Susannah Symonds (1832-1906), Henry George Martins (1828-1857) and Charles Downing (1824-1883). My 3rd great-grand aunt and uncles. Susannah was baptised on 8 October 1832 at St Nicholas’s Church in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, to parents Charles Robinson Witchingham Symonds and Susanna Waters. She was still living at home at the time of the 1851 census and […]
20th century
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 […]
Harriet Symonds (1841-1899) and her struggles with alcohol
Harriet Symonds (1841-1899) and Henry Swan Chapman (1838-1904). My 3rd great grand-aunt and uncle. Harriet was born on 29 August 1841 to parents Charles Robinson Witchingham Symonds and Susannah Waters. She was baptised on 8 September at St Nicholas’s Church in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She married young in 1858, her husband being Henry Swan Chapman […]
Samuel Symonds (1836-1909) – saving lives at sea
Samuel Symonds (1836-1909). My 3rd great grand uncle. Samuel was born to Charles Robinson Witchingham Symonds and Susannah Waters in 1836 and baptised on 20 July that year at St Nicholas’s Church in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. He lived with his family until his marriage on 28 December 1856 to Ann Maria Masterson. She was also […]
Edward Green (1824-1876)
Edward Green (1824-1876) and Mary Ann Gedge (1817-1858). My 3rd great-grand uncle. Edward was born in 1824 to parents William Green and Willoughby Staff and baptised at St Nicholas’s Church in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, on 29 October that year. He grew up with his parents and siblings in the town and then married on 25 October […]
Frederick Elijah Wetherall (1814-1906) and his family tragedies
Frederick Elijah Wetherall (1814-1906) and Lucy Sarah Lloyd (1815-1869). My 4th great-grand uncle and aunt. Frederick was born on 30 July 1814 and baptised at St John Timberhill, Norwich, Norfolk, a day later – his parents were Thomas Wetherill and Rebecca Brooks. He grew up in the city with his family but followed them when […]
Maud Jane Wetherall (1881-1958) and a golden wedding
Maud Jane Wetherall (1881-1958) and Augustus Charles Towell (1882-1962). My great-grand aunt and uncle. Maud was born on 15 June 1881 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, and baptised in the town’s St Nicholas’s Church on 29 November that year. She grew up with her parents Benjamin Thomas Wetherall and Sarah Ann Elizabeth Green and siblings in Admiralty Road. […]
Maria Finch (1829–1868), a life cut short
Maria Finch (1829–1868) and Edward Duffell (1826-1895).My 2nd great-grand aunt and uncle. Maria Finch (or Mary as she was sometimes recorded) was baptised on 18 January 1829 at St Mary’s Church in Reigate, Surrey, the daughter of Henry Finch and Jane Bashford. She grew up in the town with her parents and siblings and was working […]
Florence Harriet Stolliday (1879-1973) – married a soldier
Florence Harriet Stolliday (1879-1973) and Hugh Gardiner Dalgleish (1867-1945). My great-grand aunt and uncle. Born on 4 April 1879 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, to parents Edward Stoliday and Harriet Goulty, Florence was baptised on 7 September of that year in the parish church of St Nicholas. She grew up in the town with her family […]
Sarah Green (1804-54), a policeman’s wife
Sarah Green (1804-54) and John Gilbert (1804-1874). My 4th great-grand aunt and uncle. Sarah Green was born on 28 July 1804 and baptised two days later at St Nicholas’s Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her parents were Edward Green and Mary Bustard. She grew up in the coastal town, where her father worked as a beachman, […]
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 […]
Mary Ann Green (1853-1918), widowed by a storm
Mary Ann Green (1853-1918), Frederick Rowland (1854-1881) and Daniel Robert Beales 1852-1909). My 2nd great-grand aunt and uncles. Mary Ann Green was born on 13 January and baptised on 17 April 1853 at St Nicholas’s Church, Great Yarmouth, to parents William Mark Green and Elizabeth Maria Symonds. Her first husband would drown in a notorious […]
Emmeline Louisa Wetherall (1872-1932) – widowed by a mill accident
Emmeline Louisa Wetherall (1872-1932) and Albert Robert Woods (1872-1917). My great-grand aunt and uncle. Emmeline was born on 2 June 1872 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, and baptised in the town on 14 July at St Nicholas’ Church. Her parents were Benjamin Thomas Wetherall and Sarah Ann Elizabeth Green. Emmeline (pictured top with her children Leslie […]
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 Charles Stolliday (1873-1966) – baker and chef
Edward Charles Stolliday (1873-1966) and Margaret Elizabeth Bowles (1876-1939). My great grand-uncle and aunt. Born on 2 March 1873 to parents Edward Stoliday and Harriet Goulty, young Edward Charles Stolliday was baptised at St Nicholas’s Church in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, on 28 February 1875. He grew up in the town’s crowded row houses, although his fisherman […]
James Wetherall (?1833-?1918) – service in the Royal Navy
James Wetherall (1833-1918) and Rhoda Brown (1839-1904). My 3rd great-grand uncle and aunt. James Wetherall was one of the children of my 4th great-grandmother Rebecca Frances Wetherall, and like his siblings he was born illegitimately in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. I’ve yet to find a baptism record for him but surviving census returns estimate his year of […]
Gertrude Wetherall (1877-1964) – war service and tragedy
Gertrude Wetherall (1878-1964) and George Albert Harvey (1882-1937). My 2nd great-aunt and uncle. Gertrude Wetherall was born on 5 December 1878 and baptised on 23 December that year at St Nicholas’s Church in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. After growing up in Admiralty Road, Great Yarmouth, Gertrude went to stay with her sister Emmeline and her family […]
Alfred Dolamore (1835-1910) – death in the canal
Alfred Dolamore (1835-1910) and Elizabeth Dolamore (1836-1904). My 2nd great-grand uncle and aunt. Alfred Dolamore was baptised on 15 February 1835 in Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, to parents David Dolamore and Mary Ann Walker. He was brought up in and around nearby Leavesden. He was working as an agricultural labourer at the time of the 1851 […]
John Stoliday (1817-1896), his wife Catherine and the courts
John Stoliday (1817-1896) and Catherine Smith (1822-1910). My 3rd great-grand uncle and aunt. John Stoliday was born on 25 April 1817 and baptised on 8 June that year at All Saints’ Church in Rackheath, Norfolk, to parents James Stoliday and Mary Gay. John grew up with his parents and siblings in and around Rackheath and […]
Alice Amelia Stolliday (1877-1929) and a tale of tragedy
Alice Amelia Stolliday (1877-1929) and Robert William Feek (1875-1934). My great-grand aunt and uncle. Alice died relatively young, leaving her husband so distraught that he took his own life. She was born on 5 August 1877 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, and baptised on 12 May 1878 at St Nicholas’s Church to parents Edward Stoliday and […]