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Category Archives: Martin
Why getting your family tree wrong is the best thing you could do
Why making a mistake in your family tree research is one of the most important things you can do. Continue reading
Posted in Best Practice, Martin, Researching, Tall, Waters
Tagged Avis Tall, cuckoo, error, incorrect, James Martin, Mary Waters, research, researching, Robert Martin
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The death of a child
William Martin died aged 10 in 1890 when he was entrusted with a horse and cart. The Factory Act (1891) could have protected him and many others from a working childhood. Continue reading
Posted in Martin, Occupations
Tagged accidental death, child labour, employment, factory, inquest, Pyemoor, Pymoor, The Factory Act 1878, William Martin
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Wordless Wednesday
Wordless Wednesday: Ethel May Martin (1895-1999) with her bicycle. Continue reading
Posted in Martin, Wordless Wednesday
Tagged bicycle, bike, Edwardian, Ethel May Everett, Ethel May Martin, meme
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Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day – a celebration of motherhood. Continue reading
Remembrance: Albert Martin
Remembrance of Albert Martin (1899-1918) who died in a hospital in Germany. Continue reading
Posted in Martin, Wartime
Tagged 1918, Albert Martin, bravery, CICR, Comité International de la Croix-Rouge, Dülmen, First World War, Fismes, Germany, hero, Homberg, hospital, International Red Cross, krankenhaus, Laon, Münster II, Northumberland Fusiliers, poppy, POW, private, remembrance, wartime, WWI
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Remembrance: Herbert Martin
Remembrance of Private Herbert Martin, 1884-1917. Continue reading
A life consumed
The ‘White Plague’, ‘Consumption’, ‘T.B’, Tuberculosis. If you’ve been researching your family tree, you’re bound to have stumbled across some of these phrases as causes of death (i’d only not seen the ‘white plague’ term before, but I’ve seen the … Continue reading
Posted in Bowers, Cambridgeshire, Fenland, Little Downham, Martin, Railwaymen, Wicken
Tagged consumption, disease, health, milk, nutrition, overcrowding, scarlet fever, TB, tuberculosis, ventilation, white plague
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The Mystery and The Monkey
James Martin (1851-1934), originally uploaded by familytreeuk. The December issue of the BBC’s ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ magazine features my photograph in their ‘Over To You’ section (page 36). I’m pleased to see it in print – it’s … Continue reading
