Genealogy.
Genealogy.
My interest in Genealogy and my family tree started when I was young, with the tales my dad told me about his family. I enjoyed going to Wales, meeting family I had never met, and listening to stories and tales of past and present relatives. My interest was further ignited after we discovered that my grandfather on my maternal line was, in fact, from an Italian family but had hidden this fact from his wife and children until he was old and in failing health.
It amazes me how addictive genealogy is, and I often spend hours and sometimes days glued to my research, searching out new relatives. I have been lucky enough to discover cousins living in many different countries around the world, and thanks to having my DNA tested, I have been able to prove links to cousins that paper records could not prove.
I was born in London, England, but I have grandparents of English, Welsh and Italian heritage. Therefore, I follow the sporting teams England for football, Wales for rugby and Italy when neither plays. This is great in international tournaments as I can support a team in all significant sporting events.
Organisation of people.
As this family tree grows, I will attempt to organise the people by their birth dates∗, with the oldest person in each category listed first.
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∗ If I cannot get a full date of birth only a year of birth I will add a birth date of January 1st to each person whose birth date is unclear but this will only be used for listing purposes and not shown as a date of birth in their details. This should only affect older people on my family tree when birth dates are harder to find using internet searches, and old documents.
As people go through their lives, there are a few reasons why their names may change. For example, women may change their names when they get married. Also, in some cases, incorrect names may have been entered into a census record. I will put what is on the census record in the sections showing census records. I will always use a birth name at the start of a page, but as a woman's name may change, I will alter her name on her page.
You can see this on the page for my grandmother, Doris Irene Daniels. At her birth, she is entered as Doris Irene Daniels. I used her maiden name at her wedding, Daniels, as she was a Daniels when she married. When I list her children, I use her married name, Morris, because she used this name when her children were born. Likewise, when she passed away, I used her married name, Doris Irene Morris. When I enter her on census records, I use her name on each census return.
In some cases, this can be misleading. My grandmother, Marie Elizabeth Jones, had her name incorrectly recorded on several census records. In another confusing situation, my grandfather, Albert Alberici, changed his name by deed poll to Albert Clark. So, I listed him using whichever name he used in the record I was looking at.
In one case, on a court record for my great-great-grandfather, Pietro Alberici, he had some pseudonyms entered in the court records, so I have added these names to the details on his page.
When Brian Llewelyn Morris was born on November 20, 1936, in Chingford, Essex, England, his father, Llewelyn, was 25 and his mother, Doris, was 20. He married Jean Clark on February 28, 1959, in his hometown. They had two children during their marriage. He died on February 9, 2005, in Cosham, Hampshire, England, at the age of 68.
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When Jean Clark was born on May 9, 1939, in West Ham, Essex, England, her father, Albert, was 38, and her mother, Marie, was 31. She married Brian Llewelyn Morris on February 28, 1959, in Chingford, Essex, England. They had two children during their marriage. She died on September 17, 2014, in Hampshire, England, at the age of 75.
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When Albert Alberici, aka Albert Clark, was born on February 28, 1901, in Barnsbury, Middlesex, England, his father, Antoni, was 26 and his mother, Florence, was 23. He married Marie Elizabeth Jones on June 30, 1934. They had three children during their marriage. He died on December 14, 1989, in London, London, England, at the age of 88.
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When Marie Elizabeth Jones was born on September 4, 1907, in Mile End Old Town, London, England, her father, Walter, was 41, and her mother, Maria, was 33. She married Albert Alberici on June 30, 1934. They had three children during their marriage. She died on January 1, 1988, at the age of 80.
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When Llewelyn Morris was born on July 7, 1911, in Nantymoel, Glamorgan, Wales, his father, Benjamin, was 24 and his mother, Margaret, was 21. He married Doris Irene Daniels on August 3, 1935, in Epping, Essex, England. They had five children in 16 years. He died on November 28, 1969, in Chingford, Essex, England, at the age of 58.
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When Doris Irene Daniels was born on August 18, 1916, in Llangeinor, Glamorgan, Wales, her father, Samuel, was 24, and her mother, Hannah, was 21. She married Llewelyn Morris on August 3, 1935, in Epping, Essex, England. They had five children in 16 years. She died on January 7, 1967, in Chingford, Essex, England, at the age of 50.
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When Walter John Jones was born on July 27, 1866, his father, John, was 31 and his mother, Martha, was 29. He married Maria Harris Read on December 2, 1900. They had seven children in 13 years. He died on November 20, 1942, in London, London, England, at the age of 76.
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When Maria Harris Read was born on December 20, 1873, her father, Lancelot, was 42, and her mother, Emily, was 40. She married Walter John Jones in 1901. They had seven children in 13 years. She died on September 14, 1961, in Poplar, Middlesex, England, at the age of 87.
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When Antoni Alberici was born on July 16, 1874, in Holborn, Middlesex, England, his father, Pietro, was 33 and his mother, Fanny, was 26. He married Florence Ellen Featherstone on February 24, 1896. They had four children during their marriage. He died on January 2, 1974, in Hackney, Middlesex, England, at the age of 99.
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When Florence Ellen Featherstone was born on December 10, 1877, her father, Charles, was 45, and her mother, Frances, was 44. She was my great-grandmother.
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When Benjamin Morris was born on July 4, 1887, in Aberporth, Cardiganshire, Wales, his father, Daniel, was 28 and his mother, Maria, was 30. He married Margaret Jane Wylde on November 9, 1909, in Bridgend, Glamorgan, Wales. They had four children during their marriage. He died on October 16, 1952, in Nantymoel, Glamorgan, Wales, at the age of 65 and was buried there.
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When Margaret Jane Wylde was born in 1890 in Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales, her father, Jenkin, was 45, and her mother, Susana, was 46. She married Benjamin Morris on November 9, 1909, in Bridgend, Glamorgan, Wales. They had four children during their marriage. She died as a young mother on November 29, 1918, in Nantymoel, Glamorgan, Wales, at the age of 28.
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When Samuel Daniels was born on December 21, 1891, in Nantymoel, Glamorgan, Wales, his father, Samuel, was 35 and his mother, Gwenllian, was 35. He married Hannah Burrows on October 10, 1914, in Llangeinor, Glamorgan, Wales. They had eight children in 19 years. He died on September 22, 1954, in Chingford, Essex, England, at the age of 62.
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When Hannah Burrows was born on June 2, 1895, in Llangeinor, Glamorgan, Wales, her father, Henry, was 31, and her mother, Mary, was 31. She married Samuel Daniel on October 10, 1914, in her hometown. They had eight children in 19 years. She died on March 31, 1955, at the age of 59.
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When Lancelot James Read was born on May 25, 1831, in Dalston, Middlesex, England, his father, William, was 23 and his mother, Sarah, was 24. He married Sarah Jane Reynolds, and they had one son together. He then married Emily Wilson, and they had six children together. He died on December 10, 1900, in London, London, England, at the age of 69.
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When Charles Richard Featherstone was born on September 25, 1832, in Shoreditch, Middlesex, England, his father, Frederick, was 29 and his mother, Betsey, was 31. He married Fanny Warner on May 27, 1855, in St Pancras, Middlesex, England. They had nine children in 21 years. He died in 1879 in Islington, Middlesex, England, at the age of 47.
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When Fanny Warner was born on April 17, 1833, in St Pancras, Middlesex, England, her father, Henry, was 32, and her mother, Matilda, was 23. She married Charles Richard Featherstone on May 27, 1855, in her hometown. They had nine children in 21 years. She died in 1902 in Islington, Middlesex, England, at the age of 69 and was buried there.
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Emily Wilson was born on November 8, 1833, the daughter of Mary and William. She married Lancelot James Read on April 15, 1862, in London, London, England. They had six children in 12 years. She died in February 1912 in Poplar, Middlesex, England, having lived a long life of 78 years.
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When John Jones was born on November 25, 1834, in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England, his father, Charles, was 31 and his mother, Mary, was 27. He married Martha Bevis, and they had 14 children. He died in 1908 in Hendon, Middlesex, England, at the age of 74.
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When Martha Bevis was born in 1837 in Essex, England, her father, Henry, was 32, and her mother, Jane, was 31. She married John Jones on June 6, 1861. They had 14 children in 16 years. She had one brother and six sisters.
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When Susana Lewis was born in 1844 in Llangynwyd, Glamorgan, Wales, her father, Lewis, was 52, and her mother, Mary, was 46. She married Jenkin Wylde in 1863 in Bridgend, Glamorgan, Wales. They had eight children in 26 years. She died in June 1901 in Bridgend, Glamorgan, Wales, at the age of 57.
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When Jenkin Wylde was born in 1845 in Laleston, Glamorgan, Wales, his father, Richard, was 49 and his mother, Elizabeth, was 43. He married Susana Lewis in 1863 in Bridgend, Glamorgan, Wales. He died in 1907 in Glamorgan, Wales, at the age of 62.
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Pietro Alberici and his twin brother Gregoria were born in 1841 in Italy. He married Fanny Estherby in 1869. They had four children in 12 years. He had three brothers.
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When Fanny Estherby was born on March 4, 1848, in St Pancras, Middlesex, England, her father, John, was 25, and her mother, Sarah, was 31. She married Pietro Alberici in 1869. They had four children in 12 years. She died on November 16, 1883, in Holborn, Middlesex, England, at the age of 35.
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When Samuel Daniel was born in 1856 in Carmarthenshire, Wales, his father, Enoch, was 26 and his mother, Jane, was 22. He married Gwenllian Jones in 1883 in Glamorgan, Wales. They had nine children in 23 years. He had six brothers and four sisters.
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When Gwenllian Jones was born in 1856 in Aberdare, Glamorgan, Wales, her father, John, was 32, and her mother, Anne, was 24. She married Samuel Daniel in 1883 in Glamorgan, Wales. They had ten children in 23 years. She died in 1954 in Glamorgan, Wales, at the age of 98.
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When Maria Davies was born in 1857 in Tremain, Cardiganshire, Wales, her father, Thomas, was 27, and her mother, Mary, was 34. She married Daniel Morris on October 23, 1877, in Aberporth, Cardiganshire, Wales. They had 12 children in 25 years. She died on August 21, 1931, in Nantymoel, Glamorgan, Wales, at the age of 74.
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When Daniel Morris was born in 1859 in Pembrokeshire, Wales, his father, Daniel, was 37 and his mother, Jane, was 42. He married Maria Davies on October 23, 1877, in Aberporth, Cardiganshire, Wales. They had 12 children in 25 years. He died on May 11, 1935, in Nantymoel, Glamorgan, Wales, at the age of 76 and was buried there.
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When Mary Jane Tincknell was born in 1864 in Wedmore, Somerset, England, her father, Thomas, was 24, and her mother, Harriett, was 24. She married Henry Burrows on October 23, 1883, in Weare, Somerset, England. They had ten children in 23 years. She died in 1929 in Merthyr Tudful, Glamorgan, Wales, at the age of 65.
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When Henry Burrows was born in May 1864 in Weare, Somerset, England, his father, Charles, was 31 and his mother, Sarah, was 31. He married Mary Jane Tincknell on October 23, 1883, in his hometown. They had ten children in 23 years. He died in 1940 in Bridgend, Glamorgan, Wales, at the age of 76.
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Lewis Lewis was born on April 25, 1792, in Merthyr Tudful, Glamorgan, Wales, the son of Mary and Richard. He had five sons and five daughters with Mary Watkins between 1821 and 1844. He died in 1867 in Maesteg, Glamorgan, Wales, having lived a long life of 75 years.
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Mary Watkins was born in 1798 in Merthyr, Carmarthenshire, Wales. She had five sons and five daughters with Lewis Lewis between 1821 and 1844. She died in 1865 at the age of 67.
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Richard Wilde was my 3rd great-grandfather.
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Mary Harding was born in 1805, the daughter of Mary and James. She married William Wilson on May 7, 1826, in Westminster, Middlesex, England. They had four children during their marriage.
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William Wilson was my 3rd great-grandfather.
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When Betsey Keeley was born on December 21, 1800, in Middlesex, England, her father, Richard, was 32, and her mother, Mary, was 32. She married Frederick William Featherstone on March 28, 1826, in St Pancras, Middlesex, England. They had eight children in 24 years. She died in 1883 in Lewisham, Kent, England, having lived a long life of 83 years.
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Henry Benjamin Warner was born in 1801 in Middlesex, England, and was the son of Sarah and James. He married Elizabeth Beech, and they had one son together. He then married Matilda Mullin, and they had six children together. He died on June 26, 1845, at the age of 44.
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Elizabeth Prescott was my 3rd great-grandmother.
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Charles Jones was born in 1803 in Kerry, Montgomeryshire, Wales. He married Mary Hughes on May 18, 1829, in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England. They had ten children in 22 years.
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When Frederick William Featherstone was born on August 28, 1803, in Islington, Middlesex, England, his father, William, was 20 and his mother, Elizabeth, was 31. He married Betsey Keeley, and they had eight children together. He then married Ann Edwards, and they had four children together. He died in 1883 in Southwark, Surrey, England, having lived a long life of 80 years.
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Henry Bevis was born in 1805 in Ryde, Hampshire, England, the son of Sarah and Henry. He married Jane Johnson on September 14, 1824, in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England. They had nine children in 20 years. He died on September 2, 1899, at the impressive age of 94.
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Jane Johnson was born in 1806 in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England, and was the daughter of Ann and William. She married Henry Bevis on September 14, 1824, in her hometown. They had nine children in 20 years. She died on July 5, 1881, having lived a long life of 75 years.
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When Mary Hughes was born on October 10, 1807, in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England, her father, Thomas, was 28, and her mother, Ann, was 25. She married Charles Jones on May 18, 1829, in her hometown. They had ten children in 22 years. She died on December 5, 1894, in Leominster, Herefordshire, England.
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When William Read was born on November 4, 1807, in Tottenham, Middlesex, England, his father, James, was 22 and his mother, Sarah, was 23. He married Sarah Elizabeth Bristow on July 13, 1830, in Islington, Middlesex, England. They had eight children in 20 years. He died on May 13, 1886, in Peckham, Surrey, England, having lived a long life of 78 years.
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Matilda Mullin was born on January 22, 1810, the daughter of Anne and Frederick. She married Henry Benjamin Warner on April 24, 1828, in England. They had six children in 10 years. She died in March 1864 in London, London, England, at the age of 54.
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Sarah Ellen Gay was born in 1817. She had two sons and three daughters with John Estherby between 1843 and 1853. She died in 1891 in Middlesex, England, at the age of 74.
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Jane Griffiths was my 3rd great-grandmother.
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Maria Mirabile was born and died in Italy. She married Pietro Alberici in Italy. They had four children during their marriage.
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Daniel Morris was born in 1822 in Bridell, Pembrokeshire, Wales, the son of Mary and Morris. He married Jane Griffiths on February 4, 1845, in Blaenporth, Cardiganshire, Wales. They had six children in 14 years. He died on August 28, 1858, in St Dogmaels, Pembrokeshire, Wales, at the age of 36.
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When John Estherby was born on September 7, 1822, in Middlesex, England, his father, Richard, was 42 and his mother, Jane, was 31. He had two sons and three daughters with Sarah Ellen Gay between 1843 and 1853. He died in October 1884 in London, London, England, at the age of 62.
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Pietro Alberici was born and died in Italy. He married Maria Mirabile in Italy. They had four children during their marriage. He had one brother.
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Mary Thomas was my 3rd great-grandmother.
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Subcategories
Parents. Article Count: 2
Brian Llewelyn Morris and Jean Clark were my wonderful parents. Having known them all my life, they were the most accessible people in my family tree to research, but I have only entered the fundamental details of their lives. If you have any good photos of my parents or know any good stories about either of them, don't hesitate to get in touch with me with the details.
Grandparents. Article Count: 4
Every person has four Grandparents. The people listed here are my Grandparents. Two of them were English, and two of them were Welsh. I am still trying to find more details about them. I have found some details of their lives, the places they lived, married, had children and passed away. If you have any details or stories for any of these people, don't hesitate to get in touch with me with the details.
Great Grandparents. Article Count: 8
Every person has eight great-grandparents. The people here are my great-grandparents. Four of them were English, and four of them were Welsh. I am still trying to find more details about them. I have found some details of their lives, the places they lived, married, had children and passed away. If you have any details or stories for any of these people, don't hesitate to get in touch with me with the details.
Great, Great Grandparents. Article Count: 16
Every person has sixteen great-great-grandparents. These people are my great-great-grandparents. Nine of my great-great-grandparents were English, Six were Welsh, and one was Italian. I am still trying to find more details about them. I have found some details of their lives, the places they lived, married, had children and passed away. If you have any details or stories for any of these people, don't hesitate to get in touch with me with the details.
Great, Great, Great Grandparents. Article Count: 32
Everybody has 32 great, great, great grandparents. These people are my great-great-great grandparents. I am still trying to get more details for some of them. I have found some details of their lives, the places they lived, married, had children and passed away. If you have any details for any of these people, don't hesitate to get in touch with me with the details.
Grand Uncles and Aunties. Article Count: 19
I have discovered nearly 20 Grand Uncles and Aunties. These people are all the Grand Uncles and Grand Aunties that I have been able to find some details for I am still trying to get more details for some of them. I have found some details of their lives, the places they lived, married, had children and passed away. If you have any details for any of these people, don't hesitate to get in touch with me with the details.
Great, Grand Uncles and Aunties. Article Count: 20
I have discovered many great-granduncles and great-grandaunts. The people here are all either great-granduncles or great-grandaunts for whom I have been able to find some details. I am still trying to get more details for some of them. I have found some details of their lives, the places they lived, married, had children and passed away. If you have any details for any of these people, don't hesitate to get in touch with me with the details.
Places. Article Count: 21
While I was researching my family tree, the census records, in particular, were problematic for me. They listed parishes, hamlets, villages, towns, cities, and counties that people lived in. Some of the Counties had borders that moved or names that changed from year to year. I have listed the places my family lived in to provide more information about these places.
I have listed everything alphabetically, but each place will have a picture depicting which country it is in. To begin with, these will all be Welsh or English, as that is where my ancestors were from or were living.
Churches. Article Count: 7
While I was researching my family tree, I came across the names of many Churches, some of which no longer exist and some that do. I decided to investigate these places and record what I discovered here. Where possible, I will include any photos of the Churches I find or have taken.
Newspaper Clips. Article Count: 4
These clips are all from newspaper articles with stories about people in my family tree. Most of these will contain marriage or death notices, obituaries, criminal acts or bad news. I hope to find other types of stories, but I'm guessing that good news stories will be harder to find in newspapers.
As I find stories, I will add them here. I will list them in date order, by the date of the newspaper clip, with the oldest clip first.