Exciting genealogical finds!

[dar tyson]

enewbie here,I have a edward tyson b 1876 ludford eng married in spalding in 1898 to elizabeth jane cowell,any connection?
thanks in advance

dar tyson

[Zen Rabbit]

Unproven but my maternal great-greats were related to the "Rugely Poisoner" who I understand was Britains first serial killer. I say unproven but one of his portaits simply looks like my brother in fancy dress. Uncanny

Interesting that. I assume you are refering to Dr William Palmer, the Rugeley poisoner. My Great Great great gradfather was chief warder of Stafford Gaol where he was taken to be executed. An account of his arrest from first hand is given in "Police Experiences" by Thomas Woollaston a police officer who served at Stafford.

[Keith Goodway]

And his death mask is in the William Salt Library in Stafford !

[salbex]

a friend of mine is related somehow to florence nightingale x

[alliejaye]

Engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel was my 3xgreat grandfathers first cousin, 4 and 5x great grandfathers watchmakers, Thomas Mudge is also related by marriage. Kathy Lette is distant cousin,we have the same 4xgreat grandparents, which means Geoffrey Robertson is related by marriage also Lol.

[Sandyhall]

Hi
My Mum's side of the family are related to The Dandridge Family by marriage (one of them married a Dandridge)
Who are they you might say!!!!
Well Martha Dandridge was one of the First Ladies of America - the wife of George Washington "President of America" and from Sulgrave Manor in Northamptonshire.
Another Dandridge family member was sent out to Australia after the agricaulture uprisings in England.

Dad's side we have a murderer who got away with drowning his wife, then abandoned his daughters to the workhouse.
I also found another part of the Family with a Daughter in the Lunatic Asylum who then has a Daughter while in there, who then spends her life in the Asylum. The rest of the family go to America and leave them there forgotton.

Sandy

I don't like some of my rellies much

PS We have just lost my mum's sister my Aunty Joan but on the good side I've found my dad's brother's (died a long time ago) Wife and Daughter alive in America, I now have a new Aunty and Cousin and I am 63 years old

[GRHughes]

The brother of my 4xgreat grandfather was Sir Joseph Paxton who was a landscape gardener, engineer and then MP. He also designed Crystal Palace for the Great Exhibition of 1851. Coincidentally, sitting on the committee overseeing construction was Isambard Kingdom Brunel, which means my relative most likely would have been conversing with the relative of alliejaye (post above) 160 years ago! Small world :P

[haveabet]

not sure how famous but my 2nd great grandfather was an architect who is mentioned in Occupation Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 23 Griffith, William Pettit.
he also has a room named after him in the rookery hotel, london, mind this is no big deal as a prostitute also has a room named after her.
still doing reasearch on this side of the family, but he also had a brother, charles higman griffith who was a reverend at stratfield turgis and done a lot of experimenting on how best to measure air temperature, so i guess he might be sort of famous too

[Carole40]

My 3x Great Grandfather, Joseph Twigg, 1784, Pershore, Worcs. Enlisted in the 39th Foot, & served for 20yrs & 236 days. He received , as a Chelsea Penshioner, a few shillings a month. He did not stay at the famous Hospital, but still had his pension. This was unique for the time. His Medals are kept at the "Keep Musium" in Dorset.

Joseph's uncle, William, enlisted in the Royal Wagon Train, at 19yrs of age, he saw lots of action, and I have a list of all engagements.

My 1st cousin 4 x removed, James Twigg, 1826, went to Australia, and worked as a Fencer/Bushman. His brother, George, was Transported to Australia, age 21yrs. He was convicted of "Robbery in Company". I have the Convict Musters, etc, and he is listed aboard the ship "Tory" being taken to Tasmania.

Hope this was of interest,

Carole.

[lynncrest94]

What a brilliant thread! I'm a newbie but just have to say that the most famous connection I have found is to one John Frederick Herring, painter of Dutch origin living in Camberwell around 1840's. He guaranteed the cost of my Gt Gt Gt Grandmother's stay in Bedlam!
Great stuff.