Two women candidates, Mrs. Mary H. Atcherley of Oahu and Mrs. Helen Sniffen of Maui, democrats, running for the territorial senate, were nominated, both leading their tickets. Mrs. Atcherly, who is well known in Vancouver, B. C, Seattle, Wash., and the northwest, is the first woman to run for office in Honolulu. She is conceded to be a strong candidate… Read more »
Most of the records relating to James Rennell Atcherley [] of Bridgnorth, Shropshire, show that he was a veterinary surgeon. Some, though, provide evidence of a secondary occupation which would have supplemented James’ income, that of an innkeeper or publican. These records include newspaper reports of cases at the Petty Sessions at Bridgnorth, in which James had suffered trespass or was… Read more »
INSCRIBED ON A PRESENT OF PLATE. To Mr. George Hilditch: PRESENTED, WITH OTHER ARTICLES OF PLATE, BY HIS FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCE, IN TESTIMONY OF THEIR ADMIRATION OF HIS INTREPID CONDUCT, IN SAVING MR. THOMAS ATCHERLY FROM DROWNING, WHILE BATHING IN THE RIVER PERRY, JULY 5TH, 1839. The above words were reproduced in John William Bythell’s anthology Salopia, The news-room, and… Read more »
One of my 10 Genealogy Goals for 2015 was to attend the “Who Do You Think You Are? Live” show, held at Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre from Thursday 16 to Saturday 18 April. That goal has now been achieved – I attended all three days and immersed myself in the full WDYTYA? experience! Note that larger versions of all the photos… Read more »
I love the fact that even after spending many hundreds of hours researching the Atcherley family, its members can still surprise me. One such surprise, a bombshell in fact, came when I looked at the expanded collection of London Workhouse records at Ancestry this week. In one of the Porters Admission and Discharge Registers for Christ Church Workhouse, Southwark, was… Read more »
The day on which “Minnie” Caroline Frances Amherst Stacey [] became a member of the Atcherley family was a very special occasion – and not just for Caroline and her new husband. In the Shropshire, Denbighshire and Flintshire villages where David Francis Atcherley [] was ‘squire’ there were feasts and festivities arranged for many of the local inhabitants. Saturday 10 February 1866… Read more »