Grandma is my Dad’s Mum. Born on 30 July 1921 (despite her birth being registered as 31 July), her 100th anniversary has just passed, but I am not quite ready to tell the long story so in the meantime this page acts as both a point page to shorter blogs in which Grandma features and also lists some of her ancestors.
LINKS
Is Grandma related to Grandad? – the story of how two of my Grandparents are related.
Two and a half days – the story of Grandma & Grandad’s first born child.
Folk ask why girls wear miniskirts – some of Grandma’s poetry
Four generations – features Grandma, her mother, Hilda Mary Scott, her grandmother, Maria Reynard and my Aunt Christine, her daughter
Two families, one community – a 1950s gathering of all four grandparents
There’s snow and then there’s Yorkshire snow – extracts from Grandma’s memoirs
The naming of our grandparents – including what Grandma called three of her Grandparents
EARLIER ANCESTORS
Grandma’s parents (my great grandparents)
Hilda Mary Scott (1891 – 1954) & Jesse Houseman (1885 – 1977)
Harry Clough & Frank White – friends & distant cousins of Hilda Mary who died in WW1
Grandma’s grandparents (my great great grandparents)
Maria Reynard (1861 – 1950) & John Scott (1860 – 1920)
Walter Scott – the story of Maria & John’s son who died as a child after being shot by a friend
Unlocking Maria Reynard’s family photo album – including lots of pictures
Amelia Bradury (1843 – 1931) & Michael Houseman (1842 – 1892)
A look at Micheal Houseman’s political leanings.
Grandma’s great grandparents (my great great great grandparents)
Mary Ann Gill (1836 – 1895) & William Reynard (1832 – 1907)
A spice loaf & a wig – the story of Mary Ann, William, their family & Mary Ann’s father Richard Gill
Swinsty Hall – from seventeenth century ancestors to Euro2020 – the story of how I am NOT related to the Robinsons of Swinsty Hall though Mary Ann’s great great grandparents (my 7x great grandparents), Ellen Kerton & Robert Hardisty
Elizabeth Webster (1832 – 1903) & Charles Scott (1834 – 1897)
Jane Teal (1823 – 1891) & Thomas Bradbury (1820 – 1879)
The slow and painful death of Thomas Bradbury. The blog also includes biographical detail for both Jane & Thomas.
Elizabeth (Betty) Beecroft (1811 – 1882) & Robert Houseman (1806 – 1865)
A biography of the couple and an illustration of Victorian women’s (lack of) property rights
Margaret Grange (1728 – 1816) & George Houseman (1727 – 1815) – a founding family – the story of Grandma & Grandad’s shared ancestors and grandparents of Robert Houseman.
The document of a crime that could have been by our ancestor George Houseman (born 1689, my 6x great grandfather, father to George Houseman (1727 – 1815))