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30 January, 2020

WW2 Evacuation and the Start of WW2

Filed under: 1939-45 WW2,Biography,England,Status: Complete,Willett — Tags: , , , , , , , , — David @ 7:37 pm

I have been reading through the memoirs of my late mother, then Elizabeth Willett, and trying to “decode” them. Because she was adopted she changed names and places to protect the anonymity of her birth family. However she encoded almost everything – even events that had no bearing on her birth family!

Most recently I have been looking at her description of being evacuated at the beginning of World War 2. Her details in the 1939 register are still redacted (it takes some time for them to unredact details of recently deceased people – it seems they are running at least 15 months behind), so I was not sure where she was sent.

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5 June, 2019

On this day – 75 Years Ago: D Day

Filed under: 1939-45 WW2,Biography,England,Faulder,France,On This Day,Status: Complete,Uncategorized,Willett — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , — David @ 4:15 pm

My late mother, then Elizabeth Willett, was almost 14 in June 1944. In her memoirs she wrote of her memories of D-Day. She was away at boarding school in Sherborne, Dorset.

During the night of the 5th – 6th of June 1944, everyone in my house was woken by the staff and prefects to watch the gliders being towed over to Normandy at the start of D-Day.

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1 April, 2018

William Blizard Williamson of Cork

Filed under: - 1837,1837-1911,1861-65 ACW,Biography,England,Genealogy,Ireland,Migration,Religion,Status: Update as Information Arises,Tinplate Industry,Uncategorized,United States,Williamson — Tags: , , , , , — David @ 8:00 pm

One of my brick walls has been William Blizard Williamson and his family;

  • His wife Elizabeth (maiden name unknown) and
  • His sons William Blizard and George Henry.

George Henry was the father of Elizabeth Ann Willett who with her husband Everard William Willett adopted my mother, which makes William Blizard Williamson (senior) my Great Great Grandfather (by adoption).

This posts summarises what is and is not known about this family and what can be done to break down this brick wall! Essentially we know little about their Irish life or of their ancestors in Ireland.

(It was initially published on 24 December 2016 and updated 1 April 2018 and 3 August 2021.)

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27 May, 2017

Identifying the Fells at Huddersfield

Filed under: 1837-1911,Canada,Crowther,England,Fell,Lendrum,Photographs,Status: Update as Information Arises — Tags: , , , , , — David @ 5:25 pm

Family of Robert & Martha Fell

Family of Robert & Martha Fell at Somerville, Huddersfield

I came across a photograph believed to be of the Fell Family. A count of the people was consistent with Robert Fell and his wife Martha (née Keighley) and their children and the spouses of those children.¹

Robert and Martha had eleven children – all of whom are believed to have outlived their parents. Eight of them married.

Three faces have been pasted (old fashioned scissors and paste!) into the picture* – the two characters directly behind Robert Fell and another standing at the back on the left. * Or more accurately the negative – my print is a single sheet without pastings. (more…)

13 December, 2016

Obituary: William Blizard Williamson (the elder) of Worcester

Filed under: - 1837,1837-1911,Biography,England,Ireland,Migration,Politics,Rescue,Status: Complete,Status: Update as Information Arises,Trade Unionism,Williamson — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , — David @ 2:35 pm

The following is a transcript of the obituary (and associated reports) for William Blizard Williamson (the elder) of Worcester. He was (via the adoption of my mother) my Great Great Grandfather and lived from about 1811/12 until 15 September 1878.
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27 October, 2016

The Willetts of Colchester, Essex (and Daylight Saving) 2 of 2

Filed under: Box,Consanguinity,England,Interweaved Families,Status: Update as Information Arises,Uncategorized,Willett — Tags: , , , , , , — David @ 1:39 am

I have split my current discussion of the Willetts of Colchester into two posts:

  1. (Previous Post) How I am related (through an adoptive line) to the William Willett of Daylight saving fame. He is my Great Great Uncle, so I need to trace back to his father (also William Willett) and thence to him.
  2. (This Post) Checking out the structure of the family at the beginning of the 19th Century (William Willett,  the elder’s ancestors). Hopefully this will provide a few hooks for those who think they are related to the Colchester Willetts.

This article is fairly long and detailed – a briefer post about Willett Antecedents summarises some of the relationships.

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16 October, 2016

Are We Related: Willetts of Colchester and Abingdon?

Filed under: Are We Related,England,Status: Awaiting Further Work,Willett — Tags: , — David @ 9:45 pm

This post is in response to comments about possible relationships between the Willetts (from Colchester – as researched elsewhere on this website) and a line of Willetts who appear to come from Abingdon, Berkshire.

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Are We Related: Willetts of Essex and of Kent

Filed under: Are We Related,England,Willett — Tags: , , , — David @ 8:55 pm

This post is in response to a comment from Eve Thirkle.

I happened across your family tree of Josiah Box and Elizabeth Stiles when researching my Kreamer family line (my father’s line) and was amazed to discover a link to the Willett family (my mother’s line) – still need to see whether it is the same families and where the link occurs if there is one but thank you for publishing the tree.

This post addresses the second relationship – between the Eve Thirkle’s Willett ancestors and the Willett family (which has been traced back to Colchester, Essex). (more…)

Are We Related: Willett & Kreamer

Filed under: Are We Related,Box,England,Kreamer,Willett — David @ 8:29 pm

This post is in response to a comment from Eve Thirkle.

I happened across your family tree of Josiah Box and Elizabeth Stiles when researching my Kreamer family line (my father’s line) and was amazed to discover a link to the Willett family (my mother’s line) – still need to see whether it is the same families and where the link occurs if there is one but thank you for publishing the tree.

This post addresses the first relationship – between the Kreamer family and the Willett family (which has been traced back to Colchester, Essex). (more…)

17 May, 2016

One Hundred Years ago Today

Filed under: 1914-18 WW1,Biography,Daylight Saving,England,Germany,Ireland,On This Day,Scotland,Status: Complete,Wales,Willett — Tags: , , — David @ 9:11 pm

Hansard, The Record of the UK Parliament, reports for 17 May 1916:

HC Deb 17 May 1916 vol 82 cc1572-618

Message received to attend the Lords Commissioners.

The House went, and, having returned,

Mr. SPEAKER

reported the Royal Assent to,

1. Local Government (Emergency Provisions) Act, 1916.
2. Courts (Emergency Powers) (Amendment) Act, 1916.
3. Summer Time Act, 1916.
4. Edinburgh Corporation Order Confirmation Act, 1916.
5. Gas Orders Confirmation Act, 1916.
6. Burnley Corporation Act, 1916.
7. Weston-Super-Mare Grand Pier Act, 1916.
Hansard, HC Deb 17 May 1916 vol 82 cc1572-618

The Summer Time Act had long been advocated by William Willett. He did not live to see his proposal implemented having died in March 1915. The idea had been adopted by many other countries including Germany and it was only the demands of wartime that moved the British from ridiculing the idea to adopting it. (more…)

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