They didn't move in those days

[ElizabethHerts]

Originally Posted by marquette

The birthplace of my great grandfather Reuben Page has been variously described as Sandhurst, York Town and Blackwater. It was very confusing at first, till I discovered that that they are virtually the same place, crossing over the borders of 3 counties.

That's just down the road from us and they are very close to one another.
They are on the boundary of Berkshire, Surrey and Hampshire.

[crawfie]

Originally Posted by ElizabethHerts

That's just down the road from us and they are very close to one another.
They are on the boundary of Berkshire, Surrey and Hampshire.

Just down the road from me too, Elizabeth!

[marquette]

Originally Posted by ElizabethHerts

That's just down the road from us and they are very close to one another.
They are on the boundary of Berkshire, Surrey and Hampshire.

Yes and I don't know why the family was there - they had high-tailed back to Birmingham by the 1861 census and never left again.

[ElizabethHerts]

Originally Posted by crawfie

Just down the road from me too, Elizabeth!

We are probably only a few miles apart, Crawfie!

[Olde Crone]

I had a family who lived in the same house for years spanning several census, father was a foreman at a local weaving factory, so when I read that one child had been born in Prussia, I snorted and moved on. I was astonished when I eventually found a long article in the parish mag, detailing this man's life, including the fact that he was sent to Prussia by his employer in order to instruct locals how to operate the machinery in the new factory which had been set up out there!

OC