#52Ancestors – Mother’s Day
2018 Week 19 This week’s #52ancestors theme is ‘Mother’s Day’ as the USA and Canada celebrate it this weekend. So I am going to write about an amazing mother who raised a family of nine children by herself;… Read More
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#52Ancestors – Favourite Name
2018 Week 6 It’s week 6 of #52ancestors and this week’s theme is ‘Favourite Name’. I mentioned my favourite name in Week 3 – Longevity. It’s Repentance O’BRIANT – however as she is a major brick wall there… Read More
#52Ancestors – In the Census
2018 Week 5 It’s Week 5 of #52ancestors and the theme this week is ‘In the Census’. As a mathematician, I enjoy statistics so am going to give a couple of statistics behind my family in the census…. Read More
#52Ancestors – Invite to Dinner
2018 Week 4 It’s Week 4 of #52Ancestors and this week’s theme is ‘Invite to Dinner’. I’m not sure if this was an invite or if my great-great grandfather applied to attend but this event came to mind… Read More
#52Ancestors – Longevity
2018 Week 3 The theme for Week 3 of #52ancestors is ‘Longevity’. The obvious person to talk about this week is my 4x great grandmother Kezia JENKINS (nee SMITH). Her death certificate gave her age as 104 when… Read More
#52Ancestors – Favourite Photo
2018 Week 2 The theme this week (which is now last week) is ‘Favourite Photo’. The photo below is one of my favourite family history photos – kindly copied from the original held by my mum’s cousin Ba…. Read More
#52Ancestors – Start
2018 Week 1 Back in early 2018, I decided to challenge myself and take part in the #52Ancestors Challenge. This involves writing about an ancestor each week along a theme (the first week was ‘Start’) set by Amy… Read More