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Poverty And The Edwards Family Of Hatherleigh
I’ve recently been delving into the family of my 5 x great-grandparents, Nathaniel Edwards and Grace Reckett/Rickett. Blacksmith and scythe manufacturer, Nathaniel was born in Hatherleigh in North Devon in about 1750 and baptized there in the Presbyterian Church. Grace … Continue reading
Of All The Days…Grandmother and Granddaughter Share A Birthday
11TH JANUARY My great-grandmother, Florence Weaver (nee Smale) was born on the 11th January 1888 so today would have been her 129th birthday. Florence was my maternal grandmother’s mother. By some coincidence, my gran also had a daughter born on … Continue reading
We Will Remember Them
Harvey and I went to Tavistock today for the Remembrance Sunday Service. My great-grandfather, 4732 Pte. Henry James Weaver, is commemorated on the War Memorial there and, as it is the centenary year of the anniversary of his death, I … Continue reading
GRO Provides Mother’s Maiden Names During Free Search
I’ve mentioned before about the discrepancy I have regarding the maiden name of my 2 x great-grandmother (see my blog posts here and here). In 1871 she married my 2 x great-grandfather, John Gale Hellyer, in the parish church at … Continue reading
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Devon Wills Project
Where There’s A Will There’s Usually A Way – But Not In This Case! Did you know the majority of wills that were proved in Devon were destroyed during an air-raid on Exeter in 1942? Some Devon wills, however, were … Continue reading
Testing Dad’s Y-DNA In Search Of My Hibbitt Roots
In search of Hibbitt DNA, a Y37 Y-DNA kit for my dad is on order from FamilyTreeDNA in the hope we may be able to learn a little more about our direct paternal ancestry. This would be our Hibbitt line … Continue reading
Tracing My Forbears In North Devon
Our son has recently relocated to Barnstaple in North Devon and so I decided to see how close I could come to finding forbears who lived near there. I knew I had ancestors from North Devon and so I made … Continue reading
My Granny Geake Would Have Been 100 Today
18TH SEPTEMBER What a celebration we would have had if my Granny (Phyllis Grace Geake, nee Weaver) was still with us as she would have been 100 years old today. This is a photo of her celebrating her 80th birthday. … Continue reading
100 Years But Not Forgotten
8TH SEPTEMBER I can’t let today pass without marking the centenary of the death of my great-grandfather, Henry James Weaver (Harry). I’ve blogged a number of times before about how he was accidentally killed when a bomb (hand grenade) prematurely … Continue reading
Remembering My Hilarious Granny On Her Birthday
1ST SEPTEMBER My Granny Hibbitt (Ivy Alice Hibbitt, nee Dando) was born on 1st September 1904 above a sweet and tobacconist shop called the Golden Butterfly in Saffron Walden in Essex. After moving to Plymouth with her family, she attended … Continue reading