Jane Deeley Family History

Delighted to add another new name to my tree today as my cousin has just become a grandmother for the first time! Don’t forget - trees go forward as well as back!

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Elderly man in cream sweater sitting in garden

Historic photo of carpenter in overalls

Historic photo of young man in Royal Marine uniform

Historic studio photo of 2 boys dressed in suits and ties, the elder one sitting down.

My lovely maternal grandad was born 129 years ago today 🩶

Enjoyed a day at Blists Hill Victorian town today and learnt some fascinating facts about pharmacies, young women’s teeth and green candles for mines. (Not connected, I hasten to add!)

North- Reykjavik, Iceland
South- Mombasa, Kenya
East - Mombasa, Kenya
West - Maui, Hawaii USA

Image of Scottish OPR reads “July 17 [1825] Duncan Menzies and Euphemia McGregor had a son baptised James”

My paternal 2x GGF was baptised on this day 200 years ago. He brought my family name to the south of England when he took up a position as a gardener in Wilts and then Dorset. A huge journey for a young man in the 1840s

Really enjoyed being part of this and being able to commemorate Martha Croucher. A life cut short too early, and seemingly full of troubles but still important to remember her.

Can’t see a connection to rogue George & family atm but it’s bound to be there as unusual surname. More annoyingly can’t find any info on ‘my’ George after childhood census, but that’s for another time - day job calls!

to find I had been chasing the wrong George all this time! 😏 Spotted a discrepancy in age at death & looked again, finding another George born in similar area two years previously. Should also have noticed wrong father’s name on marriage, but hey I was a novice back then! ☺️ …

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A frustrating day yesterday spent adding more to & writing up a 2G uncle previously added to tree. Lots about his work as a coachman/chauffeur, WW1 service in the RAVC, maps of the places he lived & worked, spouse etc (no children) …

Knowing this one, he is almost certainly dreaming of the next way to kill something. If he had access to a gun, he’d be terrifying! 🙀. (He’s particularly partial to egg boxes!🤷🏼‍♀️)

Thanks to this dad for clarifying his family and acknowledging his missing child - makes the research just a bit easier!

Wedding photo from 1954. The couple are cutting the wedding cake and smiling at the camera.

My favourite part of my family tree! 🩷 71 years ago today my parents married. It was Easter Saturday and apparently quite chilly. (Mum’s godmother shocked she wasn’t wearing a vest!) Younger here than my children are now. Both sadly gone.

And me! (And I don’t even need to look sideways!)

Word cloud graphic with names of women

Looking forward to joining the #FewForgottenWomen project today. I have my subject’s name and can’t wait to find and tell her story. (Couple of errands to run first, then I shall be diving in!) @afewforgottenwomen.bsky.social

I did think about that too, but at least it would balance out some of my shadier menfolk!

Looking forward to a trip to the south coast this weekend. Wildlife for him and genealogy for her. (Let’s hope we’re not swamped by the footie fans!) 🚐 🦆🌳

Lovely! I’ve made many of her blankets over the years. Just need more family to gift them to - our house is full 😉 (maybe that’s where my 2 hobbies collide 🤔)

Christening photo from 1960s of 4 generations of women- baby, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.

...standing at the window for the light and asking for help with spellings. She died when I was 2 years old but I have vague memories of an old lady sitting by the fire. I was named after her and admire the inner strength she must have had to just get on with life.

Emma went into service and by the age of 21 was working away in Surrey. She married my GGF there in 1912 and had 3 children within 3 years. Her husband died from TB in 1918 and she brought up her children, including my Gran by herself.
Mum remembered her as always writing letters ... (2/3)

Sepia photograph of seated woman in white blouse and long dark skirt, holding 2 young children on her lap with a young girl sitting next to her.

OTD 1880 my GGM Emma Jane was born in Norfolk, England. She was 3rd of 8 children, with only 2 surviving infancy. Her older half-brother was a British Home Child who 'disappears' from records in Manitoba c.1901. Her mother died when she was 12 and her father, a mariner remarried 3 years later. (1/3)

Adding to our family story - 97 years old today!

A Saturday night pondering: I have loads of male ancestors in my tree called John, Henry, Thomas, Richard, George, James, Edward, William etc, & these names are echoed in parish records I find from 1500s on. Why so few males named Peter in England (at least in the south, where I'm looking)? 🤔

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2024 saw 27,000 photos taken and 129 species encountered. But which one wins the award for my encounter of the year?
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Also “was buried an outlandish seaman whose name wee know not aged betwixt 40 & 50 yeares”

Text from 1608 burial record reads “The viii day was buried [blank] page servant to Jacob Mowswett.”

Browsing some Surrey PRs from early 1600s. Sad to see so many servants, children and even wives with no recorded name in the burial records #FamilyHistory

Sadly only a sound recording, but there is a handout.

Do it! I found it a bit of a slog at times, but proud of the achievement.