Genealogy Chat

Has anybody else realised they wouldn't have married their partner if they had been born a 100 years ago? My hubby comes from a line of famous barristers, town founders, pier builders and country estate owners. Me? my ancestors were general labourers, coal miners and maids.

So are mine - all working class and still are!! Jayne x

Looks like You've gone up in the worl and he's gone down! lol Both my parent were considered working class - the families did manual labour. However my grandfathers siblings still went to Uni and most became teacher and I'm in Uni so my aunts, uncles and I have brocken the barriers and gone up in the world. When I graduate I'll still be in a higher class than my parents as I'll be a qualified professional, mum is a quilified nursary nurse which is a bit lower and dad is a retired coach builder (fixed buses - mix of carpentry and machanics)

yep, its great that we all have the chance now to better ourselves, despite our backgrounds.

Well all i can say is at least im doing the family history now so my son wont need to, once mine is finished/nearly/nowhere near/or cant find anymore, we are going onto my husbands, I have a grandad who has no father, a surname that only about 4 people have or had, a couple of illigitimate children and a few people whom im told exist actually dont. A marriage that never took place and all sorts of goings ons. Most of my family were poor, even us growing up as kids, (im28) m hubbies side owned a farm and allsorts of land and have done very well for themselves, so i doubt we would have even said hello 100 years ago...lol

same here Loiuse, just nice to have more opportunities than my parents did and of course to see my children have even more

Yes definately, its nice to be able to do things i never did when i was growing up, holidays and things, the furthest we got was blackpool for the day... lol but i did love it, or a mystery tour on a coach during the summer holidays, always with my grandparents in tow, I must admit though i do find myself thinking there was none of that in my day, and you could walk home on your own when i was younger, i suppose you just never notice all the dangers as a child. I can honestly say though,that my upbringing has made me appreciate things i have more.

definitely Louise. mind you l still look for bargains. I buy a lot of buy one, get one free items and keep a stockcupboard. the kids think its hilarious. Old habits die hard. We weren't destitute when i was young but there really wasn't much money for luxuries.

Yeah i know what you mean, im terrible for bargain hunting, my hubbie goes mad i scouer the racks for a bargain, im forever doing car boots getting rid of all my old junk, and am definately a bogof gal, I wouldn't say we were destitute but no luxuries for us, i remember my mum used to save up in a clothes club and every 6 months she would buy us some new clothes, bless

I was just reading an article today which said that under the Victorian Class System, the humblest junior clerk was considered in a class above an artisan of skill and experience, who often produced the most beautiful work. The late 1800s, though, were a time of opportunity for anyone to move up a class, if only by the acquisition of loads of dosh! Olde Crone