One of my earliest memories of hearing about my family history was my maternal grandmother talking about her own maternal grandmother, Emma Vaughan who married Francis King in London in 1867.
My grandmother never met her as she had died when my grandmother's mother was a child, but when I started researching the family, I found out the following of her line:
Emma Vaughan/King. Born 1841/2 Woolwich, Kent [birth seems to not have been registered]. Married Francis King in Woolwich 1867. Died 1891 Rotherhithe, aged 48.
Daughter of:
William Vaughan. Born 1814 Woolwich, Kent. Occupation Stoker in the Royal Navy. Married Caroline Musselwhite 1835 in Charlton. Died 1858-61 [death as yet not found].
Son of:
Nathaniel Vaughan. Born 1786 Woolwich, Kent. Occupation Shipwright. Married Elizabeth Johnson 1811 in St John Horseleydown, Surrey. Died 1861 Woowlwich, aged 74.
Son of:
Nathaniel Vaughan. Born c1753-1758 place unknown. Occupation Warder or Shipwright, Woolwich Dockyard. Married Elizabeth Reese 1781 in Woolwich. Died 1833 Woolwich, aged 79. However while his burial indicates a birth of c1753/4, a 1802 List of Artificers states he was 45 so c1757/8.
And this is where the line goes dead. I have not found a baptism for him (a 1762 one in Holborn would appear to be too late) and so I have no idea where the lines goes back next.
I would really like to try and find out as firstly this is a line my grandmother talked about and secondly I am assuming the family were originally Welsh and I despite researching all my branches I have no Wales ancestors at all and I would very much like to see if there is indeed a bit of Welsh in me somewhere!
I have no idea if there is a Vaughan one name study or if anyone might be able to shed any light on how to try and find out more. Any help would be really appreciated to see if I can break this brick wall.
Thanks,
Jonny