Shake the tree and nuts fall out!

  WEEK 41 – travel Many of my ancestors “travelled” to USA or Australia either to live or work. Many people “travel” by ship or boat, therefore I am going to link this to the Shipp family. John Shipp was the ”maternal grandfather of husband of sister-in-law of granduncle” so not a close relative of mine. He was born January 1877 in Haverhill, Cambridgeshire to William and Phoebe. He married Alice Argent and they had 3 children. He died in Nov 1947 in Essex. In 1891 he is listed as a labourer, in 1901 he was a brickyard labourer, in 1911 he had changed his occupation from labourer to horseman on the farm. This is where I lose track of him and cant find on the 1939 census. My Mum was actually friends with a lady whose surname was “shipp” I have no-idea if she was related to our ancestotrs or not, but I would guess quite possibly.

Week 20 (May 13 th -19 th ): Travel From Amy Johnson Crow - "Travel" is a part of many of our ancestors' lives. Travelling across an ocean or a continent for life in a new land. Travelling to a different state to elope. Travelling for work, either as a salesman or working the railroads or canals. Travelling for vacation. What ancestral travel tales have you found? I have many ancestors that “ travelled ” for work and to move to new places to live, but I don’t have much information on them or any photos so the story could be very short (and boring). However, my Great Uncle “Fred” Arthur Wood was in the Royal Navy and “ travelled ” with them, and I have photos of him. We had been told Fred was known as Arthur (it may have been his middle name but I have found no record of this) and this alone caused me no end of problems. I spent a long time searching for records linked to “Arthur Wood” and buying certificates linked to this name to find he wasn’t my ancest...