DELVE INTO THE ARCHIVES
THE AUTHOR
Andrew Martin
Cambridgeshire-based family historian, who has been researching his family tree since 1996.TOPICS
Abbotsley Babbage Bailey Barber Bedfordshire Bishop Books Botesdale Bowers Brightwell Burnell Cambridgeshire Census Clarke Cooper Coppingford Coveney Crime Cross Devon Dewey Dunham Elveden Ely Events Fairy Family Tree Farmers fenland Flower Foreman Franks Freeman Geneabloggers Genealogy Genealogy Events Giddings Gilbert Goodsole Gothard Haddenham Hale Harrison Hawkins Head Howard Howlett Huntingdonshire Jeffery Levitt Little Downham Littleport Martin Mildenhall Miller Moden Newell Newman News Occupations Odd Ong Poll Publicans Railwaymen Seasonal Shopkeepers Skeel Somerset Steadman Suffolk Tailor Taylor Television The Web Tingay Tingey Tombstone Tuesday Truelove Wartime WDYTYA Wentworth Wicken wilburton Witcham Witchford Wordless Wednesday Wright YarrowFAMILYTWEET
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Tag Archives: Little Thetford
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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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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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
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Tagged churchyard, Elizabeth Wright, Elizabeth Yarrow, error, gravestone, GRO.gov.uk, Little Thetford, London, mystery, St Pancras, Stretham, William Yarrow
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Surname Saturday: YARROW
Surname Saturday: The Yarrow family. Continue reading
Posted in Farmers, Geneabloggers, Publicans, Railwaymen, Shopkeepers, Yarrow
Tagged Achillea, Albert Yarrow, alto, Deal, Dewsbury, Dover, geneabloggers, Haddenham, inclosures, James Yarrow, Jarrow, Kent, Little Thetford, Liverpool, Liverpool Cathedral, Mary Hammond, Owen Yarrow, singing, Stretham, Surname Saturday, The Three Horseshoes, Vikings, Wilburton, William Yarrow, yarrow
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