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General => The Common Room => The Lighter Side => Topic started by: genjen on Wednesday 01 May 13 09:17 BST (UK)
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Gosh, I nearly forgot to make a new thread..... Thanks to Nanny Jan for the reminder.
I hope the regulars continue to post their ancestral BMDs and that we will have some new people joining in.
Only one for me today - In 1857, John MacIntosh Shaw was born in Nairn. he was my 2 x great uncle.
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Thanks!
Born today my uncle, John Henry Howard, in 1925 in Kensington son of John Frederick Bernard and Mary Johanna (nee Kingsman). He was their 2nd child but sadly died in December 1925 about a week before the 4th birthday of his sister. He is buried in the Kensington & Chelsea cemetery.
My grandpa always remembered his birthday but my grandma could never talk about him. :'( They had no more children.
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On 1st May 1849 my 2 x great uncle, John Conquest, was born in Blunham, Bedfordshire. Sadly, he died in 1855, just about a month before the birth of his brother, also named John.
A hundred years later, my dear brother and sister, Robert and Margaret (twins) were born in Edmonton, London.
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Fairly quiet day for me today.
On 1st May
John Gilchrist and Sarah Manning my 3 x g.grandparents married at St Botolph’s Church, Boston, Lincolnshire in 1826. They only had 2 children, my 2 x g.grandmother and her brother, before Sarah died. John remarried 13 months later and had 2 more children, but he outlived that wife too, although she did live for 35 years following their marriage.
Samuel Pemberton my g.g.uncle married Charlotte Griffin in Massachussetss, USA in 1879. She was the 2nd of his 3 wives.
John Bayldon my 8 x g.grandfather was buried Huddersfield, Yorkshire in 1638. Looking at the parish records there are various spellings of the family name, which hasn’t helped with my research.
Charles Hardy my husband’s g.grandfather was buried at Christ Church, Denton, Lancashire in 1900
Mary Benson (nee Skelton) was buried in Wigton, Cumberland in 1824. She was 79 and had outlived her husband by 7 years, although he was 11 years older than her and was 83 when he died.
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On this day in 1906, Sophia Clarke nee Wyman was buried in Oundle in 1906 - (don't have the death cert)
Sophia was born in Oundle in West Street in 1828 to George Wyman, a wheelwright, and Mary (nee Swain) who was originally from Wellington in SOmerset
Sophia married Staffurth Clarke on Christmas Eve 1850 in OUndle.
Staffurth Like his brothers, had started watchmaking, and seemed to take over the Beale watchmakers shop in the Market Place. Over the years the shop moved a little but it's final locaiton is now a fish and chip shop in the Market Place.
They had 11 children.
Staffurth died in 1887, (avoiding a chancery dispute that had arisen over his uncle John Clarke's will).
Staffurth's unmarried son George Wyman Clarke continued with the business, and Sophia died in 1906
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Born today in 1793 in Stepney, my 4x gt.uncle, Charles Ottley; son of Marmaduke and Mary. He was baptised the following month at St. Dunstan, Stepney. Marmaduke's occupation shown as mast maker. I have a possible sighting of Charles on 1841 census in Kensington, with a Mary Ottley of an age who could have been his mother, (I have Marmaduke's burial in 1827) but after that......nothing.
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In 1818 Barbara Birnie, 4 x ga, was born in Strichen, Aberdeenshire
1870, Catherine Shaw, great grandmother, was born in Nairn.
1882, Robert Raitt, 1st cousin x3, born, Old Machar.
And in 1951, I was born in Middlesborough at 103, Borough Road, my grandparents' house. Happy Birthday to me. ;D
I'm off to celebrate, as always, at Upton upon Severn Folk Festival, so won't be posting here until Monday.
Therefore, I will just mention that tomorrow in 1925, my uncle was born in Aberdeen. Peter Grant Howe, dad's younger brother, tragically killed at the age of sixteen because he lied about his age in order to join the navy in WW2. So sad.
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Happy Birthday Jen! Enjoy the festival. :)
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On 2nd May
George Reuben Mumby my 2 x g.grandfather married Betsy Steele a 37 year old widow at St Matthew’s Parish Church, Hull, Yorkshire in 1881, 3 years after the death of his first wife, my 2 x g.grandmother. He was aged 63 at the time and it looks as though she had been his housekeeper, although on the 1881 census, she was living at his address and worked as a dressmaker, so she could just have been a lodger. She also had a 12 year old daughter with her.
Martha Mumby my g.g.aunt (and daughter of George Reuben Mumby above) married George Howes at Holy Trinity Church, Hull in 1868.
Phebey Pemberton (nee Hall) my 5 x g.grandmother married Samuel Lowndes in Great Budworth, Cheshire in 1779. She was previously married to Joseph Pemberton, my 5 x g.grandfather with whom she had 7 children, the last one in October 1763. I can’t find a death for Joseph between 1763 and 1779, so I don’t know what happened to him.
Alice Ann Brand my 1st cousin twice removed was born in Manchester in 1877. She never married and died in 1950 in Blackpool, Lancs.
Frances Stanton my 5 x g.g.aunt was baptised in Rippingale, Lincolnshire in 1749
Catherine Dyke (nee Manton) my husband’s 4 x g.grandmother was baptised in Long Itchington, Warwickshire in 1765
Elizabeth Pake (nee Uffindel) was baptised at Holy Trinity Church, Haddenham, Cambridgeshire in 1733
William Bayldon my 7 x g.g.uncle was baptised in Kirkburton, Huddersfield, Yorkshire in 1627. Unfortunately he died just under a year later on 7 April 1628 aged 11 months.
Sarah Howard (nee Harper) my husband’s 3 x g.grandmother died at 76 Gill Street, Liverpool in 1870. She was 74 and the cause of death was given as senile decay. (She’s almost related to Catherine Dyke above, being her 2 x g.grandaughter’s husband’s 3 x g.grandmother) ::)
Sarah Whittaker my husband’s 2 x g.g.aunt was buried at Hatherlow Congregational Church, Hatherlow, Stockport, Cheshire in 1816. (She was almost related to Sarah Howard too – being Sarah Harper’s 2 x g.granddaughter’s husband’s g.g.aunt), not that she would have known about it as when she died she was only 11.
Ann Collett (nee Flint) my 3 x g.grandmother was buried at St Peter & St Paul’s Church, Fressingfield, Suffolk in 1837. She was aged 71. Her husband William Collett went to live with his youngest daughter. Unfortunately, she died from TB and so William went to live in a workhouse where he died 9 years after his wife, aged 87 .
William John Brand Lynch my 1st cousin twice removed was buried in Southern Cemetery, Manchester in 1942.
Deborah Wane (nee Fleming) my 6 x g.grandmother was buried at St Cuthbert’s Church, Aldingham, Lancashire in 1780
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On this day in 1801 Isaac Booth was born to John Booth and Ann at Beacom Houses between Marple and Gee Cross, Cheshire (he always put Marple as birthplace on the censuses). He was baptised at Hatherlow Congregational Church Stockport.
Donn't know anything about his parents
In 1828 he Married Mary Washington at St Mary's Stockport.
They had 13 children including two sets of twins. The earlier children were baptised at the non conformist chapel over the bridge in Marple Bridge, Derbyshire
They lived in the Hawk Green area
Isaac was a labourer
Mary died in 1863
He died in 1878 - having moved to Hazel Grove and was buried at All Saints Marple
He was my three greats grandfather
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Also on this day in 1779 Sarah Fisher married Joseph Bull at Godmanchester, Huntingdonshire.
I know of only one daughter
I know little else about them
Joseph died in Godmanchester in 1813 and Sarah in 1824
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On 3 May 1789 my husband's 3 x gt grandmother, Esther Macer, was baptised at Comberton, Cambridgeshire. She was the daughter of Joseph Macer and Elizabeth Wooton, and married David Patman in 1810.
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On 3rd May
Agnes Ann Benson my g.aunt married John Henry Barnett at St Thomas Parish Church, Hull, Yorkshire in 1903. Agnes Ann was one of my grandfather’s 5 siblings that no-one knew anything about, as he led the family to believe he was an orphan without siblings or any other family. He probably did this so that there would be no-one to tell that he had been discharged from the army and sent to an asylum. Although my gran came from Hull too, they married in Newport, Monmouthshire then went to Glasgow before settling in Manchester. Interestingly, they kept in touch with my gran's parents, aunts and uncles etc.
Sidney Henry Barnett, my 1st cousin once removed, and son of the above couple was born in Canterbury, Kent.
Millicent Stanton my 9 x g.g.aunt was born in Morton by Bourne, Lincolnshire in 1618
Jane Martindale (nee Goad), my 2nd cousin 5 times removed (a very distant ancestor) was born in Gleaston, Lancashire in 1792. Gleaston only has a population of 400 nowadays, although when Jane was born, there was a working mill (it’s still in working order) and at least 5 farms which probably employed many of the local men and women, so it’s possible it was a larger community in the late 1700s/1800s.
Arabella Charlotte Salter my 1st cousin 3 times removed was born in Falmouth, Tasmania in 1858. Both her parents had been transported to Van Diemen’s Land. Her mother Elizabeth Eliza Mumby in 1848 for theft of rather a large amount of goods and produce from her employer, which was her 2nd offence. She probably already had 2 children before she was deported at least one of whom she left behind with her parents. Her father was transported in 1836 for desertion from Wellington Barracks. Arabella Charlotte was named after her mother’s youngest sister who had died, aged 2 in 1827.
Jane Benson (nee Martindale) my 3rd cousin 4 times removed and daughter of Jane Goad above was baptised in Ulverston, Dalton in Furness, Lancashire in 1824. She married my 2 x g.g.uncle Thomas Benson in 1845, so I’m related to her on 2 different trees.
Lucy Collett my 3 x g.g.aunt was baptised at Stradbroke, Suffolk in 1766
Ann Gilchrist my 3 x g.g.aunt was baptised at St Mark’s Church, Frampton, Lincolnshire in 1802
Annie Elizabeth Hardy (nee Wadsworth) my husband’s g.grandmother died in Audenshaw, Lancashire 1898. The cause of her death was uterine haemorrhage, Metritis (inflammation of the uterus) and pneumonia. Reading about this condition, it is highly probable that she had either just delivered (no birth or death recorded so possibly a stillbirth) or had a miscarriage. She left 10 children, 5 of them under the age of 10 and their father died only 2 years later. Her eldest 2 daughters were married and so it fell to the 3rd daughter who was 18 when her mother died and 20 when her father died, to care for the rest of her siblings which she did until they, too, were all married. Only then did she marry herself by which time she was aged 39.
Catherine Collett (nee Baldwin) my 2 x g.g.aunt was buried at Mettingham Parish Church, Suffolk in 1891
Peter Pemberton my 1st cousin twice removed was buried at Kingsley Parish Church, Kingsley, Cheshire in 1875. He was 11 years old.
Mary Ann Mumby (nee Rodgers) my 3 x g.g.grandmother (and grandmother of Arabella Charlotte Salter above) was buried at St Botolph’s Church, Boston, Lincolnshire in 1866
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On 3 May 1958 Crawford Allingham died in Muiravonside. He was married to my grandfather's youngest sister and was the third of the same Allingham family to marry into my ancestry. My mother is named after his wife Jane. The Allinghams were originally from Ireland and were distantly related to the Irish poet William Allingham. This is one of his poems titled 'A Dream'
I HEARD the dogs howl in the moonlight night;
I went to the window to see the sight;
All the Dead that ever I knew
Going one by one and two by two.
On they pass’d, and on they pass’d; 5
Townsfellows all, from first to last;
Born in the moonlight of the lane,
Quench’d in the heavy shadow again.
Schoolmates, marching as when we play’d
At soldiers once—but now more staid; 10
Those were the strangest sight to me
Who were drown’d, I knew, in the awful sea.
Straight and handsome folk; bent and weak, too;
Some that I lov’d, and gasp’d to speak to;
Some but a day in their churchyard bed; 15
Some that I had not known were dead.
A long, long crowd—where each seem’d lonely,
Yet of them all there was one, one only,
Raised a head or look’d my way:
She linger’d a moment,—she might not stay. 20
How long since I saw that fair pale face!
Ah! Mother dear! might I only place
My head on thy breast, a moment to rest,
While thy hand on my tearful cheek were prest!
On, on a moving bridge they made 25
Across the moon-stream, from shade to shade,
Young and old, women and men;
Many long-forgot, but remember’d then.
And first there came a bitter laughter;
A sound of tears the moment after; 30
And then a music so lofty and gay,
That every morning, day by day,
I strive to recall it if I may.
On 3 May my 4xG grandmother Janet Sneddon Gibb did me the great service of dying in 1855 thus giving me a very good record. The death certificate tells me that she died at 3.30 pm and was aged 77. Her husband John Brown was a joiner and had predeceased her. Her parents were Walter Gibb and Margaret Sneddon and that of her 10 children, 9 were still alive. It also tells me she was buried in Bo'ness Lower Wynd churchyard. This is her grave where she lies with her husband and two of her sons, Thomas and Alexander and Alexander's wife, Janet Cuthill.
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On this day my great great grandmother Martha Ann Boyce was born in Egham to George Boyce, a baker, and Martha nee Pierce.
In 1833 she married James Douglas, a watchmaker born in Chertsey, the marriage took place in St Marylebone's Church in London.
James set up his watchmaker's business in Egham , and they had 6 children, spread over 23 years.
When her eldest daughter Elizabeth Boyce Donaldson died, followed by her husband John Donaldson a year later, three of the Donaldson children settled in Egham, two with Martha's sister Sarah Pierce Boyce, who had married James's brother Albert, and one with James and Martha (John Donaldson junior)
Martha Ann wrote in a letter about collecting the girls from the farm in Sussex and referred to John as delicate
James Douglas died in 1879, and Martha Ann in 1880
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2 birthdays today:
My grandson, Bobby, currently nursing a broken arm....came off his skateboard. ::)
My 2xgt. uncle Richard Kingsman, born in 1870, at the City of London Lying In Hospital; son of Richard Charles and Bridget (nee Bresnahan/Brosnan). He married Mary Ann Wilkinson in 1892 at St Clement, Notting Hill. They had 10 children but only 5 survived and Mary died in 1914. Richard has various hawker/dealer jobs; 1911 census did show him as "dealer in old lions" ::). Richard died in 1924.
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On this day in 1948 my cousin, Penny was born - the third of three daughters.
Sadly, she died three years ago of ovarian cancer. :'(
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Stonechat, that is a great photo to have, I expect you treasure it.
Crawford Allingham, he of yesterday's post married my grand aunt Jane on 4th May 1918. Jane was the youngest of my great grandmother's children and the only one with her second husband making her my grandfather's half sister.Both died relatively young and are buried in the same cemetery as all four of my grandparents. I have much to thank Crawford for as it was his name as informant on my great grandmother's death certificate that was the subject of one of my very first posts on Rootschat, from which I now have ancestry back to the 1600's.
On 4th May 1856 Robert Tweedie, the eldest child of my GG grandparents John Tweedie and Rachel Brown was born in Whitburn. Robert was married to the above Crawford Allingham's aunt Elizabeth.
On 4th May 1952 my grandfather James died stupidly young and mainly because of a mis-diagnosis. He died before I was born and before my mother married and so I never got to know him. He worked as a miner and then on the railways and was a gifted musician, playing violin in an orchestra. This I am told is only one of several instruments he was capable of playing. His youngest child is my mother. This is he in happier times with my gran, Elizabeth.
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On this day in 1976 I walked away from a difficult marriage and into a wonderful relationship, with my present husband and I havent left him yet... ;)
xin ;D
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On 4 May
Elizabeth Jane Taylor (nee Hobson) my g.aunt was born in 1874 in Manchester. My mum remembers going to her house to do errands etc. for her and then, her aunt not giving her the odd halfpenny she had promised as she’d say the work hadn’t been done properly.
Rebecca Newton Gray (nee Mumby) my 1st cousin 3 times removed was born in Drypool, Hull, Yorkshire in 1860
Joseph Hobson my 4 x g.g.uncle (and 2 x g.g.uncle of Elizabeth Jane Taylor (nee Hobson) above was baptised at St Peter’s Church, Huddersfield, Yorkshire in 1748
Edwin Hammond Stanton my 1st cousin 5 times removed was baptised in New Sleaford, Lincolnshire in 1805. Interestingly, despite being such a distant ancestor I have a photograph of him.
Benjamin Batty my 4 x g.g.uncle was baptised at All Saints Church, Darton, Barnsley, Yorkshire in 1734
Edith Bailey (nee Alden) my 1st cousin once removed died in Leeds, Yorkshire in 1970 aged 85. She was known to me as Aunt Edie and was the illegitimate daughter of my g.gran’s eldest daughter, known as Aunt Vinnie, by her first husband! She was brought up by my g.gran and was a year younger than my gran, so they were very close. She married in 1915 in Leeds, where she had gone to live with her widowed mother, but unfortunately her husband died in 1918 in a London War Hospital from a gunshot wound of the head. So, basically, she and her mother known as Aunt Vinnie (also a widow in tragic circumstances) lived together in Leeds from about 1911 until her mother’s death in 1954, from when Aunt Edie lived alone until she died.
Jane Goad my 2nd cousin 5 times removed married Joseph Martindale in Aldingham, Lancashire in 1811.
William Chorley my 2x g.g.uncle and Ellen (Eleanor) Pegman married at the Parish Church, Sunderland, Co.Durham in 1857. William was the 3rd illegitimate son of my 3 x g.grandmother before she married my 3 x g.grandfather Jonathan Middleton in 1834. Although he was on the 1841 census as William Middleton, I think this was an error on the census as he was not a son of Jonathan Middleton, as his marriage certificate has a line through the space for father’s name. He must, however, have thought highly of his stepfather as he used the name Middleton as a middle name for two of his own children.
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Born today in Clerkenwell in 1896, a 1st cousin 1R, Rosina Rebecca Pollard; daughter of Alfred Samuel and Maria Rachel (nee Barham). Sadly Rosina died when a toddler and was buried on 29 January 1898 in Manor Park Cemetery, where so many of my London families are, including her parents and some of her siblings.
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On 5 May
Joseph Pemberton my 4 x g.g.uncle was born in Davenham, Cheshire in 1757
Elizabeth Charlotte Leighton my 1st cousin 3 times removed was baptised at St Botolph’s Church, Boston, Lincolnshire in 1838
Abigail Tubbs my 3 x g.g.aunt was baptised at All Saints Church, Holbeach, Lincolnshire in 1817
Agnes Smith my 6 x g.g.aunt was baptised at St Mary’s Parish Church, Dalton in Furness, Lancashire in 1706
Sarah Robinson my 4 x g.g.aunt died in Lincolnshire in 1779
Margaret Dameron (nee Felton) my 10 x g.grandmother was buried in Westerfield, Suffolk in 1600 aged 73. Her death was particularly unfortunate for her grandchildren as in her husband’s Will he made her responsible for bringing up the children of thei daughter Joan (she being the one who was pronounced fatua et ideota since birth) and her husband John Collett. Margaret was charged with ensuring that they had sufficient meat, drink, clothes and lodgings. Her son in law died in March of the same year, so when she died the children were on their own. Fortunately, the eldest who was 22 at the time had, when he was 21, inherited the Manor House where Margaret lived, so I imagine the younger children remained there, although the eldest son married and moved to Norwich for a while so, unlike many other orphans of the time I guess they weren’t destitute.
Thomas Dameron my 10 x g.g.uncle (and brother of Margaret Dameron above’s husband) was buried in Westerfield, Suffolk in 1544. He was just over one year old.
Frances Chapman (nee Bell) my 5 x g.grandmother was buried at St Mary’s Church, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire in 1796. She was a widow aged 65 at the time of her death, however, I have yet to find my 5 x g.grandfather’s death. As she was 28 when she married, and I couldn’t find a birth of a Frances Bell anywhere, I assumed that she had probably been married before and I found a Frances Allen who married a John Bell in 1756 when she was 25. He was a widow with 2 children and he and Frances had a child a couple of years after their marriage, and then John Bell died. So Frances was left with 2 stepsons, aged 3 and 4 and a baby daughter. She then married my 5 x g.grandfather and had another 8 children, the eldest being my 4 x g.grandmother.
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On 5 May 1877 my 2nd cousin 2 x removed, Mary Conquest, was born in Vienna, Genesee, Michigan, USA. She was the daughter of John Conquest and Mary Elizabeth Barkley. Tragically, she and her parents were murdered at their farm in Vienna on 10 October 1878. I haven't been able to find out whether anyone was ever arrested for the crime.
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Hi
My grandfather Richard Samuel Liscoe was born this day 110 years ago.
Born 5 th May 1903 to Richard Samuel Liscoe and his first wife Catherine. Baptised Bermondsey St James 24 May 1903. The oldest and only boy among 3 sisters. 2 other siblings died. Mum died in 1916 and his father spent time in hospital recovering from a gas attack in the trenches in France.
He had a fantastic life living to the age of 94 , he was full of story's about his past and the things he used to get up to.
Still makes me smile today. Miss you grandad.... Cheers today
Tazzie
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Mary Swain was born on this day in 1787 in Wellington, Somerset to John Swain and Mary Spicket Mary, she was baptised a few months later at the Presbyterian Independent Church there.
Somehow Mary ended up in NOrthants and married in 1812 George Wyman a wheelwright.
They had two boys and three girls. The two boys or should I say men emigrated to Adelaide.
Mary lived until after the 1851 Census (otherwise I would never know where she was born) and died in Nov 1851, George died a couple of years later in 1855
Mary was my 3 x great grandmother
And I never have been able to trace her parents back
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On 6 May
In 1838 my 2 x great uncle, Alfred Sewell Wilson, was buried at St Giles in the Fields, London. He was the son of Robert Wilson and Harriet Sewell, and sadly was only 9 months old.
My first cousin 2 x removed, John James George Hensman, died in 1902 in Uxbridge. He was a publican at The Kings Arms in Uxbridge and must have been doing well, as he left £1400 to his wife in his will. His mother was the unusually named Athalia Susan Conquest.
Last but not least, my dear son Brian is 41 today.
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On May 7th 1715 my 6xG grandfather Joseph Cudworth was born in the West Riding of Yorkshire. The family seem to have been big on biblical names, his twin brother was Benjamin and father Jeremiah.
On 7th May 1869 my great great grandparents James McBride and Mary Anne Clifford were married at the Roman Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception in Bathgate. James was born in Stranraer in 1847 and baptized at St. Joseph's and Mary Anne was born in Edinburgh in 1850 and baptized at St. Mary's Cathedral. Their son George was my great grandfather and was still alive over 100 years after his parents marriage.
On 7th May 1945 my great grandmother Agnes Tweedie died in Armadale. The informant was my grandfather, who at the time was living in the house I was born in. Agnes had lived in the same village until her husband's death 3 years previously in the two storey house in the centre background of this photo. In fact she would have been living there when this was taken circa 1920's/30's. My grandparents married in the same house and my great grandfather died there. Alas the house is now just a bare patch of earth. I stood on it just last year and it was quite sad to look around and see a weed strewn plot that held so much of my family history.
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I have missed a few days but nothing of huge note so I'll start with yesterday, 6th may which was the fifth anniversary of my mother's death, aged eighty-three, in Redcar. A difficult woman, especially after my father's death when there was nobody left to calm her not inconsiderable temper and sharp tongue. But there are times when I still miss her and I wish she had known that my two daughters both have beautiful baby boys. Mum always wanted sons and we three daughters always knew it! She'd have adored my two little grandsons.
On May 7th 1923, my dad's sister, Kathlyn, was born in Aberdeen and in 2010, my beautiful great niece, Miranda, was born in Brighton. Happy birthday to her today. :)
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On 7 May
Thomas Gaunt my 3 x g.g.uncle was baptised at St John the Baptist Church, Penistone, Yorkshire in 1775
Joseph Benson my 2 x g.g.uncle (although he may actually be the son of one of his “sisters” as probably was my 2 x g.grandfather, so making the relationship different) was baptised at St Mary’s Parish Church, Dalton in Furness, Lancashire in 1837.
Dennis Pake my 4 x g.g.uncle was baptised at Holy Trinity Church, Haddenham, Cambridgeshire in 1766
Hugh d’Aubigny my 21st g.g.uncle died in 1243. Hugh, Earl of Sussex and Earl of Arundel was said to have been about 9 years old at the time of his brother William's death in 1224. On 10 May 1235, he was of age and had gained all his castles, which until then had been held by the King. His wardship was obtained by the famous Justiciar (probably equivalent to Prime Minister today), Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Kent on 14 July 1227. He died on 7 May 1242 and was buried with his ancestors at at Wymondham Abbey. His widow Isabel did not re- marry but became an important countess who founded the Cistercian Abbey at Marham and may have been buried at Convent Church Marham. I am descended from one of his sisters and despite the fact that when Hugh died, his estate was divided between his 4 sisters, unfortunately, it seems to have been lost by the time it came down to the modern descendants :'(
Elizabeth Tubbs my 2 x g.g.aunt was buried at Holbeach in 1836
Mary Uffindel my 6 x g.g.aunt was buried at Holy Trinity Church, Haddenham, Cambridgeshire in 1701. She was only just over 3 months old.
James Bagshawe and (H)Ellen Hudson my 9 x g.grandparents were married at St Nicholas’ Church, Bradfield, Yorkshire in 1604
Martha Collett my 8 x g.g.aunt married Samuel Jellow at Westerfield, Suffolk in 1612
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On this day Catalina Brewster and John Pickford married in Bromley, Kent, in 1692.
Catalina was youngest daughter of Edward Brewster and Dorothy Neesham. HE was born in GLoucester and came to London and was an apothecary and citizen of London, however he died when Catalina was one. His widow remarried an they moved to Leicestershire. However Catalina went back to her home parish to marry.
John Pickford was born in Macclesfield to a wealthy family. After the marriage they initial moved to Aylestone in Leicestershire, but in about 1700 JOhn then purchased the lease of Ashton Old Hall in Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, where they settled.
They had 9 children in the two locations (also one in Oldham) but three died young
John died in 1726 and Catalina in 1730, both in Ashton.
John unusually for Pickford, left no will
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8th May 2009 .. I lost my precious sister, we battled all our lives, but how I miss her now.
xin
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Born today in 1828 in Tabernacle Row, London; Rebecca Bailey my 3xgt. aunt. Daughter of James and Hamutal (nee Page). She was baptised a few weeks later at St. Luke, Old Street. My last sighting of her is on 1871 census.
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On 8 May
Benjamin Collett my 2 x g.g.uncle was baptised at Fressingfield, Suffolk in 1803
Alice Mutton (nee Randal) my 5 x g.grandmother was baptised at Sutton, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire in 1707
Jonathan Bagshaw my 6 x g.g.uncle was baptised at St Nicholas’ Church, Bradfield, Yorkshire in 1674
Elizabeth Tubbs my 2 x g.g.aunt was baptised in Holbeach, Lincolnshire in 1837. This was exactly a year and a day after her namesake was buried aged just over 3 months. Bizarre to baptise the next child so close to the date of the burial of the other one.
Hannah Wilkinson (nee Pemberton) my g.g.aunt died at 341 Oldham Road, Manchester in 1867. The cause of her death was cancer of the uterus.
Samuel Collett my 7 g.g.uncle was buried at Westerfield, Suffolk in 1681. Unusually for the time, I think, he wasn’t buried until 2 weeks after his death.
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On 8 May
In 1900 my 1st cousin once removed, Louisa Florence Conquest, was born in Walworth, Southwark, London. She was the daughter of William George Conquest and Eliza Jane Stevens, and married Oliver George Mew in 1921.
Clara Rosina Wilson, nee Giovannelli, my great grandmother, died in 1924 at Leytonstone, aged 81. It has been interesting researching her family, but difficult at times because of the many variations in the spelling of her Italian surname. She also caused me a problem by calling herself Clara, when her birth was registered simply as Rosina.
Lastly, my great aunt, Forence Rosina Wilson, daughter of Clara, above, and Frederic Sewell Wilson, died in 1956, in Watford, Hertfordshire, aged 79. She married Cyril Kemp in 1904, but he sadly died in France in 1917 - she didn't remarry.
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On 9 May
Ernest Walter Benson my uncle (my dad’s elder brother) was born in Blackley, Manchester in 1910. He was a semi-professional pianist and I have a letter sent to my dad during the war from a friend that said he was going to play at a concert in Glasgow where he expected to be seen by a top agent and become a professional musician, when a certain Mr Hitler got in the way and dropped a bomb. :o
Maria Ormond Boyers my 1st cousin 4 times removed was born in Lincolnshire in 1849
Mary Gilchrist (nee Lenton) my 3 x g.g.aunt was baptised at St Swithin’s Church, Lincolnshire in 1801
Robert Gaunt another 1st cousin 4 times removed was baptised at St John the Baptist Church, Penistone, Yorkshire in 1793
Bridget Goad (nee Postlethwaite) my 5 x g.g.aunt was baptised at St Mary’s Parish Church, Dalton in Furness, Lancashire in 1725
William Benson my g.g.uncle died in Ireleth, Dalton in Furness, Lancashire in 1859 aged just under 2 months. The cause of death was whooping cough for 4 weeks, so the poor baby had whooping cough for half his very short life.
Joseph Barnett who would have been my g.aunt’s brother in law, died in Southwell, Nottingham in 1874 aged 3. It seems his mother left him and his 5 year old brother alone whilst she went out for a short time. The two boys went to the tan yard next to their house, where their father was a foreman and Joseph tumbled into a lime pit. His death was registered by the coroner who doesn’t mention anything other than accidental death, but there is a long newspaper report about the inquest.
Lucy Hobson my 3 x g.g.aunt was buried at All Hallows Church, Almondbury, Yorkshire in 1778. She was 4 years old.
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On 8th May 1842 - Margaretha Brück in Kocherstetten, Baden-Württemberg, Germany - my great grandmother.
Margaretha emigrated to England, married Johann Friedrich Hermann Pfisterer in the Parish Church Rotherham, Yorkshire in 1864, bore him two sons, and died 1893 Doncaster.
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On this day 10th May 1874 my G g grandfather, Mathias Gaunt, died in Launceston Tasmania. He'd arrived in Tassie on the Eliza in 1831 with his wife and four children and went on to be a very successful farmer, flour miller, vigneron - and member of the Anti-Transportation League (not sure whether I am proud of him for the last bit as n=his motives weren't the best)
His obituary say he was 80, but he was baptised in 1796 - so something isn't right - or he was baptised at the age of two!. He is supposed to have been a surgeon in the RN before coming to Australia - but I can find no evidence of that at all - still looking. He was a surgeon according to his daughter's baptism records - that's as close as I can get - oh yes - and we have a ceremonial sword of his from his time in the Navy- so why can't I find the records.
He and his wife had 15 children in all, some didn't live long, and three of them died in one year of tragedy - from drowning and different illnesses.
His wife required him to build her a church, if she was to come to this foreign and untamed land with him, so he did - he named it St Mathias! ::) Here's a photo of it. (I bet he had convict help! ;))
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On this day in 1835 my great great aunt Elizabeth Boyce Donaldson was baptised at Egham in Surrey to James Douglas a watchmaker, and Martha Ann nee Boyce daughter of a Baker
She was the oldest daughter.
She married John Donaldson, a farm bailliff at St John's Waterloo in 1856
They had 6 children between 1858 and 1864 in 4 different places in Sussex and Hampshire where JOhn was farm bailiff
Elizabeth died - according to a family note on 18.9.1867 . Cause of death is unknown as there is no entry in the GRO index. They were living at Hucksholt Farm on the Uppark estate, but she was buried at Linch Sussex and the burial record indicates she was at Woolbeding when she died.
John then died on 1.12.1868 of 'Rupia 10 months, Ulcer of Scalp 4 months, Haemorrhage 10 days'
The 7 children were then farmed out to uncles and granparents, Martha Ann and James Douglas taking the youngest JOhn junior.
Judging by letters the children kept in touch , we can see that when one had TB and was in a hospital , her sister was visiting her.
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Born today in 1847 in London, my gt.grandma Elizabeth Mary Ann Burgess, daughter and first child of Robert Richard and Elizabeth (nee Gandy). She was baptised 2 years later at St. Thomas, Charterhouse. In 1865 she married George William Barham (and added Mary Ann to her name) at St. James, Shoreditch. They had 8 children; my grandpa being the youngest. Elizabeth died in 1919 in Holborn Workhouse and is buried in Manor Park Cemetery.
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On 10 May
Bridget Hirst (nee Hobson) my 2 x g.g.aunt was baptised at Denby Dikeside Wesleyan Church, Cumberworth, Yorkshire in 1809
Nicolas Smith my 6 x g.g.uncle was baptised at St Mary’s Parish Church, Dalton in Furness, Lancashire in 1719
William Alvin Brothwell my 5 x g.g.uncle was baptised in Heckington, Lincolnshire in 1745
James Beech my husband’s 2 x g.grandfather died at Denton Lane, Hooley Hill, Audenshaw, Lancashire in 1859. The cause of death was given as paraplexy.
Mattias Gaunt yet another 1st cousin 4 times removed (and Wiggyhobbes g.g.grandfather and she has written a potted history of him in her post) died in Tasmania in 1874
Peter Pemberton my 2 x g.grandfather was buried at Kingsley Parish Church, Kingsley, Cheshire in 1860 aged 47. The cause of his death was Chronic Hepatitis of 5 months. He was a butcher at the time of his death, so I’m not sure whether his illness was caused by alcohol or something else. He wrote his will on 29 March 1860, but didn't add the usual comment about being sound in mind, but frail in body and also added a line about what should happen if his wife died before him. As she didn't die until 9 years later, presumably she wasn't ill at the time and he mustn't have known he was ill enough to die.
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Three today -
1761 - a 6 x great uncle, Robert Jaffray was born in Belhelvie, Aberdeenshire.
1762 - Matthew Iley, 4 x great grandfather was baptised in Eaglescliffe, County Durham.
1896 - James Raitt - 3 x great grandfather died in Old Machar, aged eighty-three. I have talked about him many times in the past. Not my favourite ancestor, it would seem he took his wife for granted in a major way and although I know I ought not to, I can't help looking at him with twenty-first century eyes and values.
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On 10 May 1876 my 2nd cousin once removed, Elizabeth Angelina Harriett Peppercorn, was born in Haggerston, London. She was the daughter of Alfred Peppercorn and Elizabeth Donovan, and married Richard Godley in 1875. They had four children, three of whom died in infancy, and then the fourth, Percy Alfred Thomas, was killed in France in 1917.
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That's pretty sad isn't it! Poor couple. :'(
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Yes, it makes you wonder how they coped with such tragedy.
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Born today in Clerkenwell, London in 1875 a 1st cousin 2R, Emma Matilda Burgess; daughter of Robert Richard and Eliza Elizabeth (nee Hall). Emma married Henry Manser on 25 December 1896 and a daughter was born November 1897. The family emigrated in 1901 to Australia where Henry died in Cairns, Queensland in 1910. Emma re-married 2 years later and died in 1961 and is buried in Manunda.
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On 11 May
Charles Gilchrist my 2 x g.g.uncle was baptised at St Botolph’s Church, Boston, Lincolnshire in 1830
Samuel Woodward another 2 x g.g.uncle was baptised at St Laurence Church, Frodsham, Cheshire in 1817
William Wane my 6 x g.grandfather was baptised at Aldingham, Lancashire in 1690
Jonathan Benson, my 1st cousin 5 times removed was baptised at St Mary’s Church, Dalton in Furness, Lancashire in 1800
Ethel Whittaker (nee Wright) the 1st wife of my husband’s father, (so mother to his 2 half brothers) died in Denton, Lancashire in 1935. The cause of her death was cardiac failure and pneumonia. Interestingly, the story my husband and his stepbrothers were told (who were 4 & 3 when their mother) was that she had had a baby girl called Olwen who had died soon after birth and that Ethel was so distraught that she died too. The truth is she did have a baby girl called Olwen who died aged about 6 weeks of asphyxia in a convulsion due to gastric disturbance, but this was 2 years before her mother died. I guess her 2 sons would have been too young to remember when their baby sister was born and how close that was to the death of their mother.
William Benson my g.g.uncle was buried at St Mary’s Parish Church, Dalton in Furness, Lancashire in 1859. He was the little one who died of whooping cough of 4 weeks duration, when he was just under 7 weeks old.
Elizabeth Howard my husband’s 2 x g.g.aunt married William Duffin at St James Church, Toxteth, Liverpool in 1834
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I should have posted this yesterday ::)
My Dad died 10th May 1976 :'( :'(
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I can imagine you are sad - my Mum died in 1980 and I still miss her.
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On this day in 1700, my 6 x great grandfather William Taylor was born in Newent, Gloucs
His parents were Edward Taylor and Anne?. Edward was a carpenter, but died in 1702
William married Martha Wheeler in 1723 at Newent
He took up the family trade of Carpentry too
They had 9 children. Martha died in 1758, but have not located William's death
Having checked the Forest of Dean website, I believe William died in 1774 as thi was a carpenter
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One for today and one I missed. Both my grandmothers died in May. Hannah on May 6 1985 and Elizabeth on May 12 1978. Both lie in the same cemetery in Scotland.
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1767, 5 x great grandparents, Samuel Bland and Rachel Littlefare married in Kirkby Ravensworth, North Riding of Yorkshire.
One of the most unnerving things about doing genealogy is the number of names I share with my old school teachers. In some cases it will inevitably be a pure chance and with common names will mean nothing. But with Littlefare, in the area we come from, it is almost certain that I am distantly related to the man who taught me German. I loathed him with a vengeance and I really don't want to share my genes with him. Just proves the old adage - You can't choose your family!
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One of the most unnerving things about doing genealogy is the number of names I share with my old school teachers. In some cases it will inevitably be a pure chance and with common names will mean nothing. But with Littlefare, in the area we come from, it is almost certain that I am distantly related to the man who taught me German. I loathed him with a vengeance and I really don't want to share my genes with him. Just proves the old adage - You can't choose your family!
This reminds me that I loathed my headmistress with a vengeance and since doing family research have found that her ancestors and mine were very friendly and they witnessed each others wills and wills for other members of their families. At least - so far - I've not found a genetic connection thank goodness.
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On 12 May
William Cawthorn and Mary Chapman my 4 x g.grandparents married in Pinchbeck in 1793
Albert Alan Henshall my 3rd cousin was born in Leeks, Staffordshire in 1913
Lucy Baxter and Ann Baxter my twin 5 x g.g.aunts were baptised in Heckington, Lincolnshire in 1761
Ann Wilkinson my 7 x g.g.aunt was baptised in Holme Cultram, Cumberland in1675
Catherine Hannah Sharp my 1st cousin 4 times removed died in Boston, Lincolnshire in 1838. She was 3½ years old.
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I have contemplated researching the German teacher's family just to make sure that any links are a long way back. But it's a problem because I can't remember his Christian name as he was universally ( if it can be universal within the confines of a girls' grammar school) known as Slug! ;D ;D
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On this day in 1883 , my great grandparents Lucy Ann Holmes and William Henry Pullen married at St Clement's Worcester.
Lucy had grown up in Birmingham as youngest but 1 of 11 surviving children. Her mother's early death meant she was looked after by older siblings and she moved to Worcester with her sister Sue (Susanne) living with her even after Sue's marriage.
William was born in Herefordshire and became a gardener.
Their first child died young and they had three more. They then settled in Wick near Pershore where William was head gardener.
HOwever Lucy seemed to be ill sometimes and died in 1906 of a Paralytic seizure (whatever we would call that today).
By 1911 the remaining family had relocated to Staines. William later remarried and lived until 1943.
Willliam is third from the right in back row
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We'd probably call it a stroke - paralytic seizure that is! ;)
Wiggy
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Born today in 1859 in Woolwich, my 2xgt.aunt Louisa Hannah Pain; daughter of Charles George and Mary Jane (nee Ottley). Louisa appears on census records as a domestic servant and then a cook. She married late in life in Battersea 1901 to John Prangnell; a son was born a year later and John died in 1906. Louisa died in Bexleyheath in 1932 and is buried, along with her husband, in Plumstead Cemetery.
Born today in 1822 in Newington, Surrey my 1st cousin 5R, Eliza Matilda Kingsman; daughter of William John and Frances (nee Jones). Eliza married James Gillham in 1841 at St. John the Nativity, Lambeth and a daughter, Frances Matilda was born some years later. Eliza died in 1855 in Southwark.
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I'm late!!
On 12 May 1816 my GGgrandfather, John Booth, was baptised in Middleton Warwickshire.
He married Rachel Bruerton in 1841 and they emigrated to Australia in 1853, bringing with them their 1 year old son, also John. John Snr was a journeyman painter in England but became a plumber and pipe-layer in Australia - they did not go to gold-digging but lived in a town which grew up on the way to the goldfields.
He is died in 1882 and is buried at Darraweit Guim, on the northern edge of Melbourne, Victoria.
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On 13 May
Walter Peacock my 2nd cousin once removed was born in Salford, Lancashire in 1923. This was the day before his mother’s 10th wedding anniversary which I’ll detail tomorrow.
Baxter Stanton my 2 x g.g.uncle was baptised at St Mary’s Church, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire in 1827
Jonathan Lockwood my 4 x g.g.uncle was baptised at St Nicholas Church, Cumberworth, Yorkshire in 1740
John Spencer my 3 x g.g.uncle died at The Green, Millom, Cumberland in 1889
And last but not least it is the birthday of my first daughter born 1960 who was adopted by a loving family as I was unmarried and not allowed to keep her.
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On 13 May
In 1800 my 2 x great grandfather Robert Wilson was born in the City of London. I don't know exactly where, but he was baptised later that year at St Botolph, Bishopsgate, son of Robert, a soldier, and Elizabeth. With the common name of Wilson, this is as far back as I have been able to get.
Four years later in 1804, Harriet Sewell, who was to become Robert's wife, was baptised at St Luke, Old Street, London, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth. Joseph was born in Appleby, Westmorland, and was a cooper, the family trade. He presumably came to London for work in about 1800. Robert was probably influenced by his father in law, as he too is listed as a cooper on some censuses.
In 1832 my first cousin 3 x removed, Mary Conquest, was born in Bedford, daughter of Josiah Conquest and Martha Brampton. In 1852 she married her cousin James Conquest and in August of that year they emigrated to America. She died in Vienna, Genesee, Michigan, in 1908.
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On 13th May 1850 my great great grandmother Mary Anne Clifford was born in Edinburgh and baptized in the Roman Catholic Cathedral of St. Mary's ( pic below ). Her parents were Daniel Clifford and Bridget Lee. Daniel was born in Scotland though the Cliffords originally came from Ireland, as yet I don't know where but I think it may have been the south. Her mother Bridget was born in Ireland. She married my GG grandfather James McBride when she was 19 and her children were James, Vincent ( who lived only two days ), Daniel, William, Robert ( who died aged 16 ), George ( my great grandfather ), Mary Jane, another Vincent, Margaret and a second Robert, who was born in the same year as the first Robert died. Mary Anne died in Polmont in 1937.
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Today is my grandfather's 116th birthday.
John MacIntosh Howe was born in Aberdeen on May 14th 1897, son of Clarence Howe and Catherine Shaw. He was a merchant sailor but luckily for me, he was just a bit young to follow his brothers, three of whom emigrated to Australia just before the outbreak of WW1. (If he had done that - where would I have been? Not born, that's where). he married Ethel Raitt, had four children and moved, firstly to Greenock but eventually to Middlesbrough where he ran the Merchant Navy Hotel during WW2. I was born in the house where he and my nan lived. Some time in the sixties, they headed north again and lived in a static caravan in Nairn. At this point, granddad could have been retired but he got bored easily so went off to work in a hotel in Kingussie, leaving his wife to fend for herself ( luckily she was a hardy soul and had no trouble with this). Grandad died in 1968 - on the same day as my kitten was killed by a car, I'll have you know!
Happy Birthday Grandad. :)
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Several for later in the week but only the one today. On 14 May 1842 Robert Brown was born in Bo'ness. He was the son of my 3xG grandparents Walter Brown and Margaret Dunlop. Janet, the youngest of his two sisters was my great great grandmother.
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No ancestor anniversaries today, but my cousin Audrey and her brother both have birthdays today.
Audrey's is one ending in 0!! Happy birthday to them both.
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On 14 May
Gertrude Lynch my 1st cousin twice removed married George Arthur Peacock at St Gabriel’s Parish Church, Hulme, Manchester in 1913. Although being a distant relation, I did actually meet her. She was my maternal grandfather’s cousin who had died long before I was born, but she kept in touch with my gran and my mum.
Harry Dawson my husband’s uncle married Ethel Cartledge in 1916 at Christ Church, Bradford, Manchester. I came across Harry whilst researching my husband’s maternal side of his family. He knew his mother had 2 sisters, in fact I met them quite a few times myself, but he’d never heard of Harry his mother’s brother (nor another sister who died aged only 1, which I suppose is understandable, although I knew about my mother’s infant siblings who had died before she was even born). We spoke to my husband’s half brother who is 9 years older than my husband to see if he knew about him, but he’d never heard of him either. I have no idea why he seems to have distanced himself from his family, or whether they distanced themselves from him.
John Stanton my 4 x g.grandfather was baptised at St Andrew’s Church, Heckington, Lincolnshire in 1770. His father’s occupation was either labourer or shoemaker depending on his preference at the time of the baptisms of his various children.
Henry Brand my 2 x g.g.uncle was baptised at St Denys Parish Church, Sleaford, Lincolnshire in 1816
Mary and Martha Wilkinson my 7 x g.g.aunts were baptised in Holme Cultram, Cumberland in 1683
Elizabeth Benson (nee Middleton) my 2 x g.grandmother died in Hull, Yorkshire in 1921. She was 83 and the cause of her death was given as Senile Decay.
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On this day in 1707 Thomas Wyld married Alice Bowers at Mottram in Longdendale, Cheshire
The marriage also shown in the parish registers of St Mary's Stockport but as Mottram was Alice's parish I think it happened there
Thomas was a husbandman in Hyde in the parish of Stockport.
Thomas and Alice had 9 children of whom 2 died young
Thomas died in 1746 in Hyde and was buried in Mottram, he left a will
Alice died the following year
(Added) my 6 x great grandparents
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Born today in Southwark in 1895 a 1st cousin 2R, Lilian Burgess daughter of George and Annie Catherine (nee Bird). Lilian married Ernest Townsend in Camberwell in 1922 and died in Worthing in 1972.
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1873, my 4 x great grandfather, John Birnie, died in Slains in Aberdeenshire. Born in 1781, he married Barbara Walker in Strichen in 1816. Their daughter Jean Birnie was my direct ancestor.
May, once the first few days were out of the way, seems to be a quiet month for my anniversaries. Funny how they seem to come in batches.
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Born today in 1907 in Thornton Heath, Croydon; Gertrude Annie Rainer, a 1st cousin 2R. She was the daughter of Daisy Gertrude Charlotte Rainer but no father shown on her birth certificate. She appears on 1911 census with her mother and 2 younger brothers (no father shown on their birth certs either) living with a Henry Morgan. That is my only confirmed sighting of her.
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today 16th May, is my son and daughter in law's 15th wedding anniversary!
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Excuse me for posting a few hours early but I'm going to be somewhat occupied tomorrow and for the rest of the weekend so no time for RC! :o
On May 17th 1862 my 2 x great grandparents, Benjamin Howe and Ermina Cant were married in Brightlingsea. They had nine children, the second being Clarence, my great grandfather. The eldest son seems to have been estranged from the family and Clarence moved to the North of Scotland when he married. All of the others stayed in, or close to, Brightlingsea. Ermina died from " Nervous Exhaustion" in Essex Lunatic Asylum and Benjamin committed suicide about eighteen months later. They are buried together in Brightlingsea churchyard, which says something about the vicar's attitude to suicide, I think. Theirs is such a sad story.
In 1941, my uncle, Thomas Smith, married Rosina Pattison in Middlesbrough. My mum's elder brother, whom she hero worshipped as a child. I remember him as a kind and gentle man who fed his roses with the dregs from the tea-pot! ;D
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I am now mentioning a latecomer who died on 11th May but I found after that date
Catalina Neesham died 11th May 1676 at Bromley in Kent
Born Catalina Cole in around 1599, she was daughter of Roger Cole and Anne Maisters
She married 1) John Johnson in 1623 St St Saviour''s Southwark (only found this one today. I knew she married a Johnson because her father's will named her Catalina Johnson). John must have died. I have not established if there are any children 2) Thomas Neesham at St Martin's Vintry in the City of London in 1628.
Thomas became rector of Stoke D'Abernon Church in Surrey. At some point before his death he must have moved to Kingston upon Thames, where he was living when he wrote his will
By her death in 1676 she was living in Bromley Kent, presumably with her daughter Dorothy and husband Edward Brewster (and Granddaughter Catalina Brewster)
Catalina was named after her grandmother Catalina de Gallegos, daughter of Ferdinando de Gallegos of Spanish nobility
My 8 greats grandmother
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On May 16th 1970 my great grandfather, George McBride died in Falkirk. His wife Matilda (known as Tilda) had died 22 years previously. According to a daughter's marriage certificate they married in 1905 but I can find no proof of this so it was fabrication or perhaps an irregular marriage. However in 1948 and I think knowing that she was dying they took themselves off to Edinburgh and went through a formal marriage ceremony. I wonder if any family knew as they lived miles away and the witnesses are nobody to do with the family. She died 6 weeks later. Their first two children were twins. Mary Anne, named after George's mother, lived for only 3 weeks. Hannah, named after Matilda's mother survived, luckily for me, as she was my grandmother.
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On this day in 1804 Mary Varnden married James Douglass at St Martin in the Fields in London.
They were both from Chertsey.
Mary was daughter of a yeoman and brickmaker and James was a (second generation) watch and clock maker.
They had 7 children, though only three lived beyond 25. They lived in Guildford Street Chertsey (currently a men's hairdresser)
Mary died in 1833, and James in 1835. James's clocks are still around
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On 17 May 1869 my great great grandmother Hannah Greer was born in Drumgelloch, Lanarkshire. Her father Samuel was from Ballinderry in Ireland. Her mother Mary was also from Ireland but as yet I don't know where exactly. She married twice, her first husband, my 2xG grandfather ended up in America. She had 5 children by him, though I strongly suspect the 5th was by her second husband with whom she produced 3 more. This second husband is proving hard to track down but I will crack it one day. Two of her three sons by my GG grandfather died within weeks of each other during WWI.
On 17 May 1719 my 6xG grandparents James Wallace and Agnes Farier married in Kirknewton. However they had first been up before the Kirk Sessions and confessed to 'fornication before marriage'. Well what were a young couple to do before television. Their first 4 children were born in Kirknewton before they moved to Ratho where in 1767 their grandaughter, my 4xG grandmother Agnes was born. When Agnes married this broke my link to the Wallace name but it continued to be kept in the family and was one of my grandmother's middle names.
On 17 May 1772 my 6xG grandfather Robert Tweedie died at Muirhall in Lanarkshire. This was a farm and still exists as holiday cottages. He was born at Douglas in 1698, the son of John Tweedie and Jean Wilson, also farmers. He lies beneath this stone with several other family members.
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My maternal grandfather, George Frederick Clark, was born on 15th May, 1877, so he’d have been 136 this week if my arithmetic is correct ! Born in North Stoke, Somerset, by the 1881 census he was in Bath, and 1901 Paddington, London, recorded as ‘a portmanteau maker’. He served in the Boer War, and then WW1 in the Royal Artillery as a saddle and harness maker, and horseman …. I have been told that those men were not in the trenches, but they did have to drive the horses with carts up to the front line to deliver ammunition and supplies, so he must have been under fire and seen some terrible sights.
After returning from military service, he was unemployed for about three years in the early 1920’s, eventually getting a job in the post office, where he remained until retirement.
He fathered four children, and died in London in 1964. I remembered sitting on his knee as a child, while he read me stories of heroes from history, which perhaps kindled my interest in the subject.
The photos are of him in the army, and his wedding photo.
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Bother .... try again to attach G'father
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A recently found American cousin today. In 1971 my third cousin 1 x removed, Earl Hoyt, died in Saginaw, Michigan, aged 66. This branch of Conquest descendants is still a work in progress.
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I've been away for a few days, so I'm posting 3 days at once.
On 15 May
Frederick Pemberton my g.g.uncle married Elizabeth Houghton Caldwell at Manchester Registry Office in 1876
William Benson and Agnes Lomas my 4 x g.grandparents married at St Cuthbert’s Church, Aldingham, Lancashire in 1780. He was 28 and she was 34. It was her first marriage and I can only find 2 children of the marriage, my 3 x g.grandfather who was born in 1782 and another son born in 1890 when their mother would have been 44 years old.
Martin Batty my 5 x g.grandfather was baptised at St John the Baptist Church, Penistone, Yorkshire in 1709. He married when he was 24 and his wife 22, but despite many searches I have only been able to find one child (my 4 x g.grandmother) and another possible one who was baptised a few miles away from where Martin and his wife were born and bred, married and died. I can’t believe he only had one child, so I guess his wife must have had numerous miscarriages/stillbirths.
Edwin Howard my husband’s 2 x g.g.uncle was baptised in Liverpool, Lancashire in 1842
William Bagshaw my 7 x g.g.uncle was buried at St Nicholas’ Church, Bradfield, Yorkshire in 1714
Catherine Hannah Sharp my 1st cousin 4 times removed was buried at St Botolph’s Church, Boston, Lincolnshire in 1838. She was 3½ years old
James Uffindel my 6 x g.grandfather was buried at Holy Trinity Church, Haddenham, Cambridgeshire in 1734
On 16 May
Joseph Hobson my 2 x g.grandfather was born in Ingbirchworth, Yorkshire in 1813
John Pemberton my 1st cousin twice removed was born at Newton, Prestwich, Manchester in 1888
Edward Stanton my 5 x g.grandfather was buried at St Andrew’s Church, Heckington, Lincolnshire in 1805
On 17 May
Keith David Whittaker my husband’s brother was born in Sale, Cheshire in 1938. He was his mother’s favourite following her marriage to a man who already had 2 young children. When my husband arrived 5 years later, when his mother was aged 44, she was not best pleased and often told him she didn’t want him and that she’d only wanted one child. Fortunately, my husband turned out to be a much nicer person than his brother.
Ann Day my 2 x g.grandmother was baptised at All Saints Church, Holbeach, Lincolnshire in 1816. She married aged 24 and had 3 children, before dying when the 3rd one was born due to uterine haemorrhage.
Matthew Heaton my husband’s 2 x g.grandfather was baptised in Rotherham, Yorkshire in 1812
Bridget Holms (nee Smith) my 6 x g.g.aunt was baptised at St Mary’s Parish Church, Dalton in Furness, Lancashire in 1713
Phoebe Jane Stanton my 2nd cousin 4 times removed was baptised at St Mary & St Nicolas Parish Church, Spalding, Lincolnshire in 1839
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On this day in 1588, my 10 x great grandparents, Elizabeth Aynesworth and William Lambert married at Ramsey in Hunts.
Elizabeth was daughter of Richard, variously a Innkeeper, baker, Miller, and brewer
William Lambert was described at his burial as a fisher (eels perhaps?)
They had 10 children.
William died in 1609 and Elizabeth in 1622
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On 18 May
John Day and Mary Ann Mutton my 3 x g.grandparents were married by banns at All Saints Church, Holbeach, Lincolnshire in 1815. The witness was an Elizabeth Carter who might have been John’s married sister but I’ve not done any research to find out.
Agnes Benson my 2 x g.g.aunt married James Holmes at St Mary’s Parish Church, Dalton in Furness, Lancashire in 1839. It’s probable that her sister (rather than her mother) was the mother of my 2 x g.grandfather, in which case Agnes wouldn’t be my 2 x g.g.aunt but my g.aunt!
John Dye my 3 x g.grandfather was born in Newton Flotman, Norfolk in 1785
Dorothy Middleton (nee Chorley) was baptised at Muncaster, Cumberland in 1806. Her father was already 60 when he married her mother and she had two younger sisters before her father died aged 71.
Charles Brand my 1st cousin 3 times removed was baptised at St Peter & Paul, Union Road, Bourne, Lincolnshire in 1856
Ada Benson (nee Wright) my paternal gran died at home in Harpurhey, Manchester 1951. She was 67. The cause of her death was carcinoma of the pancreas. I have a photograph of her in hospital near Christmas 1950 with Father Christmas, she looks so thin and ill but was still smiling. She went home because she knew she was dying and said the bed should be used for someone who could be cured. We used to visit her every weekend (my dad obviously went to see her each day) and my memories are of this very tiny, wizened, yellow skinned lady lying on a bed in the front room of her terraced house. So sad.
Catherine Dyke (nee Manton) my husband’s 4 x g.grandmother was buried at Budbrooke, Warwickshire in 1832
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On 18 May 1872 my maternal grandmother, Louise Maude Mary Conquest was born in Kennington, London. I never knew her, as she died before I was born, but it was a fascination with her name, Conquest, which started me on researching family history.
She married Samuel Robert Marshall in 1890 and had five children, from 1891 onwards - my mother was the youngest - her eldest brother was 21 when she was born.
Once I started researching the Conquest family, I was surprised to find that they originated from Bedfordshire, not London as I'd always assumed.
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Only 3 distant ancestors today.
On 19 May
Lilian Emma Collett my 3rd cousin once removed was born at Westleton, Suffolk in 1910
Philologus Collett my 7th g.g.uncle was baptised at Westerfield, Suffolk in 1636
Edith Fanning (nee Hanley) my 1st cousin twice removed died in Cathcart, Lanarkshire, Scotland in 1919
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On this day in 1761, my 4x great grandparents Letitia Joyce and James Douglas were married at Godalming Surrey
Letitia was daughter of Joshua Joyce a baker, and twice warden (a kind of early mayor) of Godalming and Elizabeth nee Chitty
Less is known about James's origins despite all my efforts
He was a apprecticed to Richard Stedman of Godalming Clockmaker in 1747
James father was John Douglass but don't know where they were from. My grandmother (not originally a Douglas) said Scotland but who knows.
At their marriage, James was a watchmaker of Chertsey, and this is where they settled
They had 4 children though I am uncertain what became of three.
James made some fantastic clocks and watches, but maybe the demand in Chertsey was not large enough as in 1791 he was declared bankrupt.
Letitia died in 1771, and James died in 1805.
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After a few days absence, I have just one today:
In 1820, my 3 x great grandparents, John Bushby and Mary Smith, married in Bellerby, North Yorkshire. I have traced the Bushby line back several generations and find that this is one of the families which brings my tree almost full circle in terms of where I am now living. I know that for some people it seems normal to be living in the same county as your ancestors were but I had no idea that any of mine came from Westmorland and am absolutely delighted to be able to claim this beautiful part of the North West as part of my heritage.
As for Mary Smith - Well! That's just one more Smith branch amongst the many. I could have done without that! ::) Sorry Mary.
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20 May
John Seth Cockett my uncle was born at 20 Ash Street, Harpurhey, Manchester in 1910. He was the 2nd of 3 sons my gran had out of 10 children.
Frances May Cockett my 2nd cousin once removed and 2nd cousin of John Seth above, was born in Lincoln 1903
Bernard Blos Singline my 2nd cousin twice removed was born in Falmouth, Tasmania in 1889
Agnes Benson my 1st cousin 3 times removed was baptised at St Mary’s Parish Church, Dalton in Furness, Lancashire in 1855
Ann Collett my 3 x g.g.aunt was baptised at All Saints Church, Stradbroke, Suffolk in 1755
John Pemberton my 1st cousin twice removed died in Barton, Lancashire in 1969
Lucy Collett (nee Cowper) my 4 x g.grandmother was buried at All Saints Church, Stradbroke, Suffolk in 1814, aged 84.
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On this day in 1702, my 7 x great grandparents Sarah Johnson and Henry Webster married at St Ives, Huntingdonshire
Neither has been traced back though Henry was a labourer.
They had one son (Henry) and 2 daughters (both Sarah) who died young, all at Bluntisham cum Earith.
Sarah died in 1723 and Henry 1724
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Born today in London in 1774 my 5xgt. uncle, William John Kingsman; son of William and Jane (nee Hird). He was christened a few weeks later at St. Sepulchre. He was a carpenter and married Frances Jones in 1807. I'm not sure if they had 8 or 9 children; was one christened twice or have I missed a burial? He died in Newington in 1843, twenty years before Frances.
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Baptised 21st May 1780, Jane Bushby, a 5 x great aunt, in Spennithorne, daughter of Christopher Bushby and Elizabeth Crossland.
Baptised 1782, Mary Favell, 4 x great grandmother, in Spennithorne. Mary was the daughter of Henry Favell and Elizabeth Crossland. In 1799 Mary married Christopher Bushby, elder brother of the above mentioned 5 x GA, Jane.
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Another recent addition to my family tree - Marjorie Mai Smith, a third cousin, was born on 21 May 1911, in Toronto, Canada. She was the daughter of Theresa Harriett Leopold Kelly and George James Smith.
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On 21 May
Lavinia Maria Ellison (nee Alden) my half great aunt was born at 6 Wellington Road, Yarmouth, Norfolk in 1866. She was the first daughter of my g.gran with her first husband. She was known to me as Aunt Vinnie and I visited her a few times in Leeds with my parents, where she went to live around 1899.
Christine Masterson (nee Catlow) my husband’s 2nd cousin was born in Bredbury, Stockport in 1941. She now lives in New Zealand.
Samuel Pemberton my 2 x g.g.uncle was baptised at St Helen’s Church, Witton, Cheshire in 1820
Thomas Smith my 7 x g.g.uncle was baptised at St Mary’s Parish Church, Dalton in Furness, Lancashire in 1682
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On this day in 1703 Anne Freeman and John Skynner married at Bromyard in Herefordshire, though they were both of Bishops Frome at the time, John was baptised in Castle Frome.
They had 10 children, John died in 1724, Anne's death is unknown
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On 22 May
Samuel Dyke my husband’s 4 x g.g.uncle was born in Hatton Warwick, in 1775
William Benson my 4 x g.grandfather and Jonathan Benson his twin brother and my 4 x g.g.uncle were baptised at St Cuthbert’s Church, Aldingham, Lancashire in 1752
John Dye my 3 x g.grandfather was baptised at St Mary’s Parish Church, Newton Flotman, Norfolk in 1785
Mary Tubbs my 4 x g.g.aunt was baptised at Holy Trinity Church, Haddenham, Cambridgeshire in 1758
Sarah Woodward (nee Spruce) my 3 x g.g.aunt was baptised at St Laurence Church, Frodsham, Cheshire in 1785
Joan de Berkeley (nee de Somery) my 21st g.g.aunt died in Gloucestershire, in 1276 and was buried at St Augustine’s Church, Bristol (Bristol Cathedral). I’m not sure where she died, so I’ve now contacted Berkeley Castle Archives to see if they have any information about her. To think I’ve visited Berkeley Castle a few times when we lived in Gloucestershire and didn’t know I had a distant ancestor connected with the place. Shame this and other prominent ancestors I had doesn't mean that I am either rich or well connected ::) ::)
John Woolnough my 1st cousin 3 times removed was buried at the Church of St Ethelbert, Tannington, Suffolk in 1832. He was 8 days old.
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On this day in 1503 Elizabeth Fitzwilliam nee Clarell died - my 14 x great grandmother
Also on this day in 1637, John Terry, my 9 x great grandfather was buried at Totteridge in Herts.
Born at Long Sutton in Hampshire, he completed an apprenticeship with Richard Howe in 1595 as a Goldsmith and became a Citizen of London.
He married Elizabeth Perpoynte nee Gale a widow, (decended from the Gale family of Scruton in Yorkshire), who had one son Thomas from her first marriage to Thomas Perpoynte.
John and Elizabeth married in 1595 in Long Sutton.
Many of his children were baptised at St Vedast in London, but John also had a house in Totteridge, where he was church warden and overseer of the poor.
He was obviously very wealthy and lent money to various people.
He (the records don't give the first name) was apparently involved in some scandal involving the sale of gold - he maintained his innocence - he was raising money for the Goldsmith's company.
With his son and my ancestor Stephen Terry he purchased the Advowson of Warfield in Berks in 1627*8 and gave Stephen his half in 1635. This featured in Stephen's marriage settlement.
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Today, 100 years ago my father was born. He passed away in 1995 but there isn't a day goes by without me thinking of him.
He was the only son of Francis Charles Masters and Georgiana Eliza Jubilee Wilson. He used to talk about his ancestors, but as a child i didn't listen properly. Some of it must have stuck though as it helped me get started ......looking in the right direction.
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On 23 May
John Uffindel and Lydia Wilmot my 7 x g.grandparents were married at St Michael’s Church, Cambridge in 1692. They had 7 children, quite a few dying before adulthood. My 6 x g.grandfather was their 5th child and 3rd son.
Ann Chorley my 3 x g.g.aunt was born in Gosforth, Cumberland in 1810
Elisabeth Hardy my husband’s 2 x g.g.aunt was born in Denton, Lancashire in 1818
Elizabeth Stredder Muston (nee Gilchrist) known as Betsy, my 1st cousin 4 times removed died in Doncaster, Yorkshire in 1885. She was 61. It has been suggested that the name Stredder is connected to the possible name of her grandfather’s mother, Struthers. I have no idea whether Struthers said in a Lincolnshire accent (her grandfather having arrived in Boston, Lincs from Fifeshire in the late 1700s) would sound like Stredder to a Yorkshireman at the time of her baptism in 1824.
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On 23 May
In 1796 my 3 x great grandfather Mathew Ashwell was born in Kempston, Bedfordshire. He married Sophia Crowsley in January 1818, the day before their daughter Catherine, my 2 x great grandmother, was baptised.
William Leopold Kelly, my 2nd cousin 1 x removed, died in 1931 in Hove, Sussex. He was another member of the Leopold Brothers Acrobatic Troupe, confirmed by an obituary I found in the archives of "The Stage" magazine.
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On 24 May 1874 Alfred Peppercorn, my 1st cousin 2 x removed, married Elizabeth Donovon, in Islington, London. They had nine children, some of whom helped Alfred in his artificial flower manufacturing business. This occupation has been very helpful for me in finding Giovannelli descendents, as many are listed in censuses as artificial florists, starting with Gregorio Giovannelli himself and his wife Mary Kingham.
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I can’t believe that I have no ancestors, born, baptised, married or died on this date, but I’ve 8 for tomorrow ::)
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Hooray, I got home in time to tell you that in 1899, my 2 x great grandmother, Sarah Smith ( nee Bushby) died in Bedale. She was the wife of William Smith and mother of one of my John Smith great grandfathers. How I wish she had chosen a different name for her son!
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On this day in 1888 my 3 x great grandfather William Bishop died at Broadheath near Worcester.
Born in 1814 in Stanford Bishop in Herefordshire he married Jane Tomkins there in 1836.
By 1841 he was in Broadheath. He was an ag lab or general labourer all his life.
Jane lived another 3 years.
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Born today in Newington in 1817, a 1st cousin 5R, William Kingsman; son of William John (who featured on 21st May) and Frances (nee Jones). William died aged 17 months and was buried in St Mary, Newington.
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On 25 May 1819 my 2 x great aunt Therese Giovannelli was born in Clerkenwell, London. She was the eldest of the nine children of Gregorio (or Gregory) Giovannelli and Mary Kingham.
She married William Kelly and followed in the family tradition of becoming an artificial florist. Several of the nine children born to her and William were involved in the music halls, notably John Andrew Kelly, who founded the Leopold Brothers acrobatic troupe, mentioned previously.
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On 25 May
John Brand and Elizabeth Barrand my 3 x g.grandparents married at Sleaford Parish Church, Sleaford, Lincolnshire in 1809. Two years previously John Brand had a maintenance order made against him for a female child born to a Mary Barnatt. He had to pay 8 shillings towards the lying in of the mother Mary Barnatt and for the maintenance of the child, he also had to pay to the parish of New Sleaford the sum of 2 shillings and 6 pence weekly so long as "the said Bastard Child" was chargeable to the parish. Mary Barnatt also had to pay the sum of 6 pence weekly, in case she didn't nurse or take care of the child herself. Whether he was still paying maintenance at the time of his marriage I don’t know. He went on to have 9 children with his wife, my 2 x g.grandfather being the 9th child.
Charles Cockett my 2 x g.grandfather married Eliza Cowham at St Botolph’s Church, Boston, Lincolnshire in 1848, following the death of his wife in childbirth in 1844.
Sarah Whittaker my husband’s 2 x g.g.aunt was born in Romiley, Stockport, Cheshire in 1805
George Reuben Mumby my 2 x g.grandfather was baptised at St Botolph’s Church, Boston, Lincolnshire in 1818. His sister was deported to Van Diemen’s Land, Tasmania for a 2nd offence of theft. Whilst at the same time his 65 year old mother was sentenced to 6 months with hard labour for receiving the stolen goods.
Mary Ann Day (nee Mutton) who was the mother in law of Charles Cockett above (the mother of his first wife) was baptised at Gedney, Lincolnshire in 1787
Letitia Baxter my 5 x g.g.aunt was baptised at St Andrew’s Church, Heckington, Lincolnshire in 1752
Frances Foulkes (nee Howard) my husband’s 2 x g.g.aunt was baptised at St Peter’s Church, Liverpool in 1835
Elizabeth Batty my 5 x g.g.aunt was baptised at St John the Baptist Church, Penistone, Yorkshire in 1702
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Today, the 26th of May, is my father-in-law's 70th birthday. Does that count as an ancestor? ::)
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And if that doesn't qualify, my Uncle Dick was born on the 14th of May 1914 (and died 11 May 1957). Born Walter Vincent Pine, but known as Dick. If not for me starting our family tree within living memory, who would have understood that the photo's with the caption of "Dick" was Walter?
No-one could ever tell me why either, and they have all passed away now.
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And if that doesn't qualify, my Uncle Dick was born on the 14th of May 1914 (and died 11 May 1957). Born Walter Vincent Pine, but known as Dick. If not for me starting our family tree within living memory, who would have understood that the photo's with the caption of "Dick" was Walter?
No-one could ever tell me why either, and they have all passed away now.
That's the sort of thing that really needs record from living memory isn't it - good for you! :D
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Thanks, WiggyHobbes.
A similar thing with my paternal grandmother. She was Ada May Lindquist on her marriage certificate, and all of her children's birth certificates. Oral history has it that her mother was married to someone else, and had three daughters before he left her. Then she had six daughters to my great grandfather. They didn't marry until after the first husband died, which was after the births of the 6 girls. Apparently the first three used to tease the others about being "b*****ds".
However, my grandmother, the eldest of the 6, was registered under the first husband's name, as was her next sister. The next one again wasn't even registered, and the following three were all as Lindquist's.
Once again, oral history wins out over the written record. I can understand why the births were registered as they were, as there is only about 18 months between my grandmother and her next elder sister. Probably to save face; but by the third one the first husband had been missing for too long, hence no registration.
And yes, there is a connection to May (look at my grandmother's middle name). ;D
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Family History surely is interesting isn't it - I love finding out all these weird tracks we are taken down. ;)
Wiggy :)
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On this day in 1825, Thomas Pullen and Sarah Bannister were married at Much Cowarne, they were my great x 3 grandparents
Thomas was an Ag Lab.
The family were undoubtedly poor.
There were 7 children.
In 1843, Two of his sons including my great great grandfather were convicted of stealing some bread cheese and bacon. They were convicted to 6 and 9 months imprisonment at ages on 15 and 14.
In 1845, Thomas junior was again convicted , this time he stole a sack of potatoes.
He was transported to Van Diemens Land
In 1846 Thomas senior was convicted of deserting his family and leaving them chargeable to the parish and he was sent to prison for 21 days, and his family removed to the workhouse.
Sarah died in 1867 in Bromyard district.
Thomas was described from 1861 Census as blind and a pauper.
One of the most unhappy episodes in my family history
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On 26 May
John Pemberton my 2 x g.g.uncle married Elizabeth Litler at St Helen’s Church, Witton, Cheshire in 1828
Barbara Henshall my 3rd cousin once removed was born in Wheelock, Cheshire in 1947
Robert Milnes my 8 x g.g.uncle was baptised in Dewsbury, Yorkshire in 1594
Mary Dye (nee Burrard) my 3 x g.grandmother died in Caistor St Edmund, Norfolk in 1870. The cause of death was Asthma for some years and senile decay. She was 81.
Elizabeth Stredder Gilchrist my 1st cousin 4 times removed was buried in Doncaster, Yorkshire in 1885 aged 21.
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On 26 May 1938 William John Conquest, my 2nd cousin 2 x removed, married his second wife Elsie A. Tomkinson in Michigan, USA.
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On 26 May 1769, my 5 x great Aunt Caroline Carter was born in Ottery St Mary Devon, youngest child of John Carter & Caroline Locke
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26th May 1871, my sainted 3 x great great grandmother, Christian Raitt ( nee Chrichton) died in New Machar, Aberdeenshire. You've all heard about the goings on with her husband, the unlovely James, and his extra-marital philandering. Poor Christian - I have the impression she really justified her given name!
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Oops, been a bit remiss lately.
On 21 May 1793 Alexander Ross, the second son of my 5xG grandparents, Peter Ross and Agnes Mason was born in Colinton.
On 25th May 1785 Thomas Ross, first child of Peter and Agnes and elder brother of the above Alexander was born in Colinton. There would eventually be three boys and three girls and Thomas and Alexander's sister Susanna was my 4xG grandmother.
On 26 May 1823 my 4xG grandmother Janet Auld was buried in a paupers coffin, thus I am presuming also in a paupers grave in Linlithgow, probably like many of my Auld family in St. Michael's Kirkyard. The coffin and burial cost 11 shillings and this was provided by donations to the poor from the Kirk Sessions. There were 9 pauper's burials between February and November that year and the grave digger was paid seven shillings and sixpence.
While wandering in the churchyard last year I came across her brother Alexander's grave. Well I don't actually know if he is there as it says 'the designated burial place of him and his wife' followed by 'in memory of four of their children'. So the only thing I know for sure is that four of their children are there. I found several Auld burials and given that I am related to every Auld in Linlithgow on the 1841 census, it's a fair bet that most if not all of these grave's hold relatives.
On 27 May 1810 in Linlithgow the marriage of my 3xG grandparents John Pate and Isabella Scott was confirmed. They had married irregularly 2 days previously. John was a shoemaker, though the marriage record states that he was at the time a drummer with the Linlithgow Militia. Both are also buried in St. Michael's Kirkyard but they do have a marker erected by their eldest son George. I stood in front of it for the first time last summer.
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Lots today, making up for the other day when I didn't have any.
On 27 May
Thomas Hobson and Ann Midwood my 5 x g.grandparents were married at St Peter’s Church, Huddersfield in 1729. As my 5 x g.grandfather re-married in 1757, I assume Ann must have died, but I can’t find a death or burial for her. She had 12 children over 21 years, my 4 x g.grandfather being the 12th. She was 48 when he was born, in 1751. I doubt she died then, as I can’t imagine a man in 1751 waiting 6 years to re-marry if he’d been left with about 4 children under 11. The first few all lived to adulthood, but nos, 8, 9, and 10 died aged 5, 3, and 5 months respectively.
John Stanton and Ann my 6 x g.grandparents married in Bourne, Lincolnshire in 1733. I have no idea who Ann was, or what her maiden name was, as the Parish record only refers to her as Ann. On some of the lines, the end has been missed of so only part of the surname is shown, but in Ann’s case there is just a blank space after her name. I wonder why that would be.
Richard Hardy and Ann Hague my husband’s 3 x g.grandparents married in Cheadle, Cheshire in 1816
Betty Dawson my husband’s 2 x g.g.aunt was born in Whitfield, Prestwich, Manchester in 1822
Molly (Mary) Woodward my 3 x g.g.aunt was baptised at St Laurence Church, Frodsham, Cheshire in 1781
John Howard my husband’s 3 x g.g.uncle was baptised at St Nicholas Church, Liverpool, LancsBe 1793
Arthur Powell Singline my 2nd cousin twice removed died in Falmouth, Tasmania in 1948
Nancy Pemberton my 3 x g.g.aunt was buried at St Oswald’s Church, Lower Peavor, Cheshire in 1779 she was 11 years old.
Arabella Charlotte Mumby my 2 x g.g.aunt was buried at St Botolph’s Church, Boston, Lincs in 1827, she was 18 months old.
Nicholas Milnes my 8 x g.g.uncle was buried in Dewsbury, Yorkshire in 1597, he was 6 months old.
And finally, Mary Benson (nee Cockett) my mum died in 2007 of acute myocardial infarction, following a fall resulting in a left colles fracture. When a friend took her to A & E they decided she needed to stay in hospital as she wouldn’t be able to care for herself at home, sometime during her week stay in hospital she had a heart attack. It’s possible she had a small one in A & E, but she was OK for about 3 days, then suddenly went downhill and died. I can’t say she was 100% fit when she went in, as she had COPD, but no-one expected her to die at that time, although she had started saying she was getting tired and wished she could die soon. She was nearly 96 though and had lived alone since my father died 4 years previously. I can’t believe it’s 6 years ago since she died.
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In 1822, my 5 x great grandmother, Margaret Martin, nee Jaffray, died at Damhead of Orrock, Aberdeenshire. Daughter of William Jaffray and Jean Laurenson, she was born 1751 in Belhelvie and married James Martin in 1781 on the same day as her daughter, also Margaret, was baptised. They had obviously done the Scottish trick of living together before marriage as there was another daughter, taking the Martin surname, born in 1780.
In 1900, my 2 x great grandfather, William Smith ( ::)) died at Great Ouseburn, North Riding. Born around 1826, in Londonderry, ( near Leeming, N. Riding not N.Ireland), he married Sarah Walker, (nee Bushby) in 1853. They lived for most of their lives in the Bedale area but had a brief adventure by moving to Middlesbrough where he worked for a time at Tees Tilery. For whatever reason though, that didn't work out for them and he and Sarah were back on home territory fairly soon.
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gengen, those Yorkshire Smiths could have at least given unusual first names could they not, I have Bill and Ben and Joe. Still, take heart from this link, 'tis an ancient and noble surname. ;)
http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Smith
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gengen, those Yorkshire Smiths could have at least given unusual first names could they not, I have Bill and Ben and Joe. Still, take heart from this link, 'tis an ancient and noble surname. ;)
http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Smith
Hmmph.... Ancient and noble it might be but it is still a bl**dy nuisance in genealogy terms. Mine are Yorkshire/Durham,( maternal line) Nairnshire and Morayshire ( paternal line ) based, with a possible Aberdeenshire strain as well. I feel I have more than my fair share and I also think that there was a bit of marrying within the family going on, just to confuse things further.
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I can imagine your difficulty. I was pretty lucky as before one upped and moved to Scotland, the rest inhabited a fairly small area of the West Riding, passed down the same trade and always used the same church for baptisms and marriages.
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On the 27th May 1861 my Great Great Aunt Eliza Nixon married Henry Cresswell in Killinagh Church of Ireland, outside Blacklion, Co Cavan and went to live in Caddagh, Co Leitrim.
Alan
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Hello Alan, I don't think we have met in this thread, have we? Thanks for joining us, you are very welcome. I hope you will keep on telling us about your family. :)
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On this day in 1847 my husband's 3 x great grandfather, William January, died at Hauxton, Cambridgeshire.
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Christened today in 1609 in Great Weldon Northants was John Arnesbie son of Robert Arnesbey and Margaret Harrisson.
He married Margaret Davis in 1637 in Great Weldon and had 10 children
He was also buried today in 1667
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Three births today:
A second cousin 1R, Isabella Catherine Ralph, born in 1893 in Hackney; daughter of Mark and Isabella (nee Read). Isabella married Walter William Crick in 1916 at St Michael and All Angels, Hackney. She died in Luton in 1944 with William surviving her by 30 years.
A gt.uncle, Arthur William Hugh Pain, born in 1889 in Plumstead; son of James Ottley and Amelia Sophia (nee Rainer). Arthur died in February 1890.
My gt.grandmother, Annie George, born in 1876 in Isleworth; daughter of Edward and Sophia (nee Thorn). Annie married John Kingsman in 1894 at St Clement, Notting Hill. They had 10 children, all but one surviving to adulthood. Annie worked as a laundress and died in 1956; thirty seven years after John who had been gassed in WW1 and died in 1919.
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Missed my Great great grandfather William Brown ::) ::)
Born in Dumfriesshire on 20th May 1815, emigrated to Australia with wife and four children in 1859 and went to Ballarat where he joined the gold miners for a while before reverting to his former profession of farmer, though still in the Ballarat area.
I bet he did better out of farming than mining!! They had several more children in Australia.
He died in 1874 in Ballarat.
Wiggy
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On 28 May 1838 Archibald Brown was born in Bo'ness, the second son and second child of my 3xG grandparents Walter Brown and Margaret Dunlop. He was named after his Maternal grandfather, Archibald Dunlop. I have located the births for him and four of his five siblings, the missing one being the one I really wanted, his youngest sister Janet, my great great grandmother. Aint it always the way ::)
On 28 May 1859 and another second son, though this one alas is a death. James Stein died aged 10 months in Linlithgow, from bronchitis. He was the second of three children my 3xG grandparents James Stein and Elizabeth Pate would name James. The first, like this poor wee fella died in infancy aged 20 days. Both children lie somewhere in St. Michaels Kirkyard, Linlithgow.
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Today I have a plethora of Raitts.
Born in 1821 - Jane Raitt, in Old Machar, 4 x great aunt
Born 1841- Margaret Raitt, Aberdeen, 1st cousin x 4
Born 1906 - Jeanie Jessie Milne Raitt, Aberdeen, my great aunt, daughter of Peter Grant Raitt and Jane Milne, sister of Ethel Raitt, my nana.
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My 2x great-grandmother, Sarah Carlisle, born 28th May 1831 at Crofton Mill, Horton, Northumberland.
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Hi :)
Can I gate crash this thread to ask you what program you use that enables you to see what happened on what date......or do you just have good memories?
I don't think I've any way of viewing all the obscure anniveraries. I just think of some people on the few dates I remember.
Hope you don't mind me asking.
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I use Generations -- under "List" there is an option for "Calendar"
You can then choose a variety of events -- birth. bpt, marriage, divorce, death, burial etc --and choose a time period too - specific days, months etc - and for everyone in your tree, marked individuals, only living individuals etc
Now for today's anniversaries from my tree:
Birth : my 2nd Cousin 3 times removed Adeline Beverley born in Gt Harwood Lancs in 1852. Daughter of John Beverley & Isabella Turner.
Death: my 5xG Grandfather William Beverley died of "Decline" aged 65 in Leeds. He was also the GG Grandfather of Adeline
Marriages: 2 of these today
!st Cousin 4 time removed Mary Ann Clark married Frederick Bradley Taylor in 1853 at St Georges Bloomsbury.
!st Cousin 3 time removed Alice Mary Trant married George robert Everitt in 1868 at St Marys Islington
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I use Generations -- under "List" there is an option for "Calendar"
You can then choose a variety of events -- birth. bpt, marriage, divorce, death, burial etc --and choose a time period too - specific days, months etc - and for everyone in your tree, marked individuals, only living individuals etc
Hi Marmalady and thank you. I have FTM 2012 and will have to look deeper to see if it has such a facility :)
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Yes I use FTM2012
You can do it like this
Open the tree concerned
Click on Publish
On the left select other
Then Calendar report and create report
You then need to change a few options
Either select all individuals (or just some manually if you prefer)
Note this only selects births marriages and deaths
If you want to search for baptisms or burials then you have to do that manually
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I use Legacy where I can search for births, baptisms, marriages, deaths, burials for a certain date.
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On 28 May
Henry Cockett my uncle was born in Manchester in 1908. He was a butcher, firstly in Hanley, Staffs then in Blackpool and Cleveleys where he had 3 or so shops and my mother always said he was a Mayor of Blackpool, showing me a photo to prove it. However, I now have the photograph and although he is wearing a mayoral type chain, the large medallion attached, actually shows he was President of the Blackpool & District Butchers' Association. ::)
Gertrude Peacock (nee Lynch), my first cousin twice removed (and first cousin once removed from Henry Cockett above) was born in 1885 in Ardwick, Manchester. She was first cousin of my grandfather, who was Henry Cockett (and my mother)’s father. I have met her but don’t really remember her, although my mother often mentioned her in conversation.
Jonathan Bagshaw my 7 x g.grandfather was baptised at St Nicholas’ Church, Bradfield, Yorkshire in 1645
William Cawthorn my 4 x g.grandfather was baptised at St Andrew’s Church, Hacconby, Lincolnshire in 1765
Matthew Heaton my husband’s g.g.uncle and his brother John Heaton were baptised in Rotherham in 1837. Matthew was born in Chelsea in 1835, but John was born in Rotherham. The family seemed to have moved around quite a bit. Their father was a horse nail maker. Obviously they were in Chelsea in 1835, then Rotherham in 1837, by 1840 they were back in Chelsea, 1846 in Pimlico, 1851 in Hanover Square, Westminster, 1861 in Bradford, Manchester. Although I haven’t got the date of deaths of Matthew’s parents, I know they are both buried in Manchester, so I suppose once they got there, they decided to stay.
John le Strange, my 1st cousin (19 times removed) died in Shropshire in 1323
John Gilchrist my 1st cousin 4 times removed married Betsy Towell at St Botolph’s Church, Boston, Lincolnshire in 1863
James Connor and Mary Ann Howard my husband’s 2 x g.grandparents married in The Register Office, Liverpool, in 1849. They had 1 daughter born 1851 and after that James seems to have disappeared. In 1862, Mary Ann had another child, to whom she gave the surname Connor, but stated she was a widow. (She didn’t put James’ name under father showing deceased though).
Lucy Collett my 2 x g.g.aunt married John Woolnough at St Peter & St Paul’s Church, Fressingfield, Suffolk in 1828
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Yes I use FTM2012
You can do it like this
Open the tree concerned
Click on Publish
On the left select other
Then Calendar report and create report
You then need to change a few options
Either select all individuals (or just some manually if you prefer)
Note this only selects births marriages and deaths
If you want to search for baptisms or burials then you have to do that manually
Thanks stonechat......I was quite excited there.......but it doesn't work for me ???
I did just as you said and when I press to generate report, it doesn't. I get a little bar appearing for a second and then it disappears and nothing happens.
Can't really see what I'm doing wrong to be honest, although I have had some computer problems recently and wonder if my FTM has been affected.
Thanks for the info anyway. :)
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Grrrr......this is insane I have 6 trees on FTM and have now managed to get a calendar for 5 of them but not my own and that's the one I wanted. Really doesn't make sense why I can't do it but there you go.
Sorry for hijacking this interesting thread everyone and thank you for trying to help me :)
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Right, got there :D
So......my 1st cousin 3x removed, Emily Jane Batrick, died 28th May 1868 at the age of one month. Her death certificate says she died as a result of debility from birth. Her parents lost a lot of their children in infancy. :'(
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Right, got there :D
Hooray, well done
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On this day in 1721 Mary Crossland was baptised at All Hallows Kirkburton in W Yorkshire
Her parents were Godfrey Cros(s)land and Elizabeth Hirst
Mary married WIlliam Wood on 31st Dec 1744, at Kirkburton.
They had 8 children at Farnley Tyas
HOwever have not tracked death of either
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In 1888, my 4xGreat Uncle Edward Carter died in Kingston Surrey
Also on this day in 1974 a second cousin once removed was born in Newton Abbot but as she is still living, i will not post her name
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Born today a 2xgt. uncle, Charles Joseph Pain in 1851 in Woolwich, Kent; son of Charles George and Mary Jane (nee Ottley). Charles appears on 1871 census as a teacher but died in April 1872 of "cerebral disease" and is buried in St. Margaret, Plumstead.
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Thomas Ross was christened in Colinton parish 29 May 1785, the eldest child of my 5xG grandparents Peter Ross and Agnes Mason. They were living in Craiglockhart, now a suburb of Edinburgh. This proved a valuable document for me as the witnesses were James Mason and Trotter Ross. I have found the name Trotter used twice as a first name in my ancestry and this Trotter allowed me to go back a generation further and add a new surname, that of his mother, to my search.
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On 29 May
Edward Stanton my 4 x g.g.uncle married Susannah Edwards (Lane) in Holbeach, Lincolnshire in 1818
John Hardy & Ann Lees my husband’s 2 x g.grandparents married at Manchester Cathedral in 1847
Mary Jane Pemberton my 1st cousin twice removed was born in Kingsley, Frodsham, Cheshire in 1868
George E Purchon another 1st cousin twice removed was baptised in Hull, Yorkshire in 1864
Mary Elizabeth James my 5 x g.grandmother, and Agnes James her sister were baptised at St Mary Magdalene Church, Broughton in Furness, Lancashire in 1726. It looks a lovely little church and if we go up to that area in the autumn, which all being well we are hoping to do, then that is something for us to look at.
Robert Middleton, my 3 x g.g.uncle was baptised at Holy Trinity Church, Millom, Cumberland in 1815. Another lovely little church to visit.
Joseph Pemberton my 4 x g.g.uncle was baptised at St Wilfred’s Church, Davenham, Cheshire in 1757. He must have died as another child in the family was baptised as Joseph in 1760, but I can’t find a death for him. The 2nd Joseph also died aged 2.
William Done my 4 x g.g.uncle was baptised at St Mary’s Church, Weaverham, Cheshire in 1763
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29th May 1743 - Elizabeth Littlefair was baptised in Cockfield Co. Durham. A 6 x great aunt
1850 - Alexander Daniel was born in Cruden, Aberdeenshire. 3 x great uncle
And the most important one for me today.....
29th May 1924, my father, John Shaw Howe was born in Aberdeen, son of John McIntosh Howe and Ethel Raitt. According to his younger sister, dad was the brainy one of the four siblings and spent hours immersed in his books. He had a place to study at Edinburgh University which could have resulted in him going in an academic direction and would almost certainly have meant that I'd never have been born. But the war got in his way and although, being a student, he wasn't obliged to join up, his headstrong younger brother had lied about his age, joined the Merchant Navy and was killed within months when the boat he was on was blown up in the mouth of the Thames. Dad then felt that studying was no longer an option and joined the Royal Navy where he spent the rest of the war. In 1946, when he was de-mobbed, his parents had moved south to England and were managing the Merchant Navy hotel in Middlesbrough. My mum was working for them and so family history was made. They married at the end of 1946 and shortly afterwards dad went to work at Wilton ICI where he stayed until he retired because of ill health in around 1980. He died in 1982 following a heart attack. Sadly his braininess never really achieved much for him. He considered going to train as a teacher but it would have meant leaving the ICI owned house we were in and finances were tight without the expense of a move. He also would have loved to take advantage of the assisted passage to Australia which was on offer at the time. We'd been accepted and plans were afoot for leaving the UK. But mum could cope with the idea of such a massive change, so that scuppered that one. Just think, I could have grown up with a Perth accent!
Anyway, that's my dad. He was lovely, funny, gentle, a fully paid up member of the grammar police and a stickler for table manners. I still miss him. :)
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Interesting story Jen - how war changes the world and families!
Lovely memories of your father.
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My dear aunt Cicely died on this day in 2010.
She was the one who preserved all the photographs and documents
She listed avidly to results of latest research, and kept up with the most far flung parts of the family.
Sadly missed
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Born today in 1867 in Woolwich a 1st cousin 3R, William Joseph Pain; son of John Hutcheson and Mary Ann (nee Allen). William went to sea, gaining his Masters Certificate and married Ellen Elizabeth Anson in 1894. Two children were born and William died in 1940 in Brighton; 8 years after Ellen. A description of him on one of his certificates shows him to be 5ft 9inch with brown hair and eyes.
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My father's cousin Matilda Margaret Pickler was born in 1909 in Chester, daughter of Matilda Wainwright & Robert Pickler, an immigrant from Moravia. She was always known in the family as "Young Till" to distinguish her from her mother ("Old Till") - and kept this nickname upto her death at the age of 87! She married Horace Leslie Sear and they had 3 children.
In 1757 my 5xGreat Aunt Elizabeth Beverley was baptised in Leeds at the age of nearly 3 months.
In 1787 her father William Beverley was buried, having died a couple of days earlier
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Just one today.
1875, my 2 x great-grandmother, Mary Iley ( nee Bland), died in Bedale. She was born 1823 in our near Yarm, daughter of Matthew Iley and Ellen Cunion and was married to James Bland. I'm afraid that's about all I know of her but I've always quite liked her in a distant sort of a way.
Ooops - nearly missed this because of having the wrong date in my diary!
On May 29th 2009, my nephew was married in Brighton Register Office with little fuss and only his and his bride's parents to witness the event. On May 30th hundreds of friends and family walked up on to Winchester Old Hill where the ecstatically happy couple celebrated their hand-fasting. It was a glorious, sunny day and it made the most splendid sight - all in our wedding finery, wearing posh frocks, big hats and walking sandals or trainers. ;D
Ohhh... and when my niece-in-law, in her amazing deep red flamenco dress, with matching roses in her hair and more in her bouquet, walked up the hill and into the waiting circle of guests, there wasn't a dry eye to be seen and I honestly thought Tom was about to burst with joy.
Bemused walkers, falling upon the gathering by chance, watched and listened but left us in peace.
The ceremony over, we went a little way down the hill into an ancient yew grove where, the previous evening, champagne and glasses had been carefully hidden and kept cool.
The rest of the weekend was given over to partying, singing, dancing and music, in a field which a local farmer had let them use for the occasion. It was one of the loveliest weddings I have ever been to and I wish them every happiness on their anniversary.
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The 24th would have been my Mum's 98th birthday ,she passed away in 1994.
Barb
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Only distant ancestors today:
On 30 May
Elizabeth Collett my 3rd cousin once removed was born in Yoxford, Suffolk in 1900
John Hobson my 2 x g.g.uncle was baptised at All Hallows Church, Almondbury, Yorkshire in 1798
Walter Stanton my 1st cousin 5 times removed was baptised at St Mary and the Holy Rood Church, Donington in Holland, Lincolnshire in 1823
William Walter Gaunt my 2nd cousin 3 times removed was baptised at St John the Baptist Church, Penistone, Yorkshire in 1830
Sarah Sale and Betty Sale, my husband’s 3 x g.g.aunts were baptised In Royton, Lancashire in 1806
Nancy Middleton my 3 x g.g.aunt died in 1884 at Seascale, Cumberland, England
Samuel Pemberton my 2 x g.g.uncle was buried in the parish of Nether Peover, Cheshire in 1820. He was 10 weeks old. I don’t know the cause of his death, but I do know that his mother died 3 months later aged 31.
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genjen - Your nephew's wedding sounds wonderful, what a lovely idea. A bit on the lines of the French, quick registrar/town hall wedding for the legalities, then on to either a church for a formal wedding, or just celebrate. We've been in villages in France when a local has married and all the villagers, and holidaymakers joined in with the celebrations.
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.....and every car in the neighbourhood is sounding its horn...... We have seen them too. They are great fun. ;D
My nephew and his wife are both professional musicians and so are most of their friends. It made for a wonderful party.
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On this day my 10x great grandfather William Turner was buried at Bredbury in Cheshire.
He was son of Thomas Turner (known by Thomas's will but no birth date known)
HIs father left I give and bequethe unto William Turner my sonne all my husbandrye ware
so perhaps William was a husbandman like his father
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In 1923 my 2xG Aunt Kathleen Ann Watson died age 72 at Weedon Bec Northants. She was the daughter of Noah Watson & Mary Ann Clark and had been married twice -- first to Thomas Tarry with whom she had one daughter and later to Frederick Wells Cotman with whom she had two sons and a daughter.
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On 31 May
Arthur Whittaker my husband’s father was born at 25 York Road, Denton, Lancashire in 1906. He died in 1963 a few weeks after his 57th birthday from Congestive Heart Failure and Coronary Thrombosis. All his ancestors and his siblings were hatters in Denton, as was his first wife, who died aged 29. However, he bucked the family trend by becoming firstly a grocer’s assistant, then with his 2nd wife (my husband’s mother) a greengrocer, then he ran a local post office, finally after the war he set up in business as a builder with his friend who was a carpenter and joiner.
Herbert Hanley my 1st cousin twice removed was born in Manchester in 1880
Gertrude Mary Singline my 2nd cousin twice removed was born in Falmouth, Tasmania in 1891
Ann Day (nee Isaac) my 4 x g.grandmother was baptised at St Peter and St Paul Church, Osbournby, Lincolnshire in 1747
Agnes Milnes my 8 x g.g.aunt was baptised at Dewsbury, Yorkshire in 1592. She was the first of 9 children of my 9 x g.grandparents’ marriage, but I cannot find her mother’s maiden name as mother’s names are not shown on baptismal records that early – didn’t mothers have anything to do with the birth in those days? ::) There is a death record for her mother but, of course, it doesn't give her maiden name.
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I have nothing to report today. :(
But as it is the last day of May, here is a link to the new month's thread......
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,648895.new.html#new
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Hi, I am a descendent as well, have been to the church where they are buried, my great great grandfather was Benjamin Howe. very interested in what you have learned about the family. I have information on Clarence Howe
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Re: Howe family - a thread has been raised here so any info pertaining to that family should be posted on the new thread to avoid duplication
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,652164.msg4985572.html#msg4985572
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Lizziew,
Hi, I was interested in the things you've wrote below; my grandad was called Kenneth Martindale he was born in Gleaston and told me his whole family are from there.
Jane Martindale (nee Goad), my 2nd cousin 5 times removed (a very distant ancestor) was born in Gleaston, Lancashire in 1792. Gleaston only has a population of 400 nowadays, although when Jane was born, there was a working mill (it’s still in working order) and at least 5 farms which probably employed many of the local men and women, so it’s possible it was a larger community in the late 1700s/1800s.
Jane Benson (nee Martindale) my 3rd cousin 4 times removed and daughter of Jane Goad above was baptised in Ulverston, Dalton in Furness, Lancashire in 1824. She married my 2 x g.g.uncle Thomas Benson in 1845, so I’m related to her on 2 different trees.
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Hi Lottie - Welcome to Rootschat.
All I know is that Jane Benson (nee Martindale)'s father was called Joseph Martindale, his wife's maiden name was Jane Goad. Joseph was born in Urswick in Furness in 1789 but his wife Jane Goad was born in Gleaston on 3 May 1792. Perhaps Joseph Martindale was the first Martindale in Gleaston. Joseph isn't really an ancestor, he was the husband of my 2nd cousin 5 times removed, so even my ancestor Jane Goad is a very, very distant ancestor. I've traced the Goad's back to 1729 in Gleaston, but that's it.
Lizzie