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From: "Deborah Sturgess" <>
Subject: Re: [DBY] Migrating Ancestors
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 21:57:43 +1200
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Hi Listers,
I have an ancestor (Annie Abrahart nee Booth) who migrated from Derby St
Peter to Birmingham sometime in the late 1870's. She inherited quite a lot
from her parents which may have enabled the move. What intrigues us is that
her husband William Abrahart is not with her and her children in 1881 in
Birmingham and on his death cert in 1898 he is still living in Derby and is
recorded as Tailor of Derby. She has more children though after 1881 and on
her death cert is recorded as the widow of William Abrahart. It's all very
strange. Even stranger though is that we cannot locate him anywhere in the
UK in 1881. However, after my recent experiences with the 1891 census, I am
wondering if there may have been a transcription error. Did people separate
like this back then? There was quite a big age gap.

Does anyone know if there is a way of finding out more about these
migrations?

Deb.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Helen Wilson" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 8:48 AM
Subject: Re: [DBY] Migrating Ancestors


> Hi everyone,
>
> I believe most people were enticed to the area (Notts & Derbys) for the
> ample work available via the coal mines, agriculture and cotton factories
> etc...
> In the following book "Holymoorside - Past & Present" by Ronald Entwistle
> Pub 1976, it mentions the migration of my own 3 x Great Grandmother Eliza
> Cook.
> & seven of her children... who came to Holymoorside near Chesterfield in
> 1872; only her three eldest children stayed in Cornwall. Their father had
> died shortly before the move.
> "They came from Gwennap (near Redruth) as Eliza had secured work at Simeon
> Manlove's cotton factory. Their arrival is recorded in "on page 93 and it
> mentions that "rail travel was too costly... the COOK family sailed from
> Cornwall to Holyhead and then they were conveyed the rest of the way by
> horse wagon to the house at Wasp's Nest which had been prepared for them
> including a load of coal". The jouney must have been very difficult as the
> youngest child was only a toddler."
> It also tells how cornish tin mining was beginning to decline & the miners
> looked north for work... as Derbyshire seemed like the promise land as
there
> was ample opportunity in these parts.
>
> Many business men specifically put the word out that work was available -
> it's quite possible Simeon Manlove had a scout down in Cornwall to entice
> people north to work in his factory.
>
> Best Wishes, Helen Wilson
>
>
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