Mike Covell’s Blogg

Apart from digitising all the files I have been receiving, I have also taken time to look at the family tree’s of both Stephenson and Dawber.

With suprising results!

I have had contact with three members of the Dawber family via the internet, and two more via mail and all are very open about their family tree’s.  The question is are they related to the Dawber’s of Hull?

One proved very intresting and scanned several documents that so far fall into the jigsaw!

In other news, an important part of the Stephenson family was, after 2 years of searching, traced last night!!  I have appointments to view the Death Certificates, and Probate Calendars, and will of course cross reference this with local newspaper obituaries on Tuesday (health permitting).

Hull Daily Mail’s website “Yoursay” sent a crew around to film me on there site, we had a lively discussion on both the ripper and the paranormal and they are intrested in stories on both, watch this space!!

The appearance on Humberside Paranormal Radio went well, and I have been asked to be a monthly speaker.  Rave reviews for the show came from far and wide and I will be appearing on a Friday evening to discuss both subjects.

A trawl through an antiques shop rewarded me with a wonderful colour picture of the Old Town Hall in Hull.  Up until now only black and white shots have been discovered, so I was pleased to find a colour image.

The Town Hall was the location for Richard Stephenson Junior, to take his seat as one of Hull’s East Sculcoates Councillor’s.  In later years it was a place he visited regularly when he was involved in several scandals!!

I recieved a massive file this week on the company Dawber, Stephenson and Co and the vessel’s they owned to ship slate from Wales!  The file is massive, and full of ships names, captains, crew etc!