- Wanted in Waterford The O’Hare family lived in Waterford City, a town built on the bank of the Suir River, in the south-east of Ireland. Michael and Mary O’Hare had four known children. Cornelius was the oldest, born in about 1847 and was said to have a murderous temper although he stood only 5 feet 5-1/2 inches tall. […]
- Breach of Promise Julia McEvers Julia McEvers was the youngest child of Mary Frances Bourke and John Francis McEvers, a Doctor of Medicine of Camden Place in the City of Cork. Julia was baptised on 19 October 1856 at St Mary’s Church in Cork. Her mother passed away not long after she was born and she was raised by her […]
- Part Three: James and Laura Mackie I have recently broken through a brick wall in my genealogical research and have found out what happened to my great-grand aunt, Laura Jane Williams. Join me in Part Three: James and Laura Mackie as I research the social history of the Mackie family on the Isle of Wight and beyond after the Anglo-Afghan and Anglo-Egyptian […]
- Part One: James and Laura Mackie I have recently broken through a brick wall in my genealogical research and have found out what happened to my great-grand aunt, Laura Jane Williams. Join me in Part One: James and Laura Mackie as I research the social history of the family of Laura’s husband, James Mackie. James Douglas Mackie On 24 November 1885, James Douglas Mackie, the […]
- Bond Family Chronicles Chapter Two The London chapter of the Bond family chronicles takes us back another generation to Laura’s parents, William and Jessie Bond who married despite the difference in their ages and stayed together until death they did part despite the tragedy in their story. The Royal Artillery life was a hard one, and especially so for the few wives […]