Samuel Livewell Davies was my 3x Great-Grandfather. I have always wondered whether his middle name was pronounced live-well (as in “I live for genealogy”) or live-well (as
Thomas Burgin was an ordinary man whose life took an extraordinary turn. In this blog post I’ll explore the records that reveal his journey from
he devastating effect of war should not be underestimated. Tracing our family history during WWI is crucial, and will help us to understand the ways in which war effected all our ancestors. I was particularly struck by the losses of one Pither family. I don’t know how or if they are connected to my Pither(s) but I found their story so compelling that I just had to share it.
I’d like to tell you about my 6x Great-Grandmother. A Dorset woman, accused by the local Vicar of being a witch. Was she malevolent or was she a victim of an abusive employer?
My 4 x Great-Grandmother, Emma Spicer was born in about 1828 and christened on 18 April 1830 in Baldock, Hertfordshire. She was the 3rd child, and one of 11 chi
By 1901 Elisha and Eliza’s older children had married and started families of their own. Many lived within the Notting Hill area, on a network of roads close to the main artery of Latimer Road.
A gamekeeper’s daughter, the eerie night-time call of an owl caused Caroline Woodrow no fear – but the wolf whistles and jeers of evening city-dwellers caused her heart to quicken. Frightened, she hurried down the street, swinging her head from side to side, as she desperately surveyed her surroundings.
This article was the first attempt I ever made to write up a piece of my family history. It contains a mixture of my own and my mother’s memories of my Great-Grandmother.
This is Part Two of the life of Elisha George Pithers. Please read Part One first. Elisha’s childhood neighbourhood had grown considerably since his birth in 1849,
My 3x Great-Grandfather, Elisha George Pithers was born in the month we traditionally associate with romance, his birthday being two days after Valentines Day on
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