Sarah Rose (1817-1886).My 3rd great-grandmother. Rose is a common surname in Norfolk, which is where my branch of the family come from. The surname’s derivation is hard to pin down but may have related to people who lived near a notable rose bush or in a property covered with a rose. It may also have […]
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Elizabeth Maria Symonds and my other Symonds ancestors
Elizabeth Maria Symonds (1826-1911).My 3rd great-grandmother. Elizabeth Maria Symonds was the first of the Symonds to marry into my family. The Symonds came from Norfolk, while the surname is considered patronymic – it generally referred to someone as the son of Simon. There have been many variations on the surname’s spelling over time including Simmons, […]
William Butchin’s newsworthy descendants
William Butchin was born in 1603 and baptised on 20 November that year at St Peter & St Paul’s Church in Nutfield, Surrey. I know little about by first cousin 11 times removed – the oldest son of another William Butching – but his wife and descendants were an interesting bunch… William’s father inherited the […]