Category Archives: Butcher One-Name Study

Favourite Book(s) #29 – The Writing Diet by Julia Cameron

Posted on July 21, 2018 by Julie Goucher

I have mentioned before on this site that I have kept a journal since I was 12. What started as a small homework book that I was presented with at senior school morphed into something else a complete note of … Continue reading →

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Advent Calendar 2017 – Christmas Cards

Posted on December 4, 2017 by Julie Goucher

A version of this post appeared back in 2010. I have repeated it here, with minor tweaks! I remember both my Mum and Grandmother sending cards, but not how many or what happened to them. I have a few old … Continue reading →

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Wonersh Street circa 1933

Posted on October 28, 2015 by Julie Goucher

What is especially wonderful about this row of houses on the left is that my ancestor, John Butcher (1795 – 1877) inherited one of them on the death of his father, James Butcher. John was born illegitimately in 1795 to … Continue reading →

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Sale Details – Great Tangley Manor, Wonersh – May 1958

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Julie Goucher

Great Tangley Manor Wonersh Surrey Estate Agents Outline Sales Details Magazine Advert    From Country Life, May 1958  

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Desk Ramblings…..(19)

Posted on June 12, 2014 by Julie Goucher

The last few months (well since my last Desk Ramblings in March this year) have been busy. I am finishing a day job project. Working on another project with a September deadline and have been scoping out a further project. … Continue reading →

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Royal Artillery Attestation Papers (1883 – 1942)

Posted on May 3, 2014 by Julie Goucher

A few days ago, FindmyPast announced that they had released as part of their 100 record sets in 100 days the Royal Artillery Attestation Papers (1883 – 1942). I already have my Grandfather’s military record which I ordered from Veteran … Continue reading →

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Royal Artillery Attestation Papers (1883 – 1942)

Posted on May 2, 2014 by Julie Goucher

Yesterday I wrote about the Royal Artillery records that FindMyPast have just released. You can read that post HERE. Later on I was involved in a conversation via Twitter with +Seonaid Harvey Lewis about the various purposes of the columns on the … Continue reading →

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52 Ancestors:# 5 ~ George Butcher (1908 – 1974)

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Julie Goucher

No Story Too Small This post is for week 5 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge by Amy Crow from No Story Too Small. You can read the list of my posts HERE George Butcher circa 1940 I … Continue reading →

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George Butcher 1908 – 1974

Posted on July 20, 2013 by Julie Goucher

Today, commemorates the death of my Grandfather, George Butcher. Born in 1908 in Wanborough he was one of 9 children who survived into adulthood from a family of 12. My Grandfather was a man of principle, at the time of … Continue reading →

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Employment

Posted on July 8, 2013 by Julie Goucher

Trying to piece together my Grandfather’s life before he joined the Army in 1940 has been slow. Frustrating, as within living memory I could have had the answers. I have been researching my ancestry since the mid 1980’s and there … Continue reading →

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