Edward
Broughton & family c.1885
Select
the "Families" link to see tables setting out the various
Broughton and Remmington-related families. Select the "People"
link to see short biographies of the main individuals in the
letters.
The original transcriptions of these letters were made by, and
are copyright, Grace M. King of London, Ontario, Canada. The
translations and all other data were made by Mike
Ainscough, Sussex, England. |
WHY
Edward Broughton, the son of John Broughton (b.1768) and Ann
Bugg (b.1778), was born in Edgefield, Norfolk, in 1805. He married
Elizabeth Remmington, the daughter of William and Christian
Remmington, in Frettenham in 1830. In 1836, Edward and Elizabeth
emigrated to Canada, settling near Toronto. There they raised
6 children and became successful farmers. Between 1837 and 1890,
various Broughton and Remmington relations in Norfolk wrote
to the Broughtons in Canada. Some of their letters - 34 in all
- were discovered and copied as typescripts. This website contains
the typescripts, together with "translations" which
add punctuation, regularise the spelling and attempt to clarify
one or two unclear passages.
HOW
The menus to the left and right of each page form an index
to each letter. Click on the number in the "Original"
column to view the typescript. Click on the number in the
"Translation" column to see the more readable (in
most cases) version.
EXTRAS
Click the "Introduction" link to see more background
about the Broughton and Remmington families.
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