Every Family has a story to tell……….Welcome to mine
Welcome to my story.............. After badgering my Family History buddies for ages, about the importance of writing up your own story, as well as those of your Ancestors, I thought it was about time I actually did something about this myself! It feels a bit weird really, almost like writing your own obituary, at least … Continue reading The Life and Times of Paul Chiddicks Part 1 The School Years
At the grand old age of 102, I can safely say that Henry William Goode is my oldest recorded Ancestor, so let me tell you a little bit more about my 2 x Great Uncle Henry. Henry William Goode was born on 21st April 1874 in Bushey in Hertfordshire, the seventh oldest, of eight children … Continue reading #52Ancestors Week 40 ‘Oldest’ The Life and Times of Henry William Goode Aged 102
This is the 10th in my series of blogs recounting the lives of my 2 x Great Grandparents and next up is Louisa Hallsey. Louisa Hallsey was the 7th and youngest child born to Daniel Hallsey and Harriet Hallsey nee Simmons. She was born in January 1836 and Baptised at St. Peter and St. Paul … Continue reading The Life and Times of Louisa Hallsey
Welcome to the ninth in my series of blogs, telling the stories of my 16 x Great Grandparents, so let me introduce Thomas Wootton. Thomas is one of the more interesting characters on my tree, so sit back and enjoy Thomas's story. Thomas was eldest Son of eight children, born to William Wootton and Mary … Continue reading The Life and Times of Thomas Wootton
Welcome to Week 31 of my Genealogy challenge, from the wonderful Amy Johnson Crow, of writing something about your Ancestors for a whole year, #52Ancestors in 52 weeks. This week's prompt is 'Large'. The origins of my Chiddicks family have been well documented in my previous entries, I can track their origins from a tiny … Continue reading #52Ancestors Week 31 ‘Large’
This is the eighth in my new series of blogs, telling the life stories of my 2 x Great Grand parents and next up is John Daniels. In my last blog I wrote about the sad life of Emma Sophia Lukes and I mentioned about an instinct that we can get about a particular Ancestor, … Continue reading The Life and Times of John Daniels
This is the seventh in my series of blogs telling the Life stories of my 16 2 x Great Grandparents and next up is Henry James Dodd. Henry james Dodd was the third child of seven born to William Dodd and Susanna Taylor and he was born on 29th January 1850 at 1, Wades Place, … Continue reading The Life and Times of Henry James Dodd
I debated and deliberated for a long time whether to share Grandad's story with a wider audience, it was written over 20 years ago and sadly their is nobody around who would know who he was writing it for. I had a slight pang of guilt sharing his own words in a public forum, but … Continue reading Grandad’s Story
This is the sixth in my series of blogs telling the life stories of my 2 x Great Grandparents and next up we have Emma Sophia Lukes. Sometimes we get an instinct, or even a gut feeling about one of our Ancestors, sometimes there is a feeling that goes beyond the paper records and in … Continue reading The Life and Times of Emma Sophia Lukes
Welcome to Week 14 of my Genealogy Challenge, from the wonderful Amy Johnson Crow, of writing something about one of my Ancestors every week for a year, #52Ancestors in 52 Weeks. Week 14's prompt is "Water" and if there was any doubt about my families qualification for this category then the fact that there are … Continue reading #52Ancestors “Water”
