Godfrey Weston and my other Weston ancestors

Godfrey Weston (1785-1862). My 4th great-grandfather. Godfrey Weston took advantage of a young woman and then tried to evade his responsibilities to her and the daughter he fathered out of wedlock… He was born on 14 March 1785 and baptised three days later at St Mary’s Church in Banham, Norfolk. His parents were John Weston […]

Susanna Green (1844-1920) – a marathon journey to Utah

Susanna Green (1844-1920) and Henry Gillins (1840-1919).My 3rd great-grand aunt and uncle. Susanna Green was born on 10 May 1844 and baptised at St Nicholas’s Church in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, on 9 June. Her parents were William Green and Willoughby Staff. She spent her childhood in the town but after the death of her father […]

Henry Goulty (1804-1876) – American farmer

Henry Goulty (1804-1876) and Mary Mortar (1804-1866). My 3rd great-grand uncle and aunt. Henry Goulty was born on the 22 May 1804 and baptised on the 27th in Woodbastwick parish church, Norfolk. His parents were Charles Goulty and Rebecca Lock. He grew up in the village and married Mary Mortar at St James with Pockthorpe Church […]

Willoughby Staff (1803-1886) – a journey to the USA as a Mormon

Willoughby Staff (1803-1886) and William Green (1799-????). My 4th great-grandmother and grandfather. Willoughby Staff may have been born in rural Norfolk but she ended up as a member of the Mormon church in the American state of Utah… Her birth, though, is a bit of a mystery. Census records suggest it was Hickling, a village to […]

Helen Daisy Wetherall (1885-?) – married in South Africa

Helen Daisy Wetherall (1885-?) and Frederick Davis.My great-grand aunt and uncle. Helen, or Daisy as she was usually known, was born on 8 April 1885 in Great Yarmouth and baptised in the town’s St Nicholas parish church on 23 June. Her parents were shipwright Benjamin Wetherall and Sarah Green. She grew up surrounded by her siblings […]

Edward Thomas Budgen (1868-1925) – he took his family to Australia

The Kingstonian - the ship Edward sailed on to Gallipoli

Edward Thomas Budgen (1868-1925) and Alice Jane Hacker (1868-1943). My great-grand uncle and aunt. Edward Budgen was born in the Sussex parish of Worth on 28 April 1868, and was baptised by his parents Thomas Budgen and Maria Dolamore on 7 June that year. He went to live in Australia, served in the Great War […]

Peter Finch (1845-1891) and his well-travelled son Henry

The Aorangi

Peter Finch (1845-1891) and Eliza Esther Turner (1841-1895). My 2nd great-grand uncle and aunt. Born in 1845 to parents Henry Finch and Jane Bashford, Peter could well have been the twin of his brother George as they were both baptised on 15 June that year at St Mary’s Church in Reigate, Surrey. And he ended […]