I had been struggling in deciding who to write about for this week’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, as I didn’t feel like writing about any of the people who had been born this week, which is why the post is late this week. While I was going through my search list for my Finding… Continue reading 52 Ancestors 2019 #6 Thomas Docwra (1813-1882)
Category: My Family History
52 Ancestors 2019 #5 Elisabeth Harley Wynd
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about Agnes Wynd. Her sister, Elizabeth Harley Wynd was born 2 February 1851, so I have decided to write about Elizabeth this week. My relationship to Elizabeth is: Elizabeth was born at 2 February 1851 and christened 16 March 1851 at Longforgan, Perth, Scotland. Since this information came… Continue reading 52 Ancestors 2019 #5 Elisabeth Harley Wynd
52 Ancestors 2019 #4 Arthur Warren
It took me a while to decide who to write about. There were 3 ancestors born in the week 20 January to 26 January: My dad, Ivon Walter Whimpey, born 21 January 1923 My grandmother, Edith Meriden Docwra, born 26 January 1904 My ex-husband’s grandfather, Thomas Arthur Willis, born 24 January 1900 However, I had… Continue reading 52 Ancestors 2019 #4 Arthur Warren
52 Ancestors 2019 #3 Martha Ann Campkin
For this week, I have chosen Martha Ann Campkin, who was born 15 January 1854. My relationship to Martha is as follows: The information I had for Martha Ann Campkin was that she was born 15 January 1854 in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, England, and died 30 December 1936 at Lewisville, Jefferson, Idaho, United States. She married… Continue reading 52 Ancestors 2019 #3 Martha Ann Campkin
Trove Tuesday – Alexander Marr
It’s been a while since my last Trove Tuesday post, so I have decided to start the series up again. I am using a person born that week for my 52 Ancestors posts, so I decided for the Trove Tuesday posts to choose someone who had died that week. I therefore chose Alexander Marr, who… Continue reading Trove Tuesday – Alexander Marr
52 Ancestors 2019 #2 Agnes Wynd
In previous years I have followed Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks series. I have found it difficult to decide who to write about using her topics, so I decided this year to choose someone who had been born that week for each week. This week I am writing about Agnes Wynd, who… Continue reading 52 Ancestors 2019 #2 Agnes Wynd
52 Ancestors 2019 #1 William Varlow
Last year, I started doing Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks series, but in July I decided to take a break from my blog, as I was running out of ideas of what to write about. Now that we are in the New Year, I am wanting to start writing for my blog… Continue reading 52 Ancestors 2019 #1 William Varlow
52 Ancestors #26 Norman William Faulks
I have been struggling to decide what to write about for the topics suggested by Amy Johnson Crow, and when I can think about who to write about, I find I have already written posts about them, so I have decided to just write about someone I have recently been researching. I’m a few weeks… Continue reading 52 Ancestors #26 Norman William Faulks
52 Ancestors #25 Same Name
Yesterday, I went searching for newspaper articles for the descendants of John Partridge Whimpey and Charlotte Herbert in the Rhode Islands Newspapers collection at My Heritage, since My Heritage has free access from 3 July to 8 July. As a result, I decided to check what information I had for the family, and what additional… Continue reading 52 Ancestors #25 Same Name
52 Ancestors #23 Going to the Chapel
In order to decide who to write, I did a search in my Legacy Family Tree. I have added the Search icon to My Toolbar, to make it quicker to find. The following are the criteria I selected I only had a few results, so I chose the couple most closely related to me, which… Continue reading 52 Ancestors #23 Going to the Chapel
