Shake the tree and nuts fall out!

  Week 31 (Aug. 2-8): Favorite Name – clara Many people have a “ favourite name ” for many reasons – it’s linked to someone close to them, it’s their own name, has a religious link to them or something else. I for one have a “ favourite name ” but I can’t tell you why I like it, I just do. My “ favourite name ” is Clara. It sounds lovely, not too posh or common, is easy to say and spell and is also slightly unusual. It was a popular name in the late 1880-1890s and seemed to make a comeback in the 1990s but since then has gone down again in popularity, in 2020 it was at 103 in the top names list. I don’t actually know anyone called Clara. I have loved this name for many years, but strangely it was only a passing suggestion as a name if I had had girls, I’m not sure why it wasn’t on my definite list, however, if I was to have another baby and it was a girl I am 99% certain it would now be on the list. Clara isn’t a common name, and neither are my 3 sons so would fit in well. I have 33 la

  Week 30 (July 26-Aug. 1): Health Margaret Rose Thompson Nurse “ Health” could cover many things – those that have bad “Health ” (there’s loads of them including myself), it could be linked to those who ended up in asylums (again there’s loads but I can’t think of who offhand), those who died from “ Health” problems or those who worked in a “ health ” care profession (I was a volunteer with St John Ambulance as were my children, but not using that option.) I have decided to use my Aunt Margaret Rose Thompson, she was born 9 Nov 1944 in Ely Cambridgshire and was the daughter of Amy Rose Bland and Arthur Thompson and sister to Victor, Fred, Doreen and Joyce. Margaret was only 8years old when her mother died of cancer and she was only 14 when her father died. She was then brought up by her sister Doreen. The photo left was taken in Ely in 1948 and shows Margaret (child), sat between her parents, the lady on left is her sister Doreen, the man standing is her brother Fred and the lad

  Week 29 (July 19-25): Fashion “ Fashion ” is a form of self-expression and autonomy at a particular period and place and in a specific context, of clothing, footwear, lifestyle, accessories, makeup, hairstyle, and body posture. In its everyday use, the term implies a look defined by the “ fashion ” industry as that which is trending. There has been many “ fashions ” over the years and looking at some of the clothes my ancestors wore I’m glad I wasn’t around in that time, yet others i have had the "wow" i would love o have worn that. I don’t have anyone that has been linked to “ fashion ” in the sense of designing it or making it (that I know of). But I do have lots of photos of ancestors in different “ fashions ” over the years. There was no way I could pick just a couple of these “ fashion s” so I have made a collage of some of them (I could have added loads more), ladies, mens and weddings. It shows how things have changed over the years. Ladies: Weddings: Mens (not

  Week 28 (July 12-18): Transportation – Guymers/Haylocks to Australia I have a few family photos of family with cars etc but most I have already added a story on, the main being Cecil Lackey, he liked his cars and was in a local paper following a road accident. But, I also have many ancestors that travelled abroad by ship. So for “ transportation ” I am going to use the Guymer family who were “transported” by 2 ships from the UK to Australia. Elijah Guymer Haylock was the first of the family to be “ transported ” to Australia. Elijah was the 4 th child and second son of John Haylock and Mary Gascoyne Guymer. He was born 10 JUNE 1832 in Great Thurlow, Suffolk, England. Elijah left the UK from Plymouth on 9 th February 1851 (see ships list below) on board the Catherine, and arrived in Adelaide Australia 26 th May 1851. Due to his travel, he is not on a UK census in 1851. Elijah was married to Harriet Gayland on 22 Aug 1853 at Trinity Church Adelaide Ade, South Australia. They h

  Week 27 (July 5-11): Free – Freeman family I did think about using the “free” genealogy websites and tools available, but there are so many and I would feel bad on missing some out, I then thought of any family members that were “Freemasons” , but I couldn’t think of any that were, I know there are some but my mind went blank. So I typed “Free” into the search bar on my tree and there are a few “ Freeman ” members, it appears that they are from 2 different families and not linked (this has not been fully checked so could be a link further back). So, I plan to do a little bit on each of them. First up is Albert Granger “ Freeman ”, he was the husband of niece of spouse of 2nd great-grandaunt to me. Albert was born 1 st September 1886 in Leeds, Yorkshire. He married Elsie Clingo on 15 th April 1911 at Prospect Chapel, Domestic Street, Holbeck, he is listed as a Commercial Clerk. They were married after the 1911 census and he is with his family on that. In 1939 him and Elsie are

  Week 26 (June 28-July 4): Conflict As per the above description conflict is a serious disagreement. I wasn’t sure where to go with this theme of “ conflict ” but after receiving yet another message from a person on the net about “ conflicting ” information that I have, I have decided that is the route I’m taking. Over the past few months I have received numerous messages telling me that my information is wrong and “ conflicts ” what they have/have been told etc. In every case I have been able to prove that my information is correct and that they are wrong. Messages of “ conflict ” are listed below: 1.       “Your sons name is incorrect, it should have a capital K in the middle – it should be spelt MacKenzie not Mackenzie, you need to change it”. – ANSWER - Excuse me??? No it shouldn’t, I carried my son my 9months, gave birth to him and named him, therefore I know that his name is spelt correctly – would you like to see his birth certificate? My son’s name is Mackenzie, it usually ha

  Week 25 (June 21-27): Groups – Haylock-Baulch family I don’t have many photos of “groups” of people except for wedding photos which are mainly of living people and as I don’t have their permission to put them all over the internet I cant use, and I used my parents wedding photo for a similar week last year., but I do have 2 lovely family “group” photos belonging to distant ancestors. The “group” photos are of family members who lived out in Australia. They were the Baulch family, linked to me via the wife who was a Haylock. Hannah Amelia Haylock is my 3 rd cousin 3x removed via my Mums side of the family. Hannah was born on 7 JAN 1868 in Oamaru, New Zealand, she was the 3 rd child of her parents (Daniel Haylock and Elizabeth Tanner) but the eldest daughter. She married George Fredrick Baulch, who was born 27th September 1866 in Tower Hill, Victoria, Australia  to parents James Baulch and Ann Hulme (I have no idea of how many siblings he had as not looked into him and his family)

  Week 24 (June 14-20): Father’s Day For “father’s day” it would seem best to use my Dad, but I have written about him on his own and in a couple of posts, so I don’t want to repeat myself.  Therefore, I am doing a general bit on “father’s Day” like I did for mothers day. Many of the men in my tree were “fathers” so it’s only fair that this goes out to all of them. Because without them going back I would not be here today.  Many of the men (" father's " or otherwise) were hard working men, who spent their lives doing various occupations - shoemaking, coal mining, military, drapers, grocers etc, so that they could support their wives and children in the best way that they could do. Some took on their ladies children from previous marriages/relationships, and some had to bring them up as single " father's " due to mothers dying in or after childbirth. Happy “fathers day” to all of the dads in my tree, especially my Dad Peter Lackey.

  Week 23 (June 7-13): Bridge This weeks theme of “ Bridge ” would have been great for where we scattered my parents ashes at Ashness “ Bridge ” in the Lake District but I used it for a favourite place. An uncle lives in “ Bridgewater ” but not much I can write about him, I had thought I may end up using a lady called “ Bridget ” but when I started to type in her name, a distant ancestor came up with the surname “ Bridge ” so I started to look into him. Edward " Bridge " was the husband of my 3rd great-grand aunt on my mothers side. Edward “Bridge” was the eldest child and 1 st son of James “Bridge” and Susannah Starling, and brother to 9 known siblings. Edward was born on 15 th July 1834 in Westerly Waterless, Cambridgeshire, UK, he was baptised 29 th March 1835 at Westerly Waterless, Cambridgeshire. On the 1851 census Edward was 16 and listed as a farm labourer, in 1861 and 1871 census he is listed as an ag labourer. In 1881 he is listed as a Hawker (I had to look