Tag Archives: Butcher One-Name Study

John Hunt Butcher & his link to sheep..

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Julie Goucher

I was having a trawl through the Australian Newspaper Archives a while ago and came across this article which relates to my Butcher ancestors from Hascombe Surrey. John Hunt Butcher had inherited the estate called Park Hatch at Hascombe Surrey. He … Continue reading →

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George’s War

Posted on March 3, 2012 by Julie Goucher

Back in 2008, I launched the Blog – George’s War. The aim was to explore and research my Grandfather’s part in the Second World War. When I started this quest, I didn’t really think that there was much in the … Continue reading →

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What a tangled web we weave…..

Posted on February 18, 2012 by Julie Goucher

I was looking at a notebook this morning and spotted something, the surname of Burchell.  I knew I had already a reference to that surname, so I pulled the Butcher file off the bookcase and started to plough my way … Continue reading →

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Sepia Saturday 107 – Under Arrest

Posted on January 7, 2012 by Julie Goucher

This photograph seemed rather fitting, given that we have the Diamond Jubilee this year.  Taken in June 1953 for the Coronation Parade. The rear of the photo has the handwriting of my Great Aunt Dorothy May nee Butcher (1915-2010). She … Continue reading →

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Virtual Advent Tour – Kiva – Genealogists for Families Project

Posted on December 18, 2011 by Julie Goucher

I am delighted to take part in the Virtual Advent Tour hosted by Marg & Kelly. This is my first time of taking part and I am hoping that it won’t be the last. It is a wonderful way to … Continue reading →

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Carnival Of Genealogy 111 – Autumn Weddings

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Julie Goucher

The 4th November represents the 72nd anniversary of my beloved Grandparents, Lilian Edith Matthews to George Butcher. I would love to be able to illustrate this post with a photograph of the happy couple, but sadly I can not, as … Continue reading →

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Carnival Of Genealogy 109 – Our Ancestors’ Place of Worship!

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Julie Goucher

St Nicholas Church in Guildford Surrey was the venue of my Christening in the late 1960s, that of my Mum in the mid 1940s and my Grandmother in 1913. It was also the venue where my Grandfather’s sisters married during … Continue reading →

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NaBloPoMo – August – Fiction

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Julie Goucher

The NaBloPoMo word for August if Fiction and whilst, I don’t always take part my thoughts turned to the fiction of my family history. We have all inherited stories of our ancestry and very often by the time we research … Continue reading →

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Weekend Cooking – Wheat Wine anyone?

Posted on April 9, 2011 by Julie Goucher

This recipe is one of my treasured possessions. It is a recipe for Wheat Wine written circa 1965 by my Great Grandmother, Annie Prudence Butcher nee Harris.

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Shades of the Departed – Occupations

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Julie Goucher

I had planned to submit and article for this feature, but life and work got in the way and I have not had time to develop the post properly or to submit it on time. Nonetheless, I had written this … Continue reading →

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