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Knew all my grandparents. Haven't really got any knowledge whatsoever about their parents and no idea where to start when finding out (for free)
Re: great grandfather #2.Who were your great-grandfathers? and what did they do in their lives?
Just been thinking about this after looking at another thread, to think about the challenges they had to face in life, and how different it is from today.
1. Born in Old Simpson street 1899, Deptford, Died in Dunkirk, a bit old (40?) to be in the army.
2. Born in Southwick, 1909, Irish family, killed in a mining accident in Hylton Colliery (1954), had 7 children!
3. Born in East End, 1924, fought in Burma Campaign, died in 2016 (the only one I ever knew)
4. Know nothing about the final one, born 1919, died before I was born.
My other nana's grandad I believe shot a dog and was kicked out of Ireland.
Also found a few of the family tales donāt quite match up with the facts either. Can get quite interesting if you have the time. My auntie found a cousin living in Australia she never knew about and theyāve been visiting each other back and forth for the last 8 years.Theyāre not bad at all in fairness. My dad and uncle have been plucking away at our ancestry for a few years now. All miners, ship builders, mariners going back to late 1700s iirc.
@E Tenebris Lux will confirm that.Also all coal miners born between 1868-1874.
Whitehaven, Easington Lane, Urpeth and East Rainton.
Interesting just how much mining families moved from pit to pit presumably for more pay/ better conditions.
All Durham libraries have free access to Ancestry. If you are still in Crook it looks like the library has a regular family history session. The County Archives and Clayport library have other resources too.Knew all my grandparents. Haven't really got any knowledge whatsoever about their parents and no idea where to start when finding out (for free)
Knew all my grandparents. Haven't really got any knowledge whatsoever about their parents and no idea where to start when finding out (for free)
my great grandad's brother had a north east town named after him.
One of my Great grandfathers (miner) moved from Cornwall (tin, lead?) to the Rhondda and ultimately to Blyth. Quite a trek in the late 1800's.@E Tenebris Lux will confirm that.
One of my great-great- great grandfathers moved from Whitehaven to Houghton.