This is a mini ancestor trail starter kit, identifying some of our Orkney ancestors, and the places they once lived. If you're a descendant of Barbara Scott who was born on South Ronaldsay, Orkney, in 1845 then these are some of your ancestors. If Growly was your ancestor, then Barbara is too. Watch the video… Continue reading Our Orkney ancestors
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My ancestors in brief
Woah. Where have the years gone? This is my list of ‘ancestors in brief’ made for a different website a few years ago, and the note to myself at the bottom says ‘last updated 5 February 2016’. So I guess it will need a bit of updating, and - reader alert - I think it… Continue reading My ancestors in brief
John McPherson
(This is the one who worked in Brazil, Madeira, Portugal, and who did sketches of Gallipoli in WW1.) Mini family fact file Childhood - see the video below Working life His war years Back to civilian life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJdPxhp2ITw Above is a presentation I created and shared for the Society of Genealogist's All About That Place… Continue reading John McPherson
John McPherson’s war years
(This is the one who did sketches at Gallipoli of “Cluny’s cave” and was an ambulance driver in the First World War.) Of my (our) four great-grandfathers, each of whom served in the army in the First World War, John McPherson (father of Rita and Betty) is the hardest to trace. He returned from Brazil… Continue reading John McPherson’s war years
Who were you Bill Pole?
THE CAST: Mouse (aka Elizabeth Mary Hallas; Bill Pole) The utility clothes, the curly hair. Smiling. Enjoying the outdoors… mucking about in a boat. Mouse in her early 20s I’ve always loved this photo of Mouse. She was born in 1921 and looks a very young woman here, her early 20s most likely – do… Continue reading Who were you Bill Pole?
Whittling walking sticks
THE CAST: Growly & Mouse (aka John Elliot Scott Hill & Elizabeth Mary Hallas-Hill) & Islay the labrador By the front door of Mouse and Growly's home in Storrington, Sussex, were numerous walking sticks. They were both in good health - or seemed to my child's eyes to be - but they just liked a… Continue reading Whittling walking sticks
Chopsticks
THE CAST: Growly (aka J. E. S. Hill); Peter Hallas Growly's chopsticks at the imperial war museum If you go to the online catalogue of the Imperial War Museums (they call themselves plural museums, hence the 's') you can search for details of Growly’s chopsticks: “chopsticks in bamboo tube” - https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30083310 (If you’ve not seen… Continue reading Chopsticks
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