Category: Howes
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Finding Howes on (Spinal) tap
An amusing aside, particularly for those in the US with Howes connections. A rock musician cum brewer has produced a batch of stout called Red Howes, after his grandfather. Created with the Allagash Brewing Co in Portland, Maine, cranberries also by the name of Red Howes are part of the mix. No known relation to either Red! More in the video on Metal Underground, news item on Decibel mag. Or find video on Vimeo Thanks to HowesFamilies.com monthly update. » »
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Sixty years on
Today, 6th December 2012, marks 60 years since the height of the great smog in London. The Guardian has produced a picture gallery of those days and other smogs in London and Manchester. And 60 years since the day my paternal grandfather Sydney Charles Howes died after cycling in the smog from his teaching job in Nunhead to home in New Cross. As previously mentioned here last year, when a photo blog featuring similar photos surfaced. See The London smog of 1952 for the blog link. » »
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The Beasor connection
A fascinating start to 2012 and the addition of a Beasor family page to Cutlock & Co. A cousin to my nephews uploaded some old Beasor photos to Ancestry.co.uk following a Christmas visit to his (and their) gran. Almost as soon as I created a link to these on my Ancestry tree, my dad’s second cousin Muriel spotted them and realised she knew this Beasor family. Deptford Church group photo – see below for ‘all the names’ The church photo in Muriel’s possession helps to tell » »
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The Cutlock wrap for 2011
The traditional year-end review – developments in family history research on Cutlock & Co and the HowesWatkinsNealScott tree {Note 1}. What I wished for At the start of 2011, I wrote Looking ahead to look behind on this site, anticipating what progress might be made over the year. I gave an update half way through the year, when there was already only one significant outstanding item – making a connection with relations from the Cullum family, who shared great great grandmother Harriet Cutlock as an ancestor. » »
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The London smog of 1952
6th December 1952 – the day my paternal grandfather Sydney Charles Howes died after cycling from his teaching job in Nunhead to home in New Cross. Smog related death not long before he was due to retire and the reason I never met him. (6th December was the height of the smog.) Originally from a tweet by @ancestryuk 22nd Nov: “Amazing photos from London smog of 1952. Wrong weather + burning coal = big problem for London.” The photo page on Another Nickel in the Machine » »
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Connecting with the neighbours
Researching the family tree comes up with plenty of “is this why” and “what if” moments. Here’s one I did recently. The Neve family is one of the lines coming under closer examination after making contact with the Cullum cousins. With a few more dates and details to work from, it was possible to work backwards from 2 x great uncle William Cullum’s wife Sarah Ann Margaret Neve, find her parents Robert and Elizabeth in the census records in Norwich, and their likely marriage entry. Only » »