Following on from my last post, I’d decided to revisit the people in the photo above, just to consolidate what I know about them – meet my 2x Great Grandfather Charles Bateman. Charles was born on the 9th November 1852 in Headington, Oxfordshire to parents Charles and Elizabeth (née Robins). His baptism took place the following January at the parish church, St. Andrews. He had … Continue reading Charles Bateman 1852-1919
Many years ago I inherited this photo from my grandmother, Irene, the little girl in the picture. She’d labelled a drawing for me, so I’d know who was who. Up until recently I thought I’d connected all the people in it so I hadn’t looked at it for a while. Then earlier this year I was approached by a journalist who’d read some of my … Continue reading Finding Frank and Charlie …
Hello! This post is about my great great grandmother, Alice May. She was born 176 years ago today, on 8th June 1847, in Hinckley, Leicestershire. Alice’s parents, Thomas May and Sophia Lapworth, played pivotal roles in shaping her early years. Growing up alongside her siblings, William (born in 1844), Mary (born in 1850), Louisa (born in 1854), Richard (born and sadly died in 1854), and … Continue reading The Story of Alice May: A Glimpse into the Lives of Generations Past
Today is the 136th anniversary of my Great Grandfather Ernest Richardson’s birth. This is his story. Born on 2nd June, 1887, to parents Robert Richardson and Sarah (née Percival) in Nottingham’s Radford area. He had three older brothers; Harold, Robert (known as Fred) and William. A younger brother, Percival, arrived in 1889. Growing up in a tight-knit family, they faced a devastating loss when their … Continue reading Remembering Ernest Richardson: A Life of Craftsmanship
Thomas Oldknow Oldham was my 3x Great Uncle. He was born on the 25th May 1856 in Nottingham to parents Thomas Oldknow Oldham, a lace maker, and Harriett Winfield. In the 1861 Census he was lodging in Long Eaton with his mother Harriett & siblings, William and John. By 1866 the family were in Calais, France. Thomas’s father was working as a tulliste in the … Continue reading Thomas Oldknow Oldham (1856-1889)
Continuing my research into the people connected to my late father-in-law’s farm in Pilsley, Derbyshire. According to the Tithe Maps of 18411, Samuel Nix was the tenant of the farmhouse and field immediately behind it. Samuel was born c1805 in Pilsley, Derbyshire, one of possibly thirteen children born to parents Brian and Ann (née Wallis). He was baptised on the 21st April 1805 at North … Continue reading Samuel Nix (1805-1883)
I’ve recently been able to add to the history of my family at the farm in Pilsley, Derbyshire thanks to the release of the 1921 Census by Find My Past. Anthony Hays had bought the farm in 1909 and in the 1911 Census he is living there with his second wife Jane (nee Taylor) and his five children. Anthony is 41, a coal miner and … Continue reading An Update …
Part IPart IIPart IIIPart IV John and William Richardson sailed for Bermuda on 23rd April 1844 on the prison hulk Thames. The voyage would have taken about a month and they would be joining other prison hulks already moored there. Transportation to Bermuda began in 1824 with the arrival of the Antelope, followed by the Dromedary, Coromandel and Weymouth. US independence in 1776-1783 meant that Britain … Continue reading Black Sheep Sunday – Yorkshire Sheep Rustlers Part V
The last time we met John & William Richardson, they had admitted their guilt to the York Assizes and were on their way to Millbank prison in London to await transportation for ten years. Following their stay in Millbank they were moved to the prison hulk York moored off the Portsmouth coast. I found a record of them there on Ancestry. The register notes they … Continue reading Black Sheep Sunday – Yorkshire Sheep Rustlers part IV
Part IPart II So John and William found themselves in York Castle prison, charged with two counts of sheep theft. On 23rd of December 1843, the York Herald reported that they had pleaded guilty to both counts and William also admitted to having stolen a bay gelding from Robert Williamson the previous September. Since 1742 theft of sheep and cattle had been a capital offence, … Continue reading Black Sheep Sunday – Yorkshire Sheep Rustling Part III
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