tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48160957216274345962024-03-13T23:23:08.762+08:00CLOGS AND CLIPPERSA family historyStella Budrikishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01295423148117553286noreply@blogger.comBlogger194125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4816095721627434596.post-14551656806611211232022-01-30T16:45:00.003+08:002022-02-15T11:40:32.831+08:00Mrs C J Hough (Cecil Jean MacVicar Shaw)For the past couple of years my blog posts have focused on the Whybrew and Mason families, on the paternal side of my family. But with the recently published 1921 UK census offering never-before available information, I've decided that it's time to take another look at some of the other branches of my family tree.'Mrs C. J. Hough'One of the first mysteries that the 1921 census allowed me to solveStella Budrikishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01295423148117553286noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4816095721627434596.post-20564646494764270132021-10-05T11:00:00.001+08:002021-10-06T18:51:31.943+08:00Harriet Whybrew - an update Poor Harriet! I've found more information about her recently, but everything I've discovered has been bad news. To recap on what I've already written about her, Harriet was David and Susan Whybrew's first child. She was born in Adelaide in 1868, before they were married. When David's regiment returned to England, Susan went too, taking their second daughter, Eliza, with them, but Stella Budrikishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01295423148117553286noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4816095721627434596.post-82927399680899247852021-07-20T21:59:00.002+08:002021-09-12T14:24:34.502+08:00Alice Whybrew Herbert & Alice Miller with baby Alice c1901(from a larger family photo)Having tracked down the story of what happened to Rose Whybrew after she arrived in Chicago in the United States, I hoped I might find out more about her sister Alice, who also migrated to Chicago. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find much to add to what I wrote about her in my post about the fourteen childrenStella Budrikishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01295423148117553286noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4816095721627434596.post-89723599343706673692021-06-14T20:25:00.001+08:002021-06-14T20:25:43.396+08:00Benjamin John (Jack) WhybrewI haven't written much about Benjamin John (Jack) Whybrew. For a long time there seemed little to add to what I said about him, when I wrote about the Whybrew's fourteen children. But recently I've come across some new information about his army career and his later life.To recap, Benjamin John (usually known as John or Jack) was born in Canterbury in July 1879, while his father David Stella Budrikishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01295423148117553286noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4816095721627434596.post-68685704197702289912021-04-18T19:06:00.000+08:002021-04-18T19:06:09.046+08:00Ada WhybrewI wrote about Ada Whybrew when I listed the fourteen children of David and Susan Whybrew back in 2014. Ada was the youngest child in the family, of those who survived infancy. At that time I didn't know much about her. But thanks to the information sent to me by the same family member who provided the photo of Susan, I can now fill in some of the details.Ada with Joseph Metson, probably around Stella Budrikishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01295423148117553286noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4816095721627434596.post-9787313162577618962021-03-23T14:45:00.000+08:002021-03-23T14:45:15.904+08:00More on the feisty Ellen (Nell) WhybrewWhen I wrote about Ellen Whybrew in November last year, my information was all based on official records. But now I've received new information, direct from descendants of the Whybrew family, which sheds new light on some of the things that seemed uncertain or odd.Just to recap, "Aunt Nell" as she was known to the family, was the daughter of David and Susan Whybrew. She was born in Stella Budrikishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01295423148117553286noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4816095721627434596.post-61217987945834374042021-02-08T18:00:00.002+08:002021-03-19T14:50:20.576+08:00Memories of Susan and David WhybrewJohn Street, ColchesterI'd like to share some of the fascinating information that was sent to me recently with the photo of Susan Mason. It was recorded from a conversation with Susan's granddaughter, Violet, late in life. Violet had never met her grandparents, Susan and David. Her memories were based on recollections of what her mother, Ada, had told her, many years earlier. So the source Stella Budrikishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01295423148117553286noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4816095721627434596.post-81293849619374612892021-01-17T17:08:00.001+08:002021-01-17T17:08:15.214+08:00A wonderful photo surprise (Click to enlarge)This stunning image was sent to me by a lady who had just read my book 'Susan'. The original belonged to her grandmother, Ada. When it arrived by email it felt like Christmas all over again. Have you guessed who it is?Yes, it's Susan Whybrew (nee Mason) the subject of the book. I understand the photo was taken in 1914, when Susan would have been in her sixties and living Stella Budrikishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01295423148117553286noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4816095721627434596.post-20532429868163451882021-01-12T17:23:00.001+08:002021-01-12T17:23:42.036+08:00I found Rose WhybrewThe fate of Rose Whybrew after 1918 has been one of those brick walls that has been a long time in coming down. But I think I've finally cracked it. And I had the evidence I needed all along, without realising it.To summarise what I already knew, Rose (born 1877) was the fifth daughter of David and Susan Whybrew (nee Mason). She and her husband, George Henry Anthony, migrated to Chicago in the Stella Budrikishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01295423148117553286noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4816095721627434596.post-85012321558605701902020-11-14T16:46:00.001+08:002021-01-17T17:20:20.911+08:00Ellen WhybrewI was looking again recently at the records I have for the children of David and Susan Whybrew (nee Mason). Of the fourteen offspring born to Susan, I've found the date of death for all but two - Rose, who disappears without trace in America after 1918, and Ellen (known in childhood as Nellie). I've written about Rose several times. Here's what I know about Ellen, the Whybrew's eleventh Stella Budrikishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01295423148117553286noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4816095721627434596.post-32338602119619088402020-10-03T21:14:00.002+08:002020-10-21T17:20:32.224+08:00Mystery photographs A friend who is related to the Whybrews has sent me this photo of a family from Colchester. It was found among family photos, but neither of us know who they are. Does anyone recognise them? Here's another photo, also from Colchester. The reverse has the name of a photographic studio, Bradley and Blowers. If you can tell us anything about these photos, please leave a comment, or Stella Budrikishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01295423148117553286noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4816095721627434596.post-70202383714352216922020-09-22T11:14:00.000+08:002020-09-22T11:14:38.156+08:00Walter Lindrum on videoWalter Lindrum, the champion billiards player, was born in Kalgoorlie in Western Australia in 1898. He was the son of Frederick Lindrum, another billiards great, and Harriet Mary Atkin, both from Adelaide. His grandmother, Mary Ann Atkin (nee Mason) was the sister of my great great grandmother, Susan Mason. I recently came across this video about him. It looks as if it was made in the 1970s Stella Budrikishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01295423148117553286noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4816095721627434596.post-25219309402843966142020-08-21T11:18:00.000+08:002020-08-21T11:18:05.115+08:00Jane Mason's daughter, LizetteIn my post about Henry Hartland, I mentioned that I'd received an email from a descendant of Jane Mason. (Jane was a younger sister of my great great grandmother, Susan Mason). She has very kindly provided me with an outline of the story of Jane's daughter, Lizette. Here it is, with some additional information that I've found online.The Shamrock Hotel (since renamed several times) in 1927Lizette Stella Budrikishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01295423148117553286noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4816095721627434596.post-18847498603656951242020-08-13T16:31:00.000+08:002020-08-13T16:31:42.291+08:00A milestoneHere's a small milestone for this blog. According to Statcounter, posts on this site have been viewed 10,000 times. That's probably not an exact count, since all sorts of variables come into how visits are counted. And it has taken since April 2012 to get there. But it's good to know that what I'm writing is of continued interest to people. Thanks for your support, especially those of Stella Budrikishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01295423148117553286noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4816095721627434596.post-32278115773743685332020-07-11T18:25:00.001+08:002020-07-11T18:25:05.530+08:00Henry Hartland - another child of Jane Mason?Two years ago I wrote a post about Jane and Bridget Mason, the two youngest sisters of my great great grandmother, Susan Mason. I mentioned that I'd come across a child named Naomi, reportedly born in 1881 to a Jane Mason in the Adelaide Railway station. I wasn't sure if this was the same Jane Mason or not.
A couple of weeks ago I was excited to receive an email from someone who is a Stella Budrikishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01295423148117553286noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4816095721627434596.post-76197355595395082022020-06-27T10:42:00.000+08:002020-06-27T10:52:30.750+08:00Contact form not workingI've just discovered that the contact form on this blog isn't working, and may not have been working for some time. Apparently this is a problem affecting many blogs and Blogger is working on it. I don't know how many messages haven't been forwarded to me.
If you've tried to contact me in the recent past and haven't received a reply, my apologies. Until the problem is fixed, please send messagesStella Budrikishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01295423148117553286noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4816095721627434596.post-42897637324694637252020-05-17T13:33:00.001+08:002020-06-16T15:54:02.482+08:00James Whybrew revisited
St Andrews Church, Wormingford, where
most of James and Sarah Whybrew's family were baptised.
After discovering that records for Sarah Baldwin's family are now available online, I decided to look again at the background for James Whybrew, Sarah's husband. Previously I'd come to a brick wall with his birth in about 1801 (a very rough date provided by the 1841 UK census). I didn't Stella Budrikishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01295423148117553286noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4816095721627434596.post-41069884434080902042020-05-05T12:41:00.003+08:002020-05-05T13:55:18.852+08:00A tale of two dragons, plus Baldwins and BrewstersThis week I've been doing some digging into the history of Sarah Baldwin, my 3x great grandmother. Sarah was the mother of David Whybrew, who married Susan Mason in Adelaide in 1869. What I've found is a still a little speculative, but I thought I'd share it, along with an unusual story about dragons. (Scroll to the end of the post for the dragon story and a summary in tree form of the people Stella Budrikishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01295423148117553286noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4816095721627434596.post-154219807376256502020-04-24T18:03:00.000+08:002020-06-16T15:59:35.454+08:00A Rose by any other name won't do
As I've mentioned before, one of the toughest brick walls in my family history research is the fate of Rose Whybrew.
Rose, born in Kent, England, in 1877, married George Henry Anthony in Colchester in 1897. Their first child, Harriet, lived only a few months. Rose gave birth to a son, George William, in 1907, not long before the family migrated to the United States via Canada. They settled in Stella Budrikishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01295423148117553286noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4816095721627434596.post-74943036998368889012020-03-24T10:59:00.002+08:002020-03-24T10:59:28.664+08:00Elizabeth DavisAs I mentioned at the end of my last post about Rose Davis, I came across a birth registration for Elizabeth Davis in New South Wales while I was looking for Rose, and wondered if she was also a child of George Davis and Catherine (nee Mason). Now that I've done a little research, I've confirmed that she was.
Elizabeth's birth was registered in New South Wales in 1870. Her parents' names were Stella Budrikishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01295423148117553286noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4816095721627434596.post-55189247212739662332020-03-16T10:28:00.000+08:002020-06-16T15:57:38.045+08:00Rose Davis - another Rose in the Mason familyIt's always exciting to receive a comment or a message from someone who has found a link to their own family history on my blog. This week I heard from a descendent of Susan Mason's sister Catherine, and discovered another Rose in the family that I hadn't come across before.
Port Adelaide c 1870.
Image from State Library of SA
Catherine (sometimes spelled Katherine in records) was John and Stella Budrikishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01295423148117553286noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4816095721627434596.post-4917705855431876982020-03-01T17:11:00.004+08:002020-03-01T17:11:23.425+08:00Keeping online and offline family trees in sync
I've mentioned before that one of my goals for this year is to bring this blog up to date. That means, amongst other things, updating the family trees (available in the top tabs) and making sure that the Index of Individuals has useful links to profiles and relevant posts.
One difficulty with doing this is that often the most up-to-date information I have is stored online, on my family treesStella Budrikishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01295423148117553286noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4816095721627434596.post-27377151561455136202019-11-27T09:07:00.000+08:002019-11-27T09:07:58.924+08:00LimerickOne of the main characters in my upcoming book, The Edward Street Baby Farm, was born in Limerick in 1855. Harriet Lenihan moved to Australia in the 1880s and eventually came to Perth. Her father, Maurice Lenihan, was owner and editor of the Limerick Reporter, and was Mayor of Limerick for several years. He had connections with many of the leading political figures in Ireland. Harriet was very Stella Budrikishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01295423148117553286noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4816095721627434596.post-36447056794382579332019-10-08T16:39:00.001+08:002019-10-08T16:41:33.330+08:00Hebden Bridge
When I was growing up, I associated the name 'Hebden Bridge' with romance. My parents had fond memories of taking long walks from Hebden Bridge to scenic Hardcastle Crags when they were courting.
By the time I visited the town for the first time in the 1980s, it was an attractive and trendy tourist centre, full of craft shops, boutique food outlets and cafes. But back in the 1860s, when my Stella Budrikishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01295423148117553286noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4816095721627434596.post-11368743759427917572019-09-24T12:52:00.000+08:002019-09-24T12:52:00.522+08:00Husbands BosworthHusbands Bosworth in Leicestershire is one of those places that I’ve never visited, though I would certainly like to see it one day. So what follows is what I can glean from the Internet. For several generations it was home to the Orton family, ancestors of my maternal grandfather, Albert Edwin Orton
Farmland north west of Husbands Bosworth (1)
It’s thought that the name was originally “Stella Budrikishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01295423148117553286noreply@blogger.com0