Four Trees - Our Great Grandfathers

[Lolly2881]

Mine are

David James - 1898 Ystalyfera, Glamorgan, Wales (son of David James and Jane Davies)

Henry John Battenbough - 15 Dec 1898 Pontardawe, Glamorgan, Wales (son of William Battenbough and Mary Ann Davies)

Ernest George Swinford - 1885 Stroud, Gloucestershire, England (son of James Swinford and Ellen Eliza Scott)

Evan Evans - 1900 Cwmtwrch, Breconshire (son of Oliver Evans and Sarah Morgan)

[Lookin2]

There have been comments made about children born outside of marriage and unable to search further .  Rootschatters may already be aware of the following. I was on National Archive searching for my GGGrandfather Woodroofe Excise Officer and on the ensuing lists were many "Orders of Filliation and Maintenance of bastard children" .  On these the Mother's name was listed and the name of the man that had fathered the children.

[BuddysMummy]

Mine:

James Edward Rands. b.1865, Clerkenwell, London.
Married Annie Alice Gellatly

John Jackson. Not much known so far except that he was a horse keeper in 1895, later becoming a brewery drayman.
Married Elizabeth Reader. Details unknown as yet.

George Harold Griffiths. b. 1858, Higher Bebington, The Wirral, Cheshire. Candle packer (grease) and later possibly insurance agent. Moved with his entire family to Australia in ?1914? Father of the man in my avatar.
Married Jessie Ollive. B.1868, Oxton, Cheshire

William Richard Lacey. b.1860, London. Moved to Australia in 1883. Tin worker/commission agent.
Married Mary Ann Jane Sewell b. 1859, Stepney Middx.

[didowells]

Mine are

Frank William WELLS b1840 Gillingham Shipwright d1910 Sheffield
Thomas WILKINSON b1844 Staveley Company Director d1909 Sheffield
Charles Henry CROWTHER b1852 Golcar Woollen Manufacturer d1927 Blackpool
Wilson TOMLINSON b1849 Worksop Forester d1924 Tuxford

Unfortunately all died before I was born

[stoney]

Here are my four Great-Grandads!

Joseph Edward Beattie, 31/01/1855, Langholm, Dumfries - 17/01/1902. Master Stonemason

William Carson, b.1832, Co. Down - 16/02/1888, Lanarkshire. Miner (killed in a pit accident)

Edward Meyers, b.06/05/1838, Carlisle, Cumberland - 16/04/1910. Petty Officer First Class, RN

Thomas Stevenson, b.c.1837, Lanarkshire - 05/12/1895. Miner

[ukdescendant]

Here's my four

Griffith Jones B Liverpool 1871 m Elizabeth Laverty 1898
William Henry McGraw b Liverpool 1877 m Edith Ann Rogers
Charles Alfred Lawson b Liverpool b1888 m Ivy Frances Marion Hill (Williams)
Thomas James Barlow b Liverpool 1872 m Annie Hughes

Regards
Gill

[clivealbert]

Hi, List, here,s mine. Arthur Marshall,1862, tailor:
William Carr 1865 blacksmith
John Reynolds, 1868, coal miner, killed in pit accident.
George Cockayne, 1870, coal miner.
Best Wishes Clive

[Nutty1966]

Here are my four

Arthur Bollands born and died Middlesbrough
John Stephenson born Redcar, died Middlesbrough (in the cinema)
George Seaton born Skelton died Eston
Clifford Wood born Chapel Allerton, died Lazenby

Jane

[Ozdot]

I'd like to add my great-grandfathers too.

Thomas Edward COLE, born 1826 in Kington Magna, Dorset.  He was a farmer.

Thomas Isaac HEDGES, born 1852 in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. He was in the 76th Regiment of Foot and then a labourer.

Thomas Shaw MULLINER, born 1833 in Northampton.  He was a tutor, lay preacher and 'gentleman'.

John Griffith JONES.  No details at all on this chap.  I have not dared to try to search for Jones yet.


I did not know any of these ancestors, though I would dearly  have loved to.

Were nearly all little boys called Thomas in the 19th century??

Cheers,
Dot.