Comments for Past Lives

Comment on Jane Robb and George Forbes by K Sumner

K Sumner — Tue, 21 May 2013 19:16:24 +0000

Commemorative plaque in St Machar Cathedral, Aberdeen. I have photo if you wish to contact me.
K Sumner

Comment on John Holdsworth (born 1765) by Martin

Martin — Mon, 20 May 2013 19:38:48 +0000

I’m afraid I don’t own the copyright for this image. I found the painting here:

http://www.bridgemanart.com/asset/131899/English-School-19th-century/Thomas-Rogers-a-Carpenter-1830-oil-on-canvas

Best wishes
Martin

Comment on John Holdsworth (born 1765) by Lyle Burrup

Lyle Burrup — Mon, 20 May 2013 19:05:49 +0000

I am writing a story about my great-great-great grandfather who was also a carpenter and would like permission to use the painting above, “Carpenter at work.” Do you own the copyright for this painting? Thanks for your response.
Lyle Burrup

Comment on The Fogg family of Kent by Martin

Martin — Mon, 13 May 2013 15:26:52 +0000

No, I’m sorry, I don’t. I suspect he was probably a landowner and a gentleman – and therefore without an occupation, as such. Are you researching the same family?

Comment on The Fogg family of Kent by Philip

Philip — Mon, 13 May 2013 14:31:50 +0000

Do you know what Richard Fogg, of Danes Court in Tilmanstone did as an occupation?

Comment on Richard Roades: yet another chirurgeon in 17th century Stepney by b.morris

b.morris — Fri, 10 May 2013 11:36:58 +0000

I’m looking for the parents of Mary Rhodes who married Edward Wyllys in Brentwood in 1697. Mary Rhodes’s family seems to have owned a ‘burger plot’ property with a narrow frontage on what is now the Ratcliffe Highway, near the City of London. This property is mentioned in 2 generations of wills following Mary’s marriage to Edward. Edward Wyllys (BA Kings College Cambridge, patron Lord Petre) became Rector of Ingrave in 1698. Joseph, one of Edward and Mary’s sons, became an apothecary of Brentwood, with the title Dr. He married Deborah Hayes. If you have come across any connections with Mary Rhodes of Ratcliffe Highway and Brentwood in your researches, I would be glad to hear from you and share the family history records which I have collected about her descendants.
All best, B. Morris

Comment on Thomas and Sarah Blanch in Holborn by Martin

Martin — Mon, 06 May 2013 08:30:36 +0000

Hi Jim
Thanks for your comment. I’m not sure if there’s a connection between your James Blanch and mine: I haven’t come across any Guernsey-born ancestors yet! My Blanch family came from Bristol and Gloucestershire, then moved to London. When you say that ‘your’ James was buried at St Dunstan’s – do you mean Stepney? and are you sure it’s the same James (and not ‘mine’)?
Best wishes
Martin

Comment on Thomas and Sarah Blanch in Holborn by Jim W

Jim W — Mon, 06 May 2013 05:33:17 +0000

Hello – Just stumbled upon your site. I recently found out that the father of my GGG GM, Rachel Blanche, was James Blanch. He was born 1764 Guernsey, Channel Island (perhaps Tensbury) and was buried in 1840 At St, Dunstan’s, at 86. He married a Sarah and some believe is wasa a Sarah Hayman. There 2nd son was names after James and I was named after my GG GF, that James. . Anyway, I wonder if there are enough similarities that there may be a connection.

This is preliminary information and I am trying to verify it.

Best
Jim W. USA

Comment on The Yorkshire connection by Susan Drake

Susan Drake — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 07:18:54 +0000

My Great Grandmother Charlotte Mortimer married James Campbell in 1880 in London, she had three children, Charles, Gordon and James, two of which were born in Stirling, Scotland. Then in 1895 she married Joseph Holdsworth in Hull, he was born in Harrogate/Massogate Yorkshire in 1832. From the 1901 census they were living at 64 Bondend, Knaresborough. He was a stone and monumental mason. His 2 stepsons are listed in the census as being stone mason apprentices. Does this fit in with anyone else’s ancestry?

Comment on The Ma(u)nsers of Hightown by Martin

Martin — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 08:25:15 +0000

Thanks to everyone who tried to help with the missing word – and to John for posting about it on the Rootschat forum. There seems to be an emerging consensus around ‘uncle’, which makes a kind of sense. The initial letter could be a ‘u’ – Nicholas’ ‘w’ has the same kind of tail – and the second letter does look rather like the ‘n’ in ‘sonnes’ in the same sentence. Seventeenth-century ‘c’ often looked more vertical/straight than ours, I’ve noticed, and it’s possible that what I thought was a final ‘h’ or ‘k’ is actually two letters – ‘le’. I’ll have to try this theory and see if it ‘works’ with the data. Martin