“THE unhappy Condition of many People, who labour under the double Distress of Sickness and Want, hath occasion’d an ENQUIRY, Whether some Publick Provision may not be made for their Relief, in Imitation of the HOSPITALS and INFIRMARIES in LONDON and WESTMINSTER.” So began a printed address – A Proposal for Erecting an Infirmary for the Poor-Sick and Lame of… Read more »
Last weekend (29 – 31 March) I attended the 40th conference and AGM of the Guild of One-Name Studies. Appropriately, for a gathering to celebrate the Guild’s Ruby Anniversary, the theme of the conference was ‘Past, Present and Future.’ The range of subjects covered by the speakers certainly ensured that all aspects of the theme were covered! To learn more… Read more »
It’s not to late to review how I did with my Genealogy Goals for last year, and plan ahead for 2019, right? Of course it isn’t! I’d best get on with it then and assess what I achieved, what I missed out on, what I’ll be bringing forward into this year, and any new goals that need to be added…. Read more »
John Atcherley [], born on 18 May 1766, was – like his father before him – the second of three sons born to a father of the same name as himself. Unlike his father before him however, this John Atcherley was not destined to take on the family farm at Moortown in the Shropshire parish of Ercall Magna. In my… Read more »
< Back to Part 3. The loss of his beloved wife Sarah [] must have hit Aaron Stark Symes [] very hard. The couple had been married for nearly four decades and prior to Sarah’s sudden and fatal illness, they had every expectation of spending many more years together. Aaron’s duties as Commander of steam-packets ferrying mail across the Irish Sea had… Read more »
< Back to Part 1. In my article Revising the roots of the family tree I investigated the ancestry of my 8x great grandparents John Atcherley [] and his wife Elizabeth (née Elsmere) []. In this article however I will be looking at John and Elizabeth as potential parents of Richard Atcherley [] and ancestors of the line of Atcherleys who inhabited Edgerley in… Read more »