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HOW IT ALL BEGAN

THE CARPENTER FAMILY

The main purpose of research was to delve back as far as possible into the roots of all named Carpenters living in the City of Coventry and surrounding area.

The Carpenter --- Throughout the centuries, man has used wood for the furtherance of his existence and indeed, on many occasions, for his very existence.

Extract from Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable:

Carpenter - is from the Low Latin 'Carpentarious' a maker of Carpenta - two wheeled carts and carriages.  The Carpentum was used for ladies, and the Carpentum Funebre or Carpentum Pompatieum was a hearse.  There was also a carpentum (cart) for agricultural purposes.

La vie d'Edouard le confesseur wrote:

"They had the lumber brought from the forests.  The carpenters of the district were summoned to assemble.  Every peasant envied his fellow who knew something of carpentry... most of them went to the forests; they felled seven large oak trees; they split out the boards and when the time came for eating, the carpenters sat down; they ate and drank gaily.  When they had eaten they began  their labours again.  The hot day hampered their work greatly.  They went to rest in the shade and when they had slept a bit they merrily went back to work"

So...perhaps it was inevitable that those who specialised in the use of and usage of wood adopted the name CARPENTER... hence was born a trade and a surname.

"The carpenters who came there had great axes dangling from their necks, plainers and adzes draped at their sides.....they brought timber from the ships and dragged it to the spot .....already bored and smoothed off.... they brought in large casks, the joining pegs completely dressed.  Before it was evening, they had constructed a wooden castle; they made a ditch around it."

The Domesday Survey (1066) records:

"In the Bomelau Hundred, the Countess Godeva held Anestie and Focheshelle."  There were 9 hides. The arable employs 7 ploughs 3 are in the demesne and 2 bondmen 6 borders with 11 ploughS.

"In the manor of Coventry (the Earl's Half)  There are 5 Jides land for 20 ploughs in the demesne there are 3 ploughs and 7 serfs 50 villeins 12 borders with 20 ploughs a mill worth(de)3 shillings  Wood(land)2 leagues long and as much in breadth In King Edward's time it was worth 12 pounds now 11 pounds of weighed money."

THE BOURNER FAMILY

In the 1980’s Sheila Bourner (nee Carpenter), wife of Percy (Peter), grandson of David Edward Bourner of Dover, Kent arranged to meet Mrs Anne Alderman (nee Bourner), Joan and Molly Bourner, who were first cousins, at the home of Charles Joseph Bourner and his wife Pearl in Dover.

Main purpose was to delve into the Ancestry of the Bourner Family.

Excited exchanges of information resulted in the compilation of the first Bourner ‘family tree.’ From thereon, the research data grew and grew like ‘topsy.’ Approximately two hundred binder files containing copies of every Bourner will made from 1558, birth, marriage and death certificates galore, compete for space with family group trees, photographs, old documents and memorabilia. (See photograph of Sheila’s study).

Over a period of thirty years, letters and family news from members of the Bourner clan have arrived from all over the world.  Sheila’s research continues and includes the task of sending out newsletters to all those interested in adding to the rich tapestry of Bourner History.

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There are several ways to browse the family tree. The Tree View graphically shows the relationship of selected person to their kin. The Family View shows the person you have selected in the center, with his/her photo on the left and notes on the right. Above are the father and mother and below are the children. The Ancestor Chart shows the person you have selected in the left, with the photograph above and children below. On the right are the parents, grandparents and great-grandparents. The Descendant Chart shows the person you have selected in the left, with the photograph and parents below. On the right are the children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Do you know who your second cousins are? Try the Kinship Relationships Tool. Your site can generate various Reports for each name in your family tree. You can select a name from the list on the top-right menu bar.

In addition to the charts and reports you have Photo Albums, the Events list and the Relationships tool. Family photographs are organized in the Photo Index. Each Album's photographs are accompanied by a caption. To enlarge a photograph just click on it. Keep up with the family birthdays and anniversaries in the Events list. Birthdays and Anniversaries of living persons are listed by month. Want to know how you are related to anybody ? Check out the Relationships tool.

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