Tag Archives: Somerset

Are you related to the BORER, MERRETT, LIGHT or COMFORT families from Middlesex, Wiltshire and Hampshire?

Posted on April 16, 2024 by charnwoodgenealogy

Another lovely old photographic postcard that I found recently, as below, showed a girls baton group that was based in Bournemouth – the card was posted in 1914 from Bournemouth to a Miss E BORER in Wealdstone in Middlesex – … Continue reading →

Posted in BORER, COMFORT, Guild of One Name Studies, LIGHT, MERRETT, Old Photograph, One Name Studies, One Place Studies, Social History | Tagged ancestry, Baton, Bournemouth, Corsham, Dorset, family-history, genealogy, Gravesend, Hampshire, HarrowWeald, history, Kent, Middlesex, NortoftRoad, Parkstone, PickwickRoad, Somerset, Wealdstone, Wiltshire | Leave a comment

UPDATE – Photo Reunited: Are you related to the GRACEY or KILLEY Families from Bristol and Liverpool?

Posted on September 20, 2021 by charnwoodgenealogy

UPDATE: I was contacted a couple of weeks ago by Tim the grandson and son of the two males shown in this lovely old GRACEY and KILLEY family photograph below and it has now been posted and reunited with it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in GRACEY, Guild of One Name Studies, IRELAND, KILLEY, Old Photograph, Postcard, WHITLA | Tagged Bristol, Clifton, Donegal, GRACEY, IRELAND, KILLEY, LetterKenny, Liverpool, Somerset, WHITLA | 6 Comments

Continuation: Great Grandmother Edith Rosa SINCLAIR research and links to the BOYS and POULETT families

Posted on December 2, 2020 by charnwoodgenealogy

Back in 2017 I wrote two blog posts about smashing my own ‘Brick Wall’ into my missing Great Grandmother Edith Rosa SINCLAIR and the connections I had finally made into her mother Clara Martha BOYS and her family – however … Continue reading →

Posted in BOYS, CRISP, Guild of One Name Studies, MELVILLE, NEWMAN, POULETT, SINCLAIR | Tagged 3GardenRow, BOYS, Chard, CRISP, Earl, HintonStGeorge, Lambeth, MELVILLE, NEWMAN, POULETT, Somerset | Leave a comment

Do you have a John Albert HEIL or a Rachel Phyllis HOWARD in your family tree?

Posted on August 16, 2019 by charnwoodgenealogy

A recent old wedding photograph postcard find provided very few clues apart from Heil Howard 13199 written in pencil on the back – could these possibly be the surnames of the bride and groom? On a quick search of marriage … Continue reading →

Posted in DENT, Guild of One Name Studies, HEIL, HOWARD, Old Photograph, Wedding photograph, WILKINS | Tagged Devon, KingsLYNN, Somerset, Taunton | 2 Comments

UPDATE – Photo Reunited: Reginald Stephen COPLESTON Bishop of Colombo – an unexpected family photograph find!!

Posted on April 8, 2019 by charnwoodgenealogy

UPDATE: The lovely old family photograph in my original blog post has recently been reunited with Libby, a member of the COPLESTON family, whose Grandmother Frances Mary COPLESTON we believe is the small girl on the left of the photograph. … Continue reading →

Posted in CHENEVIX-TRENCH, COLLEY, COPLESTON, Guild of One Name Studies, Old Photograph, SHARPE, TEMPLE | Tagged Bishop, Calcutta, CHENEVIXTRENCH, COLLEY, Colombo, COPLESTON, India, JudicialCommissioner, SHARPE, Somerset, SriLanka, TEMPLE | 5 Comments

UPDATE – Photo Reunited: Are you related to the MARTIN’s from MERRIOTT in Somerset?

Posted on December 29, 2018 by charnwoodgenealogy

One of my most recent lovely old family photograph finds was this super picture of a mother with her four sons, on the back of which someone had kindly written the family names: R J H MARTIN, W W MARTIN, … Continue reading →

Posted in Guild of One Name Studies, MANFIELD, MARTIN, Old Photograph | Tagged Crewkerne, MANFIELD, MARTIN, Merriott, Somerset | Leave a comment

UPDATE – Photo Reunited: Joseph Halsted COBDEN born 6th May 1917

Posted on June 13, 2018 by charnwoodgenealogy

Further to this original blog post in June 2018 and following a phone call last night and a lovely chat with a lady called Caroline today this lovely old photograph of Joseph Halsted COBDEN, is currently in the post on … Continue reading →

Posted in BUSH, COBDEN, Guild of One Name Studies, HALSTED, Old Photograph, POOL, Postcard | Tagged Bruton, BUSH, COBDEN, HALSTED, Martock, Somerset | 2 Comments

Are you a FRY from Cossington in Somerset?

Posted on March 29, 2017 by charnwoodgenealogy

Another of my recent old photographic postcard finds was one of a grave bearing the names of John and Martha FRY – who were they and where were they buried? Well I do love a challenge!! John FRY died on the 3rd … Continue reading →

Posted in FRY, Guild of One Name Studies, Old Photograph, Postcard | Tagged Aberdare, Cossington, FRY, Glamorgan, Somerset, Wales | 1 Comment

Intriguing WW1 photograph – George WALTERS & family Wellisford Cottages Wellington Somerset

Posted on September 30, 2016 by charnwoodgenealogy

Regular readers of this blog will know that when visiting car boot sales and antique fairs I try to find old postcards and photographs with a WW1 connection that I can research and possibly reunite with a family member. On my … Continue reading →

Posted in Guild of One Name Studies, Postcard, WALTERS, World War 1, WW1 Photograph | Tagged BattleoftheSomme, Harpurhey, Somerset, Somme, Wellington, WellisfordManor | 7 Comments