100 years of emigration to :
USA, CANADA, AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND 1814-1914
Lack of work and economic depression, together with the attraction of opportunities offered by the New World, have resulted in many families from the Parish of Kingsbury Episcopi having connections – known and unknown – across the oceans of the world.
Janet Lute, who lives in North Carolina and has close connections with the Parish, has compiled a number of Shipping Lists for our research and archiving work. These can be found at the end of this section. They have been arrived at, in part, through her access to online records and materials researched in her former employment at a library in an academic institution. For the past 3 years she has led and devoted herself to this project, an immense piece of work, which is organic and continues to grow. We trust the lists will stimulate conversations and further personal research into family ties and connections around the world.
We already have many photographs, documents, contacts and indeed, visitors, following and seeking their family ties with the Parish. You can find these in the sections :
Face to Face : The Paper Trail : Hands Across The Water
This work is on-going, aided by the power of the digital world and the energies of Janet and others. A number of people from around the world have supported and fed into our work. They have given time, information, documents, photographs and advice. As more people come across our work on this aspect of the history of the Parish, we would like you to be in contact with us.
For now, and for this part of the KTT website to-date, many thanks to:- Mick Richards in Schenectady, New York; the Gibbs of Illinois; Tony Bambury in Australia; Joan Isaac, Les & Hugh Male in Kingsbury Episcopi; Jan Lovell Riley in Texas; Sarah Hawkins; Frank Willy in Bristol; and Jennifer Neill in South Australia.
David Gibb, Hugh Male, Margaret Gibb & the owner of Sunshine Cottage, Stembridge.
The ancestors of the Gibbs, now in Illinois, once owned and lived in the Cottage.
The Male family originally built parts of it in the early 19th century and Hugh’s grandparents lived in it in the early 20th century.
David & Margaret Gibb from Illinois USA
– a short video of their visit to Kingsbury Episcopi
The Parish of Kingsbury Episcopi
Kingsbury Episcopi Migrant Destinations
New York State : main emigrant destinations – Schenectady & Albany
Illinois USA : main emigrant destinations
Australia : main emigrant destinations
New Zealand : main emigrant destination – Nelson
