The posts here cover more general discussion about my research.
I have also written up each of my common ancestors in detail on their own page.
These can be accessed by:
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The Upsdell family of Deptford and Peckham – a glimpse into a community of Ship builders
1.0 Introduction This investigation has been into one of the families adjacent to my ancestors family in Peckham Rye. My ancestral aunt Susanna Chambers (1779-1833) married one Isaac Upsdell (1776 -1836) in Camberwell in 1799. As part of my… Read more
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The tale of Homestall Farm – the Chambers family of Peckham Rye (Camberwell, London)
This tale takes us back to the middle of the 1700s. The areas of Camberwell and Peckham Rye were pretty small communities full of farms. There were not more than 100 people living in each. However as London grew… Read more
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Needle in a haystack – the elusive Sarah Ann Chambers (1781-1844)
Finding the correct family for Sarah Harris (wife to Henry Harris the Coach Plater) has involved many hours of sleuthing over the last six years. When I first researched my ancestor Susan Phillis Harris most of the tree’s on… Read more
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The children of Henry Harris (1772 – 1832) – the benefits of sharing DNA
One common ancestor couple has intrigued me more than most. They were Henry and Sarah Harris who lived in the Great Wild Street Area just off Drury Lane. You can read more about Henry here. When I initally got… Read more
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Discovering Henry Harris – Long Acre Coach Plater (1772 – 1832)
This next block of research I am going to report on has taken me back to Central London in the early 1800’s. This was a period where London was growing and many like Henry came to London to try… Read more
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A Burgher/Singhalese connection – The tale of Edmund Reginald Templer I
Edmund Reginald Templer was born in Kandy, Sri Lanka on the 7th July 1848. His father Henry Templer was working as a magistrate there. Henry was born and bred in Devon, England as the illegitimate son of George Templer… Read more
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Is this our Alice? Further tales of Alice Caroline Fisher
When I started writing about Alice Daniell nee Fisher (sister to the famous Sea Lord Jack Fisher) I only had the one photograph that was basically of the top of Alice’s head. I then had a trawl through the… Read more
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A “Ceylon” tragedy – The tale of Alice Caroline Fisher
Alice Caroline Fisher was born in about 1843 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. She was the second born child of William Fisher and Sophia (nee Lambe). Her older brother Jack Fisher was later First Sea Lord in the British Navy… Read more
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A youth’s journey to “Ceylon” – The tale of Henry Templer
Although I believed I had researched my direct ancestor Henry Templer a few years ago, I realise now that I had not thought about him very deeply at all. I knew from Andrew Templer’s very fine Templer website that… Read more
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How many little fishes? The tale of Albert Bertram Fisher (Arthur)
Today I was sent an additional biography of Lord Fisher by Robert Hough (1869). It is much kinder to both Fisher parents than the later biographies – apparently it was the official biography. As I browsed through the family… Read more
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