THE LIFE AND TIMES OF John Peter Jackson, Bargeman BIRTH John Peter Jackson was born on the on the eighteenth of June, 1861, to Martha Jackson at Amwell End, Ware, in the county of Hertfordshire, in England. Martha’s maiden name was Timson, and her parents were Henry Timson […]
1906-1946 Always Smiling My grandaunt, Alice Churnside Thomson was the third child (and the only daughter) born to James Kinghorn Thomson and Martha Evan. Born on 13th February 1906 in Chelsea, London, Alice seems to have been a very happy individual. I have dozens of photographs of Alice, […]
“These were babies, not numbers” I would like to share here a very special project by young Genealogist Daniel Loftus from Cork, Ireland. In Daniel’s own words: “I started Project Infant after discovering that I had a personal connection to the Mother and Baby Homes in Ireland. It […]
From Amwell End to Guisborough: the Life and Times of Peter Charles Jackson My husband’s grandfather, Peter Charles Jackson, was born on the twenty-first of January 1892 in Ware, Hertford, to Martha Jackson (born Bennett) and John Peter Jackson, a Bargeman. Peter was the fourth of six children […]
…or, how I found myself researching an unrelated family! On 30th July, 1907, someone identified only as ‘V’ sent a post card to ‘Miss Kingsford, 294 Brockley Road, London N6′. I purchased the above postcard on eBay, because it featured the home town of my husband’s great grandfather, […]
As an amatuer geneaologist/family historian since 2008, I am (like so many of us) quite accustomed to meeting the occasional Brick Wall. But none has been quite so frustrating as my search for the final resting place of my husband’s maternal great grandmother, Rose Seabourne. In my search […]
On Tuesday, 3rd August 2021, I and many other Ancestry users received an email advising me that Ancestry were updating their Privacy Policy. On 4th August, the news reached the #Genealogy community on Twitter, resulting in a kind of virtual ‘meltdown’ by concerned genealogists and family historians. But […]
This image was found amongst a collection of photographs left by my Grandma Barbara Thomson (born Creasey)’ There is no name on the reverse, but it seems safe to assume that he may be related in some way – a cousin, perhaps? The cap badge has been identified […]
My father, John Frederick Thomson, was the eldest of male non-identical twins. He was born on 22nd May, 1925, in Fulham, London, to John William Thomson and Barbara Thomson (born Creasey). My father and his twin Roderick moved from Chelsea, London, to a newbuild in Avondale Road, Aldershot […]
Examining the inscription on the headstone of my great-great grandfather John Buckley (1839-1901) who lies interred with his wife Emma Bradshaw (1840-1919) in Aldershot Military Cemetery, I noticed another name: Charles J Davenport. Who was he, I wondered? Research revealed that Charles (1871 – 1901) was the first […]
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