The first person in my tree with this surname was Edith Leete My ancestral line is: 1 Lois Whimpey 2 Ivon Walter Whimpey (1923-2009) 3 Edith Jean Marr (1922-1990) 6 Wilfred Palmer Marr (1892-1955) 7 Edith Meriden Docwra (1904-1948) 14 Harry Docwra (1866-1934) 15 Emily Alice Oliver (1877-1925) 28 Alfred Docwra (1824-1903) 29 Mary Scott… Continue reading Surname Saturday – Leete
Amy Johnson Crow introduced the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge on her No Story Too Small blog in 2014. This year she continued the challenge, but also added a weekly theme. This week’s theme is Where There's a Will: Do you have an ancestor who left an interesting will? Have you used a will to solve a problem?… Continue reading 52 Ancestors (2015) #18 Simeon Leete
The topic for this week was "so far away", and my ancestor this week is John Leete, born about 1500 and died 25 Dec 1551, from Eversdon, Cambridgeshire. I decided on the furthest away in time, as I had already done a post on the furthest away in distance (William Edward Ball, born in Sweden,… Continue reading 52 Ancestors (2015) #6 John Leete
