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gwynneth
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Reginald andGrace boggis-College farm- Oulton road- Lowestoft « Posted: 30 August 2009 at 10:03 PM »
Hello,
I am searching for the above couple who lived at College Farm,(I believe it is now a housing estate) The old farmhouse still exists and is occupied by a company called Warnes and Sons
They were living there in 1945 as tenant farmers, the land belonging to Magdalen College in Oxford who sold the farm in 1950. I am trying to find out when and where they died, if they had any children?. Any help would  be most appreciated as I am 150 miles away and therefore not able to get to Lowestoft to look up any records. I would be very grateful for any help you are able to give me.

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Re: Reginald andGrace boggis-College farm- Oulton road- Lowestoft « Reply #1 Posted: 31 August 2009 at 12:20 AM »
Hiya,
I cannot help much, except to say that there was a son Jack who worked on the farm.
When I was still at school, I spent most of my spare hours on this farm. I learned to milk cows by hand there, and was trusted to handle the Suffolk Punch carthorses - even taking three at a time quite a way by road to their pasture at the end of their working day. I was only about 11 or 12 years old at the time.
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Re: Reginald andGrace boggis-College farm- Oulton road- Lowestoft « Reply #2 Posted: 31 August 2009 at 10:26 AM »
Further to the previous posting  .......................
In those days "Jack" was not commonly used as a given or Christian name. It was more often used as a nickname. Nowadays it is more common.
So, Jack may not have been his real name.
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Re: Reginald andGrace boggis-College farm- Oulton road- Lowestoft « Reply #3 Posted: 31 August 2009 at 12:55 PM »
Quote from: freelance on 31 August 2009 at 10:26 AM
Further to the previous posting  .......................
In those days "Jack" was not commonly used as a given or Christian name. It was more often used as a nickname. Nowadays it is more common.
So, Jack may not have been his real name.
Many men whose names were actually "John" were called "Jack" in the 40's. Whilst doing my own Family History, I spent a lot of time looking for an 'Uncle Jack' who turned out eventually to be 'Uncle John'.  Roll Eyes
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Re: Reginald andGrace boggis-College farm- Oulton road- Lowestoft « Reply #4 Posted: 31 August 2009 at 04:30 PM »
]Your are right all Jacks were really Johns my own Uncle Jack was really a John funny isnt it
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Re: Reginald andGrace boggis-College farm- Oulton road- Lowestoft « Reply #5 Posted: 31 August 2009 at 07:12 PM »
I had an Uncle Jack who was really a John too.Also John F. Kennedy was known to all his family as "Jack".
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Re: Reginald andGrace boggis-College farm- Oulton road- Lowestoft « Reply #6 Posted: 31 August 2009 at 07:50 PM »
So John F. Kennedy's wife could have been called Johnnie Kennedy Grin

Susan's dad was a John and he was always called Jack, why weren't these Johns called Jack in the first place, maybe if they were people would have called them John Smiley
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Re: Reginald andGrace boggis-College farm- Oulton road- Lowestoft « Reply #7 Posted: 31 August 2009 at 07:53 PM »
One of the characters in The Importance of Being Ernest is known as Jack but his real name was Ernest (the reasons are made apparent in the play). 
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Re: Reginald andGrace boggis-College farm- Oulton road- Lowestoft « Reply #8 Posted: 04 September 2009 at 06:10 PM »
Hello Gwynneth,

I found a Reginald William BOGGIS in the Death Index:

1975 Oct. Qtr.

District: Gt. Yarmouth

Ref:  Vol: 10  Page: 1304

His Date of Birth: 19/1/1894

This tallies with 1901 Census Entry I found of Reginald living with his Parents & 4 Siblings at:

108, Lowestoft Road (address noted to be 'now in Oulton Broad')

Reginalds Birthplace: Oulton

His Father James, is listed as 'Farmer'.
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Re: Reginald andGrace boggis-College farm- Oulton road- Lowestoft « Reply #9 Posted: 08 September 2009 at 09:09 PM »
Gwynneth there was a Boggis the butcher had a shop in Raglan street in early 1940`s.
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