After a very long break, I’m back blogging with the next ancestor on my list: my 4g-grandmother Alice Maria Hardy. Alice Maria was baptized on December 29, 1782 at St Stephen’s Church in Norwich, Norfolk County, England. Her parents were James Hardy (1744-1817) and Eleanor Le Bas (1751/52-1846). Alice’s father had been married previously and […]
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Alice Maria Hardy (abt 1782 – 1874)
Posted in 52 Ancestors, Burton, Hardy, tagged Baptism record, Burial record, Census data, Marriage record, Photographs on September 21, 2017 | 1 Comment »
52 Ancestors: #52 Thomas Burton (1786-1867)
Posted in 52 Ancestors, Burton on December 31, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
Amy Johnson Crow, on her blog No Story Too Small, has challenged her fellow bloggers to post 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. This is week fifty-two – just in the nick of time! My great-great-great-great grandfather Thomas Burton was born in about 1786 to Thomas and Elizabeth (Sendall) Burton. He married Alice Maria Hardy, daughter of […]
52 Ancestors: #30 Thomas Burton (1816-1898)
Posted in 52 Ancestors, Burton on August 3, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
Amy Johnson Crow, on her blog No Story Too Small, has challenged her fellow bloggers to post 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. This is week thirty. My great-great-great grandfather, Thomas Burton, was born on May 28, 1816 in Wrenhigham, Co. Norfolk, England. His parents were Thomas Burton Sr. and Alice Maria Hardy. I don’t know anything […]
52 Ancestors: #11 Alice Jane (Burton) Johnson (1848-1928)
Posted in 52 Ancestors, Burton, Johnson on March 17, 2014 | 1 Comment »
Amy Johnson Crow, on her blog No Story Too Small, has challenged her fellow bloggers to post 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. This is week eleven. My great-great grandmother Alice Jane Burton was born on December 22, 1848. She was the first child born to Thomas Burton and Dionysia (Ansted) Burton. At the time the […]
SNGF: My Genea-Bucket List
Posted in Ansted, Bohle, Burton, Coulman, Davey, Doan, Fee, Haight, Hunter, Johnson, Lusty, Salter, St. John, Summerville, Thomas, tagged SNGF on July 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It’s Saturday Night and time for some Genealogy Fun courtesy of Randy Seaver over at Genea-Musings. Our mission is to create a “Genea-Bucket List”. Knowing that a “Bucket List” is a wish list of things to do before death: 1) What is on your Genealogy Bucket List? What research locations do you want to visit? […]
The Face of Genealogy
Posted in Burton, Johnson, tagged Photographs on June 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I followed the discussion about the LAWeekly story on the Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree today but couldn’t get near my computer until now. For me, genealogy is about the children. Both my own, who I hope will grow to someday have an interest in their history, and the uncountable generations of children who grew up to have their own children to […]
John Ansted, Jr. (1821-1876) and sons
Posted in Ansted, Burton, tagged Baptism record, Burial record, Census data, Marriage record, Will on May 11, 2011 | 1 Comment »
John Ansted, Jr. was my great-great-great grand uncle. His sister Dionysia was my great-great-great grandmother. John intrigues me because he was the eldest of a family of seven and he was the only son. He worked with his father at the family business (Clark, Ansted & Co., fruit brokers) until his death a year before his father’s passing. […]