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My grandmother, Pheobe Ross was born in Knockadoois. I believe her birthdate was 30 January 1884. She left Ireland with her sister Sarah from Londonderry on the ship "Furnessia". I don't have the departure date, but the ...Read more

A memory of Knockadoois in 1880 by James Dunn

My great grandmother's sister Frances Ostler/nee Start (died 1889) is buried at Rousdon Church yard with her husband Luke Ostler (died 1916). They have a very strange looking memorial it is a long oak slab with an ...Read more

A memory of Rousdon in 1880

I've been researching my family history and my great-grandmother Sarah Anne Olden lived in Michelmersh in the 1880s. I think she had a large family and a lot of them are buried at Awbridge. She married Enos, or Eneas, Hillier and ...Read more

A memory of Michelmersh in 1880 by Simon Huggins

My gran was born in the Ivorites 1897. Her parents ran it (Bill & Margaret Moore) & later her sister Margaret who married Henry James. Bill Moore was a bare knuckle fighter on the mountain ... illegal! There were 7 children of ...Read more

A memory of Aberbeeg in 1880 by Rita Tait

My gg grandmother, Elizabeth Sneedon, b 1854 in Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire and married to William Charties Edgar from Dunscore in 1782. Looking for info on her father, Grorge Sneedon b 1824 and family who was living at Halleaths in ...Read more

A memory of Lochmaben in 1880 by Derek William Biggar Dickson

I am trying to trace my family tree. I am looking for any info about the Broomfield family. Mr Charles Henry Broomfield born 1855 buried 14th June 1937 aged 83 in St Johns, Marchwood. Also his wife Mrs Maria ...Read more

A memory of Calmore in 1880 by Kerrry Stanley

In the 1800s my gt gt gt grandparents lived in Collingbourne Ducis, house numbers 5, 21, 71, 53, according to the booklet 'Memories of C. D'. My grandfather John Swatton b.1871, d.1951. My father ...Read more

A memory of Collingbourne Ducis in 1880

Not a memory as such but my gt.gt. Uncle Reverend Robert Blythe, Clergyman of the Church of England moved to Ogbourne St George where he became Rector of the church. Robert Blythe moved to Ogbourne St. George from ...Read more

A memory of Ogbourne St George in 1880 by Beryl Mann

My ancestors, Goodman, came from Batchworth and my grandfather was born at Bury Farm Cottage. According to the old maps the plot now is sadly at the bottom of one of the lakes. I know that in the 1870s the Bury and ...Read more

A memory of Rickmansworth in 1880 by Brenda Ambrosone

My great-grandfather was born at The Folly, Deerhurst in 1886 and moved to Walton, Deerhurst, his name was Thomas Finch. Thomas's father was David Finch and his mother was Annie Finch (nee Jackson). We know that Thomas moved to ...Read more

A memory of Deerhurst Walton in 1880 by Marie Roberts