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John Wickliffe George CairnsIts probably an outside chance because this line only arrives in Southport by marriage but I'd really like to know more about the above.
My grandfather, Reginald Aspinwall (26/8/193 Southport) married Nellie Cairns (5/4/1896 Fulwood) daughter of John.
John was born in Tupsley, Hereford in 1868.
By 1871 he seems to be in Oxford at age 3
In 1881 he could be anywhere, I certainly can't find him
In 1891 he's in Dumfries working as a gardener
In 1894 he marries Charlotte Clare in Warrington and
in 1901 he's in Fulwood.
It less usual for people to move around so much 100 years ago and I wonder if anyone can come up with a suggestion.
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SeaCopRimmer
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I think people moved around a lot more than many of us imagine - I have a Mary Cooke coming to Southport from The House of Mercy in Clewer (near Windsor), with a child, between 1881 and 1884! The 'hiring fairs' would have caused people to travel great distances - for instance 30 miles south to the fair and then 30 miles north to the job, hence a 60 mile distance from home, repeat that the following year and they're in the Midlands from North Meols!
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BrianG
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| SeaCopRimmer wrote: | | I think people moved around a lot more than many of us imagine |
Remember also that Southport, as well as becoming a well known resort in its own right, was but a short ride from Liverpool, which from the 1840s on sucked in vast numbers of tradesmen and labourers from all parts of the country, to become for a time England's second city.
Brian
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