FACTS & TRIVIA
Throughout the 15 years I have been researching the family tree lots of family stories have been retold by members of the family some proved to be true many proved to have some truth but had been twisted along the way and others didn't make sense until we had done lots more research. Added to that are funny things that we find, strange names, strange coincidences, and just things that made us laugh, here are some of them
TRUE
One of the first things I heard when talking about the family was this.
two brothers married two sisters
two sisters married two brothers
one brother married one sister
Who did this refer to?
two brothers married two sisters
Albert Ernest Lake & brother George - Married -
Annie Elsie Lock & sister Lilian Clara
two sisters married two brothers
Eliza Travers Lake & sister Alice Amelia
Married
Thomas John Falla & brother George Poat falla
one brother married one sister
John William Lake
Married
Hannah Celeste Taylor
(she was the sister of Francis Taylor)
FALSE
Among the Lake family in the UK it was a long time belief that we were related to the American Film & TV Actor "Arthur Lake"
He appeared in U.S. TV shows Blondie & Gang Busters and in Films including Indiscrete with Gloria Swanson & On With The Show with Betty Compson. Unfortunately to date we have found no connection to this star.
In the Lake Family Tree:
Average age at marriage: 25
Most marriages by one person: 5
Most children in one family: 16
Oldest age at death : 103
Earliest date for a person on the
tree is 1500
Newest person is 2013
OCCUPATIONS
Within the Lake family tree many occupations are covered in fact to date 338 different occupations are covered.
The Top Ten by number of people in the tree doing them are:
1) Agricultural/Farm Labourer 363
2) Servant (female maids etc) 312
3) General Labourer 320
4) Stone Worker (mason, cutter etc) 208
5) Dressmaker 196
6) Farmer 184
7) Gardener/Fruit Grower 145
8) Carpenter / Joiner 105
9) Lacemaker 94
10) Clerk (office, shipping, etc) 93
These occupations were taken from census records covering the UK & USA.
THE UK CENSUS
The first official UK Government census was held in 1801 and is held every 10 years, but names were not included on any census until 1841.
No census was held in 1941 due to the war but a mini census was taken in 1939 for the issue of National ID Cards.
Currently UK census' are only released to the public after 100 years. In Canada it's 90 years and USA it's 70 years.
On the 2001 census 400,000 people listed their religion as
Jedi Knight.
We have some famous "names" in our tree but they are not the famous people of the same name:
John Adams. Arthur Ash, George Best, James Cook, Harry Corbett,
Henry Ford, Elizabeth Fry, Jimmy Greaves, Aaron Neville, George Osborne, Mary Peters, Will Rogers.
Fishy surnames include: Crab, Cod, Herring, Fish, Guppy, Pike, Roach & Salmon.
The most common first names we have are,:
Male: William, John, & Thomas
Female: Elizabeth, Fanny, Mary & Ann(e).
