Category Archives: Family history articles

Henry Atcherley’s World War One

< More Atcherley stories from World War 1 On 13 November 1915, in the Shropshire town of Wellington, the physical condition of Henry Atcherley, of 68 Trench Lane was assessed by a Medical Officer. Henry, a driller employed by C & W Walker at the Midland Iron Works in nearby Donnington, was found to be 24 years and 6 months… Read more »

Atcherley family stories from World War One

< More Atcherley stories from World War 1 Updated 5 December 2018. A selection of shorter WW1 stories featuring members, most of which I have (since putting this page online in 2011) developed and published on their own pages during the course of the First World War centenary. In time I will replace this page’s contents with a single story…. Read more »

John Atcherley and American Independence

Updated 4 July 2014 The connection between John Atcherley [] of Bristol and the events leading to the American Declaration of Independence in 1766 is a tenuous one to say the least. However it is enough for me to choose the Fourth of July as the day on which to write about him. When I originally wrote this article in 2011,… Read more »

An Atcherley in Canada – Part 2

< Back to Part 1 Charles Hedley Atcherley [] completed his World War One service as a Lieutenant, and completed his family with the birth of daughter Jean Marion Atcherley in 1918. [1, 2] Hedley did not rejoin the Mounties after the war, but he did resume his police career. The Toronto City Directory of 1921 showed Constable Chas Atcherly living… Read more »

An Atcherley in Canada – Part 1

< More Atcherley stories from World War 1 Canada Day seems a good time to look at the life of an Atcherley who made Canada his home. Born on 21 September 1889 in Walsall, Staffordshire, Charles Hedley Atcherley [] was the second son of Thomas Cureton Atcherley and Anne Griffiths. He grew up with two older and two younger sisters, after… Read more »

Judith Kynaston … and connections with Royalty?

Updated 30 August 2015 Today the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton, now the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, is the focus of attention for many, not just in Britain but around the world. The marriage of a ‘commoner’ and a man who is second in line to the throne has inspired more than a few genealogists to investigate… Read more »