Category: Osborne
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No flight of fancy
Taking to the air in WW1
Taking to the air in WW1 I had, until yesterday, concluded from researchs so far that it was unlikely that any family connection had served in the fledgling air services of World War One. But an ‘absent voters list’ entry in 1920 for William George Taylor of 40 Abbotsbury Road, Weymouth, a first cousin of grannie Scott, shows that I was wrong – described as 248748 Pte., R.A.F. As it happens, the ‘Best websites’ review section in the current (February) issue of Who Do You Think » »
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Taken to Trask
Here are the further newspaper cuttings featuring the Trask family in Weymouth and Merriott, as promised in the year-end round-up {1} which included a section on press appearances of George Trask in the archives. George (about 1863 to Feb 1950) became the second husband of two times great aunt Margaret ‘Annie’ Osborne (1874-1941) in 1905. The cuttings range from the seemingly insignificant to rather more serious reports. Damaging Grass, from Western Gazette 21st May 1880, has Uriah Bell, George Rendall and George Trask, young fellows » »
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The Cutlock review for 2013
The family history research reflected in the Cutlock & Co website may appear to have crawled along in 2013, with only 14 articles (excluding this one), but there has actually been quite a lot of activity behind the scenes. Adding in newly available records, tidying up the notes on already identified individuals, filling in small gaps, and plenty more. Subscribing to FindMyPast has given access to the British Newspaper online archives, with a few interesting results. Here are a few highlights for the Cutlock year. Smiling » »
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Tracing the Osborne inscriptions at Trealaw
The hundredth article on Cutlock & Co {1} is as good as any to re-visit the photographs taken at Trealaw Cemetery back in April 2011 {3}. This time it is a focus on the Osborne side. The grave of great great grandparents William and Mary Ann Osborne was perhaps the easiest to find – right next to one of the main paths. Son Daniel predeceased his parents, age just 19 in 1909. William reached 80 by his death in 1928, with Mary Ann (nee Sibley) » »
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A Farr distant cousin
Making extravagant claims of family connections to famous people or royalty has never been part of my genealogy research, but the idea does still crop up. An Osborne link to the mother of boxer Tommy Farr, the Tonypandy Terror, was suggested and seemed credible given that he was born in Railway Terrace, a few doors from some of our lot. Here’s what the records show. Tommy Farr’s mother was Sarah Ann Owen, born in Rhondda around 1883/85 {1}. Sarah Ann’s father is George, born Clandown (Somerset) » »
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The interconnectedness of Tonypandy Osbornes
Another illustration of how inter-connected the Osborne family was/is in the Tonypandy area emerged recently. For Matilda Osborne, born about 1884 in Misterton to Levi (brother of 2x great grandfather William) and wife Elizabeth, the finished 1911 census records on Ancestry had been awaited to put more flesh on her husband and their children. Annoyingly it is still not clear whether his name is Edwin or Edward Sheldon, but it seems likely that he went by Edward in life, but was born and died as Edwin. » »