Shake the tree and nuts fall out!

  WEEK 52 – me, myself and I Well as the title say “me, myself and I” it is all about me. As per previous stories, I have completed another year of 52 ancestors, I have also found some of the titles but not all for previous years (I am still hoping to find them all so I can do those as well). You would think with 14,000+ people in the tree I would have no problems with who to write about, however there is probably less than 200 people that I actually am aware of, have photos of, can recall stuff about etc, so some stories are really hard to sort out. Yes this year has taken me longer than it should for some to be written but I got there in the end. I plan to do the 52 in 52 in 2024 if it is being ran and i would like to find the missing titles for the other years. I also plan to do an "on this day" story every day linked to the family/ancestors. I'm not sure if it will be a blog or just on paper to make into a book (yes this is my plan for the 52 ancestors in 52 we

  WEEK 51 – Cousins For the theme of “cousins” I’m not going with ancestral link to “cousins” as that’s the easy way out and most of mine are still alive. Anyway, 1 of my 2 nd great aunts (Eliza Richardson) married into the “cousins” family via George. The furthest person I have researched on the “Cousins” line is William “Cousins”, he was born February 1808 inmalton, Yorkshire. He married Elizabeth Milner and they had 7 sons, one of which was the above George. He died March 1873 in Yorkshire. On the 1841, 1851, 1861 and 1871 William is listed as ag lab or farm labourer.

  WEEK 50 - you wouldn’t believe it For many years I have unofficially been doing a one name study linked to the Lackey family of the UK. I now have 15 family trees that I am trying to link to my own lackey line. I have managed to link quite a few but still have the above 15. I never knew there was so many people with the Lackey name, and thought it was only a few in the UK. There has been 1 part I have wanted to link to my tree for nearly 10years but no matter what I did I couldn’t make a break through or link on it. This tree was the Whitehaven Lackey’s, the area I moved to over 10years ago and had no idea there was Lackey family here. Well “you wouldn’t believe it ” but I found a record that linked my 2 nd great uncle to the Lackey family of Whitehaven – he was the father of the head of the family here! I was so shocked and pleased at the same time. There is still 1 Lackey in Whitehaven I can’t link at the moment and that’s poor John buried in the local cemetery at the end of m

  WEEK 49 – Family recipe There is only 1 “ family recipe ” that has been passed down that I am aware of, it is a sausage casserole and was my 2 nd great grandmothers. It has been written about before so I’m not going to re-do it. Over the years things have been changed on the recipe and things removed or added, but back in the late 1800’s it would have been a lovely meal for the farmers and tin/iron workers of the family. My own children all like it and it is nice on a cold day.

  WEEK 48 – troublemaker There are a few that fit the title of “troublemaker” including myself. However, there is 1 ancestor that comes to mind his name was James Lackey, he was my great grand-uncle. James was born 11 OCT 1871 Quarrington Hill, Durham, he was married twice and had 1 child to each wife, he died 10 FEB 1932 in Leamside, Durham. At age 14 he was caught stealing Ladies tights and underwear in a shop, he was reprimanded for it but this didn’t stop him, the said underwear and tights he stole and got away with (can only guess a different day) he was caught selling outside the shop for a cheaper price than the shop was selling them for and was again arrested. I shouldn’t laugh but this is quite funny and I do think the guy could have been quite a character.

  WEEK 47 – this ancestor stayed at home My 2 nd Great Grandmother Sarah Ann Crockford “stayed at home”. She was an iron/tin workers wife and therefore looked after the house and children. Sarah was born 23 rd March 1867 in Denver, Norfolk, she married Walter William Bland in November 1888 and they had 12 children. She died 23 September 1953 in Essex. Sarah is not found on the 1881 census, on the 1891, 1901 and 1911 census there is no occupation but she had children, on the 1939 census she is listed as home duties. Her granddaughter Doreen, recalls her always being busy with sewing and mending, baking cakes and looking after the family.

  WEEK 46 – this ancestor went to market “This ancestor went to market ” has not been able to be completed as I cant find any who worked market stalls. I’m sure most of my ancestors actually used them for shopping etc.