The Wallaces of Leeds
The first Wallace generation to move away from Liverpool and out of more manual trades into the professions and academia
The Spences of Ilkley
My family, the current generation of Spences, building their lives in and around Yorkshire.
The Spences of Ayton
The first Spence generation of 100% degree qualified professionals, spreading their wings within and outside the UK.
The Spences of Morley Street, Goole
The first of the Spence line to branch out of manual work and into the professions, with a home in…
The Snowdens of Crieff
Large, articulate and hardworking family that spread out across the world in later life.
The Snowdens of Selkirk
2 generations of bakers & labourers from Selkirk, hard lives with 3 of the 4 ancestors living for less than…
The Blackers of Pasture Farm, Swinefleet
Joseph & Ada and their 7 children, including my grandmother Lilian, farming in the Swinefleet area, east of Goole in…
The Thoms of Perthshire
4 generations of farmers from the Madderty, Kinfauns & Kilspindie villages outside Perth
The Spences of Couper Street, Goole
A move east, out of Knottingley innkeeping and into farming, property and scavenging - where there's muck there's brass!
The Glew Family
Well known town folk in the Goole and Howden district, with garages, undertaker and other businesses.
The Barrett Family
Blacksmiths and farmers from Thorne, Airmyn, Whitgift and down to Winteringham.
The Blackers of Dobella Farm, Rawcliffe
2 generations of farmers outside Rawcliffe village. My grandmother would visit her Uncle Bobby here for some very funny weekends!
The Sutherland Family
Labourers from the far north east of Scotland, the coastal villages of Caithness.
The Sykes Family
Farmers in the Swinefleet and Adlingfleet area and possible links to large scale landowners in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.
The Bramham Family
Farmers in the Brotherton and Knottingley area back to the early 1600s.
The Gordon & Thompson Families
Wealthy Charles Gordon, takes advantage of the servant Lilly Thompson, resulting in our illegitimate ancestor.
Spence Innkeepers of Knottingley
3 generations of fortunes made and lost in the lime trade, haulage and innkeeping businesses.
Spence Family Origins
Farmers in the Warmfield and Sharlston area near Pontefract back to 1500s, and possible origins in Scotland.
The Blacker Cordwainers of Rawcliffe
3 generations of Cordwainers from Rawcliffe, going back to 1683.
Thom Family Origins
Labourers from the Oyne area of Aberdeenshire for several generations.
Blacker Family Origins
Possible links to Blacker Hall and Carrickblacker estate in Ireland, and back to kings of Dublin and Scandinavia!