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Jessica Feinstein

Oct 12, 20181 min read

Walter Penny of Wiltshire, shepherd

One of Ari’s 3x great-grandfathers was Walter Penny, the son of gamekeeper Henry Penny. Walter was born on 19 September 1860 at Fonthill...

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Jessica Feinstein

Sep 23, 20181 min read

Mary Pegg of Ashbourne

Site of one of the goals for the annual Ashbourne Shrovetide football match, which dates back to the seventeenth century Ari’s 7x...

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Jessica Feinstein

Sep 7, 20182 min read

James Cobley (Coverley) (Calverley)

James Cobley was one of Ari’s 3x great-grandfathers, born in 1846 in South Luffenham, Rutland. His father was William Cobley and his...

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Jessica Feinstein

Sep 1, 20181 min read

Mapping birthplaces

I’ve just done a very quick map to show where all of Ari’s ancestors were born (or at least the places we know so far). Each pin on the...

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Jessica Feinstein

Aug 18, 20181 min read

William Payne Curtis of Warminster

One of Ari’s 5x great-grandfathers was William Payne Curtis, son of Thomas Curtis and Rachael Pain. He was born in Warminster, Wiltshire,...

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Jessica Feinstein

Aug 14, 20181 min read

Shaya Hatskelzon

Ari’s 5x great-grandfather Shaya Hatskelzon (or Khatskelzon) was born in Silale, Lithuania, some time in the 1820s, and we know that he...

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Jessica Feinstein

Aug 11, 20182 min read

William Williams

William was Ari’s 6x great-grandfather, the husband of Frances. He was born in 1782 in Cawston, Norfolk. William White’s History,...

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Jessica Feinstein

Aug 10, 20181 min read

Anne Wright of Wirksworth

Anne was Ari’s 7x great-grandmother. She was born in Wirksworth, Derbyshire, in about 1752. (There is a possible baptism in 1754, of Ann,...

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Jessica Feinstein

Jul 23, 20181 min read

Alice Robinson of Huddington

Ari’s 8x great-grandmother, Alice Robinson, was born in 1709 in Huddington, Worcestershire and christened on the 10th of April that year....

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Jessica Feinstein

Jul 10, 20182 min read

John Edgar Pearson Wheeldon

Ari’s 3x great-grandfather, John Edgar Pearson Wheeldon, was born on 27 July 1878 in Holloway, Belper, Derbyshire. His parents were...

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Jessica Feinstein

Jul 1, 20181 min read

Ann (Nancy) Martin of Kempsey

One of Ari’s 6x great-grandmothers was Ann (Nancy) Martin, who was born in 1770, probably at or near Kempsey in Worcestershire. This...

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Jessica Feinstein

Jun 24, 20182 min read

Joseph Beckett, stonemason

Joseph Beckett (son of John), was Ari’s 5x great-grandfather. He was born in 1773 in Chilmark, Wiltshire. His mother was Ann Sopp. Here...

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Jessica Feinstein

Jun 10, 20182 min read

Itka

One of Ari’s 6x great-grandmothers was called Itka. She was born in 1804 in Lithuania, probably in Svencionys (also known as Švenčionys,...

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Jessica Feinstein

Jun 9, 20181 min read

Harry Spencer of Wirksworth

Harry (christened Henry) Spencer was born on 15 August 1901 in Wirksworth, Derbyshire, and was Ari’s great-great-grandfather. His parents...

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Jessica Feinstein

Jun 3, 20182 min read

Elizabeth Butt of Christchurch

Elizabeth Butt was born on 27 July 1846 in Christchurch, Dorset. Sundial Cottage, Christchurch (not where she lived, but very pretty, and...

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Jessica Feinstein

Jun 2, 20181 min read

A bit more on the Thickett story

Yesterday I discovered that Sarah Thickett, Ari’s 7x great-grandmother, was from Old Brampton, Chesterfield, and had relations called...

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Jessica Feinstein

Jun 1, 20181 min read

Joseph Bunting Thickett

Joseph was Ari’s 6x great-grandfather, born in 1765 in Ashover, Derbyshire, the son of Sarah Thickett. The River Amber near Ashover On 30...

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Jessica Feinstein

May 31, 20181 min read

Troth Shore from Darley Dale

Troth Shore was Ari’s 8x great-grandmother. She was born in Darley Dale, Derbyshire, in 1725 and baptised on 5 March. Pigot’s Directory...

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Jessica Feinstein

May 30, 20181 min read

Joseph Waters of Pershore

Joseph is one of the fifty of Ari’s 5x great-grandfathers whose names we know. He was born in 1802 in Pershore, Worcestershire, the...

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Jessica Feinstein

May 18, 20181 min read

William Thomas Butt

Another of Ari’s 5x great-grandfathers was William Thomas Butt, son of Asher Butt and Elizabeth Thomas. William was born on 5 August 1815...

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