Sunday, 5 April 2026

Family History Revisited Part 5 - Interesting Stories

 

The last part of my Family History Revisited collects some stories about my ancestors. There are many posts on this blog about family members and places where they lived. Hopefully these are the final few.

Stanley Boyd Roberts

Let's start with my grandfather, whom I never met. He died in 1937 at home. His is the photo above. See my post dated 6th November 2009.

Vincent Littlewood Roberts.


There are two or three photos of my great-grandfather on this blog. The above is just one of them. See everything about Vincent on my post of 1st February 2023.

John Shearwood Roberts


Vincent's father described on my post of 17th November 2010.

Ellen Roberts



My great-great-grandmother's grave found at Highgate Cemetery. See post of 13th September 2015.

Charles Hoyland, Jonathon Hoyland and Charles Haywood Hoyland ("Twig")

The ancestors of my grandmother, Edith Hoyland, are featured in my post from 22nd June 2009, "Visit to Sheffield," as well as in the posts from 22nd March 2013 and 19th September 2025.

Edith Haywood Hoyland


My father's mother. See post 6th May 2012.

Edith Agnes Leather


My other grandmother with her husband on the right and my mother on the left in the photo above. See my post of 4th February 2011.

George Robert Leather


Our star footballer ancestor and Edith's father. See post 11th July 2022.

Isabella Askew

This post came as a result of my searches for George and Jane Askew (my great grandparents). See post 18th February 2022. 

Askew, Ascough or Ayscough

My post of the 5th December mentions Ruth at the Lincolnshire Family History Society, who solved the problem of the spelling of my ancestor's names. This was followed by my post of 7th December 2011, where it all came together in one of my most important finds.

The Ascoughs of East Fen

My post of 6th January 2022 is the record of how I found my Askew ancestors.


The records followed these posts:

The George Askew Story Part 1 - Five Generations of Agricultural Laboureres

See post 26th December 2015.

The George Askew Story Part 2 - Their Lives 

See post 15th August 2016.

The Ascoughs of East Fen

See the post of 6th January 2022.

The Ascoughs – Life on the Border – The Sources

See post of 23rd November 2017.

The Commoners of East Fen – The Petition of 1784

See post of 5th November 2016.

https://the ascoughsofeastfen.weebly.com

See the post from 3rd April 2018.

Publications

The books I acquired on this part of the Lincolnshire Fens:

Maps of the Witham Fens – edited by R C Wheeler

Old and New Landscapes in the Horncastle Area by Eleanor and Rex C Russell

Postings on my Family History

On 5th September 2011, I listed all my posts on my ancestors up to that date. They are:

2/7/2008     Jacob Roberts

27/8/2008   Three Generations of Cutlers

1/12/2008   The 1937 Family Tree - Charles Augustus Roberts

27/1/2009    Louisa Maria Brooks

23/2/2009    Three Generations of Brush Manufacturers

24/3/2009     Eric S Roberts

22/6/2009     A Visit to Sheffield

10/8/2009     Hannah Mayor

11/8/2009     Edith Wynne Mathison

14/8/2009     Vincent Littlewood Roberts MA MD

25/8/2009     The Shearwood Sisters

25/1/2010     Roberts Family Tree

1/2/2010       Derek Finch Roberts

3/2/2010       Charles Hoyland and Hannah Selina Wynne

3/2/2010       William James Gibson Boyd and Ellen Cundy

11/7/2010     William Boyd of Berwickshire and Hull

16/8/2010     George Boyd of Stichill

17/11/2010    John Shearwood Roberts

22/11/2010    Newfield Hall (residence of JSR)

19/10/2011    Kate and Isabel Hoyland

I should have added "Sheffield Silversmiths" on 2nd July 2008.

The End

So what is next? Maybe a last read through of these five posts and then buy a couple of storage boxes to keep all my files. And then those can go in the loft. Maybe I will look at them again some time in the future.

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