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I have not found any sponsorship etc. But what I have noticed is that the families that immigrated did much better than those who stayed behind.
Not sure if this is a case of what does not kill you makes you stronger?
I can find the remnants of my Berryman family in Penzance, Cornwall but no sign of anyone being left from any of my other Gr Gr Grandparents children who stayed behind from any of mine or my husbands’ lines.
Janet Few has done a major research project on Migration.
From looking at UK census returns, it was often the younger sons who took the chance to migrate, there not being enough "room" on the family farm for them, and the newspapers of the day carried adverts offering the new opportunities to struggling and poor communities. The Lord of the Manor would help them get a passage. Have not done this yet, but searching the internet may help us learn more.
I am a present day farmer in central Victoria Australia.
I know very little of “old time” farming in the U.K.
I joined the group hoping to get a feel for farming when my “Jones’s” leased a farm in Wexford 1800-1900 and my “Berryman’s” left Cornwall to set up farming in Australia in 1860.
We believe farming a complicated and big business now. Surely they thought the same when they had to pick a crop to plant or a bred of animal that would produce the best return the next season so they could pay the debt against the farm. How did they do it without knowing the long range weather, the world market or hedging against a futures price?
Just giving you some of my thoughts
Della
Thank you so much Christine, I do appreciate! If I do anything worth showing this winter I will post and share.
Sincerely,
Sheri
Hi Sheri,
Many thanks for your comments, I sorry to hear of your husband's stroke.
Oh yes please use the photos for your painting, the plough horses are so handsome!
Best wishes, Chris.
Hi Christine,
Please do not be discouraged with the group. I'm a member of about 5 different internet Social Networks, I'm a group leader in one and since my husband had his stroke last year I have not had the time to add material to my own group, nor have I had the heart too be involved.
I LOVED your photo's of the UK Ploughman Championships! I'm just about ready to re-immerse myself back into watercolor painting and horses are one of my favorite interest in life. With your permission I would like to try working from some of your photos?
Note: We may be quiet but our lives are very involved! Thank you for this group and your wonderful posts!
Sincerely, Sheri
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