Irish-Welsh AncestryMay 31 minFlorence Lock - Great Grand Aunt...Part 4This letter from 1908 is an enquiry on my great-grandparents. Sophia Seaborne (Lock) kept in touch with Florence regularly. Knowing the...
Irish-Welsh AncestryMar 311 minFlorence Lock - Great Grand Aunt...Part 1Florence’s story is a long and complicated one. Her family history and what brought her to a children’s home in London (from Wales)...
Irish-Welsh AncestryMar 151 minWilliam Seaborne - Great GrandfatherFamily William Seaborne was born on the 19th December 1872 in the picturesque town of Hay-On-Wye, Breconshire, Wales. William's parents,...
Irish-Welsh AncestryMar 115 minJoe Wade - South Africa Part IIIJoe Wade was involved at both Ladysmith and Colenso towards the end of 1899. Both were significant battles in the initial Boer offensive...
Irish-Welsh AncestryMar 62 minCharles ‘Percy’ Evans - Death of a Boy SoldierCharles ‘Percy’ Evans - Death of a Boy Soldier, Ypres, The Great War 1915
Irish-Welsh AncestryApr 151 minFlorence Lock - Great Grand Aunt...Part 3Here is a letter from Florence's employer complaining to the head of the Children's home in Bethnal Green 1907.
Irish-Welsh AncestryApr 61 minFlorence Lock - Great Grand Aunt....Part 2Here are a further series of documents regarding Florence Lock's admission to a children's home in London. The application information...
Irish-Welsh AncestryMar 53 minJoe Wade - South Africa Part IISergeant Joe Wade in South Africa in Oct 1899 during the first weeks of the Anglo-Boer War
Irish-Welsh AncestryMar 22 minJoe Wade - South Africa Part IThere is a lack of information and records on Joe Wade from his time in Ireland and his arrival in South Africa. There are probabilities...
Irish-Welsh AncestryFeb 271 minSouth Africa - The Irish ManifestoOn the 13th of September 1899 the Irish Manifesto was published and stated the following; The Government of the Transvaal being now...
Irish-Welsh AncestryFeb 272 minSouth Africa - The formation of the Irish Transvaal BrigadeIn 1896 there were around 1,000 Irish living in the mining settlement of Johannesburg, including John MacBride who left Ireland in the...
Irish-Welsh AncestryFeb 271 minSouth Africa - The build up to the Anglo-Boer warIn 1886 gold rich deposits at Langlaagte, Johannesburg in the Transvaal Region were uncovered leading to the Witwatersrand gold rush....
Irish-Welsh AncestryFeb 262 minJoe Wade - The Early YearsJoseph Wade was born on the 4th of August 1866 at White Hart, Stephenstown, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin.
