1949 on Family Tree Circles

John Knowles (known as Charles) , the son of William Knowles of Hunworth and Hannah Jarvis of Field Dalling , married Rosamund Pitcher , the daughter of James Pitcher of Hunworth.
They started a family and for the next seventeen years they must have gone through all kinds of emotion. Rosamund gave birth to fourteen children , but only three lived to see adulthood.
1838 Sarah baptised , 1839 Maria baptised , 1840 Maria died--William born--William died , 1841 Maria baptised--Elizabeth born , 1843 Mary born--Mary died , 1844 Alfred born , 1845 Alfred died , 1846 Phoebe baptised--Phoebe died , 1848 Mary Ann born , 1849 Mary Ann died--Clara born , 1850 Clara died--Samuel baptised ,1851 Samuel died , 1852 Valentine baptised--Valentine died--John"s(Charles) father William Knowles died , 1853 Charles baptised--Charles died , 1854 John baptised , and 1855 John died.
Could we nowadays cope with this kind of life. They did have a hard life and must have become tough and resilient.
Rosamund had died by the time of the 1861 Census. John(Charles) was
a Woodman and had a Housekeeper. By 1871 he had remarried , to a Chrlotte Leader of Holt. In 1881 he was an Agricultural Labourer and was still living with Charlotte in Hunworth. Rob Pegg

My Pegg Grandparents had nine children. The oldest was Charles Pegg , born in Corpusty , Norfolk in 1898. He fought in the First World War , as did the second born child Arthur. For some unknown reason he was called "Mitchell" for most of his life. It is said that he was in the Royal Marines. He lost a finger , not sure when though.
Next in line was Georgianna Maud and all her life was called "Maud"
She lived from 1902--1982 and could speak anybody under the table.
They then had Hilda Mary in 1904. Strangely enough she kept her first name , but her husband-to-be , Albert Ernest Allen , was called "Ernie".
Helen May , born in 1908 , was called "May". She married and moved to Cleethorpes.
George Henry was born in 1910 and kept his name. He fought in World War Two and for awhile was stationed in Canada. He was in the RAF. He also died in 1982 in Banbury , aged 72 years.
Jack Pegg , "The Black Sheep of The Family" apparantly , do not know why , was born in 1913 , but kept his name too.
The last two boys had nicknames , Frederick was called "Jockey" because he was short. He worked on the Steam Engines at a Fun Fair.
Last born was my father Albert Maurice. He was born in 1920 at Sutton before the family moved to East Ruston. He was called "Bill" or "Billy". He joined the RAF and served in Malta during "The Siege".
He died in Felixstowe , Suffolk , aged 66 years of age.

Hello. I am Rob Pegg and i live in Basingstoke. My ancestors come from Norfolk and Malta. I arrived here in Hampshire via Birzebuga in Malta , Norfolk , Libya , Stafford , Libya , Norfolk , Felixstowe , Upwood , Felixstowe , Ipswich and Felixstowe again.
My interests are Family History , Football , Walking , Travelling and mostly my wife , 3 children and 3 grandchildren , plus other family and friends.
The families i am interested in are Armiger , Attard , Bean , Bunnett , Coman , Doughty , Edwards , Galey , Jarvis , Joyce , Knave , Knowles , Micallef , Pace , Pegg (Bloodline) , Pegg (maternal) , Pitcher , Psaila , Richmond , Rivett , Weston and Zammit.
Well , thats me , signing off , roger and out. 1949.