information Source News 24 March and Whittlesea Wedding 29 Star in the East 32 A case of Smallpox at Wisbech 38 People living in Marshland 1891 OUTWELL 40 HelpLine 43 The Society Bookstall 44

Ag. Lab Chronicles 9 Contents Program 2005 2 Membership Renewal 2005 3 Minutes of the Fourth Annual General Meeting 2004 4 Chairman’s Winter Chat 9 MI Report 10 Recent Society Meetings Walsoken Church July 2004 11 History of the Wisbech Oddfellows Sept 2004 12 Gypsies and Travellers Oct 2004 13 Ringing the Changes Nov 2004 14 Windmills and Millwrights Jan 2005 15 Coming This June! Too Good to Miss!! 17 My Popeley Family 18 Society Library Report 19 BBC Family History Roadshow December 2004 20 Murder in the Fens 21 The Dog who shot a Farmer 21 Guyhirn Gibbet 25 Caxton Gibbet 26 Where have the Young Men Gone? 26 Members Write 29 People Living in Marshland 1891 Upwell 32 Message from The General Registry Office, London 35 Star in the East February 1837 37

Ag. Lab Chronicles 10 2005 Contents Program 2005 2 Notice of AGM 3 Chairman’s Summer Chat 4 Recent Society Meetings 6 Dating Victorian Photographs 6 Wisbech Castle 7 Jewels of 9 Family History Day 10 Christianity in the Fens 10 Open Spaces and Enclosures 10 Victorian Clothes 11 Rose Fair 2005 13 Inheriting Memories 14 Exploring King’s College Estates Records CAMDEX The Cambridgeshire Index Project 21 Book Review – The Master Builders 23 Fenland FHS New Publications 25 All Saints Walsoken MIs 26 One-Stop-Shop for National Archives 27 Members Write 28 Karen’s Story 29 The Star in the East March 1837 30 People Living in Marshland in 1891 at West Walton 35 Good News – Canada 1911 Census 36

Ag. Lab Chronicles 11 2006 Contents Program 2006 2 Editorial 3 Stan Addison 4 Chairman’s Chat 5 Karen’s Quest 6 Society Balance Sheet for 2004/2005 7 Minutes of the Fifth Annual General Meeting 2005 8 Recent Society Meetings July 2005 Visit to St Peter’s Church, Upwell 12 August 2005 Visit to Road General Cemetery 13 September 2005 Boot and Shoe Makers Geoff Lee 15 October 2005 ‘Talking Junk’ Richard Barnwell 16 November 2005 Non Conformist Churches Wim Zwalf 17 Long distance genealogy Elizabeth Pugh 19 Discovery at Little Steeping Paul Brighton 26 My DNA solved a 100 year mystery Bryan Bradley 28 Numbers in a Family Bible Fred Smith 30 A Peek into the Past!! Bridget Hunter 32 Another Peek into the Past 32 Star in the East April 1837 35 Ten new cousins for Hayden Cox Hayden Cox 44 People who lived in Marshland 1891 Tilney 46 Wisbech Castle Girls School 1871 47 Ag. Lab Chronicles 12 Summer 2006 Contents Notice of The Sixth Annual General Meeting 2 Program 3 Chairman’s Chat 3 Members Write 1939 Evacuee to Upwell 5 Genealogy From Down Under 7 Picked by Fate 11 Maddy’s Brickwall 11 Melancholy occurrence near the Sluice 12 Schools in Walsoken 14 Recent Society Meetings Pubs and Inns of Wisbech – January 2006 16 ‘The Surprise Find’ – February 2006 17 Death Clouds – March 2006 18 Fenland Family Hiistory Day – April 2006 19 The History of Thorney – April 2006 24 Searching for Mama Rosa – May 2006 25 A visit to Leverington Church – June 2006 26 The Crime Page 28 Marriage 30 BMD – Star in the East June 1837 31 Five Soldier Brothers – A Guyhirn Record 38 A Census of Men in Leverington in 1798 39 Ag.Lab Chronicles 13 Contents Minutes of the AGM September 2006 3 A Peek into the Past Andrew Ingram 9 Balance Sheet 2005 – 2006 8 Chairman’s Chat 10 Visit to Walpole St Peter July 2006 12 Floral and Horticultural Society Prizes 1837 13 Bygone Days October 2006 14 Festive Meeting November 2006 17 Visit to Wisbech and Fenland Museum January 2007 18 The Abolition of Slavery 1807 – 2007 February 2007 19 Rockingham Castle March 2007 20 Show and Tell April 2007 21 Exploring History with Maps Derek Palgrave 22 Book Reviews 24 Serendipity Elizabeth Pugh 26 How do you Solve a Problem Sophia!! Judy Green 29 New Contacts! Rod Moorhouse 32 Girls School Old Market 33 Reading Registers Peter Hunter 34 Star in the East June 1837 BDM 38 Book Stall Catalogue 46 Chapman Codes 48 Ag.Lab Chronicles 14 Contents 2008 Programme 2 Bookstall Annual Report 3 Memorial Inscriptions 4 Lookups & Enquiries 4 Visit to West Walton 5 Looking for Blacksheep 6 September 2007 Meeting 7 October 2007 Meeting 8 November 2007 Meeting 10 A Diary 12 From Wisbech to Walkerville 15 1854 Holbeach Cholera Outbreak 20 The Sad Story of Joseph Curtis 23 R.I.P. Sophia 33 Ramdale to Ramsell 34 To Serve Them all the Day 37 Star in the East 43 Ag.Lab Chronicles 15

Contents

Minutes of the AGM September 2007 3

Chairman’s Chat 9

Monumental Inscriptions and Registers 10

Can you transcribe the 1851 census 10

Eals, Punts and Poaching 12

Childhood Memories 13

Funny Blood 14

Life on the Marshes 15

St Matthew’s Church, Sutton Bridge 16

Letters 18

A shortened history of the Fosters of Wisbech 20

Oxborough Hall Emneth 25

Dry Creek Wetlands 27

John Watton’s Story 32

In memory of Archie H Ogden 33

That brick wall 35

Death of the Borough Oldest Inhabitant 36

Bookstall 41 Ag. Lab Chronicles 16

Contents

Chairman’s Chat 2

The East Coast floods - John Honor 3

Picture Postcards – Andrew Ingram 4

Halloween & myths – Brian Jones 6

A Legend of Holbeach 8

Letters 10

Movements of members of my family between the Wisbech area 15 and Yorkshire or Lancashire in the second half of the nineteenth

Century – Brian Hockley

Black Sheep makes good – Tim Curtis 22

War Stories 1939 – 1945 – Judy Green 29

A Lost Headstone – Ron Roberts 31

Star in the East 36

Bookstall 44 Ag Lab Chronicles 17 Contents 2009 Events Calendar 2 Chairman’s Chat or Bridget’s Bit 3 Social Evening November 2008 5 Fenland Families January 2009 6 Book Review 8 Letters 9 Rose Fair 2007 10 Dead man’s penny 11 In search of Security 13 Descendants of and Ann Lee 15 Ann’s success with the Internet 18 A Frith Family History 19 Letter of Captain W. H. Kemp 26 Letter by F Sarah Kempe 29 Rural Life in the Nineteenth Century 32 Star in the East 37 Fenland FHS Bookstall 44 Ag Lab Chronicles 18 Contents Minutes of the AGM September 2008 3 Chairman’s Chat 10 Gypsy in the Family 12 Members Evening 13 Fenland Railways 14 1911 Census 16 Fenland Family History Day 17 St Mary’s Church, Tydd St Mary Courtship and Marriage 19 New and ~Revised Books published by The Family 20 History Partnership 22 More Success on the Internet for Ann 26 Family History Books Direct 27 The Tangled Web of Martha Kent 31 St Peter’s Church, Upwell 34 Cholera Outbreak Wisbech 34 Notes from Whittlesey Parish Registers 36 Crime and Punishment 1930’s style 39 Out and About this Summer 43 Star in the East 45 Bookstall 52 Ag. Lab Chronicles 19 Contents Chairman’s Chat 2 Meeting Dates 3 September Meeting 4 October Meeting 5 November Meeting 6 David Dowd 9 Wartime Memories – Denis Threadgill 11 King John’s Jewels – Theresa Arnold 11 Memories from Graham Garner 13 Lesson in Spin 14 Book Review 16 Star in the East 17 Bookstall 24 Ag Lab Chronicle 20 Contents Chairman’s Chat or Bridget’s Bit 2 Dates for your Diary 4 Princess Alice Disaster 5 Pig Clubs 6 Noteworthy 8 The 1939 Register for and Wales 10 Society Stands 11 From Anthony Cooke 12 Brian Hicks 14 Scott Polar Research Institute 15 The Convicts 17 An Unexpected Breakthrough 19 My Brick wall and Breakthrough 20 Exam Papers 22 Star in the East New Marriage Act 28 The New Marriage Act 30 Star in the East 33 Bookstall 38 Ag Lab Chronicle 21 Contents Notice of the Tenth AGM 1 Minutes of the Nineth AGM 2 Bridget’s Bit 9 1837 Civil Registration 10 March 2010 Members Help & Share Evening 11 April Meeting WW2 War Memories Mac Narborough 11 May 2010 Fenland Food and Recipes 12 Gingerbread and Norfolk Vinegar Cake 15 June Meeting Visit to Sutton St Edmunds Church 16 July Meeting Wisbech Anniversaries 19 A Gift to the Society 20 Gotta Love this Lawyer 20 Guyhirn Cemetary 22 Noteworthy 22 The Generations 26 Eloping 29 Star in the East 32 Bookstall 38 Ag Lab Chronicle 22 Contents Chairman’s Chat 2 Family History Day 3 Wellington’s Army – report by Barbara Holmes 5 Tuesday Meeting in Wisbech Library 6 Bouncing emails 8 The Patriotic Fund by Susanah Farmer 9 Filling in the blanks: Valuation Office Records 12 By Susanah Farmer The Restoration of Richards Family Tomb by Judy Green 14 The Gately Damms mystery: or, how good things come from 20 Reading Fenland FHS emails! By Susanah Farmer Wartime Memories by David Dowd 23 Book Reviews 25 Star in the East 32 Bookstall 37 Ag Lab Chronicle 23 Contents Chairman’s Chat or Bridget’s Bit 2 Tenth Anniversary 3 Family History Day 4 Old Wisbech 5 Non-conformists in the Fens 5 Lucky to be here 6 Plucking Geese in Lincolnshire 7 William & Sarah Holmes. Ag Labs in Magdalen 8 A Place in History 10 The Mystery of the Trophy 14 The Loughton Family, Dry Drayton & Fridaybridge 16 Cambridgeshire Cawthornes of Parson Drove 23 Star in the East 33 Bookstall 37 Ag Lab Chronicle 24 Contents Notice of the 2011 AGM 2 Minutes of the 2010 AGM 3 Chairman’s Report 4 Accounts for year ended 31 st August 2010 9 Secretary’s Report 10 Chairman’s Chat 11 March Meeting Report 13 April Meeting Report 14 Mike Petty’s Guide to Websites 16 May Meeting Report 18 June Meeting Report 19 July Meeting Report 20 Useful Websites 23 Cheaper ways to find your family 25 Registers & Memorial inscriptions 26 Don’t give up – Drift Cottage Found 27 Cawthornes of Parson Drove 28 Star in the East 39 Bookstall 44 Ag Lab Chronicle 25 Contents 2 Chairman’s Chat or Bridget’s Bit 4 October Meeting – David Edwards 6 September Meeting – Wim Zwalf 8 Unusual Family Members – Kate Riley 12 A Place in History – Martin Thompson 14 Seeing Double – Carol Boyce 16 The Unusual forename of ‘LOFTUS’ Gerald Beeston 22 Letter from Oz 24 Fenland Love Poem 25 TV Programme 27 The Barretts of Old England – Stephen Barrett 35 Star in the East 40 Bookstall Ag. Lab. Chronicles No:26 Fenland Family History Society 3 www.fenlandfhs.org.uk Contents 2. Chairman’s Chat 5. Reports on January and February Meetings 8. Gloucestershire Research 8. Information from the Federation 10. Do you know how the Internet really began? 12. Thanks to the Cambridgeshire Libraries 14. Registration of Births 16. Researching On Line Newspapers 18. Barretts of Old England (Part two ) 28. Letter from Canada 30. Star in the East 36. Bookstall Ag. Lab. Chronicles No. 27 Fenland Family History Society 2 www.fenlandfhs.org.uk Contents Calendar for the rest of 2012 2 Notice of the 2012 AGM 3 The 2011 AGM Minutes 4 Chairman’s Report 5 Accounts for the year ended 31 August 2011 12 Secretary’s Report 13 Chairman’s Chat 14 Reports on March, April, May, June and July meetings 16 Donation to the Fenland FHS 26 New Website for WWI and WWII Researchers 26 The Female Convicts Research Centre, Australia 27 Forthcoming events 28 New Directory of Professional Researchers 32 What Are You Doing? 33 Star in the East 36 Bookstall 44 Ag. Lab. Chronicles No. 28 Fenland Family History Society 2 www.fenlandfhs.org.uk Contents 2013 Calendar 2 Chairman’s Chat 3 Reports on September and October meetings 4 Report on Heritage Week talk 7 Photographs from Family History Day 8 News 10 Do you know this family? 13 Forthcoming Events 14 Research Tips 15 Harold Booty 16 Thorney Abbey Appeal 16 Message from Catherine Bettinson 17 Our Early Days in Hughesovka – Leah Steel 19 While I Breath I Hope! – Terry Arnold 26 You’ll Never Do It Again – Kate Riley 28 Book Reviews 33 Births, Marriages and Deaths 34 Bookstall 41 Ag. Lab. Chronicles No. 29 Fenland Family History Society 2 www.fenlandfhs.org.uk Contents 2013 Calendar 2 Chairman’s Chat or Bridget’s Bit! 3 Report on February Meeting 4 Forthcoming Events 6 News from the Federation 9 Archive News 9 Website News 12 Research Tips 17 Members’ Queries 22 The Beginnings of the Welfare State – Peter Hunter 25 From Weston to Wisconsin – Gerald (Ged) Beeston 27 Outwell Church Appeal 34 Rev. Samuel Oliver – David England 35 Where There’s a Will There’s a Way – Elizabeth Lloyd 38 New Books 39 Star in the East 40 Bookshop 45 Ag. Lab. Chronicles No. 30 Fenland Family History Society 2 www.fenlandfhs.org.uk Contents 2013 Calendar 2 Notice of the 2013 AGM 3 The 2012 AGM 4 Minutes 4 Chairman’s Report 5 Secretary’s Report 11 Accounts for the Year Ended 31 August 2012 12 Chairman’s Chat or Bridget’s Bit! 13 Reports on April, May and June Meetings 15 New Huguenot Heritage Centre 20 Website News 20 Memories of World War II 21 Family History Day 2013 22 New CD from FHS 23 Advertisements 24 Nicknames and Wrong Names – Ged Beeston 26 That Brick Wall ... – Ron Holmes 27 On the Bearing of Gifts – Syd Cawthorne 30 New Book 35 Cherchez la Femme! Part 1 – Judi Upton 36 Star in the East 40 Bookshop 45 Ag. Lab. Chronicles No. 31 Fenland Family History Society 2 www.fenlandfhs.org.uk Contents 2014 Calendar 3 Thank You from Bridget Hunter 3 Chairman’s Chat 4 Reports on July, September, October and November meetings 5 Report on Heritage Weekend 11 Discover Your Ancestors Periodical 12 Report on Family History Day 13 World War 1 14 Website News 16 Archive News 17 Research Tip 20 New Year Traditions 23 The Peterborough Effect 24 Advertisements 25 Mary Hall – Under a Witch’s Spell? – Martin Thompson 26 On a Matter of Charity – Syd Cawthorne 32 Looking for a Living Person – Helen 37 Irregular Marriage – Bridget Hunter 39 Consanguinity – Bridget Hunter 40 Star in the East 40 Bookshop 44 Ag. Lab. Chronicles No. 32 Fenland Family History Society 2 www.fenlandfhs.org.uk Contents 2014 Calendar 3 Chairman’s Chat 3 Reports on January and February Meetings 5 Forthcoming Events 6 East Anglian Geographic DA Project 8 World War 1 9 Website News 11 Archive News 16 Research Tips 17 Book Reviews 18 Mott Family History – Frederick Smith 22 Advertisements 24 The Gift TV Programme – Again This Year 26 Email from Ailsa Logan 27 The Bowns of Wisbech – Angela Redfern 28 Missing Person Spotted Down Under – Veronica Stonehouse 31 The Conundrum of Ely Cawdle Fen Milll – Sally Painter 33 The Cunning Man – Martin Thompson 35 Star in the East 38 Bookshop 44 Ag. Lab. Chronicles No. 33 Fenland Family History Society 2 www.fenlandfhs.org.uk Contents Chairman’s Chat 2 2014 AGM Agenda 4 2013 AGM Reports 4 Read all about it – Criminals in the news 13 Eate/Ette – help wanted 14 Heritage Open Days Lincolnshire – Exploring your family history 15 University of Institute of Continuing Education 16 WW1 Family Day, Wisbech Library 17 Robert Falkner (Grocer & Relieving Officer of Wisbech) 1830 – 1893 18 Huguenot Surname Index 19 Brick Wall Breakthrough by Bev Friend 24 Monthly Meeting Reports 25 Brian Jones bows out 27 The Star in the East 29 St. Clement’s, Outwell 40 Fenland FHS Family History Day 41 Top 100 Genealogy websites 42 Fenland FHS promotion 44 Future Events in Fenland 45 Cambridgeshire FHS Fair 45 Bookshop 46 Ag. Lab Chronicles No 34 Fenland Family History Society 2 www.fenlandfhs.org.uk Contents Chairman’s Chat 2

Fenland FHS Programme 2015/16 4

Fenland FHs Computer Research Sessions 5

Meeting topics 2014 6

Wisbech Standard Waving the flag for war coverage 8

Great War – Between the Lines 9

Memorials for First World War Soldiers

In Wisbech General Cemetery 12

Fenland Family History Day 2014 13

November News 13

Looking for information from the First World War 15

G Groves – Leverington WW11 22

Wisbech soldiers 1914 24

Baptism Register SS Peter & Paul December 1914 27

Can you identify these people? 30

Fenland FHS Promotions and Events 2014 31

Book Review – Female Tommies 33

Adoption and family history 35

Surnames and social mobility 36

Book review – Granny was a Brothel Keeper 37

Bookshop 37