Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge
What a wonderful choice of name for the new prince. May he be in his own time King of Canada and remind those who are under his Head of State of his wonderful great grandfather King George VI whom I...
View ArticleWill of James Blake, Yeoman, Honiton Devon - The National Archives PROB...
James Blake is the testator living at Honiton and he mentions his daughter Mary married to William Allen and his daughter Betsy (deceased) married to Nathaniel Bishop. [Perhaps a return to normalcy on...
View ArticleWill of Jane Blake, Widow, Plymouth, Devon - The National Archives PROB...
Jane Blake, the testator, was buried at Charles Church Plymouth 17 Jul 1845 at the age of 82 years. She lived on Hoe Street in Plymouth. She would have been born around 1763 and I found a baptism (Find...
View ArticleWill of John Blake, Seaman late belonging to His Majesty's Ship Malborough...
John Blake is the Testator and he is a seaman with two daughters Ann and Elizabeth Blake.Ann is possibly the Anne Blake who married Robert Leach 30 Sep 1783 at Blackawton. No marriage for an Elizabeth...
View ArticleWill of Margery Blake of Rattery, Devon - The National Archives PROB...
Hatchlands is a large manor house which is still occupied and in the 1700s was the property of the Earle family. Joseph Earle married Mary Blake sister of Margery Blake the testator. They had the...
View ArticleWill of Martha Blake, Widow, Yealmpton, Devon - The National Archives PROB...
Martha Blake the testator is the mother of Ferdinando, Samuel, Martha, Grace and Ann and wife of Ferdinando Blake the elder who will was probated 21 May 1646 and blogged by me...
View ArticleWill of Martha Blake, Widow, Exon, Devon - The National Archives PROB...
Martha Blake the testator mentions her sister Elizabeth Stabback and an Elizabeth Stabback spinster was mentioned in the will of Elizabeth Blake widow of Exeter blogged earlier but dated...
View ArticleWindows 8 and Mozilla Thunderbird email program
It has taken a couple of days but I have now (with the help of my daughter) converted my Windows Mail on Vista to Mozilla Thunderbird on my Windows 8 computer. It was fairly straightforward but I had...
View ArticleColonel By Day in Ottawa, Canada
Ed and I spent yesterday in the Park area around the Bytown Museum down by the Rideau Locks at the table for the Ontario Genealogical Society, Ottawa Branch. It is the one event that we try to do every...
View ArticleWill of Mary Blake, spinster, North Molton, Devon - The National Archives...
The testator Mary Blake is probably employed as a spinster. Her two children John baptized 27 Jun 1790 and Sarah baptized 17 March 1793 and both at North Molton are the children of William and Mary...
View ArticleWill of MIchaell Blake, husbandman, North Molton, Devon - The National...
This testator is known to me and I have blogged on his family in the blog mentioned yesterday namely the Blake families in Devon – 1500s 0...
View ArticleWill of Peter Blake, yeoman, Maker, Devon - The National Archives PROB...
Peter Blake of Devon is the testator and he lived at Maker, Devon near the border with Cornwall. An interesting item from the National...
View ArticleCensus 1921 Canada is now available on Ancestry with a geographical index
Like everyone else with Canadian ancestry, I too opened Ancestry yesterday to see if I could locate my parents on the 1921 census. My mother was a child of four years of age and my father was a...
View ArticleMarriage of William Charles Pincombe and Annie Steel Smith in 1899
The marriage of William Charles Pincombe and Annie Steel Smith in l899 at St John's Church in the Parish of St John Bootle in the Registration District of West Derby has fascinated me ever since I...
View ArticleWill of Richard Blake, Merchant, Exeter, Devon - The National Archives PROB...
Richard Blake, the testator, mentions his cousin Elizabeth Kimpe (daughter of Alexander Kimpe of Wellington, Somerset) and his sister in law (his executrix) Johanna Crosse (daughter of John Crose of...
View ArticleWill of The Reverend Richard Blake, Clerk, Farway, Devon - The National...
Richard Blake, the testator, has a memorial placed on Flicker:“Near this place are deposited the Remains of the Reverend Richard Blake, A.M. Rector of this Parish, 31 Years, who Died much Lamented 22nd...
View ArticleWill of Sarah Blake, Spinster, Cotleigh near Honiton - The National Archives...
Sarah Blake is the testator and there is familial information in this will. The family lives at Cottleigh near Honiton in the County of Devon. Her father was named Richard and still living at the time...
View ArticleWill of Thomas Blake, Mariner of Biddiford, Devon now living at Placentia,...
Thomas Blake, the testator, mentions his wife Sarah and his sons George and John and his daughters Joan and Dorothy with Dorothy being named as Executor of his will. Searching on Family Search did not...
View ArticleWill of Richardus Blayke of Enham 1522
I received a copy of the will of Richardus Blayke of Enham dated 1522 and I think also probated in 1522 but still working on that. Is this possibly the father of Robert, Nicholas and Elizabeth (married...
View ArticleCBC Radio 1 Ottawa Morning
Ed and I were on the Radio this morning talking with Robyn Bresnahan host of Ottawa Morning on CBC Radio 1. The topic was the release of the 1921 census and our thoughts on that release. Of course I...
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