Associated threads - LEADBEATER GRINDLE etc (General)

by Jean Herbert , Leeds Yorkshire, Saturday, September 22, 2007, 04:16 (6274 days ago) @ slowhands

Thank you Mike and of course Slowhands for this information. I was interested in James initially as he was at one point living in Yorkshire. When I first started researching the Herbert Tree, our main line, we had thought that they were the only ones who "Emigrated" to Yorkshire. A lot further down the line, thanks to information from various members of this site, not forgetting Slowhands, we have found that many of the related by marriage families also landed up in Yorkshire. They were all Coal Miners and the areas they settled in were at one time large mining communities. Sadly these are no more but descendants of these families are still around. Would it be safe to assume that around the late 1800's the mines in Wales and Gloucestershire had started to be worked out and perhaps this is the reason for the huge migration? Regards Jean Herbert