Many prompts recently have emphasised the need to write not only the stories of our ancestors, but of ourselves, for future generations. Facebook recently presented me with a “memory”, a photo of me beside a car. Not very interesting in itself, but the memories came flooding back when I saw the date. I reposted it with the caption: “Eight years ago – the obligatory ‘take a photo of the rental car so we recognise it in car parks’ photo as … Continue reading
From Process Server to Petty Sessions Clerk, the story of Richard Hamilton of Newbridge, County Kildare, Ireland When I started my family history, my g-g-grandfather, Richard Henry Hamilton, intrigued and challenge me. Growing up in a long established Catholic family in Brisbane in the 1950’s and 60’s, I was surprised to find that Richard was a practising member of the Established Church of Ireland and a very devoted one at that. Before Richard Hamilton’s appointment as a Petty Sessions clerk, … Continue reading
Last month I wrote about Thomas Neville, the second child born to James and Elizabeth and baptised at St Lawrence, Reading in Berkshire. This was also the church where his elder sister Mary Neville was baptised on 24 October 1783, Mary is my 3rd Great Grandmother, and this story follows her life.[1] When about five years old her family moved to Henley-on-Thames and it appears likely Mary would have gone out to work in her early teens to help … Continue reading
