Exploring the Stewart-Ricketts family history
Matilda May Glue, my grandmother, was born in the small Sussex village of Harting on the 5th of September, 1907. She was christened the following month, on 6th October 1907. Commonly called by her...
Rex Avera Birth and Childhood Leo Rex Avera was born on 18 December 1924 in the small town of Foss, Washita County, Oklahoma. His parents were Robert and Lola Avera. The township of Foss...
17 Easebourne Street, in Easebourne, Sussex is an ancient wattle and daub, timber-framed building. It was a fixture of my childhood and remains a major touchstone in our family history. This was where my...
If the Burright family is one of the branches of a family tree you’re currently researching there are a number of specific online and traditional book resources that you’ll find very helpful. So, once...
by [email protected] · Published August 17, 2019 · Last modified August 18, 2019
John Shreeve and his family migrated from England to Canada between 1845 and 1847. The family included a young Sarah Shreeve, who was later to marry Joseph Warren Burright. According to The Sun Rides...
By June 1940 the British Expeditionary Force had been pushed back to the French coast by the advancing German army. Among the thousands of British troops heading for the beaches was my great uncle...
On the first page of The Sun Rides High, Orrin Burright describes how, in 1845, the Burright family left Ohio and headed west. He notes that families traveled together for protection, before mentioning that...
During the 18th and 19th centuries, the Ricketts’ families lived their lives in a small corner of Dorset around Winfirth Newburgh and Wool. They thrived in small villages in the heart of the countryside...
Ricketts is an English medieval family name. The consensus seems to be that our surname is derived from many different origins. These influences include French and Germanic derivations since the name most likely migrated...
Birth and Baptism Cyril George Ricketts was born in Burlestone, Dorset, England1-4. His father was George Henry Ricketts and mother Alice Maud Ricketts. According to records we know he was baptized on 2 January...
by [email protected] · Published September 9, 2017 · Last modified August 8, 2019
On the steps of Guthrie Junior High School, the 8th-grade children of Logan County receive their honors on the 1st of June, 1936. Among their ranks is a young Alice Lorene LeGrande, daughter of Charles M....