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The Common Room / Re: WISKEN - Looking for Willie!!
« on: Sunday 20 June 21 20:20 BST (UK) »
I have some personal information about these ancestors. I am a direct descendent of ‘Alice’.
Alice is my grandmother, Alice Jane Lewin-Wiskin. ‘Willie’ is my great uncle - William Charles Wiskin - and brother of my grandfather Frederick Walter (Wallie) Wiskin. As pointed out earlier, my grandparents are half cousins sharing a common grandparent, Charlotte Green. Of Alice’s children, John is my father.
I was particularly interested in your mention of a 1966 letter from Willie (he would have been 85 at the time) to Alice alluding to his research on the Wiskin family tree extending back to the Norman conquest.
I have a letter from Willie dated 24 July 1941 to his brothers Wallie and George in which he says, “I have done quite a lot of searching for records of the family, and find that the Wiskins lived in Norfolk and Suffolk as far back as the twelfth century”. Interestingly, the letter also refers to a Wiskin coat of arms and motto, and a history of the name Wiskin from the Anglo-Saxon version - Wisgar.
I also have a copy of the wall chart Willie created at that time for the Wiskin family. However, it only extends back to Willie’s grandfather (and my 2x great-grandfather) George Wiskin (b.1882 in Weybread, Suffolk, England). There is another chart (an addendum?) that lists George’s father, James Wiskin (b.1797 in Mendham, Suffolk) and James’ father William Wiskin (b.1766 in Mendham, Suffolk).
However, I have been unable to track down any information or records prior to 1766. I would of course be keenly interested in obtaining any of that information.
I have extended Willie’s work on many branches of the family including the people mentioned in your note. One the most interesting is James Wiskin mentioned above. He was convicted of sheep stealing in 1832 and sentenced to transportation. He arrived in Australia in 1833 and was followed several years later by one of his sons and a nephew. Many of their descendants live in Australia to this day. There are still Wiskins in Russia and the Swedish and Canadian branches have been mentioned by others on this thread. Indeed, it is an interesting family.
Additionally, I have a letter in my grandmother Alice’s handwriting describing her early days in Russia and her escape in 1917. My grandfather wrote a similar note documenting his life story from birth in Russia, to his leaving Russia to join the Royal Flying Corps, his emigration t.o Canada in 1920 and his work history up to retirement in 1952.
I would be interested in further contact to share information.
Alice is my grandmother, Alice Jane Lewin-Wiskin. ‘Willie’ is my great uncle - William Charles Wiskin - and brother of my grandfather Frederick Walter (Wallie) Wiskin. As pointed out earlier, my grandparents are half cousins sharing a common grandparent, Charlotte Green. Of Alice’s children, John is my father.
I was particularly interested in your mention of a 1966 letter from Willie (he would have been 85 at the time) to Alice alluding to his research on the Wiskin family tree extending back to the Norman conquest.
I have a letter from Willie dated 24 July 1941 to his brothers Wallie and George in which he says, “I have done quite a lot of searching for records of the family, and find that the Wiskins lived in Norfolk and Suffolk as far back as the twelfth century”. Interestingly, the letter also refers to a Wiskin coat of arms and motto, and a history of the name Wiskin from the Anglo-Saxon version - Wisgar.
I also have a copy of the wall chart Willie created at that time for the Wiskin family. However, it only extends back to Willie’s grandfather (and my 2x great-grandfather) George Wiskin (b.1882 in Weybread, Suffolk, England). There is another chart (an addendum?) that lists George’s father, James Wiskin (b.1797 in Mendham, Suffolk) and James’ father William Wiskin (b.1766 in Mendham, Suffolk).
However, I have been unable to track down any information or records prior to 1766. I would of course be keenly interested in obtaining any of that information.
I have extended Willie’s work on many branches of the family including the people mentioned in your note. One the most interesting is James Wiskin mentioned above. He was convicted of sheep stealing in 1832 and sentenced to transportation. He arrived in Australia in 1833 and was followed several years later by one of his sons and a nephew. Many of their descendants live in Australia to this day. There are still Wiskins in Russia and the Swedish and Canadian branches have been mentioned by others on this thread. Indeed, it is an interesting family.
Additionally, I have a letter in my grandmother Alice’s handwriting describing her early days in Russia and her escape in 1917. My grandfather wrote a similar note documenting his life story from birth in Russia, to his leaving Russia to join the Royal Flying Corps, his emigration t.o Canada in 1920 and his work history up to retirement in 1952.
I would be interested in further contact to share information.