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== Current Area of Research ==
== Current Area of Research ==


I'm currently working on filling out the [[Richardson Tree]], interesting things this week:
I'm currently working on filling out the [[Gordon Tree]], with [[Janet Hunter Balfour]]
 
Previously I was looking at the [[Francis Tree]] on the Butcher/Bartlett side, interesting things:
* [[Jasper Taylor]] sold Royal Sauce nationwide.
* [[Matthew Bartlett]] and his son had their hats knocked off on the train to Brighton.
* A few years later [[Matthew Bartlett]] was a key witness in a forgery scandal.
 
== Previous Areas of Research ==
 
Previously I was working on the [[Richardson Tree]], interesting things found:
* [[ Samuel Curteis]] was a Reverend Doctor.


* [[John Angus Walmisley]] saved Westminster abbey from burning down.
* [[John Angus Walmisley]] saved Westminster abbey from burning down.
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* Lieutenant Colonel [[William Lambert]] (father of Anna Maria) at the time of writing his will owed 2 pints of ketchup.
* Lieutenant Colonel [[William Lambert]] (father of Anna Maria) at the time of writing his will owed 2 pints of ketchup.
* [[George Engleheart]] turns out to have been a very famous miniature portrait painter to the rich and famous.
There is a new [[Locations]] page, listing places and who lived there.


== Francis Family Website ==
== Francis Family Website ==
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We've only just started, we'll probably only concentrate on a branch at a time, and we'll probably take a while to get the technology right for displaying the results - but at least it's a start!
We've only just started, we'll probably only concentrate on a branch at a time, and we'll probably take a while to get the technology right for displaying the results - but at least it's a start!
The [http://old.hedley-francis.co.uk old website] is still available while I move all the data over.


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Revision as of 15:08, 5 May 2018


Current Area of Research

I'm currently working on filling out the Gordon Tree, with Janet Hunter Balfour

Previously I was looking at the Francis Tree on the Butcher/Bartlett side, interesting things:

Previous Areas of Research

Previously I was working on the Richardson Tree, interesting things found:

  • Pelham Richardson was given the freedom of the city (his father was James Mallcott Richardson).
  • Lieutenant Colonel William Lambert (father of Anna Maria) at the time of writing his will owed 2 pints of ketchup.
  • George Engleheart turns out to have been a very famous miniature portrait painter to the rich and famous.

There is a new Locations page, listing places and who lived there.

Francis Family Website

This web site has been set up to list the results of a search to find Hedley and Fenella Francis's family trees.

We've only just started, we'll probably only concentrate on a branch at a time, and we'll probably take a while to get the technology right for displaying the results - but at least it's a start!

The old website is still available while I move all the data over.

There are clickable family trees for:


Miscellaneous