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Update
07-May-2010
"On
a slight rise in the midst of this brown or green or whiteness
stood the hamlet, a huddle of grey stone walls and pale slated
roofs with only the bushiness of a fruit-tree or the dark line of
a yew hedge to relieve its colourlessness....All the cottages in
the group were occupied by poor families. Some , through old age,
or the possession of a larger family than ordinary, had a little
less, and two or three in more favourable circumstances had a
little more comfort than their neighbours, but in every house
money was scarce....But, as they were fond of saying, money isn't
everything. Poor as they were, ever one of the small cottages,
so much alike when seen from the outside, had for its inmates the
unique distinction of being 'our place' or 'ho-um'...."
- from LARK RISE TO CANDLEFORD.
"For anyone interested in
family history who discovers a long line of 'ag labs' among their
ancestry, this will give a true picture of the hard lives that
they lived. Hard does not necessarily translate as miserable or
unhappy though, their pleasures were simple and few by our
standards today but in many ways they were happier and more
contented I think." (ref.
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About this
Genealogy
This is a
search for the ancestors of
Fred Lashwood GRANT (10 Sep 1882 - 7 Dec 1942) and
Alice (GILLINGS) GRANT (27 Jan 1882 - 21 Jul 1963)
our paternal grandfather and
grandmother.
The objective is to develop two
lineages for each of these two people back to 1800 in England.
Relevant family surnames are GRANT, GILLINGS, LASHWOOD and
KITELEY. Currently, the most information that has been found is for the
paternal line (GRANT) of Fred. While lesser information has
been found for the paternal line (GILLINGS) for Alice.
Information for the maternal lines (LASHWOOD and KITELEY) is
sparse at the moment.
The direction the genealogy is
taking for the next few months is to search all the descendants
of Richard GRANT, who are our blood relatives. Leaving any further work on the LASHWOODs,
GILLINGs and KITELEYs for the time being.
February 2008
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What's New?
PLACES page and MAPS all revised and updated - May 7,
2010
PEOPLE LIST updated - May 7, 2010
Revised People page, Place page, Document List - Apr 2,
2010
Between January and May 2010, many aspects of this
genealogy are being extensively added to and updated, including Places,
People to 1790s, Charts, and Census/BMD documents. - February 3,
2010
Added 17 documents, revised Richard GRANT (1807)
chart, added WEBB family chart (des, of Wm GILLINGS) - November 4, 2009
Info about Hill and Thurlaston, Warks has been
revised, thanks to Paul in Dunchurch, Warks UK - 12 Aug 2009
Photo page captions revised to work in Firefox browser
- 17 Jun 2009
Main pages format tweaked - 15 June 2009
GRANT surname history added to "People" page - 24 Mar
2009
Charts updated - 21 Mar 2009
Time-Line has been revised and substantially added to
- 16 Mar 2009
Agnes GRANT death certificate received and added - 13
Mar 2009
New chart added and others updated with new info - 6 Mar 2009
Charts have had recently found oldest ancestors to
date - 4 Mar 2009
Atherton GRANT birth certificate received and added - 28 Feb 2009
Time-Line has been revised and substantially added to
- 24 Feb 2009
Charts have been revised and added to - 21 Feb 2009
List of Ancestors revised and added to - 18 Feb 2009
Many new documents added - 17 Feb 2009
Charts have been revised - 12 Feb 2009
Five photos from UK added - 8 Feb 2009
Menu revised on website - 6 Jan 2009
A Short History of Direct Descendant Ancestors page
updated - 24 Dec 2008
Photos added to the Gallery and developed a project crest
- 18 Dec 2008
Website look and layout tweaked, and small historical
images added - 17 Dec 2008
Master genealogy chart updated and new GRANT ancestors
chart added - 8 Dec 2008
Social history backgrounder added to this site - 2
December 2008
Resources list has been added too - 18 November 2008
This revised website with all search information to date
went online today! - 18 November 2008
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