CLEMITSON

As a boy I lived in N Ireland, and wondered why there were only 3 Clemitsons in the local Telephone Directory - one was my father and the others, my two uncles... We had inherited a large family bible, which had belonged to my great-great-grandfather, born in 1801. From the flyleaf, I knew that the family ancestors had originally come from Northumberland. Although my great-great-grandfather had had several children, all seemed accounted for (many had died young), - and so if we were related to any other Clemitsons, it was obviously from before 1801 !... Many years later in 70s & 80s, whilst working for the Post Office, & then BT, I had access to a full set of phonebooks, - and that prompted me to contact all the Clemitsons listed.

Primary location: United Kingdom