Miscellaneous Hampson Families.
Like many another family historians before me I got side tracked during the search for my own ancestors. My solution to the problem of missing members of the Hampson tree is to construct family groupings in the area where I expect the ancestor to be. During these constructings I invariably found an interesting family and followed them for a while.
I have used the 19th century census records as a base for my files, anyone who has used census returns will recognise my format, and I included civil registration from FreeBMD to bring in other related families.
I also used 19th century Trade Directories to locate individuals and help the search on the census indexes.
Because many of these families were in trade they had apprentices, labourers and servants in the household, not an unusual situation in Victorian England. The Social Historian may find these “second” households interesting not only for information on where these folk came from, strays they are known as in family history circles, but the ages at which they started to work and how long they worked.
I ended up with what amounts to a small scale One Name Study which sits quite comfortably in a folder on my computer. It seems to me that this information is quite useless unless I can share it with other “Hampson” seekers, or it might just be of interest to a social historian studying a certain geographical area.
So, feel free to use the information on this web site as you wish. If you find your own family here you might feel inclined to consult original registers for exact dates, or indeed events which occurred between census and I missed completely. If you want to send them to me I will add them to the site. If the information is useful for publication then an acknowledgement would be appreciated.
Aaron the Victualler
Adam the Surgeon
Ann the Victualler
Benjamin the Engraver
Benjamin the striker
Daniel the farmer
Edward the brass finnisher
Edwin the grocer
Joseph & Mary
Francis the Solicitor
Frank the silk weaver
George Francis the Baronet
Hugh the Collecting Agent
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