Acknowledgements
I am much indebted to the following -
Jessie Rose Jeffries, née Treacher (My mother)
For racking her brains for family memories and for access to her ditty box* containing family photographs and documents. The site would have been a much poorer thing without her contribution.
Chris Jeffries (Nephew)
For hosting this site and for copies of documents relating to my father and maternal grandfather.
Stephen Cook of Leeds (Fourth cousin once removed)
For his great help in obtaining and clarifying data relating to our Jeffries ancestors. Stephen is descended from Henry Jeffries and Ann Belcher through their eldest son, James.
Gill Mullings (Cousin) and Gladys Collie (Aunt)
For information about and photos of Jonathan Herbert and Margaret Ann Jeffries and George and Susan Jeffries.
Adrian Hall
For taking the time to examine the evidence for believing that Robert and Elizabeth are Henry's parents. Adrian is an experienced genealogist. (The full list of reasons is in Robert Jeffries's individual report.)
If it is true that Harry Jeffries the son of Robert and Elizabeth Jeffries is one and the same person as our definite ancestor Henry Jeffries, as Adrian thinks likely, then he (Adrian) will also be a distant cousin, descended through Robert and Elizabeth's son Moses.
Longworth History Society
For use of archive material relating to the various post offices in Kingston Bagpuize.
Jill Muir
For pointing me to the Oxfordshire Family History Society and for information on the old post office and the village in general.
Dave Annal
For use of the pages of the 1821 South Ronaldsay census relating to our ancestors.
Ancestry.co.uk
For the census records, gazetteers and Handbook for Kent Travellers.
British Newspaper Archives
For the newspaper cuttings in the Kingston Bagpuize and Stories sections.
Parker Knoll
For my armchair.