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The Duttons of Hatton Did Not Die Out: The Case Against the Rev'd Edward Dutton's Supposition
No full textIn 1810, the leading reference work Magna Britannia implicitly accepted that the legitimate male line of the Cheshire Gentry family called the Duttons of Hatton had died out. This article demonstrates that there is a high probability that the Duttons of Hatton did not die out in the legitimate male line in the eighteenth century. They actually survived through the yeoman family called the Duttons of Waverton and their nineteenth century descendants the Duttons of Stanthorne Hall. The article shows that there are two legitimate lines through which the Duttons of Stanthorne Hall may have descended from the Duttons of Hatton, with one much more probable than the other
Was Odard, First Lord of Dutton, a Distant Relative of William the Conqueror?
No full textAccording to the Dutton tree researched by antiquarian P. H. Lawson, Odard, first Lord of the Manor of Dutton in Cheshire and progenitor of the noted Gentry family the Duttons of Dutton, was related to William the Conqueror on his mother’s and on his father’s side. This article reviews the evidence and argues that Odard was not related to the Conqueror on his mother’s side. Regarding his father’s side, the evidence is perhaps most parsimoniously explained by Odard indeed being a distant relative of the Conqueror’s. However this conclusion is only fractionally more persuasive than the opposite one and accordingly there is good reason to seriously doubt it and reserve judgement
Genealogy of the Morleys in South Wales: Glamorgan and the Vale of Neath from 1700 to 1800
No full textThe first Morleys who can be positively identified in Glamorgan in the eighteenth century lived in the parishes of Llangyfelach and Cadoxton Juxta Neath. Their families are thought to have migrated from Carmarthenshire to Glamorgan early in the eighteenth century though there is no conclusive evidence to support this supposition. Full details of the baptisms, marriages and deaths of their descendants which have been obtained from the parish registers, particularly in the Vale of Neath, are described. The first person identified in this work is William Morley of Llangyfelach, originally from Llandybie, and a mariner who died at sea. The next person of note was also called William Morley but he was a yeoman residing in Cadoxton. He married Elinor John in Cadoxton in 1752 and they had at least eight children, some of whom are reasonably well documented in the parish records and in William’s will, dated 1814. Almost all of their descendants were employed in either the coal mines or in manufacturing industry. William’s second son, Thomas Morley (M2), married Catherine Hopkin also in Cadoxton in 1773 and they had at least five children before she died in 1787
Genealogy of the Morleys in South Wales: Expansion of the Family in the Nineteenth Century
No full textBy the middle of the nineteenth century the Morley family was well established in the counties of Glamorgan and Carmarthen. In the Vale of Neath, the first identified ancestor of this branch of the family, William Morley (L), born around 1726, had several children whose lives have been described previously. This account describes William’s descendants especially his grandson Thomas Morley (N1), whose life is well documented in the parish records. He married Anne Hopkin in Llantwit Juxta Neath in 1803 and they had eight children. Thomas (N1) was originally employed in the coal mines but later he became a fireman and then a doubler in a tinworks. About 1825 he moved with his family to Cwmavon where he worked for the Copper Miners Tinplate Works. His life and the lives of his children, especially his third son Thomas (O1), are described also in this article. At the time of the 1841 census there were only 74 Morleys in Wales with 60 of these living in Glamorgan. A brief account of some of these who were related to the lineal descendants of William Morley (L) is also presented here. Thomas Morley (O1), who is described as an engineer, married Margaret Benjamin in 1844 in Cwmavon and they had two children but sadly Margaret died in April 1848 during a widespread cholera epidemic. Thomas (O1) remarried in December that year to Anne Pierce from Ludgevan (in Cornwall) and together they had a total of eleven children over the next 21 years. In the early 1850s, Thomas (O1) and his family moved from Cwmavon to Pontardawe where he was employed as a roll turner at the Ystalyfera Iron and Tinplate Company. In 1861 he again changed jobs and moved from Ystalyfera to Seaton, near Workington in Cumberland where one of his sons, William Henry Morley, was born. His work at Seaton was short-lived as he rejoined the Ystalyfera Works in late 1862 and remained there for at least another 13 years before moving once again to work in Morriston, Swansea
Genealogy of the Morleys in South Wales: The Tinplate Industry and the Twentieth Century
No full textThis article describes the life of one branch of the Morley family in south Wales from the final quarter of the nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth century. The account begins with a description of the life of Thomas Morley (O1) and his family following his time in Ystalyfera which was the subject of a previous article. He was employed as a roll turner at the Upper Forest or Worcester Tinplate works in Morriston and his three sons followed him into this skilled occupation. His second son, William Morley, who was born in Workington, married Margaret Matthews in 1886. Following an initial job in Morriston, he moved frequently in his career. It appears that he first moved to Llangennech in Carmarthenshire for two years and then to Germany for around two and a half years at a tinplate works on the Rhine near Cologne. He returned to South Wales in late 1892 to work at the Gwalia Tinplate Works at Briton Ferry. He left this works in 1897 and moved with his family to Pontardawe to join the tinplate works owned by W. Gilbertson and Co., Ltd. About 1899, he moved yet again with his family to the Avondale Tinplate Works in Pontnewydd, Monmouthshire. By 1911 he had left Avondale to work at the Cardonnel Tinplate Works in Skewen but his wife Margaret refused to move and remained in Pontnewydd with most of his children. His sixth son Oswald (Os) Morley, who also features in this account, was born in Pontnewydd and worked initially in the local coal mine. Following the closure of the mine in 1927, he moved to London to seek work and stayed there for around ten years. He returned to his home in Pontnewydd in 1937 having gained employment at the newly opened Metalitho Factory in Cwmbran. He married Mary Davies from Ynysforgan, Swansea, in 1941 and shortly afterwards he was called up and served in the Royal Marines, travelling to North Africa and Italy. He was demobbed in 1946 and became active in local politics. He was a Labour Party councillor for Pontnewydd from 1952 to 1958 and retired from work in 1968. This account also provides some details of his brothers and sisters who were living in Pontnewydd at this time
The “Syrians” in St. Louis, Missouri: The Descendants of Joseph Webbe
No full textSince their immigration to the United States, Webbe and Wahby family members who settled in St. Louis, Missouri self-identified, or were identified by others, as “Syrian.” However, their areas of immediate origin are located within the current boundaries of Lebanon. This article provides a condensed historical account of Lebanon’s boundary changes, a brief genealogical summary of the descendants of Joseph Webbe and Sarah Azar who immigrated to the United States during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and recommendations for further research
All My Relatives: The Hunka Adoption of Jasper Milk
No full textThis research article infuses anthropological kinship theory with knowledge of traditional Lakota Sioux culture to discover the complex relationships that existed between Jasper Milk, his wife, and his Hunka (adopted) sibling. Offering a critique of the current praxis existing among genealogists conducting research in Native American lineages, the author suggests that genealogical specialization in a single tribe―in contrast to the current practice of all-encompassing ‘Native American research’―increases research success
A Sloan Family of Hardin County, Ohio
No full textIn the 1830s John Sloan brought his family from County Monaghan in Ireland to the southern part of Hardin County, Ohio, and was joined there by adult sons William and Joseph who had immigrated earlier. Part of this Sloan family lived in Taylor Creek and McDonald townships for several generations
Reconstructed African-American Cemeteries: Colored Masonic Cemetery, Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.
No full textMillions of African-American slaves, former slaves, and freeborn men, women, and children lie in unmarked graves throughout the United States. The Colored Masonic Cemetery in Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri is a case in point. In this Midwestern cemetery in the Missouri Ozarks, there are only approximately eighty-five individuals that can be positively identified. The lack of tombstones creates a void for professionals in anthropology, history, professional genealogy, and African-American studies. However, through the application of a multidisciplinary framework, an additional seventy-two burials have been revealed
Louise Jane Smith Brandt Congdon, a Biographical Sketch
No full textLouise Jane Smith was born in San Francisco in 1857. She took the surname Brandt after her mother Elizabeth married George E. Brandt. Louise married Charles Henry Congdon in 1881 and with him had two surviving children, Charles Jr. and Hazel. Their home was in Bakersfield, CA. Louise died in 1900 at the age of 43