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Memories of Edgemere 1915-1922(?) Hester Spriggs (1905-2003), daughter of William Spriggs and Alice Hayward, was raised in Acock's Green, near Birmingham, England. In 1915, when Hester was nine, the family immigrated to an apple farm called Edgemere in Nova Scotia's ...
The House of Industry was created "to manage the poor persons incapable of providing for themselves in the parishes of the island." ...
The plantation economy Land in the Caribbean islands was cheap, but the costs of setting up a sugar plantation were high. Sir Dalby Thomas in 1690 estimated that a 100 acre plantation on the island of Barbados, with 50 enslaved ...
Dec 10, 2019 Hi J R, How interesting to hear of your friends connection to the Lawrence family. Randi's branch moved to Quebec in 1795 where they farmed for several generations. One of them (Randi's ancestor) then moved west ...
Hi All,As one of the family genealogists and a self appointed historian I think I should correct a few items in the discourse between brother Bill and cousin Peter. Our Grandparents certainly were opposed to the marriage of their son ...
This recording was made one month before Bill's passing in May 2019. He talks about various events and family members in his early life ...
My lovely cousin Bill Spriggs passed away in May 2019. Bill was a forester and for almost his entire career, he worked for BC Parks as a parks planner. In this recording, taken one month before his death, his recounts ...
Will Spriggs and the Distinguished Flying Cross October 1918 Will (b.1898) was a pilot in an observer biplane in World War I. After extensive training, he was assigned to the British 4th Army at the front line in France. His ...
Memories of Edgemere 1915-1919 Hester Spriggs (1905-2003), daughter of William Spriggs and Alice Hayward, was raised in Acock's Green, near Birmingham, England. In 1915, when Hester was nine, the family immigrated to an apple farm called Edgemere in Nova Scotia's ...
High Flight by John Gillespie Magee Spoken from Memory by Bill Spriggs, Apr 28, 2019 ...
Spriggs Origin This unusual name is of early medieval English origin, and is an example of the common medieval practice of creating a surname from the habitual use of a nickname. In this case the nickname was used of someone ...
Hi Peter, A few observances on Part III The aircraft: The FK8 AW160 had double Lewis machine guns for the observer and a Vickers rigid mounted machine gun for ...
The Zong massacre was a mass killing of more than 130 enslaved Africans by the crew of the British slave ship Zong on and in the days following 29 November 1781.[a] The Gregson slave-trading syndicate, based in Liverpool, owned the ship and sailed her in the Atlantic slave trade ...
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Apr 28, 2019 From John Spriggs Regarding the Fishers; the earliest in my tree is Reuben who was a surgeon of Southwark in London and married a Joan Howe. They had at least two children named Martha and Reuben. Martha ...
The Woodsman's Requiem by Alice Martin Spoken from Memory by Bill Spriggs, Apr 28, 2019 ...
Apr 30 2019Hi Peter,Don’t give up on your Haddon Hall Fishers. Check out Kinsalebeg.com and you’ll find lots of Fishers which may well give you a path to the pot of gold.Another interesting trail to follow is a note that ...
A Very Personal Story of War A Kare Hellum Text Ulrik Hellum Illustrations ...
A Travellers Impression of Caldwell House and Singapore Posted 14 Oct 2013 by peterbruce182 A friend of mine sent this description of Caldwell House along with a retrospective of Singapore, years past and today. The complex [CHIJMES] is big. The whole building is built on three sides. Whether this was the whole house or whether the convent built onto it I'm not sure ...
This is the diary of John Fowler, age 15. He describes the daily events on board the ship Atalanta bound Melbourne ...
Attack of the British NavyOn the Advice of Daniel Caldwell: A Detailed Account The P. and O. Company's steamer Canton, Captain Jamieson, returned unexpectedly yesterday afternoon about four o'clock, bringing despatches for the Admiral from Captain Hay, of H.M. brig Columbine, with seven seamen of that vessel, badly wounded, and we regret to add, the body of Mr. Goddard, one of ...
In the mid 1800s, he was the Postmaster General of Hong Kong and by some accounts, he was bright, accomplished and difficult. His name was Francis William Mitchell and he was my great great grandfather ...
Assisted immigrants Some immigrants paid for their own passages, but many had their fares paid by colonisation companies or the government. They travelled in steerage – a low-ceilinged space beneath the main deck. Those paying their own way were usually in ‘second’ or ‘intermediate’ cabins, or in a saloon cabin below the poop deck, at the stern. In 1866 the ...
20 Mar 2017: Son Robin is in Penang searching for the grave of Daniel Caldwell, his 3x grandfather. He writes of his findings: So I found him, kind of. On a tip I visited the Northam Road Protestant Cemetary in George Town - final resting place for many of the colonial up and ups. Scoured the cemetery looking at every gravestone. Many ...
This is a note to son Robin who visited Penang and in this case, Hong Kong to research the relatives. I make comment on Henry Caldwell, Robins third great uncle, born on the island of St Helena, deep in the South Atlantic Ocean. Hi Rob,You won't find Henry in the cemetery. He died comfortably in England. Henry, your great, great, great ...
More about Henry from the website Gwulo, Old Hong Kong: Born about 1814, a son of Daniel Caldwell (b.1788 St Helena d.1828 Penang Straits Settlement) who married Mary Manay (b.1797 St Helena d.Singapore) on St Helena on 06 Aug 1814. HC Caldwell's brother Daniel Richard Francis Caldwell (b.19 Sep 1816 St Helena d.02 Oct 1875 Hong Kong) married in 1851 ...
