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Tag Archives: Weaver
Weaver/Street Family Bible Comes Home!
An amazing thing happened to me today. I was united with an old Family Bible which I hadn’t known existed until recently. Three days ago, a lady emailed me through my website, having matched up some of my ancestral names … Continue reading
DNA Uncovers A Family Secret
A new DNA match recently appeared in our match lists (I’ll call her Sally – not her real name) which revealed something about my maternal grandmother’s uncle that I feel sure my gran never knew about. Richard Arthur Weaver, brother … Continue reading
In Remembrance
In remembrance of… 4732 Private Henry James WEAVER (my great-grandfather) – 2/1 Bucks Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Born 3 October 1882 in Curry Rivel, Somerset. Died 8 September 1916. Killed by accident during bomb practice. Buried in Merville … Continue reading
The Varied Life Of Ann Weaver (1830-1885)
My 3 x great-grandmother, Ann Weaver, has been an enigma for quite some time but more recently I’ve made some progress with a little help from another family historian along the way. Ann was born in 1830 in the village … 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
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
DNA Helps Me Find More Ancestors
My latest breakthrough has come via DNA testing. For some time now I have known my 5 x great-grandmother was called Anne Twogood/Toogood. She married my 5 x great-grandfather, Robert Weaver snr., in Curry Rivel, Somerset, in 1779 but I … Continue reading
Tavistock Goose Fair – Then And Now!
Last week, Harvey, my parents and I went to Tavistock Goose Fair, the annual fair which dates back to the 12th century. This reminded me of the time when we took my gran, Phyllis Grace Geake, nee Weaver, to the … Continue reading
99 Years Since Henry James Weaver Died In The Great War
8TH SEPTEMBER Today is the 99th anniversary of the death of my great-grandfather, Henry James Weaver, accidentally killed by a bomb prematurely exploding during training at a base in France during WW1. The photograph shows Henry’s name on the War … Continue reading