Just added an ancestral chart back to our earliest known ancestor. Check it out and if you recognise the names, want to know or share more details get in contact.
Author: sooze17
Gillard Family in Alberta, Canada
Access to passenger lists, emigration records and land records on Ancestry have given an insight into how four of my great grandfathers siblings Arthur, Bryce, Tom and Annie all emigrated to Alberta, Canada at the beginning of the 20th Century leaving behind my great grandfather and his two younger sisters in South West England
Edmund Roper -Boer War and Boxer Rebellion
Some information about Great Great Uncle Edmond a marine involved in the Relief of Ladysmith and injured at Tientsin in the Boxer Rebellion whilst serving on HMS “Terrible” has just been added. Naval records are readily accessible and provide information on ships served on, promotions, ships served on and physical descriptions giving extra insight into… Continue reading Edmund Roper -Boer War and Boxer Rebellion
Henry Eggleton -convict
The website is slowly building and I’ve started to add some more finer details. Today some information of the first convict to be uncovered in the family – great great great uncle Henry, transported to Australia for stealing one sheep!
What’s going on?
This is the first blog on this website just to say Hi and let you know this is where to look if I discover any interesting snippets.
Gillard / Wood Family History 