Month: February 2025
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The Stevenston Seaman
The Nicol family were so well established in their community that each of Peter and Elizabeth’s children made roots in Stevenston and surrounding towns. Stevenston, Ardeer, Saltcoats, Irvine and Ardrossan are the lifeblood towns of my wife’s family. Many second generation children of the Nicol family may have settled in the area but it was…
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The Welsh Tabernacle in Kings Cross
This week I am returning to my research on Great Uncle John Wilcox, and particularly his wife Jennie. I have described my earlier research in a post last month. Jennie, which was her familiar name, is a significant person in this story, mainly because I am struggling to find any records that relate to her…
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An Oxted Memoir
I am really pleased to welcome a guest writer for this week’s post. My cousin Sue has prepared a memoir of her early years and memories of her life in Oxted, the home village of the Spilletts and the Carver’s, in Surrey. Sue and I share the same Great Grandfather whose daughter, Ada, was my…
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A Short Thread to a Longer Tale
Just twelve months ago I wrote a long post about my great uncle Herbert Wilcox. He was the eldest of the Wilcox siblings, born in 1874 in Notting Hill. His career was with the railways, and he lived in flats like the Peabody Trust style and type of accommodation in London, designed and developed as…