Hedley Cole Vickers Churchward (1862–1929), later known as Mahmoud Mobarek, stands within my own family tree. Through our shared ancestor, John Churchward (1761–1840) of Devon, Hedley and I are second cousins. For me, however, the importance of the Churchwards extends far beyond one relative who made history. This family name, […]
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Jabez Churchward (1838–1885): A Working Man’s Record in Victorian Devon Jabez Churchward, born in June 1838 in Newton Abbot, Devon, lived an unremarkable yet closely documented life as a working man in mid-Victorian England. Employed variously as a carter and drover, Churchward’s name appears in multiple official and press records […]
Richard Bettison was my great great grandfather. He was born and brought up just outside Liskeard in Cornwall where, apart from a brief spell in the 1870s when he was in the Durham area, he spent the best part of his long life. My great grandmother Lily was his daughter […]
My Waugh family were based on the Somerset/Gloucestershire borders during the 1700 – 1900′s. John Waugh Snr my 5x great grand father, (born about 1750. Had a son also called John Waugh, my 4x great grandfather, (1771-1802) (his family tree and data here). John Jnr had a son, Robert Waugh […]