Mäxchen d.18.4.2005 R.I.P

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Major changes and additions, Nov 2007-Jan 2008:

  • Will transcripts of William Poole Attfield (died 1856), Julia Nettleship (died 1888) and Professor John Attfield (died 1911) added to Documents page.
  • A new article about Henry Attfield, cricketer added to Stories page.
  • A revision of the Attfields of Bath article on the Stories page with additional material.
  • Information about the family of Mary Dee who married Henry Attfield at Chertsey in 1767.
  • Additional information about the Pulford and Thornton families with acknowledgements to the Pulford family genealogy site.

Major changes and additions, Aug-Oct 2007:

  • Memoir of Elsa Herkomer added to Stories page with thanks to Peggy Larken.
  • A new article about the Attfields of Bath added to Stories page.
  • Song “Where Has The Gifted Charmer Fled?” by W[illiam] E[lement] Attfield (c1835) added to Documents page.
  • More information on the Freakes family (which probably connects my Attfield family with the Attfields of Farnham).
  • Ashby family photos added with thanks to Bob Ashby.
  • Additional Bellingham and Dutton family information with thanks to Harry Dutton, Hannah Longman and Mark Newman.

Major changes and additions, March-July 2007:

  • New information about the Cleere family added with thanks to Steve Clere.
  • Additional Paley family information with thanks to Lynnette Hammet.
  • Fawkes family extended backwards by two generations.
  • Photos of the Attfield family of Burton Latimer, Northants, added with thanks to the owners of the Burton Latimer website.

Changes and additions, Jan-Feb 2007:

  • A new article about William Akersten by Harry Dutton added to Stories page.
  • A new article about my father-in-law Kurt van der Walde by his daughter Norma van der Walde added to Stories page.
  • Filled a major gap by identifying Mary Hopkins, wife of Arthur Fawkes whose son Thomas married Harriet Attfield in 1848.
  • New and corrected information on the Bolt family, Weymouth, Dorset.
  • New information added on the Cosser family with grateful acknowledgements to Ann Cossar.
  • Death date (1896) of Ann Elizabeth Aujard, daughter of William Poole Attfield, discovered. Her husband Edward Aujard remains a mystery however!
  • Deleted information on Auger, Francis, Holdstock and other Kentish families linked with Annie Emmeline Bradshaw who I had wrongly identified as daughter of Henry Boursiez Bradshaw & Clara Amelia Attfield.

Major changes and additions, Nov-Dec 2006:

  • A new article about Professor John Attfield added to Stories page.
  • Will transcripts of Henry Attfield (died 1815) and George Swain Attfield (died 1842) added to Documents page.
  • Significant new information added about the Bayes family of Yorkshire, with grateful acknowledgements to Jack Bayes.
  • My maternal great-grandmother identified as Ann Barnett, and death date (1881) discovered.
  • Identified ancestry of Mary Anne Cooke who married William Attfield of Bath in 1821.
  • Death date (1912) of Emily Anne Head, daughter of William Attfield of Bath, discovered, finally completing all key dates for this line.
  • Death date (1904) of Maria Woods, daughter of David Royce Attfield of Northamptonshire, discovered, completing key dates for this line.
  • A substantial amount of new information added from post-1858 wills as the result of a visit to the Probate Registry, London, in November 2006.
  • Article “I Am The Shadow” added to Documents page with grateful thanks to Yvonne Leduc.

 

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