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Category Archives: Farmers
Surname Saturday: GILBERT
Surname Saturday: GILBERT – The Gilbert family of Huntingdonshire and Cambridgeshire are the focus of this week’s meme day. Continue reading
Posted in Abbotsley, Farmers, Gilbert, Littleport, Surname Saturday
Tagged Abbotsley, Burnt Chimney Drove, Colin Tabeart, Elizabeth Brightly, Elizabeth Hale, Elizabeth Howlett, Gilbert, Huntingdonshire, James Gilbert, Land Tax, Littleport, Robert Edsope, Surname Saturday, Thomas Cade, William Gilbert
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Wordless Wednesday
Shirehorses, originally uploaded by familytreeuk.
Posted in Cambridgeshire, Farmers, Geneabloggers, Witchford
Tagged agriculture, farming, Fenland, horses, ploughing, Shire Horse, shirehorses
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Tombstone Tuesday: James, Elizabeth and Willie Gilbert
James and Elizabeth Gilbert’s Gravestone, originally uploaded by familytreeuk. This headstone stands in the cemetery in Littleport, Cambridgeshire. The Gilbert family were and are land owners in the area. The stone shows that Elizabeth and James died close together – … Continue reading
Posted in Farmers, Gilbert, Littleport
Tagged burial, buried, cemetery, death, Elizabeth Gilbert, grave, headstone, James Gilbert, memorial, tombstone tuesday, Willie Gilbert
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Elveden and the Brightwells
One of the family trees that I am currently climbing has a bit of an evolutionary name. The most recent incarnations in the late-19th century are ‘Brightle’, ‘Brightley’ and ‘Brightly’ as found in Littleport and Little Downham fenland, Cambridgeshire. The … Continue reading
Posted in Brightwell, Elveden, Farmers, Genealogy, Littleport, Suffolk
Tagged Ann Church, Brightle, Brightley, Brightly, Brightwell, Bury Record Office, Elden, Elveden, Gathercole, Genuki, George Burton, Harper, John Brightly, John Brightwell, Littleport, Martha Bacon, Mary Crane, Robert Brightwell, Suffolk, Turner
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The Gilbert family at Littleport
The Gilbert Family at Littleport, originally uploaded by familytreeuk. Earlier this year I was given this incredible photograph showing three generations of my Gilbert family outside their house at Burnt Chimney Drove, Littleport, Cambridgeshire. Second from the right (not counting … Continue reading
Posted in Cambridgeshire, Farmers, Gilbert, Howlett, Littleport
Tagged Burnt Chimney Drove, Caroline Clark, Caroline Coe, Clara Gilbert, Elizabeth Howlett, James Gilbert, Thomas Howlett
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