Category Archives: Marriage

Henry W. Sherry: the lover and killer of Mrs Waldock

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

This is for my friend Belinda, whose interesting ancestor I have been very happy to research. Henry Walter Sherry was born in the first half of the year 1839 in the parish of Stourmouth, near Dover, in the English county … Continue reading →

Posted in 1841 Census, 1851 Census, Australia, Death, Emigration, England, Genealogy, Marriage, Murder, Property, Ships | 13 Comments

You’re A Lady, Not Toad Of Toad Hall!

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

Some months before ITV’s Downton Abbey was first released to the general public in Britain last year, I had already become fascinated by American heiresses who one way or other managed to become the wives of some of the wealthiest … Continue reading →

Posted in Cuba, Emigration, Engagement, England, Famous Genealogy, Genealogy, Louisiana, Marriage, Property, United States, Women | 6 Comments

The most tragic Vickresses of all

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

A few years ago, thanks to one of the best genealogy websites available, I discovered that my great-great-grandmother was called Elizabeth Vickress. Her unusual, odd-sounding surname is apparently very old, but seems to have sprung out under its current spelling … Continue reading →

Posted in 1851 Census, 1891 Census, Birth, Death, Genealogy, Herefordshire, Hope-under-Dinmore, Illness, Marriage | 3 Comments

Piecing lives together… even for those who are still around

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

Last night I rang my Auntie Joan. Well, she isn’t really my aunt; she’s actually my grandmother’s first cousin and the most senior member of the family who still remembers the time when my late grandmother was a child, growing … Continue reading →

Posted in 1911 Census, England, Genealogy, Herefordshire, Marriage, War, Worcestershire | 3 Comments

Reviving dead lines and the Titanic

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

Have you ever come across a line in your family which you thought had become extinct? Have you ever assumed a distant relative passed away without having had children? Ever felt like that person attached to a solitary name hanging … Continue reading →

Posted in 1841 Census, 1851 Census, Birth, Colwall, Death, England, Famous Genealogy, Genealogy, Herefordshire, Marriage, Worcestershire | Leave a comment

A brick-wall called Ann Williams

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

Stumbling upon a brick-wall when you’re researching your family tree is very common. It can prove a difficult mystery to solve, but these situations are after all what make genealogy fascinating – how boring it would be if it was … Continue reading →

Posted in Birth, Colwall, Death, England, Genealogy, Herefordshire, Marriage | 2 Comments

Discovering new aunties in the 19th century

Posted on January 14, 2012 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

Ever since my dad bought me a subscription on Ancestry.co.uk last Christmas, I have spent many hours researching and downloading documents about my relatives in England, America and the Commonwealth. A few days ago I discovered someone had published their … Continue reading →

Posted in Birth, Colwall, Death, England, Genealogy, Herefordshire, Illegitimacy, Marriage, Surrey, Wales, Yorkshire | Leave a comment

Love and Courtship… at the spa of Mondariz

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

I will not pretend my background is at all affluent. Far from it in fact. If you go back long enough, you will see that my family tree is mostly populated by farmers, agricultural labourers and other individuals for whom … Continue reading →

Posted in Engagement, Galicia, Genealogy, Marriage, Spain | Leave a comment

The stigma of illegitimacy

Posted on January 8, 2012 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

Illegitimate children abound in every family; if you haven’t found any yet, then you just haven’t searched enough. In our modern age we tend to think of the past generations as being prim and proper, ultra-respectable, morally conservative and social-conscious. … Continue reading →

Posted in Birth, Death, Galicia, Genealogy, Herefordshire, Illegitimacy, Marriage, Spain | 6 Comments

My slave-owning American cousins

Posted on January 7, 2012 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

If a couple of days ago I commented on the grief of parents over the loss of their infant children, I wonder how much worse it would be to receive a letter or a telegram containing the awful news that … Continue reading →

Posted in Death, Emigration, Genealogy, Killed In Action, Louisiana, Marriage, Spain, United States, War | 1 Comment