BJNL's GENEALOGY

One of the oldest Burton relatives I can remember interacting with as a child is Uncle Horace, my adoptive Grand-uncle; the brother of my Grandad Burton, George Henry Burton. Grandad died in 1952 before I was born[1] so I never met him but I remember Uncle Horace well. Horace Burton was born in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England on 26 Jul 1887 [2] and played football with the Leicester Fosse Football Club. This club was the forerunner of the current Leicester City Football Club.  Despite the outbreak of the First World War, the Football League continued for the 1914-15 season. Horace played Wing Half in the 1914-15 Leicester Fosse Squad. He played in 31 League Matches, 1 FA Cup Match and scored 1 League Goal[3]. When the Football League was suspended at the end of the 1914-15 season for the duration of the War, Horace joined the Leicestershire Regiment and, at some stage, became a prisoner of war [4][5].  “Over fifty players from Leicester Fosse Football Club fought in that War.

Time was short for many young men who went to the First World War. Trevor Greek Lane was among them. Trevor was killed in action on a Belgium battlefield on 4 February 1918, just 8 months after first being deployed into the field of action on 11 June 1917.   Trevor's Family  Trevor was the second oldest child in his family with one older brother, one younger brother and four sisters. He was born on 24 April 1890 in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand [1] to immigrant parents. Both his parents, Josiah and Ellen had emigrated to New Zealand as young children with their parents. They grew up in New Zealand. Paternal Grandparents Trevor’s paternal grandparents William and Fanny (Greek) Lane, along with his father Josiah (2 years 3 months old on leaving England), uncle William (6 months old on leaving) and grand-aunt Lucy Greek (his grandmother’s sister) travelled to New Zealand from London aboard the ship ‘Crimea’ arriving at Port Chalmers, Dunedin in September 1863 [2] . They came from Devo

I know very little about James Kirk and his wife Deborah. What I do know is that, in 1698, the residents of Newton Longville in Buckinghamshire took exception to James and Deborah’s presence in Newton Longville and took action to have them removed to Great Brickhill. Attribution: The Flag Institute The Easter Buckinghamshire Quarter Sessions of 1698 had set the scene for the action taken by the Newton Longville residents. At the Easter Session, the Court had made a long order reciting the provisions of the various laws in force relating to the searching out, arrest, punishment, and passing of rogues, vagabonds, and sturdy beggars . The order was made in response to information from the grand jury to the Court that: ‘the dayly Concourse and great increase of Rogues, Vagabonds, and Sturdy Beggars is a great Grievance and Annoyance to the inhabitants of this County . . . the Consequences whereof may prove very dangerous’ [1] [2] It is likely that James and Deborah had travelled