Elizabeth Dolamore (1836-1904) and William Bushby (1835-1880). My 2nd great-grand aunt and uncle. Elizabeth Dolamore was born to my 3rd great-grandparents David Dolamore and Mary Ann Walker. She was baptised on 30 October 1836 at St Lawrence’s in Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, and grew up in the Watford area. She married William Bushby on 15 May […]
Month: August 2026
Rebecca Brooks and my other Brooks ancestors
Rebecca Brooks (1784-1825). My 5th great-grandmother. Rebecca Brooks was the first of the Brooks family to join my family tree, when she married into the Wetherall family. The surname may derive from the town of Broc in France, brought over around the time of the Norman conquest, or also to the old English words for […]
Mary Ann Dolamore (1828-1899) – from England to Wales
Mary Ann Dolamore (1828-1899) and Robert Petch (1820-1897). My 2nd great-grand aunt and uncle. Mary Ann was baptised on 17 February 1828 at St Lawrence’s Church in Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, to parents David Dolamore and Mary Ann Walker. She was working as a servant at the time of the 1841 Census in Nascot House in […]