Posted on 28-July-2009 by Steve
Here is the gravestone of the earliest Sandercock ancestor we have managed to find:
In memory of William Sandercock
who departed this life
the 25th day of November 1786 Aged 80
And in memory of Mary his wife who died July the 2
1786 aged 81.
William Sandercock is the 5th Great-Grandfather of Dr Stephen Tromp Wynn Hayes
Common Ancestor
* William Sandercock
(Abt [...]
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Posted on 21-July-2009 by Steve
Henry Sandercock was a blacksmith in Cardinham, Cornwall, and was my second cousin three tiems removed. After his death his sons and wife emigrated to Queensland, Australia, and some of their descendants are still living there today.
I’ve been doing quite a bit of work on the Sandercock family in the last week, trying to fill [...]
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Posted on 14-July-2009 by Steve
Charlotte Sandercock, wife of Richard Sandercock, and daughter of George and Catherine Riddle.
We’re not sure if they are related to us, but we do have related Sandercocks who lived in Cardinham.
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Posted on 12-July-2009 by Steve
Val’s sister Elaine Machin has just phoned to say that their cousin Alan Greene’s youngest daughter Kerry, aged 18, is seriously ill in hospital after a car accident, and is in intensive care. They live in Port Elizabeth.
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Posted on 7-July-2009 by Steve
I’ve been reading The Oxford Companion to Family and Local History and one of the articles raised the question of how long families that have emigrated keep in touch with those back in the country they came from.
Most of of our ancestral lines have immigrants from somewhere else, and it is quite interesting to look [...]
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Posted on 6-July-2009 by Steve
Our daughter Bridget the ikonographer has set up a web page to display her
ikons.
She has been painting ikons for several years now, and is using them to
finance her studies in Greece (she is studying for a doctorate in theology at
Athens University).
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Posted on 1-July-2009 by Steve
It’s nearly three years since I wrote to several members of the Growden family in Canada, asking about the history of their branch of the family, but haven’t had any replies. It seems that none of them are interested in the family history.
I have managed to find a bit more from public records, like censuses [...]
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