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One Lovely Blog Award

Posted on March 6, 2011 by Julie Goucher

Thanks to Fi of Fi’s Magical Writing Haven and to Kathy of Pond-er-Deeply for both awarding me the One Lovely Blog Award. It has been a lovely surprise and I am delighted that you both think that the Anglers Rest … Continue reading →

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Ancestor of the week – Willliam James West

Posted on March 6, 2011 by Julie Goucher

This is the belated post from 26 February. William James West was born in Aldershot Hampshire in 1898, the son of William Arthur West, a military man and, Emma Jane Ellis (Harris). I had always known that my Grandfather’s first … Continue reading →

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Ancestor of the week – William Arthur West – Part One

Posted on February 26, 2011 by Julie Goucher

This is the belated post from 19th February. William Arthur West was born in 1863 in Guildford. I became aware of him through the his marriage to my Grandfather’s Aunt – Emma Jane Ellis (Harris). They married in 1897 and … Continue reading →

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Ancestor of the week – Lilian Edith Butcher nee Matthews

Posted on February 12, 2011 by Julie Goucher

This week I am featuring my late Grandmother, whose family I have focused on thus far in the Family History Writing Challenge. Born Lilian Edith Matthews in Guildford Surrey on 18th December 1912, the daughter of John Matthews and Mary … Continue reading →

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Ancestor of the week – George Butcher

Posted on February 5, 2011 by Julie Goucher

My Ancestor of the week post for this week is about my Grandfather George Butcher 1908 – 1974. Born the son of Charles Butcher and Annie Prudence Harris, who is often known in my research notes as APH! George was … Continue reading →

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Ancestor of the week – John King

Posted on February 5, 2011 by Julie Goucher

I have mentioned in other posts, here and here about the King family of Puttenham Surrey. Of the family there was only one boy, John born in 1788 in the parish of Puttenham Surrey and died in 1812 in the … Continue reading →

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Ancestor Approved Award

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Julie Goucher

Thank you to Allin at Australian Genealogy Journal (ausgenjourneys) for nominating the Anglers Rest blog for the Ancestor Approved Award. I do feel really honoured to have received the nomination. This Award was created by Leslie Ann Ballou at Ancestors … Continue reading →

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Ancestor of the week – George Bridges Bellasis & Ester King

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Julie Goucher

Inspired by the post on Twigs of Yore in commemoration of Australia Day – 26 January, and doubling up as my Ancestor of the Week post. Find the earliest piece of documentation you have about an ancestor in Australia. If … Continue reading →

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Ancestor of the week – Henry Budd

Posted on January 15, 2011 by Julie Goucher

My Ancestor this week has always been a bit of a challenge. Just when I think I have “got” him something happens that changes any hypothesis that I might have. I started researching my ancestry the way most of us … Continue reading →

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Ancestor of the week – Henry Rhodes Hindle

Posted on January 8, 2011 by Julie Goucher

The following posting started life as a posting and article made back in 2007 to the now defunct Yahoo group “Preserving our Heritage” (POH). There were also four post scripts to the article through the course of 2007 – 2008. … Continue reading →

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