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“Who do you think you are?” …Genealogy
by TheBreaker
about 1 month ago
Last updated about 1 month ago.
A work friend of mine recently told me of how he traced his family back over two hundred years and this got me interested in the subject.
Has anyone else managed to trace his or her family tree? Is it even important where you came from? Who you ancestors are? Does it make a difference if your family descended from kings, deprived lower classes or slaves?
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MikeCovell Submitted about 1 month ago Unsuitable Content? Report it!
So far I have traced the Stephenson family back to the mid 1700’s, which is a part of my ripper research.
The Dawber family back to the mid 1700’s. Which again is part of my ripper research.
Believe it or not, having done that I have never looked at my own family tree, although I intend to. It is rumoured that Thomas Covell is an ancestor. Thomas held the Pendle Witches at Lancaster Castle, and as the Judge he brought upon them the death sentance. In Lancaster there is a huge cross called the "Covell Cross" in the town centre, his old house still stands and the castle is still there!
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pumbles Submitted about 1 month ago Unsuitable Content? Report it!
My interest in genealogy began with trying to find out what happened to my paternal grandfather who vanished in the 1920’s.
My interest spiralled from there, and I am now back to the 1500’s on one line. So far I have no aristocracy, murderers or people of any great interest, apart from a sailor with my surname who was at Trafalger..
What is interesting is finding that people moved around far more than we supposed in the 17/18thc. It is also interesting to see how family names have developed over time.
So, my ancestors so far have been ordinary, but that in it’s own way is interesting.
And, no I have not found out so far what happened to my grandfather.
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TheBreaker Submitted about 1 month ago Unsuitable Content? Report it!
Look in to it you might just own Lancaster.
If you did find out that you came from a line of witch killers would that make any difference to you say opposed to if you found out your ancestors invented charity? I mean that in a serious way as some people have hang-ups on their family’s previous behaviours.
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TheBreaker Submitted about 1 month ago Unsuitable Content? Report it!
I hope you do find out what happened to him Pumbles.
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MikeCovell Submitted about 1 month ago Unsuitable Content? Report it!
I believe that is why I have an intrest in the paranormal! We are planning an investigation at Pendle Hill next year and I would love to visit all the sites he was associated with.
I wrote to Lancaster Uni last year, who hold a lot of info regarding him, but they never replied.
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TheBreaker Submitted about 1 month ago Unsuitable Content? Report it!
Thats a real shame maybe you should try ringing them.
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MikeCovell Submitted about 1 month ago Unsuitable Content? Report it!
After the ripper research has been completed that is my next goal. If I can make finds that get the Ripper community excited and have articles published and appear on International podcasts, I am sure I can find out about my ancestors.
Or pay someone in Lancaster instead!
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MikeCovell Submitted about 1 month ago Unsuitable Content? Report it!
No Barry, I am a Ripperologist studying the crimes of Jack the Ripper and there are several suspects with links to Hull. Robert D’Onston Stephenson was born here on Charles Street and I have carried out research on him and his ancestors/descendants.
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MikeCovell Submitted about 1 month ago Unsuitable Content? Report it!
And No, I don’t think he was Jack the Ripper.
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barrycoleridge Submitted about 1 month ago Unsuitable Content? Report it!
thats very interesting Mikey..
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MikeCovell Submitted about 1 month ago Unsuitable Content? Report it!
Have a look at the group Barry, http://www.thisisyourmail.co.uk/posts/all_yours/group/84-jack-the-ripper-from-hell-from-hull-
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Colombo Submitted about 1 month ago Unsuitable Content? Report it!
pumbles: you’ve gone much further back than I have. I’m currently stuck at the end of the eighteenth century. One thing that has struck me is the rate of infant mortality in the nineteenth century. My wife’s great grandparents had 12 children, of whom only her grandfather survived beyond 4 years of age. I have heard that every English person can trace a link back to Edward the Third. If you get there before me, which looks likely, can you tell me if it’s true?. :-)
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MikeCovell Submitted about 1 month ago Unsuitable Content? Report it!
Just read about the rate of infant mortality. During the 19th Century in Hull and surrounding areas infant mortality was really high, with infantacide being one of the main causes.
Poor living conditions, children succumbing to the dangers of drink, poor hygene, no clean water and sewers were unheard of.
Children were made to work to subsidise family income and one of the highest causes of death among children was drowning.
The number of children found dead, floating in the docks was astounding.
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ChiefDragon Submitted about 1 month ago Unsuitable Content? Report it!
I have traced my mother’s family back to 1811 and they lived in Brickyard Lane in Norton, Nth Yorkshire, my Grandfather was born out of wedlock in the Hull workhouse in 1887, his mother had been a maid at a household in Malton when she was banished to the workhouse.
My grandfather was a bobber on the Hull fish docks.
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