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Category Archives: Yarrow
My Top 5 Genealogy ‘to-dos’ for 2013
My top 5 genealogy things I hope to achieve in 2013 – a mixture of visits, writing and demolishing those research brick walls. Continue reading
Posted in Botesdale, Burnell, Crime, Seasonal, Wright, Yarrow
Tagged 2013, Abercorn Place, author, Botesdale, brickwalls, Daisy Burnell, Elizabeth Wright, Elizabeth Yarrow, Genealogy, Henry Bowers, Mary Bailey, Mary Clarke, new year resolutions, research, time travel, to-do, writing a book, writing-up
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From beer to an Indian Mutiny
The story of Thomas Yarrow (1832-1914) who went from being a Beer Seller in a small Cambridgeshire village, to being a Sergeant in the Indian Mutiny, and then into poverty in London. Continue reading
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Tagged 35th Foot, 35th Foot (Royal Sussex), Albert Owen Yarrow, Allahabad, Alverstoke, Angela Burdett-Coutts, Bengal, Catherine Lambert, Catherine O'Keefe, Catherine Yarrow, East Indies, Edith Emily Rawlings, Elizabeth Jeffery, FIBIS, Gen. Hon. A Upton, Georgina Gardens, Hackney, India, Indian Mutiny, John Yarrow, Leopold Buildings, Little Thetford, medal, Sergeant, Sgt Thomas Yarrow, tenement, The Improved Industrial Dwellings Company, The Wheaf Sheaf, Thomas Yarrow, yarrow
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The Guy Fawkes Night Fire
Mourning the death of her husband James Yarrow, Mary (née Gothard) loses her thatched cottage on Guy Fawkes Night when a stray firework burns it to the ground. Just 3 months later, she too passes away. Continue reading
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Tagged 1930, 1931, accident, Bonfire Night, Ely Fire Brigade, fire, firework, fireworks, Frederick Owen Yarrow, Guy Fawkes, H. E. Kisby, James Yarrow, Lieut-Col G. K. Archer, Little Thetford, Mary Gothard, Mary Yarrow, Mrs Lister, obituary, razed, thatched cottage, The Cambridgeshire Times, widow, Wilburton, Wilburton Station
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WANTED: Dead Or Alive
Killing off your relatives is a crucial part of your work…. as a genealogist, not as a marauding tyrant. Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, Levitt, Skeel, Yarrow
Tagged ancestors, bride, census, death, Death Certificates, Elizabeth Skeel, Elizabeth Wright, Elizabeth Yarrow, elusive, family history, Genealogy, James Martin, John Crisp, John Levitt, killed, marriage, Mary Crisp, Mary Martin, Mary Tingey, Mary Watling, Mary Watlington, Matthew Watling, Matthew Watlington, missing, missing persons, mystery, relatives, research, Richard Skeel Livett, wanted, wedding, widow, zombie
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Stretham Old Engine
The Stretham Old Engine. Continue reading
Posted in Yarrow
Tagged 1831, commissioner, drainage, engine, fens, J Yarrow, James Watt, James Yarrow, John Yarrow, museum, Old West River, pumping station, steam, Stretham Old Engine, The River Cam, The Stretham Engine Trust
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Wordless Wednesday
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The Mystery of Elizabeth Yarrow’s Gravestone
Elizabeth Yarrow’s death spans two years. Her age at death spans 8 years. Two churches registers, and a gravestone all give conflicting and some corresponding information. What’s the real answer? Continue reading
Posted in Wright, Yarrow
Tagged churchyard, Elizabeth Wright, Elizabeth Yarrow, error, gravestone, GRO.gov.uk, Little Thetford, London, mystery, St Pancras, Stretham, William Yarrow
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Remembrance: Owen Yarrow
A series of images of brave soldiers who fought in the First and Second World Wars. Continue reading
Posted in Wartime, Yarrow
Tagged 1st Battalion Post Office Rifles, 5th Suffolk Regiment, bravery, Cumbrai, First World War, France, hero, Owen Yarrow, poppy, postman, remembrance, soldier, war, wartime, WWI
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Wordless Wednesday
Aunt Amy, originally uploaded by familytreeuk.
Posted in Howard, Wordless Wednesday, Yarrow
Tagged Amy Ann Howard, Amy Ann Yarrow, Dover, Jack Yarrow, John William Yarrow, Kent, wordless wednesday
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