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Hello Cousins,
I will be away in NY from today until Friday so if there are any problems
with the list please contact Jackie at JGill29371(a)aol.com.
Best wishes to all! :-)
Sheila
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Sheila Andersen
CLOUGH-GENEALOGY-L owner
CloughGen(a)aol.com
Genealogist
John Clough Genealogical Society
CloughGen(a)aol.com
Sandy Lyman Clough has a website. I don't remember it exactly but it seems
like I got it by typing in her name on search. I have two of her small
paintings and they are very sweet and old-fashioned - like I would paint if
I was not limited to stick figures. The owner of the shop said that she
lived in Georgia. Thanks. Rebecca Clough Harpole P.S. We have two more
leads on Clough DNA tests!!
Cathy,
We really must meet since I am only 'around the corner' in E. Granby, CT.
Since I am out on medical leave for another 3 weeks this may be the perfect
time to get together! :-)
Let me know! :-)
Sheila
Hi Liz,
I am Cathy (Clough) just thought I'd drop you a quick note introducing
myself.
And, I think I'll drop by Joann's too :)
Where are you located, I'm in Connecticut
Cath
I was at Joann's fabric store just looking around and found stationary
designed by Sandy Lyman Clough. It's just darling, featuring an old Singer
sewing machine and miscellaneous sewing items and tea cup. The saying is
"Memories are souvenirs our hearts collect throughout the years". Had to
have it :)
Thanks for the history lessons from Sheila!
Have a great week all!
Liz
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Dear Sheila ~
So good of you send out the historical information ~ most inetersting. I
am so pleased to be included. Thank you so much.
All's well here in California. Hills are beautifully green, trees
beginning to blossom, birds busy building nests, tulips are blooming ...
ahh, spring. Don't you love it.!
Take good care of yourself.
Best wishes, always.
Betty Clough Bright
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You can always tell a Roman town because its name often ends in caster or
cester or chester.
Roman towns also tend to have rather straight roads arrowing across the
landscape towards them.
The Roman's also brought proper roads, proper drainage, well built housing,
well organised farming, public baths, central heating, law and order,
civilisation, etc.
In the days of the Roman presence in Britain the Ancient Britons spoke
British (or Celtic) while the Romans spoke Latin. Only posh Britons spoke
Latin. The British language is still around today but it developed into the
modern day Welsh language. To understand how it got there you need to know
about the Anglo-Saxons.
The Anglo-Saxons invaded Britain from the continent when they cleverly
noticed that the Roman Empire was on its last legs. The Romans were packing
up and leaving for Italy while the Ancient Britons were shaking in their
boots wondering how they'd get on without the Roman army to protect them.
They were right to worry because the Anglo-Saxons were total barbarians.
They were not even Christians. They were pagans who believed in gods like
Thunor (or Thor) and Wotan (or Odin). They spoke a language called Old
English (or Anglo-Saxon) which later developed into the modern English which
the Brits use. The only places they didn't take over were the bits that were
furthest away from where they first landed (which was near London). So they
did not invade Cornwall, Wales, or northern Scotland. That is why these
places still have their own languages – Cornish, Welsh, and Gaelic – which
are what is left of the languages of the Ancient Britons.
The Anglo-Saxons might have been clever in the way they invaded the country
but they did not govern it half as well as the Romans had done. For a start,
they split their new land (which now had the new name England – meaning
Angleland – instead of Britannia which the Romans knew it by) into seven
different kingdoms. Seven! And to cap it all, they spent most of their time
fighting one another.
You've got to feel sorry for the poor old Celts (as the Ancient Britons were
often called). They'd just about got used to everyone speaking Old English
instead of British or Latin, they'd more or less adapted to the different
Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, when a worse disaster happened: the Vikings invaded.
The Vikings have got a bad reputation, I'm sure you'll agree. Their average
day consisted of sailing up various English rivers in their Viking longboats,
slaughtering the local population and making off with all the loot they could
lay their hands on – or so we thought. Nowadays people realize that they
were not as bad as all that, and that they did as much trading as raiding.
It all began in the 9th Century. Vikings from Dublin in Ireland (where they
had settled) came over the sea and started landing in places like the Fylde
(near Blackpool) and the Lancashire Plain (near Liverpool). These were
Norwegian Vikings originally (The Vikings who settled in Yorkshire were
Danish Vikings who'd sailed direct across the North Sea, and hadn't gone by
the scenic route via Ireland!).
After a while these Vikings (or Norsemen as they are sometimes called) were
living peacefully in parts of England. Evidence of this can be found in
place names….
Anywhere that has a name beginning with grim-, or ending in –by, -ness, or
-thwaite is Viking (or Norse). Similarly, anywhere that has a name ending in
–ham, -ton, or ley is Anglo-Saxon in origin. Celtic (or Ancient British)
names often start with pen-, wal-, or eccles and sometimes end in –keth.
Have a look at a map of Britain today (Remember, there is a town on the north
eastern shore of England called Cloughton.)!
Sheila,
Thanks for including me on the list. I have been enjoying all of the
information.
Hope you are recovering well from your surgery.
I enjoy all of the historic information. My husband is a Clough on his
mother's side. On his father he is a descendant of a "Lord Mayor" of London
so I find the info especially interesting.
Talk with you again soon.
Sincerely,
Connie Bloodworth
For several hundred years London was the nation's main port - at the height
of the empire, four-fifths of everything imported arrived at London - so the
new Museum in Docklands that captures the influence of the sea and the docks
on London will capture the spirit of London itself. The museum will open
this year and be located at Warehouse No. 1 at West India Quay, E14, London.
A handful of old vessels will be moored outside. Inside the showstoppers
will be a 22ft model of the HMS Northumberland, built in 1865 in Millwall
Docks, a 1:50 scale model of Old London Bridge (the first stone construction
to span the Thames), and a reproduction of the Rhinebeck Panorama, a
balloon's eye view of the Upper Pool of London in about 1810 - on a vast 30ft
by 12ft canvas.
The Blitz will be there, of course, and a spectacular canopied walk-through
enclosing the magnificent 1807 model of the Lord Mayor's state barge, with
the bright red livery and silver arm badges of the Waterman's Company, will
be complimented by material printed on the frozen Thames during the Frost
Fair of 1814.
You'll discover the Roman port, the Saxon port found under Covent Garden, and
the Norman and medieval ports found at Billingsgate. Tony Robinson of 'Time
Team' will be on hand (in video) to explain the history. And the dockside of
thieves, villains, footpads, and pirates will be amply recreated with an iron
gibbet cage suspended as if from a riverside wharf.
The Lord Mayor is the head of the Corporation of London, one of the oldest
municipal authorities in the world, chairing its two main governing bodies,
the Court of Aldermen and the Court of Common Council. His (or her) role is
as an ambassador for the City worldwide, opening up business opportunities.
He's also Admiral of the Port of London, Chief Magistrate of the City and
Chancellor of the City University.
The right of the City to elect their own mayor was established in 1215, the
year of the Magna Carta, although the first Mayor (before they were called
Lord Mayor) was Henry Fitz-Ailwyn in 1189.
One of the Lord Mayor's many 'privileges' is announcing the death of the
monarch and proclaiming the new one. Elizabeth I gave the Lord Mayor the
magnificent Pearl Sword and Scabbard that is carried before him in the
procession and to this day, whenever the Queen enters the City, she is
presented the sword and touches it - to show that they are both there for
peaceful reasons.
But it's not unknown for Lord Mayors to wield their swords for darker reasons
- although only ever in defense of the monarch. In the Peasants Revolt of
1381 the then Mayor, William Walworth, fought and killed the charismatic
rebel leader Wat Tyler in front of Richard II. He was knighted on the spot.
These days charitable works yield the same result.
The election of the Lord Mayor takes place on Michaelmas Day (29th September)
each year and is surprisingly straightforward. The City is divided into 25
wards and each elects an alderman from among the liverymen. These aldermen
(or elder men) ran the City before the Court of Common Council evolved into
its current form. The aldermen meet on nine Tuesdays each year at the
Aldermanic Council, garbed magnificently in violet gowns with fur-trimmed
scarlet hoods.
Each year, two aldermen will be elected on Midsummer's Day to the position of
Sheriff - effectively the testing ground for future Mayors. In 1385 the
Common Council decreed that the Mayor should "have been Sheriff so that he
may be tried as to his governance and bounty before he attains the estate of
mayor." The Sheriffs attend sessions at the Central Criminal Court, and
present petitions from the City to the House of Commons.
The final stage of the election is highly democratic. It is a two-part
election, as the Common Hall - all liverymen of over a year's standing -
chooses two candidates who have served as Sheriff to be presented to the
Court of Aldermen; one is then selected to be Lord Mayor.
Dear Cousins,
Since things have been so slow on the list I thought I would send some
historical information through in hopes of sparking people's interest. Those
of us that are interested in genealogy are also interested in history. :-)
The first two e-mail's I will send are taken from the official program for
"The Lord Mayor's Show" held last November in London. Rebecca sent me the
program so I thought I would share some of its contents with everyone. I
hope you enjoy!
Very Sincerely,
Sheila Andersen
CLOUGH-GENEALOGY-L owner
CloughGen(a)aol.com
Genealogist
John Clough Genealogical Society
CloughGen(a)aol.com
<<Did any of you see this? I looked in the JCGS book and couldn't spot her
Nathanial b 1840.
Liz>>
Liz,
Yes, thank you! :-) I sent her an e-mail earlier this morning and am
looking forward to hearing from her. I don't seem to have her Nathanial in
my database but perhaps she has some additional information she will be able
to send along.
Sheila
Did any of you see this? I looked in the JCGS book and couldn't spot her
Nathanial b 1840.
Liz
Subj: [CLOUGH-L] Clough Family, Dover, NH, Strafford County
Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2002 10:15:53 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: mmitchell71(a)yahoo.com
To: CLOUGH-L(a)rootsweb.com
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Classification: Query
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Message Board Post:
Looking for information on Nathanial Clough b 1840, Dover NH, son of
Benjamin
Clough...please help, I hit a brick wall.
Thanks in advance,
Melanie
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