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Jessica Feinstein
Mar 23, 20193 min read
Bicycles, pickles, and matzos
I recently discovered a South African newspaper online. The Zionist Record is available as part of the University of Florida Digital...
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Jessica Feinstein
Mar 10, 20191 min read
Ari’s fan chart (just because it’s pretty!)
To make it legible I am showing the segments separately below.
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Jessica Feinstein
Mar 9, 20191 min read
Jane Day
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...
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Jessica Feinstein
Mar 9, 20192 min read
Schlaum Levin Feinstein
Schlaum Levin Feinstein is Ari’s 6x great-grandfather, born in about 1760 in Palanga, Lithuania. The only record we have for him is the...
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Jessica Feinstein
Feb 22, 20192 min read
Jacob Sheldon, miner
Jacob Sheldon was born in 1767, in Bonsall, Derbyshire. He was the fourth of six sons of Benjamin Sheldon and Elizabeth Haynes, and was...
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Jessica Feinstein
Feb 15, 20191 min read
Joanna Collins of Upper Clatford, Hampshire
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...
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Jessica Feinstein
Jan 27, 20192 min read
Thomas Murfin’s melancholia
Thanks to the very helpful service provided by staff at the Derbyshire Record Office at Matlock, I now have some more information about...
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Jessica Feinstein
Jan 6, 20191 min read
Elizabeth Frampton
This photo, kindly shared with me by her descendant, Claire, is of Elizabeth Frampton, a 5x great-grandmother of Ari’s. Elizabeth was...
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Jessica Feinstein
Jan 5, 20192 min read
Thomas Murfin of Mugginton and Mickleover
I recently received the death certificate for Ari’s 5x great-grandfather, Thomas Murfin. It says that he died at the County Asylum, in...
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Jessica Feinstein
Jan 1, 20191 min read
Alice Cundy of Old Brampton
Alice was Ari’s 8x great-grandmother. She was born in 1712 in Old Brampton, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, the daughter of John and Mary. Here...
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Jessica Feinstein
Dec 31, 20182 min read
John Tyler, carpenter
Ari’s 5x great-grandfather, John Tyler, was born in Huddington, Worcestershire, in 1811. I haven’t found his baptism or parents yet. On...
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Jessica Feinstein
Dec 30, 20182 min read
A marriage mystery
I have told the story of my paternal grandparents’ marriage already (in this post). When the FamilySearch website added the collection...
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Jessica Feinstein
Dec 29, 20181 min read
Lydia Roper of Wirksworth and Cromford
One of Ari’s 7x great-grandmothers was Lydia Roper, the mother of Alice Holmes. She was born, probably in Wirksworth, Derbyshire, in...
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Jessica Feinstein
Dec 12, 20182 min read
Ruth Brelsford, Primitive Methodist?
One of Ari’s 5x great-grandmothers was Ruth Brelsford, born in about 1824 in Middleton by Wirksworth, Derbyshire. Her father was William,...
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Jessica Feinstein
Nov 28, 20182 min read
Samuel Kinder of Miller’s Green
Samuel Kinder was one of Ari’s 9x great-grandfathers. He was probably born in or near Wirksworth, Derbyshire, in about 1710 (just after...
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Jessica Feinstein
Nov 19, 20182 min read
Mary Henrietta Smith of Chilbolton
Ari’s 5x great-grandmother Mary Henrietta Smith was born in 1811 in the village of Chilbolton in Hampshire. The River Test between...
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Jessica Feinstein
Nov 16, 20188 min read
Harry Loshak: the early years
Ari’s great-great-grandfather Harry (my Grandad) was born on 22 May 1908 in Hackney, London. I think I got my love of words from Harry,...
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Jessica Feinstein
Nov 6, 20181 min read
Mary Kitchen Pearson
Mary was Ari’s 5x great-grandmother, born on 24 February 1821 in Bonsall, Derbyshire, and baptised at the church there two days later....
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Jessica Feinstein
Nov 3, 20182 min read
Finding criminal ancestors
While writing my blog I have discovered (through a newspaper account) a 4x great-grandfather of Ari’s – an agricultural labourer – who...
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Jessica Feinstein
Oct 24, 20181 min read
Francis Burton of Ridlington, Rutland
Francis was one of Ari’s 6x great-grandfathers. We know that he died in Belton, Rutland, in 1794 and was buried there on 3 April. On 27...
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