Author Archives: Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

The 1921 Census

Posted on January 24, 2018 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

For the last five years or so, as each new year begins, I can’t help but think we’re getting nearer and nearer a very significant date for genealogists: the release of the 1921 Great Britain census. Here are some basics … Continue reading →

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Review: Explore The Past (a brand new guide to family history)

Posted on January 19, 2018 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

Lately, Worcestershire seems to be cropping up in my “genealogical life” more than usual. Not only have I just become a member of the Malvern Family History Society (thanks to whom I think I may have cracked an old brick-wall … Continue reading →

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Looking for Edwin

Posted on January 17, 2018 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

In 2014 I decided to take advantage of my Ancestry.co.uk subscription and expand my research area beyond my own blood-relatives to collateral lines and families who intermarried with my own. By doing so I knew I would probably hit a … Continue reading →

Posted in 1911 Census, 1939 UK Register, Adoption, Ancestry.com, Birth, Civil Registration, England, Genealogy, Herefordshire, Illegitimacy, Killed In Action, War, World War I | 1 Comment

Winifred’s Story

Posted on January 10, 2018 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

Years ago, while researching my great-grandfather’s family, I decided to explore the branch of  his only paternal uncle, William Henry Allen (1845-1923), a blacksmith by trade who fathered no fewer than nine children! Most of them eventually married and had … Continue reading →

Posted in 1881 Census, 1891 Census, 1901 Census, 1911 Census, 1939 UK Register, Colwall, Death, England, Genealogy, Herefordshire, Who Do You Think You Are?, World War II | 2 Comments

Dear Cousin, Will You Marry Me?

Posted on December 20, 2017 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

Like any genealogist, I get a strange thrill when I find two cousins in my family tree who married each other. I suspect it is because it feels like finding two missing links in one stroke, like two pieces of … Continue reading →

Posted in 1911 Census, 1939 UK Register, Colwall, Genealogy, Marriage | 1 Comment

My great-great-great-grandmother, Ann Rodway

Posted on November 25, 2017 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

On 5 May 1790, James and Elizabeth Rodway attended the burial of their first-born child, who three days earlier had been christened and given the name Ann. Twenty years, four sons and three daughters later, Elizabeth gave birth to her … Continue reading →

Posted in 1861 Census, Colwall, Genealogy, Herefordshire, Worcestershire | 1 Comment

The curious private life of Mary Willoughby

Posted on November 5, 2017 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

On 23rd December 1880, a wedding took place in the church of Saint James the Great, Colwall, at the foot of the Malvern Hills which separate Herefordshire from Worcestershire. The bride was twenty-five-year-old Mary Willoughby, my great-grandfather’s third cousin and … Continue reading →

Posted in 1881 Census, 1891 Census, 1901 Census, Birth, Colwall, Colwall Soldiers, Divorce, France, Genealogy, Herefordshire, Marriage, Worcestershire, World War I, Yorkshire | Leave a comment

A Tale of Two Sisters

Posted on October 31, 2017 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

Drusilla and Milborough Vickress were not the only daughters that my great-great-great-great-grandparents William and Elizabeth had in the course of their 41 year-long marriage. However, the bond between the two girls seems to have been close, if one analyses their … Continue reading →

Posted in 1861 Census, 1871 Census, 1881 Census, Birth, Death, England, Genealogy, Herefordshire, Hope-under-Dinmore | 1 Comment

Twins, or a multiple baptism?

Posted on September 12, 2017 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

Having twins in the family always adds an interesting footnote to one’s own family history. My great-grandfather (on my English side) was a twin – although his twin sister died aged only a few months- and my Italian great-grandmother was … Continue reading →

Posted in 1841 Census, 1851 Census, 1861 Census, 1871 Census, Birth, Civil Registration, Death, England, Genealogy, Herefordshire, Hope-under-Dinmore | Leave a comment

The story of Charles Henry Vickress

Posted on August 30, 2017 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

During the summer of 1870, my great-great-great-great-grandparents Frederick and Ann Vickress welcomed their tenth (and last) child, a son whom they had baptised on 21 August in the local church of Lyonshall (Herefordshire), where Frederick worked as a humble carpenter … Continue reading →

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