January 2008:
Broken links renewed for Edward Eade and Tony Ray-Jones (the National Museum of Photography is now the National Media Museum). My uncle Jack Pearce died in 2006; and some of us have moved or are doing different things - see below.
August 2005:
Link to political blog removed after I deleted the blog, and link added to Tony's photos at the National Museum of Photography, which is now selling them at various sizes up to A2.
February 2005:
Photograph of my father Raymond substituted for the one of my brother Tony on the Home Page. The links to the Forum (Bulletin Board), and to some photos of Prague and Round the World removed. More minor updating
December 2004:
Simon's page removed. Minor updating. Photograph of Tony substituted for the one of great grandmother Euphemia Isabella on the Home Page
October 2004:
My email address changed, link added to Tony R-J exhibition at NMPFT, Bradford
October 2003:
I have done some general tidying-up on the Edward Holroyd Pearce and Welcher pages, deleted the information about how to get to Carsington Water etc, and put up some photos of the Golden Wedding - see below.
Simon's page really can be accessed from his name in the chart below now!
The Dant Family website no longer exists, so I have deleted the link.
In his book "Sketch of the Military Services of Lieutenant-General Skinner and his Sons", which he dedicated to his mother Ann Maclean, Allan Maclean Skinner wrote, "Born December 12th 1773, at Ardgour House, Argyleshire, ............. your father residing there, as guardian of the person and estates of his hereditary chieftain, and near kinsman, (the late Colonel Alexander Maclean, 13th of Ardgour, then an infant,) under the expressive local title of Factor Mohr, or the great manager, you..............". I had wondered what exactly was the relationship of Ann Maclean's family to the Macleans of Ardgour, and have found, thanks to an American researcher of the Macleans who found this web site, that Ann and her siblings were the great-grandchildren, through their mother, of Allan Maclean of Ardgour, and his wife Ann Cameron, daughter of Sir Ewen Cameron. So Ann was a second cousin of baby Alexander, her mother Florance being a first cousin of his father Hugh Maclean of Ardgour.
May 2003:
I have added a page on Jack Pearce, my mother's youngest brother, thirteen years her junior, now aged 90. Go to Pearce (use the button on the left) and click on his name - or just click here.
Simon's page can be accessed from his name below. Should I make links from any other names on the chart below?
News and chat is now given in the Forum (password protected)..
More stories have been added to the stories page, for 1100, 1616, 1649, 1810, 1944, 1982 and 1989. More to come! Click on the 'Ancestors, stories' button on the left, then select the story and click on the year.
All the info about the Golden Wedding can be accessed below - click on 'here'.
I have added information to the Welcher page (button on the left) about Winifred Welcher's mother, who was born Anna Elizabeth Dant, and the Dant family.
January 2003:
I have added a page on Edward Holroyd Pearce, my mother's brother, 18 months younger than her, who died in 1990, over five years before she did. He was the best known figure in his generation in my close family. Go to Pearce (use the button on the left) and click on Edward Holroyd Pearce - or just click here.
I have added this page of News, rather slim now, but it will hopefully feature Jenny Blackwell soon, and anyone else who is prepared to say what they have been doing.
The first stories have been added to the Ancestors, stories page. I will go on adding them, probably in a roughly chronological order. Click on the button on the left, then select the story and click on the year.
I have added the Golden Wedding invitation details. See below.
Various minor errors have been corrected and probably new ones introduced, so please let me know!!
If you think I'm crazy putting in all this stuff about clicking on buttons, just remember that some people are not as web-familiar as you are!
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Alan & Elizabeth, in Devon and London |
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(1) Sue; & Malcolm, in Yorkshire & Suffolk |
(2) Johnny | (3) Mike; & Melissa, in Nottinghamshire | (4) Meriel; & Simon, in Somerset |
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Jenny |
Mark (Son of Carol, in London) | Simon | Colin |
| Anthony | Orion (Son of Carol, in New York) | Helen | Paul |
| Tai (Son of Carol, in California) | Matthew | ||
| A NOTE ON IDENTITY THEFT: It occurs for example when someone looks over your shoulder at a cash point to see your PIN number, looks through the rubbish bin for letters carrying your bank account number, steals your wallet, or copies your credit cards. This web site doesn't give dates of birth, or addresses, but it shows other information including relationships, and in some cases locations. Both are of course available from other sources. The security question about 'your mother's maiden name' used by some financial organizations is certainly inadequate. Everyone providing information needs to be aware of the risks posed by possible identity theft. Attitudes to the risk, and to privacy, vary widely. For more information, click here. | ||
| Who is doing what and where | ||
| Alan: | Assisting with a Quaker website, investigating family history, sorting out house problems | |
| Elizabeth: | Involved with Quakers, cutting firewood, learning Czech, gardening, looking after hens and a cat | |
| Malcolm: | Running compressor company in Ipswich - Compair. Sailing. | |
| Sue: | Theoretical lady of leisure, supporting Jenny, Citizens Advice Bureau | |
| Jenny: | Dance Syndrome in Manchester, trainee media celebrity | |
| Anthony: | Mechanical Engineer, engineering research for motor vehicles | |
| Mike | IT Director at RIBA Enterprises, providing computer services to the company and its clients | |
| Melissa | Nursing again after a long break to raise a family | |
| Simon | Student at Manchester University, reading Physics | |
| Helen | At the Nottingham High; part-time oboist & distance runner. | |
| Orion | Magazine editor in New York. | |
| Tai | Somewhere in Californa | |
| Mark | Working in London - with photo agencies & other media organisations - now a father. | |
On Sunday 27 July we celebrated our Golden Wedding with a dinner at Carsington Visitor Centre - by the lake, between Ashbourne and Wirksworth in Derbyshire. Almost fifty people came, including all our children and grandchildren, and many friends. It was a wonderful and memorable occasion, and we stayed in Carsington for the whole of the following week, ending with an evening at the Mikado, in the Opera House at Buxton! Click here for some photos. We asked everyone at the dinner to contribute to an ox and cart for Africa, and they achieved it, so somewhere in Mozambique, probably in the province of Nampula, there is a useful memorial to our Golden Wedding. This is where some of the country's poorest people live. World Vision have a programme at Murima, where there is a farming community, about 300 kilometres from the city of Nampula. You can find out more about the situation in Mozambique on the World Vision website at www.worldvision.org.uk. Thank-you, everyone.
Alan Ray-Jones, October 2003