Category: Photos
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Our American pioneers
The Watts family members migrating to Nebraska in the late 19th century were hardly in the first wave of American immigrants, but were still pioneers in the area they settled – Seward county. They are also the first known members of the wider family to have travelled that far {1}. This photograph, kindly supplied by third cousin Peggy Stahr, is of Robert Jeary and wife Jane (nee Watts). Jane was the oldest child of Matthew and Ann Watts, born 1846 in Worstead, Norfolk. The couple » »
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More of a muddle than a match
Holley and Watkins wedding snaps
Holley and Watkins wedding snaps A ‘new’ Welsh second cousin getting in touch through this website was a welcome prompt to go back to the pile of photos scanned during last year’s visit to Knighton and cousin Islwyn {1}. Some have got directly attached to individuals on the family tree on Ancestry, via Family Tree Maker. Others continue to need cracking of puzzles such as the date of the picture and the people featured. This piece is a start on a puzzle or two. The article » »
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Neals at home – photos
A selection of old photos from family albums. Click on the images to see a larger version. All but countryside snap at 7 Guernsey Road, Norwich. Guernsey Road 1927. Mrs Williams? Mrs Neal, Edie, Arthur as a babe? Edie, Mrs Neal, Emily, Arthur, 1935 Ethel & Reg Gunton, Mrs Neal, Derek as a babe, 1928 Mrs Nellie Neal, Emily, Sydney Howes, Williams children in a Shropshire lane Ethel Williams at Guernsey Road Granma Neal, Edie, Ethel Neals in Norwich and Shropshire » »
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Neals in Canada – photos
A selection of old photos from family albums. Most are of Robert (Bob) Neal and family at or near Oak River, Manitoba, Canada. Photo Gallery Click/tap on the images to see a larger version. 15 below zero -Mary Neal and frozen washing line Stan and calf King and I – Harry Neal and horse Harry Neal, enlisted May 1918 in Canadian army Robert, Mary and Betty Alice Reid and children First home in Manitoba Bob sleigh – Robert Neal, horse and sleigh Oak River wooden building » »
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A better view of the Canadian Neals
A few old photographs have thrown a whole lot of new light onto the great aunt and uncle who separately left Norwich for the relative wilds of Canada. Gayle, a second cousin once removed and living in that country, has been looking into her family history for longer than me and has got a collection of photos not just of her ancestors going back to Robert Neal and Mary Earl but also Robert’s sister Alice. Links to earlier articles giving more details on their history are » »
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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) » »