There were many cases of misfortune that I could have written about, but I decided to write about Ernest J Fuller, as I have recently been researching his life. My relationship to Ernest is as follows: Ernest J Fuller married Blanche Patterson on 22 Jun 1910 in Gila County, Arizona. Ernest was 36 years old,… Continue reading 52 Ancestors #12 Misfortune – Ernest J Fuller
One of the suggested ideas was the luck of the Irish, so I decided to look at one of the branches of my daughter’s family that came from Ireland. On my side, there’s just the Russell family, but her father has two branches from Ireland – the Mansfields and the Marshalls. In thinking about the… Continue reading 52 Ancestors #11 Lucky – George Marshall
I have recently been researching the family of George Joseph Marshall and Julia Agnes Smith. George was the son of Richard Marshall and Ann Smith. My ex-husband is descended from Richard’s sister, Ann Marshall, who came to Australia and married George William Willis. I have decided to write about George’s daughter, Vera Evelyn Marshall. George… Continue reading 52 Ancestors #10 Strong Woman – Vera Evelyn Marshall
In my Sunday Afternoon Genealogy Fun post this week, I mentioned that my 2x great grandmother, Euphemia Harley nee Dandie’s will showed she owned the property at 67 Hambleton Street South Melbourne. I have therefore decided to do my post about Euphemia. The following is a transcription of Euphemia’s will. Her will and probate files… Continue reading 52 Ancestors #9 Where There’s A Will
I am currently participating in Amy Johnson Crow's 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks series. This week the prompt was “Heirloom”. I don’t have an heirloom that has been passed down in the family, so I have struggled to decide what to write about this week. I finally decided to write about one of the people… Continue reading 52 Ancestors #8 Russell Dana Laycock
I was originally going to write this post about a couple in my tree who were married on Valentine’s day, until I came across this article yesterday while researching the Campkin family. From The Arizona Republic (Phoenix, Arizona), Tues., Feb. 12, 1963, page 23, cols 6-8 (https://www.newspapers.com/image/117618810/?terms=%22campkin%22) Pioneer Kept Valentine Promise By Helen Pearson PINE… Continue reading 52 Ancestors #7 Valentine – Ruth Campkin
I have many favourite names, so I decided to choose my favourite name from my current research into the descendants of Isaac Campkin. The name I chose is his daughter Francessa Campkin. My relationship to Francessa is: Francessa was born 1 October 1850 at Melbourn, Cambridgeshire, England, according to her entry in LDS Pioneer and… Continue reading 52 Ancestors #6 Favourite Name – Francessa Campkin
This topic created a dilemma – who should I write about? Should I choose an actual ancestor, or should I write about a family I am currently working on? I decided to write about a family I am currently working on. Most of January I was researching the Whimpey family in the United States, but… Continue reading 52 Ancestors #5 In the Census – Martha Webb Campkin Young
The person I would invite to dinner would be my 2x great grandmother, Margaret Price (1815-1901). The marriage certificate for Margaret and my 2x great grandfather Joseph Whimpey lists her father as John Price, a farmer. Her son, Isaac’s birth certificate lists her birthplace as Merthyr Kinnock, Brecknockshire (or Merthyr Cynog, Breconshire), and her year… Continue reading 52 Ancestors #4 Invite to Dinner – Margaret Price
This week the topic in Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks is “Longevity”. Since I am currently working on the descendants of Isaac Whimpey , I decided to see which of his descendants lived the longest. To determine this, I exported my new Ancestry Public Member tree to a gedcom, and then uploaded… Continue reading 52 Ancestors #3 Longevity – Oscar Whimpey Evans
