Archer-Ailward Genealogy
Family
tree of Christine Widdall (formerly Archer, Ailward) &
her children,
James and Clare Ailward
My
first interest in researching our family history stems
from the stories I heard about my great-grandmother Ellen Wilson
Hemingway,
who began
life as Ellen Fozzard.
"She was a mannequin - disowned by her rich parents - her family were mill and ship owners - her mother was driven about in a carriage".
Well, she was certainly a dressmaker (and therefore maybe also a mannequin?) but connections with the mill owning Fozzards of Dewsbury have not been substantiated...however, by this time, my appetite had been whetted and I became well and truly hooked.
It was the beginning of an amazing journey into the past and I am still travelling.
My grandmother Lilian Maud Hemingway with her brother Albert Percy c1900
Lilian Maud Hemingway in 1908 Lilian's mother was Ellen Wilson Fozzard
Short articles and photographs
My other websites
Christine Widdall - Photography
Christine Widdall Blog
Chistine Widdall and Mike Lawrence - SteelOrchid Social and Commercial Photography
Oldham Photographic Society
Links that I have found useful:
www.ancestry.co.uk
The
Waterhouse family of Halifax, Yorkshire
Thomas
Sheard of Halifax and the Mirfield Sheards
Fozzards
of Yorkshire
The
Beaumonts of Yorkshire
Stephen Wilson's history of Ossett and the Wilson family
The
Woodheads of Yorkshire
English
Place Names
Family
Search (Church of the Latter Day Saints)
GENUKI
Yorkshire page
Free
BMD (UK Birth Marriage and Death Records
General
Register Office (UK)
The Lacy Family and Beaumont history in Huddersfield
Charles Francis Ailward 1948-1985
Photographed in 1965
If you would like to suggest any additions or correction, or wish to make a comment and would like to contact me, please use the email address below (shown as a graphic)
Acnowledgements:
I am grateful to the
armies of researchers and transcribers who have published vital information
on the internet - the secondary sources that helped me when I got stuck
and prompted me where
to
look next.
They have opened up doors I never knew were there.
With
thanks to Linda Davison and Deb Walker, who generously shared their (our) Sheard family history with me...also to Elizabeth Gardiner, whose help with the Archer line has already been invaluable.
© Christine Widdall 2006 - 2008 last updated October 2008