FIND MY ANCESTOR
  • Home
  • Services
  • Blog
  • Tips and Tricks
    • Notion
  • About
  • Contact

My Recent Trip to England

2/7/2016

0 Comments

 
At the beginning of January I went to Dublin and England for about three weeks. Although it would have been amazing to spend the entire time traveling to ancestral hometowns and sight-seeing, most of the trip was for work. I did make and effort to take a couple of days for myself and see a few town some of my ancestors lived.

Denby, Derbyshire, England

My Hunt and Bardill/Bardel families were from a tiny little village called Denby. The village is only a few minutes north-east of Derby, Derbyshire, England. I have put together a little map of some of the places I visited while I was there as well as the location of where my Hunt ancestors lived.
Mercie Collard (1863-1941)Mercie Hunt (1863-1941)
My great great-grandmother, Mercie Hunt, was born ​3 April 1863 in Denby. She was the daughter of Hannah Hunt, who was the daughter of John Hunt and Sarah Bardell. In 1864 Mercie, Hannah and Sarah made their way to the United States and arrived in New York City on 23 June 1864. Mercie was just over a year old.

​John Hunt was a coal miner during part of his life. In both the 1851 and 1861 UK census he was living at the Smithy Houses with his wife and children. When I visited Denby, there was one of the original Smith Houses still standing, and someone even lives in it. I am not sure how many houses there originally were - there may have even just been the one that was there when I visited. When I searched online to find out more about the Smithy Houses, I found several websites proving more information about the houses, but nothing I found said how many houses there originally were. Below are some photos of the Smithy Houses as well as the local church where my ancestors were married, baptized and buried. I will write more about Denby in future posts.

Picture

Crewkerne, Somerset, England

The second place I had the opportunity to visit while I was in England was a small town called Crewkerne. Crewkerne is located in Somerset, almost on the border of Dorset.

My Rowsell family came from this little town. Douglas Rowsell and his wife, Ann Cleal, were married 29 June 1828 in Crewkerne. Together they had at least six children, including my 3rd great-grandfather, William Douglas Rowsell, who was born 1 November 1843 in Crewkerne.
Picture
Below are some photos of Crewkerne, including the home Douglas Rowsell and his family lived in 1851 when the census was conducted. I will post more in the future of the Rowsell family and Crewkerne.
0 Comments

    Author

    Picture
    A.C. Ivory is a professional genealogist, blogger, product manager, ux designer, computer geek, and traveler.

    Archives

    April 2020
    March 2019
    September 2018
    July 2018
    April 2018
    January 2017
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    May 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    March 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    October 2014
    March 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013

    Categories

    All
    Ancestry
    Anderson
    Bannock County
    Bardell
    Beaver County (Utah)
    Birthday
    Bjorklund
    Cemeteries
    Census Records
    Central
    Chitwood
    City Directories
    Cleal
    Cookbook
    Crewkerne
    Denby
    DNA
    Ellis Clark Ivory
    Evaluating Sources
    Family Stories
    Fold3
    Fountain Green (Utah)
    Funny Stories
    Grandparents
    Heritage Quest
    Homes
    Hunt
    Idaho
    Immigration
    Ivory
    Ivory Family
    Lucas Family
    Manti (Utah)
    Mary Erma Nielsen
    Maternal Family
    Mathew Ivory B1809
    Memories
    Missouri
    Moroni (Utah)
    Mortality Schedule
    Nielsen Family
    Rowsell
    Salt Lake City
    Sanpete County (Utah)
    Somerset
    Soren
    Tips And Tricks
    Tools
    Trello
    Unknown Photos
    Utah
    Virginia
    Vital Records
    Webber

    RSS Feed


    Do you love old photos? If so, check out my other site, Forsaken Photos!
    Picture
Picture
© 2021 - Find My Ancestor
  • Home
  • Services
  • Blog
  • Tips and Tricks
    • Notion
  • About
  • Contact