Hello Judy and thank you so much for making contact. I think we may have been in touch in the past or I have been in touch with your father? The name Maxwell rings a bell (thank goodness for unusual names). I have a note that John Lancelot and Jessie Jones had a daughter Heather and granddaughter Lana Nancarrow and that Lana sadly passed away in 2014. I think it was about that time that I may have had contact with you r father.
I am the great niece of John Lancelot Hills who married Annie Dean, my grandfather being his brother William James. John had a sister, Susan Catherine Ellen, who also emigrated to Australia with her husband John English and younger children in 1911.
Ian Mackenzie is a descendant of one of those children and his wife Tricia has done a lot of family history investigation. Tricia and Ian visited us when they were last in England some years ago but are now back in Queensland.
Tricia’s email address is
tricia.mackenzie44@gmail.com and I’m sure she would be able to give you more info and maybe photos. She is much more IT capable than I am.
I really haven’t investigated the Cakebread line although I have names back to 1630. I have Sarah’s parents as William Cakebread and Sarah Peck who married in Broxbourne in 1779.
Do let me know if I can fill in any more for you.
Best wishes, Thelma WIGLEY
Best wishes, Thelma WIGLEY
