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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, […]

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 […]

James’ wife, Isabella, grew up in Lesbury, Northumberland, England. She was born in a place called Spy Law. The 1891 England census shows that three families lived in this area. […]

James died at the young age of 29 years old. In 1849, his widow, Lucretia, married a man with the surname Ellis. He died in 1849. She then married Archibald […]

Jack and Dorothy were married in Bournemouth, Dorset, England. At first, I thought she was Dorothy M Cailes who was born in 1937 in Bournemouth. A message from her son […]

In 1939, Herbert was a cotton weaver in Brierfield, Lancashire County, England. He worked at one of the local cotton mills located on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. The cotton […]

Jane’s mother was Jane Sharman Saunders. Another family tree member shared two newspaper articles. The first was Jane and Joseph’s 50th wedding anniversary. The second was Jane’s 90th birthday celebration. […]

In Ada’s family tree, the surnames of Smith and Galer were interchangeable. In the England census records, the surname appeared as Galer. On vital records, it appeared as Smith. Henry […]

In 1915, Frances’ first husband, Edward Crawford, enlisted with the Royal Dublin Fusiliers. In 1917, Edward was severely wounded in the Battle of Messines. He died in 1919 at the […]

I found a photo of Daisy May Oxborough Greenwell on another family tree. She was standing with four other women. Could this be a family photograph? Could these other women […]