Because it has been difficult to decide who to write about each week, I've decided to work through the family systematically. The first person is therefore my dad, Ivon Walter Whimpey. When I searched for “Ivon Whimpey” (in quotation marks) there were only 2 results, so I decided to expand to search for Ivon Whimpey (without… Continue reading Trove Tuesday – Ivon Walter Whimpey
Month: January 2017
Fanny Prout
The census records had shown that Thomas Prout and Elizabeth Clement Whimpey had a daughter Fanny, born about 1863. I hadn’t found her baptism when I found the baptisms for the rest of the family, so I tried searching for a Fanny, born in 1863, in St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands. Her entry had been… Continue reading Fanny Prout
Mary Jane Prout
Mary had appeared with her parents on the 1851 and 1861 censuses, but not on the 1871 census. She could have possibly married or died, but there was no marriage or death found in the Jersey records. I therefore decided to search for any records for a Mary Jane Prout, born about 1848 at St… Continue reading Mary Jane Prout
Sunday Afternoon Genealogy Fun – Three Degrees of Separation
Each week on Randy Seaver’s Genea-musings blog he has a post for Saturday night Genealogy fun. Because of the time difference, I have called my series Sunday Afternoon Genealogy Fun. This week’s mission was: 1) Using your ancestral lines, how far back in time can you go with three degrees of separation? That means "you knew an ancestor,… Continue reading Sunday Afternoon Genealogy Fun – Three Degrees of Separation
The Clements family
Back in 1979, my dad was sent a family group sheet by relatives in the US that showed Elizabeth Clements was christened 28 January 1792 at Frome, and was the daughter of Thomas Clements and Joan Ames. Elizabeth married William Whimpey in 1817, so this baptism seemed likely. Then, around 2007, I was browsing the… Continue reading The Clements family
Surname Saturday – Casey
I already wrote about my mother in law, Shirley Patricia Casey, in my post Surname Saturday – Casey on 17 December 2016. Shirley’s father was Albert George Casey Albert George Casey was born 14 March 1901 at 83 Raleigh Street, Windsor, Victoria, Australia. He was the illegitimate son of Florence Casey, formerly Laver. He married Lilah… Continue reading Surname Saturday – Casey
The Prout family of St Helier
One of my 2x great grandfather’s sisters went to live at St Helier after her marriage. I had followed the family through the census records, but I hadn’t yet found the baptism, burial and marriage records for the family. So, when last week Ancestry announced on their blog the release of the collections for Jersey,… Continue reading The Prout family of St Helier
Friday Finds 27 January 2017
The following are the new (and not so new) resources and tools I have found this week. The following are the Recently added and updated collections at ancestry.com.au this week Web: Cass County, North Dakota, Divorce Index, 1878-1943 24/01/2017 Province of Gerona, Spain, Municipal Records, 1566-1956 23/01/2017 UPDATED Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1852-1968 19/01/2017 Jersey, Church of England Deaths and Burials,… Continue reading Friday Finds 27 January 2017
Elizabeth Slawson – an update
On 21st December 2016 I wrote the post Latest research – Elizabeth Slawson. I had found a possible marriage for Elizabeth, and sent for the marriage certificate, to see who her father was listed as. Today, I received the certificate. Elizabeth Slawson, age 21, spinster, servant, married Thomas Hensman Knibbs on 7 April 1863. Her father… Continue reading Elizabeth Slawson – an update
Latest research – Walter Grieve Williamson
The article for yesterday’s Trove Tuesday post had mentioned Elizabeth Clyne’s daughter, Mrs. Margaret Williamson. This reminded me that I still haven’t been able to find out what happened to Margaret’s husband, Walter Grieve Williamson. Walter and Margaret’s youngest child was born in 1862 in the Ballarat area, so I narrowed my search to Ballarat… Continue reading Latest research – Walter Grieve Williamson
