30 miles frae the cradle tae the grave

Davie · Post by **Davie** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 9:55 am

Noo ah'm no 100% oan this.
But last week oan the corpy trannie it wiz mentioned that a large percentage (75%?) of Scots get Buried/Cremated within a 30 mile radius o wher' they were born.
I cannot see anything regarding this piece of trivia on the Net.
But ah mind at the time thinkin' it wiz a lot
Then ah had a look at ma ain faimily and cronies, and right enough, maist o' thaem faw intae this category.

Ah'm just wunnerin whit yeese think
Davie

nelmit · Post by **nelmit** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 10:40 am

Davie wrote:Noo ah'm no 100% oan this.
But last week oan the corpy trannie it wiz mentioned that a large percentage (75%?) of Scots get Buried/Cremated within a 30 mile radius o wher' they were born.
I cannot see anything regarding this piece of trivia on the Net.
But ah mind at the time thinkin' it wiz a lot
Then ah had a look at ma ain faimily and cronies, and right enough, maist o' thaem faw intae this category.

Ah'm just wunnerin whit yeese think
Davie

Hello Davie,

My mum, dad and maternal granparents and a number of other ancestors fall into that catagory.

My partner and I will too if we stay where we are till the time comes. Future census records will give the impression that we have always lived at the south side of Glasgow but my younger son's birth in England will throw a spanner in the works of anyone trying to trace our family history.

Nor will they realise that my partner has travelled to most parts of the world.

But then again I will have it so well documented they will have no brick walls to break down - except the few I have at the moment.

Glad you're feeling better.

Kind regards,
Annette M

Russell · Post by **Russell** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 11:29 am

Hi Davie

Good to read yer patter again

Mine (recent anes) aw ended up on the cheery side o the country - probably tempted by the offer o a cup o tea

So they must be the other 25%.

Mind you, I'll need to wait till some dee afore I decide.

Russell

Post by **SarahND** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 4:00 pm

Hi Davie,
Certainly isn't the case for my ancestors! But someone has to fall into the other 25%

Regards and welcome back,
Sarah

Post by **joette** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 5:09 pm

Well with my Grandparents/parents 100%-well barring that my Mum is still alive

you know what I mean.
Great-Grandparents 50% in that categoryborn Dollar,died Dalmuir born Nitshill,died Dalmuir.
50% not-born Crieff,died Old Kilpatrick,born Falkirk died Old Kilpatrick.
Other four all lived died in thirty mile (well maybe forty) plus radius with one set born/died Penicuik.

Post by **SarahND** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 6:19 pm

As an interesting exercise, I just checked back through my gg grandparents. Results:
Parents: 0% stayed within a 30 mile radius (unless in the highly unlikely event that my 91yr old mother, who does not like flying, suddenly hops on a plane from California to Ohio...)
Grandparents: 0% stayed within 30 mile radius
G Grandparents: 12.5% stayed (i.e. 1 out of 8 ) She moved only 10.1 miles
GG Grandparents: 18.75% (i.e. 3 out of 16) moved less than 30 miles

So, a grand total of 4, that is 13.3333 etc. % of my 30 direct ancestors were homebodies

And two of those actually lived elsewhere in between and then came back to their birth area in their old age. Of these four half were women and half men, so gender doesn't seem to come into the equation.

Anyone else want to do their calculations?
Regards,
Sarah

Post by **joette** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 7:08 pm

No cause I couldn't even pass O level Arithmetic

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nelmit · Post by **nelmit** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 7:11 pm

Ok here are my results.

Family who died within a 30 mile radius of their birth place.

Parents - 100% (my dad within half a mile)
Grandparents - 50%
G Grandparents - 50%
GG Grandparents - 25%

I make that 12 out of 30 = 40%.

Kind regards,
Annette M

garibaldired · Post by **garibaldired** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 7:11 pm

Sarah,

I took up your challenge and wasted valuable minutes at the computer when I could have been doing further research!
Anyway, here are my results:
parents - 1 out of 2 did,
grandparents - 3 out of 4 did
gt grandparents - 2 out of 8 did
gt gt grandparents - 7 out of 16 did.

So I have a figure of around 43% being homebodies! Likewise gender doesn't seem to play a part; I have a 6:7 split.
What does this show about my forebears?!
Regards,
Meg

Post by **SarahND** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 7:15 pm

joette wrote:No cause I couldn't even pass O level Arithmetic .

That's what the wee calculator on your computer is for

Didn't say I did mine in my head!!

But you already did yours anyway in your post! I'd be interested to see what the figures look like for other TS members. The obvious would be a lower percentage of wanderers for the members who are still in Scotland, and a higher percentage for those who are now elsewhere in the world, but it's not necessarily the case. Certainly, for as much as I can trace my ancestors in the "Old World" they were already moving about in the 17th & 18th centuries.
Regards,
Sarah

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