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I could not find a birth record in England for William’s wife, Mary M Cook. That could mean that she was not born in England. It could also indicate that […]

Three of William and Mary Ann’s children survived until adulthood. Leslie, Edith, and Harold died when they were infants. The dangers of childbirth were very real before modern medicine came […]

Emma and Charles did not have a happy marriage. Emma may have suffered from depression caused by childbirth, alcoholism, or mental abuse. She spent her last 3 1/2 years in […]

Jane Ladbrooke had four brothers and six step-brothers. A Newcastle University study suggests that a man’s genes play a role in having more sons or more daughters. The man inherits […]

In this post, I wanted to share the history of William’s extended family. For example, Emma’s father was married four times. He lost two of his wives in childbirth. Of […]

When I was searching for Maria Hadley’s parents, I did not think there would be two men with the same name living in the same parish. That was when I […]

Several family trees had tied Emily’s mother to Mary Ann Holland, born in 1799 in Ellough, Suffolk County, England. She was actually born in 1793 in Broome, Norfolk County, England. […]

Lily’s husband, John Trevor Evans, was of Welsh descent. As I searched for his parents on the Wales census records, I acquired a better understanding of the Welsh written language. […]

The GRO has copies of all registered births, marriages, and deaths in England. As I could not find Lily’s parents or Dorothy’s father-in-law, I ordered certificates from the GRO. Walter […]

The 1891 England census shows that Walter worked as a bricklayer. He may have worked with his father at various job sites in Beccles and the surrounding parishes.   Walter […]