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On This Day… 9th April
9TH APRIL On 9th April 1882, my great-grandmother, Alice Dando, nee Free, was born in Hadstock, a village in Essex not far from Saffron Walden. Her father, Stephen Free, was 66 years old when she was born and was much … Continue reading
The Career Of Air Commodore C.N. Ellen D.F.C. A.K.A. Harvey’s Grandad
The Service Orders, Leave Clearance Certificates, etc. file About seven years ago, I began scanning some documents in a file which had belonged to Harvey’s Grandad Ellen, labelled “Service Orders, Leave Clearance Certificates, etc.”. It was jam-packed with papers and … Continue reading
Harvey’s Childhood Homes In A Painting In Nelson Mandela’s House
Going through some old family papers, I came across part of a magazine article which was kept by Harvey’s parents. It shows Nelson Mandela in his house. What is remarkable is that there’s a painting in the background depicting the … Continue reading
On This Day In 1873
8TH OCTOBER Not only is it the 49th anniversary of my Grandpa Hibbitt’s (Charles George Hibbitt) death today but I have only just realised that his father, Alfred Charles Newbold Hibbitt, was baptized on this day in 1873, exactly 99 … Continue reading
My Granny Geake – Photos, Cine And Video Footage
18TH SEPTEMBER Posting photographs, cine and video footage of my Granny Geake (born Phyllis Grace Weaver: 1916-2005) on what would have been her 105th birthday. Known as Phyl, she was born in Tavistock in Devon ten days after her father … Continue reading
Posted in Cine Films and Videos, On This Day..., Sharing Memories
Tagged Martin, Weaver
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Paying Tribute To Henry Weaver – Visiting War Graves In France
The weather was perfect on that day in October 1999 when my family visited the town of Merville in France. It was the early days of the internet and I used my dial-up connection to organise the trip, feeling quite … Continue reading
Solving The Next Ridley Riddle
In my previous post, I described how I learnt that Joseph Ridley and Mary Dean were the parents of my 2 x great-grandfather, Henry Frederick Ridley. My next task was to discover where Joseph and Mary came from and how … Continue reading
DNA Finally Knocks Down My Brick Wall – Ridley Family History
I recently made some headway with a family history brick wall. For many years I’d been stuck on my 2 x great-grandfather, Henry Ridley. I was even beginning to wonder whether he was in fact my biological ancestor as I … Continue reading
Posted in Ancestors Corner, DNA
Tagged Cotterell, Cotterill, Dean, Goodman, Kimpton, Ridley, Shipman
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Aerial Photograph Of Kalat Fort – 1934
31ST MAY Being the anniversary of the 1935 Earthquake in Quetta, I thought I’d have a rummage around in Harvey’s Grandad’s archive where I found a number of aerial photographs. Regular followers may remember that Cyril Ellen was in the … Continue reading
A Modest Update To The Barnes Y-DNA
I logged into FamilyTreeDNA today, something I hadn’t done for quite some time, and noticed that my hubby, Harvey, has travelled down the Y-DNA haplotree a couple of more branches. This would be because there have been new people taking … Continue reading