Ancestry

[TyphooToffee]

Bear with me on this because there is a very satisfying twist at the end.

My mum was 90 in April. She's still got all her marbles and could well outlive me (her own mum lived until she was almost 105). Last week she told me she didn't know much about her dad, who died in 1946 when she was 25. So, after checking out ancestry sites, I joined ancestry.co.uk today and have already found out plenty.

I have also checked my dad's side of the family. I already knew that his grandad emigrated from Heligoland and settled in Hull around 1850, and that the family name was shortened from the German spelling in 1912. I also knew my dad was born in Finchley, north London (where I was born) after my nan and grandad moved from Hull. What I didn't know was that my Nan's dad was married twice. His second wife was a Hull girl but his first wife was from where he himself was born.....

Not only was it Liverpool, it was Everton!

 

[Eggs]

Bear with me on this because there is a very satisfying twist at the end.

My mum was 90 in April. She's still got all her marbles and could well outlive me (her own mum lived until she was almost 105). Last week she told me she didn't know much about her dad, who died in 1946 when she was 25. So, after checking out ancestry sites, I joined ancestry.co.uk today and have already found out plenty.

I have also checked my dad's side of the family. I already knew that his grandad emigrated from Heligoland and settled in Hull around 1850, and that the family name was shortened from the German spelling in 1912. I also knew my dad was born in Finchley, north London (where I was born) after my nan and grandad moved from Hull. What I didn't know was that my Nan's dad was married twice. His second wife was a Hull girl but his first wife was from where he himself was born.....

Not only was it Liverpool, it was Everton!

..weird how these things happen. My great, great Grandad was called Jeremiah O’Connell and came off the boat from Ireland. I really like Guinness.

 

[Goat]

Bear with me on this because there is a very satisfying twist at the end.

My mum was 90 in April. She's still got all her marbles and could well outlive me (her own mum lived until she was almost 105). Last week she told me she didn't know much about her dad, who died in 1946 when she was 25. So, after checking out ancestry sites, I joined ancestry.co.uk today and have already found out plenty.

I have also checked my dad's side of the family. I already knew that his grandad emigrated from Heligoland and settled in Hull around 1850, and that the family name was shortened from the German spelling in 1912. I also knew my dad was born in Finchley, north London (where I was born) after my nan and grandad moved from Hull. What I didn't know was that my Nan's dad was married twice. His second wife was a Hull girl but his first wife was from where he himself was born.....

Not only was it Liverpool, it was Everton!

Sorry to hear about the German bit mate.

Forts and preyers.

 

[TyphooToffee]

Sorry to hear about the German bit mate.

Forts and preyers.

The thing is, ever since Schramm became Shram, everyone assumes it's an Indian name. It doesn't help that I have a swarthy complexion either

 

[SerenityNigh]

much better than incestry, although some ancestry likely contains incestry

 

[SerenityNigh]

The thing is, ever since Schramm became Shram, everyone assumes it's an Indian name. It doesn't help that I have a swarthy complexion either

are you saying your appearance doesn't curry much favor?

 

[Billy Dean]

My Dad's Mrs went on Ancestry. Apparently my ancient ancestors were cheesemongers and sold their cheese to Queen Victoria.

 

[TyphooToffee]

Anyway, the reason I started this was to see who else has dug into their family history, and what surprise, good and bad, they've found

 

[TyphooToffee]

are you saying your appearance doesn't curry much favor?

Don't call us, we'll call you..

Next!

 

[TyphooToffee]

much better than incestry, although some ancestry likely contains incestry

Well my Liverpool ancestor did marry a 14 year old

 

[SerenityNigh]

Well my Liverpool ancestor did marry a 14 year old

Yes, but a relative? People some years ago were much more noncehalant about all that if unrelated, and if you were royalty you could get away with the related part too.

 

[KaiserEFC]

Tried doing this once, the office that held the records of my Dad’s side burnt down in the early 20th century so I couldn’t get very far!

 

[TyphooToffee]

Yes, but a relative? People some years ago were much more noncehalant about all that if unrelated, and if you were royalty you could get away with the related part too.

Was that a Freudian slip?

 

[GrumpyBlue]

You're all sons of bitches

 

[magicjuan]

The thing is, ever since Schramm became Shram, everyone assumes it's an Indian name. It doesn't help that I have a swarthy complexion either

Do posh people call you Mush?