BBC TV "WDYTYA?" Series 10 Episode #2: Nigel Havers

[halhawk]

An enjoyable episode and I thought Nigel Havers came over as genuinely interested in his ancestors' stories.  Loved that he was looking for 'not posh' ancestors, but ended up finding a 'cad'!

I agree that he was a bit romantic about David caring about little Eleanor - I don't know too much about affiliation orders etc, but if Ann had to go to the Petty Sessions, he presumably wasn't too caring!

The one thing that slightly irritated me was when he kept asking 'what's happened to Elizabeth junior'.  Uncle Tony's family tree had already established her marriage in (I think) 1862.  A fascinating story about the rise and fall of the Hamblions though!

[Spidermonkey]

Not sure about John Hum - there is a death in Colchester in 1856 

The above death must be John Hum's father.  John and Rosina can be followed throught he census upto 1901, albeit with a slight change of name - to Hume

By 1911, John HUme is a widower, giving his occupation as a retired architect, and living with his married daughter (Frances Buchanan) and her family in Chiswick

[cms]

That is an unexpected outcome.

[davidft]

David and Maria Couch's daughter Georgina Mary remember her deceased sister Georgina May by giving that name to her own daughter


Births Sep 1896 
Jefferies  Georgina May    Croydon  2a 209

[kooky]

I enjoyed this one. Nigel Havers is always easy to watch! He was very interested and grasped things quickly.
This is a good thread for my first visit back to Rootschat for some time.
Kooky

[John915]

Good evening,

OH and I enjoyed it also, we do however get a little fed up with the following up of 1 or 2 people and ignoring the "tree". The early series spent more time on researching the family tree as far back as possible. Less time on individuals as they do now, I remember one that went back (theoretically) to GOD as the tree went back to the ancient line of royalty.

I'm also wondering if the present day haulage firm of HAMBLION has a family connection somewhere.

John915       

[Old Blue]

OH and I enjoyed it also, we do however get a little fed up with the following up of 1 or 2 people and ignoring the "tree". The early series spent more time on researching the family tree as far back as possible. Less time on individuals as they do now, I remember one that went back (theoretically) to GOD as the tree went back to the ancient line of royalty.
     

That was Matthew Pinsent 

[stonechat]

It was a good and interesting programme

I fell asleep so caught up with the missing sections through iPlayer

[heywood]

It just shows how difficult it must be to plan these programmes.
I have enjoyed the concentration on a couple of people rather than a whistle stop tour through a tree.
Presumably the individuals are chosen because there is other documentation about them rather than just census information and this gives a more rounded view. I wish I could find out more about some of mine rather than just name,occupation and family.