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Thames watermen

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Charlotte

Charlotte Report 2 Aug 2010 22:18

Thames watermenn and Lightermen

Rambling

Rambling Report 2 Aug 2010 22:20

Yes Charlotte...what do you want to know?

Rambling

Rambling Report 2 Aug 2010 22:44

Just because i love to guess the questions before they're asked ;)

This is a good site to start your research on Lightermen and watermen.

http://www.parishregister.com/aboutstp.html

Joy

Joy Report 2 Aug 2010 22:51

Absolutely :-)


And:
http://www.bardaglea.org.uk/docklands/6-water-lightermen.html
http://www.watermenshall.org/
http://www.history.ac.uk/gh/water.htm
http://www.portcities.org.uk/london/server/show/ConNarrative.142/Thames-Watermen.html

Wend

Wend Report 2 Aug 2010 23:45

Please can you tell me, would the name Waterman be associated with this? Thanks.

Rambling

Rambling Report 2 Aug 2010 23:55

Wend, possibly but not necessarily...two origins given here

http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Waterman

Rambling

Rambling Report 3 Aug 2010 00:05

lol Carol why didn't any of my Fishlocks think of christening their child River...that would have been a nice change from William :))

xx

Wend

Wend Report 3 Aug 2010 08:45

Thanks Rose, good site for surnames.