Family Stories

All families have stories; some stories are almost myths… did my ancestors really come from Sweden? Were they really river pilots or pirates operating out of the east coast port of King’s Lynn? Some family stories are true, although some facts may be hidden; my great-grandparents loved each other across a religious divide, but where and how did they meet? Some family stories are only revealed through census records and some genealogical detective work. I want to tell the stories of my family, and others who otherwise might be lost in the past.

Where did the time go?

Family Stories by LoisJuly 7, 2015

By the river and with the river and on the river and in the river

Family Stories by LoisJune 29, 2015June 29, 2015

What a busy six months!

Family Stories by LoisJune 28, 2015

Family Stories by LoisJune 21, 2015

Dad’s day

It wouldn’t be Father’s Day without posting a couple of pics of my dad! Here we are on a day trip to the east coast…… and here we are a couple of years later, also on the east coast, no doubt!

The Five Williams

Family Stories by LoisJune 4, 2015September 13, 2018

Water Log

Family Stories by LoisMay 17, 2015March 8, 2016

Family Stories by LoisMay 7, 2015September 13, 2018

Family photo

Another photo from the family album, this time of my great-grandparents, William Henry – always known as Billy, and Fanny, née Seale. Billy’s father was also William, and his mother was also Fanny, Fanny Court. Fanny Searle’s mother was yet another Fanny, such a popular name, and despite so many little babies being given Victorian […]

Family Stories by LoisMay 6, 2015September 10, 2018

Father and son

The senior of these two fine gentlemen is John Colgate who was born in 1856, the son of Henry Colgate and Charlotte Jeal; Henry and Charlotte had moved from Kent to Surrey where the family continued to live. John Colgate was a farm labourer and he married Sarah Day whose life I have also followed. John […]