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Welcome to Jenny's Genealogy

Welcome to my family tree site.

With very grateful thanks to the family members who have got in touch to supply me with stories, photographs and certificates.

Site last updated: 28th October 2023



What's New

28/10/2023: Family of Charlotte Rothery Newman.
30/07/2023: Family of Frederick Smith.
25/06/2023: More Sunderland Bowhills.
30/04/2023: The Kelso-Sunderland Bowhills.
05/03/2023: The Westminster Bowhills.
31/07/2022: Bits and pieces - a handful of extra records, displaying abode from burial entries, and some corrections.
29/05/2022: Relatives of Mary Heathfild (father's side).
24/04/2022: Relatives of Mary Heathfild (mother's side).
13/03/2022: Improvement to display of marriage entries from old-style parish registers.
30/01/2022: Relatives of Elizabeth Cruttenden.
29/08/2021: Occupations and locations from less structured documents.
27/06/2021: Partners and children of Francis William Olliver and Thomas Bushby Olliver.
31/05/2021: Relatives of Henry Asher.
24/04/2021: Allowing DNA matches as evidence (see my blog post for an explanation).
07/02/2021: Relatives of Mary Hand.
10/01/2021: Relatives of Charles Miller.
06/12/2020: Bits and pieces.
08/11/2020: Some records relating to the Catt family.
11/10/2020: Family of old David Dear.
09/08/2020: The Extons.
14/06/2020: Family of William Catt.
10/05/2020: More family of William Humphrey Wickham.
05/04/2020: Family of Harriet Golden Phillips.
01/03/2020: Family of William Humphrey Wickham.
02/02/2020: Family of Lydia Jeakens.
05/01/2020: Some family links suggested by DNA matches.
29/12/2019: Family of Martha Dann.
17/11/2019: More Drages of Barkway.
27/10/2019: Family of William Okell.
29/09/2019: Family of Margaret Perrow.
26/08/2019: Family of Arthur William Phillips.
07/07/2019: Bits and pieces.
04/05/2019: 1939 census.
14/04/2019: Some family of Thomas Newland.
26/01/2019: Vinten records.
04/11/2018: Some Burchetts.
02/09/2018: Apprenticeships.
19/08/2018: A new perspective - looking at places.
08/07/2018: Some documents relating to the Howsdens.
10/06/2018: Some records relating to the Tonks family.
05/05/2018: Family of Thomas Upton.
07/04/2018: Family of Frances Vidler.
03/03/2018: Family of Mary Pavey.
28/01/2018: 'Bits and pieces' - mostly burials, a couple of documents, and miscellaneous other records, relating to individuals in various branches of my tree.
31/12/2017: Records relating to Arthur Phillips.
26/11/2017: Family of Thomas Collins.
29/10/2017: Family of Susannah Moon.
30/09/2017: Family of Thomas Fitzgerald.
27/08/2017: Family of Etheldred Howsdon.
06/08/2017: Places: addition of map coordinates for some baptisms and burials, corrections to coordinates for some churches.
23/07/2017: Family of Mary Mepham.
25/06/2017: Family of Anne Howsden.
27/05/2017: Family of Mary Pennett.
30/04/2017: Records relating to Christopher Emerson.
25/03/2017: A few records relating to the Murrays.
02/01/2017: The Caesars.
18/12/2016: The Shorters.
25/09/2016: The Vies of Beaminster and London.
09/07/2016: The Perrows of Falmouth.
25/06/2016: Records relating to David Dear and family.
01/05/2016: Dears in Scotland and Northumberland.
05/03/2016: The Daweses of Bermondsey.
14/02/2016: Corrections to map coordinates for some locations in the Southwark area.
13/02/2016: Updated Useful Links page.
03/01/2016: Wills and associated records relating to family of Ruth Brett.
25/12/2015: Family of Ruth Brett (back to the sixteenth century!).
27/09/2015: Family of John Camp.
06/09/2015: The Bonhams.
30/08/2015: The Camps and Drages of Barkway, Newsells and Reed, 1799.
26/07/2015: Improvements to selection of names to be displayed in pages and used in links.
05/07/2015: Improvements to way locations are displayed in person details pages.
28/06/2015: Family of Jane Camp.
24/05/2015: Family of Charles Miller.
29/03/2015: The Newlands.
28/03/2015: Estimate birth year from infant death records.
22/03/2015: Display of non-standard ages in burial entries.
31/01/2015: Family of Sarah Harriet Asher.
27/12/2014: Family of Alice Chapman.
30/11/2014: Family of Thomas Fitzgerald.
26/10/2014: Catholic baptisms: children of Honorah Coughlin.
12/10/2014: Entries from Admission and Discharge Registers of Poplar and Stepney Sick Asylum.
25/08/2014: Display of non-standard ages in marriage and death certificates
24/08/2014: Children of Emily Dear and Thomas Ellis Bowhill
17/08/2014: Tentative person identifications (see my blog post for an explanation).
29/06/2014: Workhouse admissions and discharges
27/04/2014: Children of David Dear and Margaret Perrow
20/04/2014: Inclusion of extra information on relatives in person details pages
29/03/2014: Family of Sarah Ellis
23/02/2014: Re-organisation of person details pages
25/01/2014: Children of Joseph Bowhill and Sarah Ellis
29/12/2013: More on the Williams family
27/10/2013: Wills: John Marcham, Alfred Marcham, Thomas Williams, Thomas Grisson, Joseph Grisson Buck
10/08/2013: Family of Richard Williams
25/05/2013: The Dawes family
31/03/2013: Family of Elizabeth Joynson Okell
26/01/2013: Electoral registers 2: the Phillipses and Uptons
29/12/2012: The Uptons of Lee
28/10/2012: Residence information from electoral registers: the Ollivers and Fitzgeralds
26/08/2012: The Tonks family
21/07/2012: The Newmans of Westbury
27/05/2012: Marriages from parish records (i.e. pre-1837)
31/03/2012: The Uptons
20/01/2012: The Chapmans of Glaston: baptisms, census entries and death certificates.
20/11/2011: Susannah Wells Hooper and her children
23/10/2011: New searchable layout on Site Map
17/09/2011: More on the Bowhills
21/08/2011: Documents. Report on Coroner's inquest into death of Joseph Bowhill, grant of Letters of Administration of the estate of Frederick Thomas Newland, and letter from Robert Fiveash.
22/05/2011: Even more on the Ollivers...
22/04/2011: More on the Ollivers
26/03/2011: Family of Margaret Dear junior (Philipson and Ion families)
05/03/2011: Burials: Mary Moon, Emma and Martha Vie, Susan and Richard Vidler, Elizabeth Fiveash
30/12/2010: Children and deaths of Richard Vidler and Susanna Relf.
24/10/2010: Relatives of Annie Elizabeth Phillips: some births, deaths and baptisms of Annie, her children, her parents and her grandparents.
12/09/2010: Descendants of Jacintha Augusta Parkes's daughters: the Tovey, Hinkins and Vallerius families.
15/08/2010: Baptisms, marriages, deaths and census entries relating to family of Jacintha Augusta Parkes: Newman, Parkes and Marcham.
12/06/2010: The Newlands. Baptisms: Jane (Vie) Newland and siblings. Births: Children of Mabel Alice Newland. Marriages: Frederick James Newland and Catherine Abra Peters. Deaths: Mabel Alice, Frederick James, Jane (Vie) and Thomas Newland. Photos: Catherine Abra (Peters) Newland and the Olliver family.
09/05/2010: Baptisms
10/04/2010: The Fiveashes. Marriages: Chapman-Cottle, Giles-Gallini, Hanson-Giles, Brown-Hanson, Maluish-Gallini. Deaths: Charlotte Fiveash, Elizabeth Fiveash
21/02/2010: Birth certificates: Thomas James Bowhill, John Alfred Williams, Thomas Bushby Olliver, Hephzibah Elizabeth Fellows Collins, Henry Asher Smith. Death Certificates: Kathleen Mabel Alice Olliver, Richard Williams
09/01/2010: The Fitzgerald/Coughlin/Bowhill/Dear family
20/12/2009: The Olliver/Collins family
13/12/2009: Annie Elizabeth Phillips's marriage certificate has finally been tracked down!
29/11/2009: The Newland/Chapman/Hooper/Vie family
15/11/2009: Death certificates and more photographs
25/10/2009: The Asher/Smith/Childs family
11/10/2009: Birth certificate transcriptions
03/10/2009: Marriage certificate transcriptions
13/09/2009: Photographs

Can You Help?

Unknown Gentleman
This picture was found behind a photo of Alice Chapman which belonged to her daughter Mabel Alice Newland. There is a resemblance to Mabel's son Denis Raymond Olliver, who is presumably a descendant, but which family does this man belong to?