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Finding John Clarke, soldier

For one of my portfolio pieces for the (IHGS) Diploma in Genealogy I’m undertaking this year, I have decided to focus on my 3 x great grandfather, John Clarke, who served in the 74th Regiment of the British Army during the mid 19th century.

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A close family in life, and in death ~ Tombstone Tuesday

When I received a transcript of Mary Jane’s burial details from Lewisham Council, I wasn’t surprised to see she shared a grave plot. But I was surprised to find out that she was sharing it with five other people! (My previous post describes my search for the grave at Brockley Cemetery.) It’s been a fascinating…

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Mary Jane’s grave ~ (Not so) Wordless Wednesday

Last week I posted a couple of photos of Brockley Cemetery in Lewisham. This is where my great great grandmother, Mary Jane (Clarke) Freeth/Wright/Carroll, was buried in 1932.  I’d found her entry in the Greenwich Union death register and discovered she had been buried “by friends” in Brockley Cemetery1.  In May 2012 I contacted Lewisham…

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Postcard to a brother

Yesterday I posted a photo of my half great great aunt, Mary (Mollie) Freeth, dressed up in Japanese costume. She sent this postcard to her (half) brother, Alexander Wright, my great grandfather, who was with the Royal Irish Fusiliers at the time.  This is what she wrote on the back: Alec Wright 10207 D Company…

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Mollie, my “Japanese” aunt ~ Wordless Wednesday

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Mollie? Or Pollie? ~ Wordless Wednesday

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Mary Jane gets hitched

I’ve been searching for my great great grandmother Mary Jane Clarke‘s first marriage on and off for some time. I’m not sure why I’d never thought to search the Irish Civil Registration Indexes on FamilySearch before now.  Possibly because I didn’t know they were there! I’d done a search on Ancestry, which hadn’t brought up…

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This is the Face of Genealogy

This is my great great grandmother.  If it hadn’t been for genealogy, I would never have known about this wonderful woman, and my life would be all the poorer for that. This post is in response to a recent article published by LAWeekly.

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My Mary Jane

Of all the ancestors I have discovered in my research so far, Mary Jane Carroll (previously Wright, previously Freeth, formerly Clark) is the one whom I’d most like to meet.  She comes across as an incredibly strong and loving mother, full of life and spirit. In a recent post I showed a newspaper clipping with…

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Imperial Irish ~ Wordless Wednesday

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