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It started as a brief search on a genealogical site I use for local history work, and evolved into contact with a descendant of the Stephenson/Dawber clan!! The gent in question is no longer in the UK and in 2001 he began a search for his ancestors who were based in Hull, in the parish of Sculcoates. His surname caught my attention so I contacted him and awaited his response, and it didn’t take long. He informed me of several known dates that relate to the family, back in the early 1800’s. These were events that I had researched but not posted publicly so his knowledge backed up my research. It was not enough though, I simply wanted more, so he sent me his full family tree! There were dates and events which I knew about but also loads of new material! The tree dated back to the early 1700’s, I only had details from 1780! The tree covered 1950 to the present day, were as my dates had come to a brick wall by the 1950’s! The reason was simple, the family had left the UK and moved abroad! We are in regular contact and he has put me in contact with other family members, and several businesses with links to the family! |
May 19
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