Category Archives: Surname Search

In 1898, James and Hannah’s daughter, Alice, was engaged to John Thomas Fowell. Alice must have called off the wedding because she found out about John’s criminal past. James Samuel […]

Hannah’s father was Caiaphas Hall. He died in 1885 at the age of 36 years old. Mary Ann then married William Betts. He appears on the 1891 England census. Yet, […]

The 1939 England and Wales Register shows that James was unmarried at the age of 31 years old. I could find no marriage record after this date. That would indicate […]

James’ second wife, Doreen, married a man named George Jevons in 1979 in West Lancashire, Lancashire, England. She died one year later. Do you know which George Jevons she married? […]

Jeffery left the small parish of Denham St John in the mid-1860s. In 1871, he worked as a fireman aboard a ship called the Sulina. By the mid-1870s, he had […]

In 1891, Jeffery purchased the Railway Inn. The pub was located at 37 Julians Road in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England. After he died, Sarah operated the pub until she moved to […]

Families can be intricately connected. In 1911, Jim married Florence Georgina Springett. In 1898, his sister, Mary Ann, married Florence’s brother, George William Springett. Jim Allen Born: 14 JUL 1880 […]

There are no historical documents that have tied John Adams of Plymouth to his English counterpart. I believe the only way this could be done is if his name, John […]

In October 2022, I published an article about John Adams (1595 to 1633). He was one of the first newcomers to America. His name appears on the 1621 passenger list […]

John Adams and his family belonged to a religious group called The Society of Friends. They were what is commonly known as Quakers. The family was part of the Burlington […]