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15 September, 2021

Williamson: Current Research

Filed under: - 1837,1837-1911,1861-65 ACW,Blizard,Clark (m Williamson),England,Estate Administration,Ireland,Politics,Religion,Rescue,Research Note,Scandal,Status: Update as Information Arises,Temperance,Tinplate Industry,Trade Unionism,United States,Williamson — Tags: Research Agenda — David @ 5:35 pm

Currently a number of events have brought my focus back to the Williamson Family – my maternal grandmother’s family (through my mother’s adoption).

The purpose of this post is to summarise the current areas of research and what is being done (September 2021) in order to help others and via search engines to catch the attention of people currently unknown to me who may be researching the same family.

Currently we know of the Williamsons in Cork in the first half of the 19th Century, later emerging in Worcester in England in the 1861 Census. That same census indicates that there was a branch of the family in New Jersey United States.

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7 September, 2021

The Blizard Name

Filed under: - 1837,Blizard,England,Genealogy,Ireland,Research Note,Status: Work in Progress,Uncategorized — Tags: London Hospital, Name Distributions, Sir William Blizard, Surgeons, Thomas Curling — David @ 3:03 pm

My mother’s adoptive mother’s paternal grandfather (my Grandmother’s Grandfather) was William Blizard Williamson (born Cork, Ireland 1811, died Worcester, England 1878). He had two sons: William Blizard Williamson (the younger) and George Henry Williamson – my grandmother’s father.

I have written previously about them. This post ponders the origin of the Blizard name in our family tree and whether knowing that helps identify further ancestors or the geographical origin of the Williamsons. (There is a rumour that they may have originated in England and another that they originated in Londonderry.)

This post summarises what I know about the name (not much) and what I would like to know. It is a work-in-progress both in terms of research and content editing. Suggestions are very welcome!

This post also details the genealogy of Sir William Blizard (1743-1835), a surgeon and founder of the first medical school attached to a hospital, The London Hospital. It may be that William Blizard Williamson was named after this famous person, but if anyone reading this identifies a genealogical link between the two of them … .

On the other hand, perhaps he was born during a blizzard?