Willoughby Staff (?1803-1886). My 4th great-grandmother. Willoughby Staff was from a Norfolk family that married into the Greens. Their descendants were part of my paternal family tree, ultimately coming down to the Finches. The surname may have derived from the Anglo-Saxon stæf, which means stick or pole, and could’ve referred to people who worked with or […]
Lincolnshire
Samuel Symonds (1836-1909) – saving lives at sea
Samuel Symonds (1836-1909) and Ann Maria Masterson (1836-1912). My 3rd great-grand uncle and aunt. Samuel was born to Charles Robinson Witchingham Symonds and Susannah Waters baptised on 20 July 1836 at St Nicholas’s Church in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. He married Ann Maria Masterson there on 28 December 1856. She was also a Yarmouth native, born […]