[milton-chat] [Fwd: Milton Village History]

[Paul Oldham]

I pass this on without comment in case anyone's interested in his web 
site or having a chat with him about the Gunnell family ...

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Subject: Milton Village History
Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 16:40:21 +1000
From: Ray Thurlow-Berthelsen <rayjoe1 at gmail.com>
To: <paul at the-hug.org>

Greetings from Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

I have just been updating my genealogy web site and decided to hyperlink 
to a few other pages in support of my work for the benefit of viewers 
who visit my site. I was delighted to find your site 
www.miltonvillage.org.uk and stumbled upon the naming of some roads etc. 
Of interest are Froment Way and Coulson Close and Butt Lane. My 
ancestors were THURLEY (aka THURLOW) who lived in Fen End (now Road) in 
the 1840s. Some THURLOWs who emigrated - William, John who married Susan 
FROMENT, Louisa Sarah THURLOW who married John Watson COULSON, Jane 
THURLEY who married a Thomas COLE (no relation to the vicar COLE) all of 
whom lived and died in New Zealand. Sarah THURLEY married a Wolton WIGG 
and lived in Victoria. Anne THURLEY who married a Phillip BUTLER lived 
in Bull Lane, Ely.

I also noticed with great interest a reference to the name GUNNELL. My
family history research leads me to believe there is some connection 
between the GUNNELL and the THURLEY families but I do not know how other 
than I think the families were close friends. Anyway, I was wondering if 
anyone locally has done any GUNNELL family history research as I would 
like to get in touch. My web site can be reached 
http://www.thurlow.net.tf if you are interested. Congratulations on your 
site, I enjoyed reading it and furthering my only limited knowledge of 
Milton Village. My wife and I visited the village a few years ago. It 
was wonderful to walk in the paths of my ancestors.

Cheers

Ray Thurlow-Berthelsen