Archer Ailward Widdall Family History pages

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.

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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.
My grandmother Lilian Maud Hemingway with her brother Albert Percy c1900	It was the beginning of an amazing journey into the past and I am still travelling. 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 prompt 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 family history with me	Charles Francis Ailward 1948-1985 Photographed in 1965

Lilian Maud Hemingway in 1908 Lilian's mother was Ellen Wilson Fozzard	If you would like to contact me, please use the email address below (shown as a graphic) Links 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 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 © Christine Widdall 2006 - 2008 last updated July 2008