52 ancestors Week 39 (Sept. 23-29): Should Be a Movie

 Week 39 (Sept. 23-29): Should Be a Movie

From Amy Johnson-Crow - Good movies have good stories at their heart. What ancestor has a story that you think should be a movie?

This hasn’t been an east theme for me, as people I thought of have been used for other things. So it has come down to someone that I think would “make a good movie” (and you will see why) and that is my Great Grandfather Arthur Linett/Linel/Lynes/Linneth Thompson. (his name changes per document).

Arthur was born the 11th December 1876 in South Runcton, Norfolk. He was 1 of 11 children his parents had. He was 2nd from youngest. His parents were farmers and he kept this on during his life.

In the photos I have of him, he is always well dressed and has a hat, a pipe, shirt, waistcoat and pocket watch, which don’t add to the farmer feel. To me it seems that he dressed up for photos to be taken, or he didn’t take an active role in the farming (which according to my Nan – Doreen, he did.) The last farm that he lived on is still today used as a farm of sorts – it now grows and sells garden turf.


Arthur was 1st married to an Emma Jane Crockford they married 28 Oct 1900 in Norfolk, England. Emma was the aunt of his 2nd Wife Amy Rose Bland they were married 17 April 1942 ely. (This is where the story becomes interesting!) According to the family Arthur and Emma had 5 sons and 2 daughters between them, however, I have NEVER been able to find anything definite to support this.

(Photo left shows Amy Rose Bland and Arthur L Thompson - looks like father and daughter not husband and wife!)

Amy Rose Bland (niece of his wife) was living with Arthur and Emma from a young age, and is listed as domestic house keeper on any documents. Arthur is 28years old than Amy. Emma died in 1943, I’m not 100% sure of what happened in the family but Arthur married his niece Amy in 1942! By this date Amy had already got 4 children (the plot thickens) who were apparently Arthur’s, BUT when the eldest of these was born Amy would have only been 15 or 16years old. I haven’t been able to find a birth for the male child but I think that he could possibly be Emma’s and not Amy’s. Amy also had another daughter after they were married and was also pregnant when she died in 1953 aged 49 and Arthur was 77!!!

Arthur was said to be a ladies man and even though he was married always had different ladies at the farm, that his wife (Amy) and their daughters would have to cook for.

I think his life would have made an interesting “movie”, and I certainly wish I knew more than I do on him.




Comments

  1. purple-roses10:13 am GMT-8

    THE TOP PART OF THIS POST SHOULD READ AS FOLLOWS:

    Week 39 (Sept. 23-29): Should Be a Movie
    From Amy Johnson-Crow - Good movies have good stories at their heart. What ancestor has a story that you think should be a movie?

    This hasn’t been an east theme for me, as people I thought of have been used for other things. So it has come down to someone that I think would “make a good movie” (and you will see why) and that is my Great Grandfather Arthur Linett/Linel/Lynes/Linneth Thompson. (his name changes per document).
    Arthur was born the 11th December 1876 in South Runcton, Norfolk. He was 1 of 11 children his parents had. He was 2nd from youngest. His parents were farmers and he kept this on during his life.
    In the photos I have of him, he is always well dressed and has a hat, a pipe, shirt, waistcoat and pocket watch, which don’t add to the farmer feel. To me it seems that he dressed up for photos to be taken, or he didn’t take an active role in the farming (which according to my Nan – Doreen, he did.) The last farm that he lived on is still today used as a farm of sorts – it now grows and sells garden turf.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Week 4 – Close to home (Jan 22-28)

Image
From AJC This may not be everyone’s take on the them but it’s mine. As I’ve already stated I now live in Cumbria, more precisely the very west coast of Cumbria (well 1mile from the coast but close enough). This is what ignited my thoughts for the theme of “closer to home”. Before I go into things linked to the theme, I need to add some history – the Lackey family originally came from Scotland and were under the name of MacGregor, however due to bad behaviour they were banished from Scotland and sent to Ireland where they lost the MacGregor name and became Lackey’s (it means slave). After my line of the family left Ireland they moved to Durham, and from here they met and married families from Yorkshire and moved further afield. I live in Whitehaven, and on a (very) clear day you can see parts of Ireland from the Whitehaven Harbour, I haven’t yet seen it but it is said you can via the telescopes up on the cliffs and in the museum. I believe it is about 80miles in a direct lin...
Read more

Week 3 – Long Line (Jan 15-21)

Image
Is there a trait or an occupation that seems to have been in your family tree for generations? Is there a line in your genealogy that's been in a particular place for a long, long time? Maybe you have Long as a surname. Be creative! From AJC This topic has taken a bit of thinking of what to write about. My first thought was do I have anyone named “Long” in the tree that I could use (1 lady who is distant relative so not much use or info), I then thought about how “long” it has taken me to do research and such BUT that doesn’t fit with the long line theme, so thinking cap back on and I thought about the longest line of the family tree going back to whoever, but the little voice in my head says “wont most people use this?” I then thought about the Lackey family occupation as boot & shoemakers as a long line, but it wasn’t really that long, so I decide to look at photos for inspiration and that’s when it hit me – My parents wedding photo’s loads of them had a “ Long Line ” ...
Read more