GET TOGETHER
The Curd family get together held in Sarratt on 19 July was a great success with 15 family groups (about 50 individuals in all) attending, most of whom were descended from John and Susannah Curd who were married at Holy Cross Church in 1769.
There was a small display which outlined the history of the family in the area, telling how Johns sons were all originally papermakers at Sarratt Mill, the female members of the familys involvement in the local straw plaiting industry; and a particular emphasis on the story of James Curd who in 1881 was killed falling from one of the enormous ladders that were used to gather in the local cherry crop leaving a young pregnant widow with 5 children whose descendents still live in the Chipperfield and Sarratt area today. At the time of his death James Curd was living in The Street with a cousin, George Curd, a boot maker a few doors away and Georges son Amos next door running a grocers shop.
The modern generation was represented by local lad Louis Curd, (together with mum Kim and granddad Mick) who at 8 years old was the youngest and the furthest removed from John and Susannah being the 10th generation of the family to live in the area.
People travelled from as far away as Newcastle and the Isle of Wight as well as Los Angeles and Billings Montana in the USA to attend the event and spent an interesting day getting to know cousins they never knew they had and exchanging family history information. John Hopkins (Grandson of Minnie Curd)

Thank you to John Hopkins and the Sarratt Local History Society for hosting such a wonderful CURD family gathering in the hall of Sarratt JMI School, bringing Curds from far and wide to log into this amazing family tree. Thank you.
Peggy Harpley