Chapter 11 - The Charleys of Australia
Chapter 11The Charleys of AustraliaIt was through Jesse Charley of the Birmingham Charleys who was 80 years old on the one occasion the writer met him at his home in Clapham Junction, London, that she...
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I am contemplating the next project that I should work on now that the "Romance of the Charley Family" just needs to be completed. I have a little proofreading still to do but that happens when I am...
View ArticleThe National Trust Names Database - GBNames (Consumer Data Research Centre)
The Guild is mentioning the National Trust Names Database - GBNames databasehttps://apps.cdrc.ac.uk/gbnames/I searched on Blake thus far and it was an interesting look at the holders of the name...
View ArticleChapter 12 - The Charleys of Coventry
Chapter 12The Charleys of CoventryOn one occasion, when visiting the Coventry District Nursing Association, the writer heard that a Miss Elizabeth Randall over 80 years of age helped the nurses one...
View ArticleProofreading, charting for the Romance of the Charley family book
Still proofreading and charting into images to do for the appendices of the Romance of the Charley Family book. The numbers do not always come across but the spacing is good thus far so will do it that...
View ArticleChapter 13 - The Charleys of Jamaica
Chapter 13The Charleys of JamaicaWhen the writer was a student at Bedford College for Women, Regents Park, London in 1923 she went to a Student Christian Movement party in Bloomsbury and met a...
View ArticleH11 Newsletter in preparation
1st of November is H11 Newsletter Issue 4 which again is a small issue as I only do a compilation of results once a year in February. I shall prepare that today. Yesterday I managed to get five more...
View ArticleChapter 14 - The Charleys of the United States of America and Canada
Chapter 14The Charleys of the United States of America and CanadaOne day in early 1956, Robin Charley from Northern Ireland had to visit an American Military Attaché at the Embassy in London. Being...
View ArticleLooking after the dogs and cat
I am looking after the dogs and cat on my own today for part of the day. They tend to be good but are a handful for sure. The puppy still has to remember not to jump up at me and she mostly does but...
View ArticleThe Romance of the Charley Family - Appendix I
Appendix IThe Chorley FamilyThese lines were extracted from a book entitled “Fishers Drawing-room Scrap Book” in the possession of Miss Dobbs of Glenariff Lodge, Co. Antrim. The Pretender’s friends...
View ArticleAnswering email too slowly
I sadly discovered yesterday that one of my correspondents in the H11 study passed away in July this year. Barry Hinman (Librarian Emeritus Stanford University) and I have been corresponding about H11...
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YFull has a mitochondrial tree
I am beginning to wonder about the value of my H11 Newsletter in that there is now an up to date mitochondrial tree. I will publish this issue (Volume 5, Issue 4, 2021). But I will consider the...
View ArticleThe Romance of the Charley Family - Appendix II
Appendix II (From “Verses and Notes” by John Wilson) Richard Chorley’s Farewell The autumn winds are sighing, the clouds hang like a pall,As Richard Chorley rides away from his ancestral hall, With...
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H11 Newsletter Volume 5 Issue 4 2021
Table of Contents 1. Project Statistics2. Other3. In Memoriam: Barry Hinman, Librarian Emeritus, Stanford University4. H11 in the news (provided by Barry Hinman)5. YFull Tree – H11a1b 1....
View ArticleThe Romance of the Charley Family - Appendix III
Appendix IIIThe Death of Mrs. ChorleyIt is an old local tradition that Mrs. Richard Chorley died of grief on the day of her husband’s execution either at the sight itself, or on the receipt of the...
View ArticleHallowe'en is done; All Saints Day is finally here
Out with the children trick and treating (just the children of course went to the door) but I had on my elephant costume. Bought it a few years ago and it is a hit with them and it is also warm which...
View ArticleThe Romance of the Charley Family - Appendix IV
Appendix IVExtracts from ‘Memories of her Childhood’ by Letitia Maria Charley, 1841ForewordBorn in 1831 the writer Letitia, was the youngest daughter of Matthew Charley, of Finaghy House, County...
View Article-2 degrees celsius when I awoke
Winter is slowly coming; November makes you think more about winter. You know it is coming; the only question is what day will it be when you awaken to snow! Snow is beautiful; it brightens the...
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November 3rd - hardly seems possible
Another beautiful November day and still no snow. The cold weather though tells me that it is coming. I managed to update all of my new DNA matches into my files and so I started phasing yesterday....
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