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I’m Elaine, & I’ve been researching my ancestors since 2003. Come with me on my never-ending journey to discover my roots. Perhaps we might share a twig or too on our family trees! If you like my content, don’t forget to subscribe at the bottom of the page!

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John Peter Jackson 1861 – 1915

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 (a Bargeman) and Rebecca Chapman. Martha married…

Creasey

Alice Churnside Thomson

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, and in almost every one, she is…

Ancestry

Project Infant

“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 made me remember all of the mothers…

Bargeman

Peter Charles Jackson

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 born to John Peter Jackson, a Bargeman,…

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