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I thought Ari’s 5x great-grandfather, Henry Tarrant, was born in about 1793 in Hurstbourne Tarrant, Hampshire. Hurstbourne Tarrant But...

Elizabeth Mitchener was one of Ari’s 4x great-grandmothers. She was born in Goodworth Clatford, Hampshire, in December 1840, in time to...

Jane Day was a 6x great-grandmother of Ari’s. She was born on 29 January 1773 in Hurstbourne Tarrant, Hampshire (we know this because the...

Joanna Collins was born in about 1745, and was Ari’s 7x great-grandmother. On 10th October 1765, she married John Holloway and they had...

Ari’s 5x great-grandmother Mary Henrietta Smith was born in 1811 in the village of Chilbolton in Hampshire. The River Test between...

John Holloway, of Upper Clatford in Hampshire, was Ari’s 7x great-grandfather. The village of Upper Clatford is described as “long and...

Ari’s 5x great-grandfather Asher Butt lived in Christchurch, Hampshire (now Dorset). View from the castle Christchurch was originally...

Charles Mitchener was one of Ari’s 5x great-grandfathers. He died young, and sadly very little is known about him. He was the youngest...

A blog about finding all of the direct ancestors of my grandson Ari, and learning as much about them as I can.  His birth has given me an...