The Fighting Duffields
March 1, 2021
In the course of my investigations into the Duffields, I found an article that appeared to provide information about my ancestors, but took some sleuthing to confirm.Continue Reading
Finding the Irish Duffields
February 24, 2021
I thought I’d be stuck in Rhode Island and never able to trace my Duffield family back to Ireland. With just one record, I was able to break through that brick wall.Continue Reading
James Alexander Duffield
February 3, 2021
James Alexander Duffield emigrated with his parents from Ireland to the United States at age 2 and was orphaned at the age of 18. Continue Reading
Samuel Duffield and Elizabeth Robinson
January 26, 2021
Samuel and Lizzie Duffield left their native Ireland with their young family for the United States, landing in Providence, Rhode Island.Continue Reading
Lily Drusilla Dutton and Samuel Schofield
December 1, 2020
Lily Drusilla Dutton was born on October 7, 1877 in Altrincham, Cheshire, England, the daughter of Elizabeth Dutton. She married Samuel Schofield.Continue Reading
Sarah Gardiner
November 8, 2020
Sarah Gardiner’s prospects were bright. Although she didn’t marry, she trained to be a schoolmistress. Sadly, her life was tragically interrupted after a bike ride in September 1902.Continue Reading
John Griffin and Sarah Jane Goodland
November 4, 2020
John Griffin married Sarah Jane Goodland on March 24, 1884, in the parish church of St. Paul in Kewstoke, Somerset, England. They had five sons and one daughter.Continue Reading
Samuel Gardiner Jr. and Catharine Jones
November 1, 2020
Samuel Gardiner Jr. married Catharine Jones on December 20, 1854, in Llanfyllin, Montgomeryshire, Wales. They had 12 children in the next 15 years.Continue Reading
William Richard Webb and the 1901 Census
October 25, 2020
When I originally researched my second great-grandparents William Richard and Elizabeth Webb, I noted an issue on the 1901 England Census. The family wasn’t together.Continue Reading
William Webb and Sarah Hawkins
October 17, 2020
William married Sarah Hawkins on May 19, 1825, at St. James the Great in Paulerspury, Northamptonshire, England. The couple had 11 children.Continue Reading
Archibald James Jacob McPhail and Cecelia Garrow
October 15, 2020
Archibald James Jacob McPhail married Cecelia Garrow on October 10, 1892, at Cathédrale du Précieux-Sang in Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada (the church no longer stands).Continue Reading
Sister Mary Bernadette (Isabella Theresa McPhail)
October 14, 2020
Isabella Theresa McPhail left Montreal for the Bethany Convent in St. Paul, Minnesota, becoming a postulant and eventually taking the name Sister Mary Bernadette.Continue Reading
Thomas Longworth and Margaret Moir
October 1, 2020
Thomas Longworth married Margaret Moir on July 4, 1885, at St. James’ Church in Chorley, Lancashire, England. They had three children.Continue Reading
Dorothea “Frances” Gardiner Bowen and William Guy “Red” Hill
September 15, 2020
Frances Dorothea Bowen married William Guy “Red” Hill on June 12, 1935 in Tonawanda, New York. She was dead less than three months later.Continue Reading
Elijah Loxham Longworth and Mary Elizabeth Derbyshire and Mary Ann Pearl Condon
September 10, 2020
Elijah Loxham Longworth married Mary Elizabeth Derbyshire in 1909 at St. Peter’s Church in Chorley and then moved to Canada, without her.Continue Reading
Samuel Moore and Elizabeth Longworth
September 1, 2020
Samuel Moore married Elizabeth Longworth on December 29, 1888, at St. James Church in Chorley. The emigrated with their two daughters to Canada.Continue Reading
William Shepherd and Mary Jones
August 24, 2020
William Shepherd married Mary Jones on November 22, 1868, at St. John The Evangelist, Miles Platting, in Manchester, Lancashire, England.Continue Reading
John Harold Griffin and Dorothy Wilkes
August 23, 2020
John Harold Griffin left his family in England and emigrated to New Zealand. After a stint in the military, he married Dorothy Wilkes and had a family.Continue Reading
Catharine Gardiner and Ralph Horatio Sherwood
August 22, 2020
Catharine married Ralph Horatio Sherwood on July 25, 1910 in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. Their story is marked by tragedy.Continue Reading
Eleanor Webb and Her “Husbands”
July 30, 2020
My great-aunt Eleanor Webb was a bit of an outlier – I wasn’t even aware she existed until I found her marriage record in Ontario.Continue Reading
Frederick Samuel Gardiner and Mary Anne Whelan (and Clayton Loucks)
July 29, 2020
After being widowed with two young boys, Mary Anne Whelan remarried quickly, on September 26, 1922, to Frederick Samuel Gardiner.Continue Reading