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These Kindred Spirits: March 2013

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Putting the flesh on the bones of my ancestors. Sunday, 17 March 2013. My Family During the War. My dad on the left with a pal. Both my parents were seven years old at the outbreak of war. My dad lived with his family in East Finchley, north London. He wasn't evacuated but stayed at home for the duration. He has vivid memories of watching the Battle of Britain. Was killed whilst serving on HMS Hermes in the Indian Ocean. My father was only 10 but suddenly the reality of war was driven home. My aunt belie...

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These Kindred Spirits: July 2012

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Putting the flesh on the bones of my ancestors. Sunday, 8 July 2012. Fanny Hardwick 1834-1898: An Ordinary Life. This is the story of one of my ancestors, Fanny Hardwick. I chose to write about her by using the scientifically proven method of closing my eyes and sticking a pin in a list of my forebears! Tempsford in the early 1830s. The Widower by Jacques Joseph Tissot. Together they had Samuel, my 2 x Great Grandfather. Fanny was working as a lace maker. The Lacemaker by William Weatherhead. Or maybe sh...

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These Kindred Spirits: September 2012

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Putting the flesh on the bones of my ancestors. Sunday, 23 September 2012. Thanks to Twitter yesterday I came across what I believe will be an invaluable website to anyone tracing their convict ancestors who were transported to Tasmania. Aims, and I quote here from the website, "to record and study the founding population of 73,000 men, women and children who were transported to Tasmania. Many survived their convict experience and went on to help build a new society". Sunday, 9 September 2012. My grandmo...

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These Kindred Spirits: James Miles: From Soldier to Telephone Operator

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Putting the flesh on the bones of my ancestors. Sunday, 22 February 2015. James Miles: From Soldier to Telephone Operator. I've recently started travelling down a branch of my tree that has been much neglected in my family history travels, that of my 3 x Great Grandmother, Ann Esther Ibbott Miles' family. As I find happens so frequently, one particular person intrigued me more than most: James Miles, my 1st cousin, four times removed. By the time he was 18, James was working as a footman at Longstowe Hall.

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These Kindred Spirits: May 2015

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Putting the flesh on the bones of my ancestors. Saturday, 30 May 2015. The Three Brothers Who Went to War. This is the story of three brothers who fought in the Great War. Between them, they experienced all that the war could throw at them. They fought in different countries; as soldiers and cavalrymen, they experienced promotion, discharge and injury. Two of them were to make the ultimate sacrifice. Amara War Cemetary (photo courtesy http:/ www.greatwarci.net). Signing up for war (photo courtesy IWM).

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These Kindred Spirits: Voices from the Past

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Putting the flesh on the bones of my ancestors. Friday, 2 August 2013. Voices from the Past. A few days across I discovered the British Library's website of accents and dialects. This is a wonderful find for me as it has added a whole new level of insight into my long ago ancestors. (Visit the British Library's website here. I was particularly charmed by the recording of an old gentleman, Mr Simons, from Great Barford in Bedfordshire. This lovely piece of audio. 1898-1901 (scale 1:50,000). Being able to ...

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These Kindred Spirits: October 2012

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Putting the flesh on the bones of my ancestors. Sunday, 21 October 2012. The Mother Worse than the Son. I absolutely loved finding this small snippet during a perusal of the British Newspaper Archive the other week. On a search for any newspaper articles about my grandmother's family, the Antcliffes, I found this article from the Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald, dated 7 November 1894. Well, the son, my Great Grand Uncle Fred, stole a duck! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). The Mother Worse than the Son.

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These Kindred Spirits: January 2013

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Putting the flesh on the bones of my ancestors. Sunday, 20 January 2013. A Witness to History. Family legends are wonderful tools for the family historian. How often do they turn out to be real and how often complete fiction? King George V was his first cousin after all. However by the end of the year, raids were being carried out over the capital city. The airship falling over Cuffley. When the raiders approached the capital, the firing of guns and the dropping of exploding bombs seemed to wake up half ...

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These Kindred Spirits: Strangers in a small village

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Putting the flesh on the bones of my ancestors. Sunday, 18 August 2013. Strangers in a small village. During a trawl through the British Newspaper Archive. On Find My Past. Luton Times and Advertiser, 6 Aprl 1894. It's probably a good thing that these two young men weren't apprehended. The idea that their assailants intended to 'break every bone' in their bodies is rather disconcerting. Tempsford has always been a small village. In the 1891. Census the population was recorded as 492 people. By 2011.

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These Kindred Spirits: Chapel Lane, Longford - my Irish ancestors' home

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Putting the flesh on the bones of my ancestors. Friday, 8 August 2014. Chapel Lane, Longford - my Irish ancestors' home. Last night I watched Julie Walters' episode of Who Do You Think You Are? Presented by the Registrar General, William J Thompson, in 1913 states:. The Census of 1911' by William J Thompson, presented 1913. Chapel Lane, Longford, c.2009 c/o Google Street View. My great grandmother, Annie Wenman, born Greene,. Tending her garden in Chapel Lane, Longford. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).