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The Deacon Families of Bedfordshire
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Land
around Flitwick in Bedfordshire was owned and farmed
by descendants of
Henry Deacon
(1573-1609) and for more than 300 years. Find out about the
generations who lived around the Bedfordshire and the possible
link further link further back to 1300.
Read more about the Deacon's through the centuries...
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Huguenot
Connection
VIPOND, BROWN AND HARLANDS |
The
Possible Irish
Emigrants
THE CARLYLE's |
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French
Protestants the Vipond or more corrrectly Vieuxpont family
settled in Cumbria after fleeing France in the 17th Century and
worked in the local mining industry.
Read more about the Huguenot's and Viponds... |
The
Irish migrated to Scotland many centuries ago were they
James and Martine
Carleile who became Weavers, Mariners and
their son a Journeyman Skinner in Edinburgh.
Read more about the Carlyle's ... |
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Daniel Deacon and the Dillingham Convict Papers
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The
Dillingham Letters is a publication of material dealing with
crime, committal, Sentence, Gaol and transportation of Richard
Dillingham and
Daniel Deacon
(b 1813) both Ploughmen of Flitwick, Bedfordshire to
Tasmania, Australia to become convict settlers.
Read more about
the Dillingham Convict Letters ...
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Photo Albums
FIRTH, HARLAND, ECCLES, CARLYLE AND HIRST |
Family Crests
and Origins ALL FAMILIES |
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Photos
are a view into the ancestors past. How they looked, how they
dressed, worked and where they lived.
Here is the
Family Album and find out about
History of where
our Ancestors lived is here
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The
origins of family names and their associated family crests are fluid
to say the least. However, this research has lead to common origins
and substantiated Coats of Arms. Click on the link either
A-G or
H-Z
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The Allinson Family '
wi
nowt taken out'
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Though
much conjecture has been placed on the Allinson family being related
to the Allinsons famous for their baking of bread and their
Yorkshire advertising slogan “Bread wi nowt taken out,” in this
particular circumstance family myth has proved to be unfounded.
Read more about the changing fortunes
of the Allinson's... |
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Births Deaths
and Marriages
A COLLECTION OF RECORDS OF ALL
FAMILIES |
For King And Country
ANCESTORS IN WW1 |
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A
large collection of Census, Marriage, Birth and other information
covering almost all the families. Take a look at the Census records
back to 1841 to see what our ancestors did for work and where they
lived.
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Nearly
a million young men from the British Empire died during the First
World War. Many like
Arthur Firth (1881-1914) were killed in the prime of their life and
buried thousands of miles from home.
Donald Hirst,
Frank Hirst
and Albert Carlyle survived but
suffered badly from the experience.
Details are here... |
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