ancestry

Updated 29th November 2024

Welcome!

Welcome to my family history website.

This website includes biographies of various ancestors within my family tree, as well as family trees from which I am descended. The memorials section contains photographs and transcriptions of headstones. Family photographs are included in the gallery, while images of documents, photographs of family artifacts, and newspaper clippings recording our family history, are being added to the library section. All can be accessed using the menu above.

Surnames of my ancestors

These are the eight surnames of the families from which my grandparents are descended. Within each group I have listed the surnames which I have traced to these trees.

Blackham | Adams, Allen, Allinson, Anderson, Ashton, Ault, Babb, Bacchus, Bacon, Ball, Bates, Beard, Beasley, Bellison, Beresford, Betts, Birkett, Bish, Bishop, Bissel, Blackham, Blount, Boden, Boot, Booth, Bordiss, Boswell, Bowyer, Bradley, Bridge, Briggs, Brindle, Brittle, Britton, Brown, Bruning, Buckley, Burns, Burton, Butcher, Butler, Cartledge, Cassell, Caulton, Cawkill, Cheetham, Church, Clamp, Clark, Clarke, Clay, Cluderay, Cole, Collier, Collins, Cooper, Copestake, Crofts, Crooks, Darby, Deagan, Devereux, Dring, Duckworth, Duffy, Dunkley, Durdy, Ellis, Ford, Fox, Fretwell, Froggatt, Garbett, Garton, Gaunt, Gent, Green, Gregory, Gunn, Hall, Hancock, Harrison, Haynes, Heath, Herrick, Hibbert, Hipkis, Hobbs, Holford, Hollingsworth, Holyhead, Horan, Housley, Hutton, Jakes, Jeavons, Jennison, Jesper, Johnson, Jones, Kane, Kent, Kettleband, King, Kirkland, Kitchen, Knight, La Fleur, Leadbeater, Levers, Lister, Longden, Ludlam, Mace, Machin, Mansell, Marley, Marsden, Marsh, Marshall, Marsland, Mason, Mather, Mayes, Megson, Mellor, Mellors, Merrick, Mills, Millward, Milnes, Morlock, Morton, Neary, Nellar, New, Noble, Parker, Parkes, Parkin, Phipps, Pick, Pickard, Pickering, Plank, Platt, Pope, Powell, Praed, Prest, Quinn, Ramsden, Ratcliffe, Richards, Richardson, Riley, Roberts, Rollison, Ross, Rowbottom, Russell, Salt, Sanderson, Sellors, Senior, Setchell, Severn, Short, Simcox, Simpson, Simmons, Sims, Slack, Slater, Smith, Spence, Stanhope, Stanton, Stanway, Stevenson, Stewart, Storer, Swift, Tansley, Tattersall, Taylor, Thrall, Tinsley, Topham, Tuckley, Turner, Tye, Varnham, Vernon, Vickers, Vodopivec, Wainwright, Walker, Wall, Walters, Wardle, Waterfield, Watmough, Watson, Welch, West, Wheeldon, White, Whitehouse, Whiteley, Whithouse, Whittingham, Wigley, Wilkinson, Willey, Williams, Williamson, Wilton, Wing, Winson, Worboys, Wray, Wright, Wykes

Bowmer | Beardsley, Beighton, Bown, Braddock, Compton, Cook, Crofts, Davis, Edwards, Ford, Garrett, Hartshorne, Hayes, Hudson, Johnson, Kirk, Malin, Martin, Melrose, Moss, Parkin, Rawe, Slater, Smedley, Smith, Statham, Walker, Waterfield, Wilmot, Winson

Cox | Bainbridge, Birch, Blackshaw, Brown, Campbell, Carter, Clowes, Collins, Craig, Edinborough, Harris, Hicklin, Holmes, Howe, Hudson, Jacklin, Jackson, Keep, Kyprianou, McGregor, Meakin, Munro, Parnell, Petty, Preston, Rollin, Sanders, Smith, Sykes, Tate, Timmis, Walker, West, Whale, Whittle, Wood, Wright

Hudson | Abbott, Ablott, Alldritt, Alt, Ashby, Ashmore, Astle, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ball, Barber, Beardsley, Beresford, Best, Betts, Biddles, Binch, Birnie, Bishop, Blake, Boff, Brierley, Bowmer, Bramley, Brooks, Brown, Bunting, Burtenshaw, Butt, Caldwell, Chambers, Cheetham, Clapton, Cocker, Colman, Conway, Cook, Cooper, Coots, Cox, Cronshaw, Cross, Cumberland, Darby, Dexter, Dobney, Draper, Duncan, Dunn, Frier, Frith, Froggatt, Garton, Gibson, Glew, Goodwin, Gorfine, Gratton, Hale, Hallam, Handwerk, Hanson, Harday, Harris, Hartshorne, Hawley, Haywood, Henderson,Hester, Hill, Hillier, Hodges, Hopkinson, Hubbard, Hudson, Hunt, Hutchinson, Ison, Jackson, Jarvis, Jolley, Julian, King, Kirby, Kirkup, Knifton, Lamb, Langton, Large, Limer, Lincoln, Lindley, Lovegrove, Marson, McKenna, McKeown, McLeod, Middleton, Morrell, Mosley, Mountney, Mousley, Nash, Needham, North, Oliver, Opie, Overton, Peach, Peat, Pegg, Pullen, Radford, Raynor, Reavill, Reddy, Reed, Reynolds, Richardson, Riley, Rockley, Rodgers, Shaw, Sheen, Sheffield, Shepherd, Sherwood, Shipman, Smalley, Smedley, Stanway, Steadman, Thomas, Thompson, Twells, Walker, Wain, Ward, Watson, Webster, Westmoreland, Weston, Whitehouse, Whitworth, Wigfield, Wilkinson, Williams, Williamson, Wilson, Wright, Young

Knifton | Adams, Alldred, Allen, Allsop, Alton, Annable, Anthony, Archer, Arnold, Bailey, Bainbridge, Bainbrigge, Baldwin, Ball, Barnett, Barr, Beardmore, Beardsley, Beeson, Belfield, Belkins, Blaine, Blanchard, Bloxham, Booth, Bounds, Bown, Boulton, Box, Boyes, Bridges, Brindley, Broughton, Brown, Burrows, Byard, Cameron, Caulton, Clarke, Clinker, Clower, Cooper, Cornforth, Cowlishaw, Cox, Cree, Cresswell, Daffern, Dancer, Denscombe, Doran, Earby, Eyer, Flinn, Ford, Fox, Frodsham, Frost, Garner, Gow, Gregory, Hampton, Harding, Hardwick, Harrison, Hartwell, Harvey, Hawkesworth, Hay, Hayward, Hemington, Hewitt, Hinkley, Hitchcock, Hogg, Holdcroft, Hollingworth, Holmes, Housley, Hudson, Hunt, Hyde, Illsley, Inman, Johnson, Johnston, Kidd, King, Knifton, Knudson, Langford, Leaver, Leibitch, Lewis, Lionberger, Lovegrove, Lynam, Martin, Mathers, Matthews, Maxwell, May, McCaroll, McHale, Middleton, Morley, Needham, Oakley, Okey, Oldham, Osborne, Painter, Paphan, Parker, Parkinson, Peach, Peat, Pennington, Perkins, Piper, Pixler, Powers, Poyser, Pratt, Prebble, Prince, Race, Radford, Ratcliffe, Reside, Reynolds, Riley, Roberts, Rowson, Rushton, Russell, Rust, Schamber, Scherpelz, Scott, Shilton, Slater, Smith, Snape, Sparrow, Spencer, Stevens, Stokes, Storey, Strauss, Taylor, Thomas, Thompson, Thornewill, Tideswell, Tomlinson, Vallis, Walker, Wallace, Wallis, Wanless, Webb, Webber, Welch, Wheatley, Whittaker, Wilkes, Wilkinson, Williams, Wilson, Winkler, Wood, Woodhall, Woodward, Wright

Moss | Abbott, Allsop, Askey, Atkinson, Austin, Bacon, Bartlett, Beech, Belfield, Birley, Bloor, Booth, Bowmer, Bullivant, Butt, Clarke, Clifford, Cockerham, Cresswell, Dickman, Dring, Eley, Faulks, Fletcher, Fryer, Hamilton, Harrison, Hawley, Henson, Hewitt, Holmes, Houseman, Hunt, Jackson, James, Kenny, Kyte, Marsden, Mayne, Moore, Mowbray, Newton, Polly, Ramsell, Ratcliff, Raynor, Reeves, Ridgway, Robinson, Roe, Rowe, Smith, Stedman, Straw, Sumter, Thompson, Truman, Turner, Walker, Warner, Wilkinson, Woodforde, Wright

Russell | Alton, Baker, Faulkner, Harrison, Knifton, Lees, Moore, Pearson, Turner

Williams | Attwood, Bigmore, Blackham, Booth, Boulton, Bowles, Brown, Burford, Collet, Freeman, Gregory, Hicks, Hitchings, Holmes, Hughes, Jones, Knifton, Moore, Payne, Poole, Quarrell, Saxty, Stevenson, Tarplee, Webster, Wiggins, Wright

Whereabouts unknown - can you help?

During my research I have come across references to the following items. It is not known where they are or whether they still survive. Please contact me if you may be able to help locate any of these family treasures :

Hudson needlework samplers | While attending Lady Crewe’s school in the 1850’s, the Hudson children produced several needlework samplers. They were last in the ownership of Leslie Carl Cox (1923-2011). Only the whereabouts of one is currently known.

William Hudson's diary | William wrote an account of his 1884 journey to Australia in his dairy, and while a transcript of that memoir survives, the location of William's diary is unknown. It was last in the ownership of Leslie Carl Cox (1923-2011).

Wanted

Any old photographs, birth, marriage, death certificates, or other information referring to or depicting anyone you recognise as belonging to our family tree. Often these documents get discarded during clear-outs, but I will be happy to digitally archive and preserve their image for future family researchers.