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Stella Stocker
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Stella | Report | 6 Apr 2003 22:36 |
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The name JUMP, which has been most common in Lancashire is generally thought to originate from a village or hamlet in Yorkshire, near Sheffield, I think, called Jump. This explanation is given in genealogical journals. However, I have heard an alternative explanation which is that it was derived from a Scandinavian word connected with shipbuilding in the Liverpool area. This seems more likely in many ways. There doesn't seem any obvious reason for a migration from a Yorkshire village to Lancashire and many Jumps have been connected with engineering. My ancestors were involved in clockmaking and many were master clockmakers. Jump clocks fetch £60,000 at Sothebeys and Christies. They are plain in style. Jumps (notably Joseph Jump) took over the Vulliamy clock business in the 19th century. The clockmaking business moved from Lancashire to London around the 1900 and had premises in Bond Street and Mount Street, Mayfair. Stella Stocker (nee Jump) |
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