The following is a transcript of the obituary (and associated reports) for William Blizard Williamson (the elder) of Worcester. He was (via the adoption of my mother) my Great Great Grandfather and lived from about 1811/12 until 15 September 1878.
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13 December, 2016
Obituary: William Blizard Williamson (the elder) of Worcester
27 October, 2016
The Willetts of Colchester, Essex (and Daylight Saving) 2 of 2
I have split my current discussion of the Willetts of Colchester into two posts:
- (Previous Post) How I am related (through an adoptive line) to the William Willett of Daylight saving fame. He is my Great Great Uncle, so I need to trace back to his father (also William Willett) and thence to him.
- (This Post) Checking out the structure of the family at the beginning of the 19th Century (William Willett, the elder’s ancestors). Hopefully this will provide a few hooks for those who think they are related to the Colchester Willetts.
This article is fairly long and detailed – a briefer post about Willett Antecedents summarises some of the relationships.
(more…)12 October, 2016
1 September, 2014
Identifying FANYs in Newspaper Cutting
This post ties into the post about Evelyn Faulder’s Military Medal. Recent comments by Juliet Webster have prompted me to revisit this story. There is a press cutting in the family (from the Daily Mirror of 23 July 1918):
Cutting; Photo of MM Award Winners
But who is who?
6 September, 2012
Faulders mentioned in BBC Who Do You Think You Are
The 5 September 2012 Edition of (the BBC Series of) Who Do You Think You Are? featured the singer Annie Lennox. Her Great Great Great Grandmother, Mary Rose, was the “Natural Daughter” of a James Rose (Church terminology for illegitimate). It seems that a few months after the birth of Mary, James Rose married an Isabella Faulder. That caught my attention!
(more…)29 August, 2010
24 August, 2010
Faulder Cumberland Antecedents
Other posts have made reference to the half-family arising from Catherine Blaylock marrying two Robert Faulders and to the intertwining of various families mainly in North Cumberland in the 18th and 19th Centuries.
This diagram (click on it to see it full size) shows some of the links that have been established.
Faulder and associated families: marriages around the 18th and 19th Centuries (click for full-size image)
23 August, 2010
Willett Antecedents
The early Willetts take a bit of disentangling due to second marriages and marriages to other Willetts. What follows is a summary; there is a more detailed explanation with references on another post. (more…)
