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Doing research on my Paternal line of Williams and Roberts Hay back to about 1760 to present covering Kirkintilloch, Dalmuir, Clydebank, Anderston, Gorbals, Calton.
Wives' maiden names, Miller,Lees, McCulloch, Galbraith, Clark, Kiltie.
Anna Flowers was born in approx. 1875/76 according to census records. She was married to Linley Singer in 1897 in Athens, Ohio. They lived in these areas - Perry county Ohio, Broadwell Ohio, Washington county Ohio, Athens county Ohio and in Glouste...
I have been researching the HINTE Surname since the mid 1970's. I have extensive contacts with other researchers who are also researching our Surname & considerable data, both from my own research & from that entrusted to me by others.
I am...
I have recently found that this field has no consequence to my research. This particular Charles HINTE is from the Oberhausen Branch of the HINTE surname & is not related to the Bremen branch of our surname as far as I can ascertain. It is very int...
The group's Facebook page features old maps, newspaper articles, aerial photos, and photos of places such as the R.A.N.depot at Somerton, the water tower at the Greenvale Sanitorium etc.
Link- https://www.facebook.com/Craigieburn-Historical-Interest...
LUXTON marriages 1854-1920 Victoria Australia.
Males
Thomas.
Married: Sarah SCHOOLING 1872.
Holland.
Married: Matilda Elizabeth PADBURY 1876.
Daniel James.
Married: Maude Mary BUCKNALL 1886.
John Carter.
Married: Florence Mary FORB...
Surnames:
BUCKNALL, CARTER, CAUGHEY, CHRISTIAN, CLARK
and 19 more
FROM AN EMAIL TO VALERIE WILSON O.A.M.
Just in case a Yewers descendant asks what you know about John Yewers at (the original) Donnybrook, renamed as Kalkallo Township after a new Donnybrook sprang up near the north eastern railway in about 1872....
Surnames:
HAYSOM, LAWSON, MOSS, THIELE, YEWERS
Arrived South Australia on 28 Dec 1838 on sailing ship Glenalvon.
Did he work for William Peacock who supposedly chartered the ship?
Where was he born in England?
What did he do in south Australia after marrying Eliza Jacobs.
In later lif...
Surnames:
HOWARD, PEACOCK
LYALL marriages 1841-1885 Victoria Australia.
Males
Andrew.
Married: Helen BROWN 1854.
David.
Married: Eliza BETHELL 1856.
Robert Rolling.
Married: Susan Jane JEMMETT 1856.
William Andrew.
Married: Elizabeth FLAXMAN 1864.
John.
...
Surnames:
ANDERSON, BETHELL, BREE, BROWN, BURNS
and 24 more
Searching for more information regarding the family of John and Mary BIGGS, whose son John was born in Buckinghamshire around 1770. John Jr. married Martha THACKTHWAITE, and their son WILLIAM BIGGS was born in 1797 in Iver, Buckinghamshire, England....
Surnames:
BIGGS, THACKTHWAITE
According to "Patronymica Britannica: A Dictionary of the Family Names of the United Kingdom" (p. 345) by Mark Antony Lower (published in London, England in 1860 by John Russell Smith of 36 Soho Square), "thwaite" is a Saxon word whose meaning is som...
Surnames:
THACKTHWAITE
LOBB marriages 1854-1892 Victoria Australia.
Males
John William.
Married: Susannah Prince LADE 1855.
John.
Married: Ann HUNTER 1858.
Joseph Barbary.
Married: Sarah PASCOE 1858.
William John.
Married: Thomazine COOK 1863.
John.
...
Surnames:
ABERDEEN, ANNAN, ATKINSON, BULL, BYRNE
and 26 more
LOADER marriages 1849-1895 Victoria Australia.
Males
Edmund.
Married: Eliza HAYDEN 1862.
Henry.
Married: Mary Ann CAMERON 1862.
William.
Married: Caroline COLMAN 1864.
Thomas.
Married: Anna Maria HALL 1865.
Henry.
Married: Chri...
Surnames:
ALLAN, BULLOCK, CAMERON, COLMAN, CORBETT
and 22 more
I am looking foe any information about John & Dorothy, Who were their Parents and their Children.It seems that they had a Son John born in Shoreditch in 1725.
Thanks
Robert
Surnames:
PARKINSON, SQUIRE
Am researching Boyer/Bowyer families who lived in or near Alexandria, VA 1750-1850 as well as their early colonial ancestors. Likely of English origin. I already have DNA results and substantial research material available for exchange/collaboration...
Surnames:
BOWYER, BOYER