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Name Joseph Littlejohns
Age (Original) 15
Gender Male
Birth Year 1866
Birthplace Taunton, Somerset, England
Relationship to Head of Household Son
Marital Status Single
Occupation Gas Fitters Appce
Address Daveys Court
Event Place Taunton St Mary Magdalen, Somersetshire, England
Record Type Household
Affiliate Publication Number RG11
Piece/Folio 2366 / 20
Page Number 10



Household

Role

Gender

Age

Birthplace

William Littlejohns Head M 49 Kingston, Somerset, England
Olive Littlejohns Wife F 38 Bridgwater, Somerset, England
Joseph Littlejohns Son M 15 Taunton, Somerset, England
Florence Littlejohns Daughter F 8 Taunton, Somerset, England
Margaret Littlejohns Daughter F 6 Taunton, Somerset, England
Kate Littlejohns Daughter F 4 Taunton, Somerset, England
Frank Littlejohns Son M 2 Taunton, Somerset, England
Annie Littlejohns Daughter F 1 Taunton, Somerset, England

Name Frank Littlejohns
Event Type Birth Registration
Registration Quarter Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration Year 1898
Registration District Taunton
County Somerset
Event Place Taunton, Somerset, England
Volume 5C
Page 281
Line Number 66

STOP please

Helen has her own thread on the living relations board

Name Lily Littlejohn
Occupation W
Death Date 14 Feb 1978
Event Place Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Residence City West Brunswick
Event Date 28 Apr 1978
Series Number 838
Record Number 855

Name Frank Littlejohns
Event Type Marriage Registration
Registration Quarter Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration Year 1922
Registration District Taunton
County Somerset
Event Place Taunton, Somerset, England
Spouse Name (available after 1911) Prowse
Volume 5C
Page 651
Line Number 31

Frank Littlejohns probably married one of the following people
Name Lily Prowse

Helen - Susan posted back in 2010.

Try clicking on her name to send her a message - and if she still has the same email as when she registered with GR they will notify her.

hello Helen - didn't you see the posting above yours? - Susan posted nearly five years ago and won't be looking for replies now

Hello susan
I am researching the littlejohns family from Taunton, somerset, are they the same family you are looking for.
I am trying to locate Frank and lily littlejohns who sailed to Australia, we think in the late 1930s
are they the same family
Helen x

Susan did not return in 2010 so I doubt whether she will see this now CelticShiv

Littlejohn (without the s) seem to of resided in mostly scotland. Littlejohns with the S are mainly from the West Country as you know.

Are you related to the Littlejohns?

My line are from Shebbear/Plymouth as far back as I have traced.

Last name: Littlejohns
This is surely one of the most famous of all English surnames, being associated with the outlaw Robin Hood. It is however one of a quite large group of medieval surnames which include the prefix 'Little' as a means of endearment or explanation. These include the spellings as Littleboy, Littlechild, Littlefair, Littlejohn, the patronymic Littlejohns, Littlepage, and Littleproud, and all use the prefix to suggest a younger son or perhaps a daughter, who was much loved. However in the case of Littlejohn, also spelt Litteljohn and Littlejohns, and given the robust humour of those Chaucerian times, it may also have the alternative meaning of a very large man, as in the case of the famous Little John, also known as John Little, the second in command to the famous Robin Hood, and his band of outlaws in Sherwood Forest. There the reference is clearly sardonic, which seems to apply to many medieval nicknames, in effect being the opposite of what they seem to means. About fifteen percent of all surnames from the medieval period, when surnames were first created, are essentially nicknames, and these names shown above are good examples of the genre. Early recordings taken from the surviving rolls and registers of the Middle Ages include: Robert Littelboie in the Friary Rolls of Leicester in the year 1206, Ralph Litechild in the Pipe Rolls of Leicester in 1209, Agnes Lutfair of Stafford in 1381, Litel jon of Colchester in 1350, Ralph Litelpage of Durham in 1314, and Goderun Litteprot of Hampshire in the Winton Rolls of 1066.

Read more: http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Littlejohns#ixzz15RRcwZQ5

http://surnames.meaning-of-names.com/genealogy/littlejohn/

I am trying to trace the history, not just dates and names, about the Littlejohns family, who I believe originally came from the West Country. If anyone can point me in the right direction for a historian for this name, would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you
Susan Heggie