TravelGenee #atozchallenge R – Roman
TravelGenee #atozchallenge R – Roman It’s now day 21 of the A to Z Blogging Challenge. Hard to believe that I am still managing to keep up. I have tried to get ahead but only Read More …
Category: Surname Research Category
The surname research I focus on is the tracing of my direct family line of ancestors. My grand parents names were DAWSON, KITTO, SHEPHERD & IRELAND (as in name not the country). These families resided in New Zealand and prior to this England and Scotland.
My grandparents main branches include the following names: Aldrige, Bice, Brettel/Butele, Collis, Edmonds, Ellery, Gibson, Harper, Ireland, McDonald/MacDonald, Monger, Rice and Scott.
TravelGenee #atozchallenge P – PRIOR
TravelGenee #atozchallenge P – PRIOR The Priors joined into my family tree when Augustus Stanley PRIOR (DOB 1895) married my maternal grandmother’s sister Maud Victoria SHEPHERD (DOB 1897) on the 8th January 1922. My grandmother, Read More …
TravelGenee #atozchallenge O – Olive
TravelGenee #atozchallenge O – Olive The day before writing this post I received more images related to my IRELAND family. As I have noted in previous posts this is the surname IRELAND and not the Read More …
TravelGenee #atozchallenge N – NIXON
TravelGenee #atozchallenge N – NIXON My great grandmother Frances Ann EDMONDS (DOB 1865) had an older brother named Spencer John EDMONDS (DOB 1856). He married a Clara Mary Ann NIXON (DOB 1861). I do not Read More …
TravelGenee #atozchallenge M – MONGER
TravelGenee #atozchallenge M – MONGER Fanny MONGER is my maternal 2nd great grand-mother. She was born in 1834. Here is this part of my tree so you can see where she fits into the story Read More …
TravelGenee #atozchallenge L – Leslie Lewis
TravelGenee #atozchallenge L – Leslie Lewis. Leslie Lewis (you have to love that alliteration) CAMPEN (DOB 1898) was my mothers uncle as he had married my grandmothers sister, Beatrice Alexandra Shepherd (DOB 1902). He has Read More …
TravelGenee #atozchallenge K – KITTO
TravelGenee #atozchallenge K – KITTO KITTO, it’s my name. I did not change my name when I got married. Partly because I am a bit feminist and partly because I rang the bank and they Read More …