Category: Family History
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THE GALLANT SOMERSETS
It was an article about Archibald Miles in the Bath Chronicle just ten weeks after the start of the “Great War” that initially attracted Frances Nelson’s attention. During the four-year conflict, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire (the Central Powers) fought against Great Britain & its Empire, France, Russia, Italy,…
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WSR HAMBLY RETURNS TO THE USA IN 1876
WILLIAM SAMUEL RAWLINGS HAMBLY 31st March 1823 ~ 1st December 1898 WSR Hambly sailed from San Francisco on the 29th September 1853 on the “Destruzione”, a 238-ton Italian barque captained by a Genoese, Giacormo Gazzolo. The “Destruzione” with a crew of 13 carried 48 adult passengers & 6 children and sailed via Tahiti…
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HARRY BISHOP HAMBLY
Harry Bishop Hambly: born 18 April 1863 at Snake Lake, near Quincy in Plumas County California, the 7thchild of David Hambly and Jane (Jenkin) Hambly who were both immigrants from Cornwall. Harry married Nyna Emma Sargent (1870-1956) on September 7th 1892 in San Francisco. They had four children, three sons and…
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MILES FROM SOMERSET
On April 25th, 1854, the good ship “Marshall Bennett” carrying 180 persons, all assisted immigrants and their families, sailed from Southampton, the large port on the Solent in Hampshire, to Geelong, the major migrant port inside Port Philip Bay, Victoria. The trip took 109 days, landing on the 11th of…
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TWERTON: PORK, ALE and CAVALRY
A story from the 20th September 1835 newspaper, The Bath Chronicle, reported a burial with military honours at Twerton commencing at 5 o’clock: “it is calculated upwards of 7,000 spectators were present.” The funeral, for Mr. Daniel Miles, of the Bath Troop of North Somerset Yeomanry Cavalry, started from the George Inn…
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ARRIVEDERCI ITALIANO ASCENDENZA!
My mother’s maiden name was Juli Vacchini; her father’s name was Caleb Hutton Vacchini; her grandfather’s name was Caleb Francis Vacchini and her great grandfather’s name was John Vacchini. Everyone except John was born in NSW, Australia. Juli put her recollections of her family onto paper around the year 2000…
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IRVINGS TO AUSTRALIA
My paternal ancestry has always been a bit muddled, primarily because my father was never forthcoming about his own life and deflected any questions about his ancestors. My mother wasn’t much help either, saying that her mother-in-law was a rather strange woman who had migrated to Australia from England just…
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THE RUGBY REVEREND
The Reverend John Percival Hoatson (1856-1910) Vicki’s 1st cousin, 3 times removed. John Percival Hoatson was born on 16th May 1856 in Halifax, Yorkshire, the son of Joseph Cockin Hoatson and Ruth Smith. He was the fifth child of seven; his siblings were Martha, born in Manchester (1848-1857); Marion born in Halifax (1849-1922); Mary…
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IRISH ANCESTORS IN BERRIMA
Two families, both from Ireland, both Protestant made their way to Berrima New South Wales decades prior to the celebrated gold rush in Australia. Both families were well respected, involved positively in developing their communities, produced very interesting characters and enjoyed a union of marriage between them. The first to…
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ALICE HOATSON
Alice Hoatson born about March 1859 in Halifax, Yorkshire England and died in December 1944 at Edmonton, Middlesex England. Alice was a niece of the Reverend George Hoatson, Vicki’s 2nd Great Grandfather, making her Vicki’s 1st cousin 3 X removed. Alice, the sixth child of Joseph Cockin Hoatson and Ruth Smith was…
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