Robert Stolladay (1804-1862) and Mary Anne McGuigan. My 3rd great-grand uncle and aunt. Every family has its share of black sheep and Robert Stolladay was one of ours. He suffered the horrors of transportation to Australia for burglary but forged a new life there, had a family and then died a miserable death. The eldest […]
Month: December 2016
Hannah Maria Stoliday (1851-1932) – court cases and a marriage mystery
Hannah Maria Stoliday (1851-1932), James William Bull (1850-1874), William James Thurgate and John Crisp. My 2nd great-grand aunt and uncles. Hannah was born to William Stoliday and Sarah Rose and baptised at All Saints’s Church in Salhouse, Norfolk, on 19 March 1851. She ended up with three marriages to her name, experienced tragedy and lived […]