This is where you’ll find information on what I’m researching, what has been added to the site, and any new contributors to the family histories.
The 1860 census was the eighth census to be conducted in the United States and covered 33 states. It started on 1 June 1860 and took five months to complete. I have pulled out the entries for the Tickles and Tickells listed, according to FamilySearch, but I need your help. In many cases, only initials are given, …
Many years ago my great aunt won a family history competition. The prize was for a professional genealogist to help with some research. She had been unable to trace her paternal tree beyond James Tickle b.1785. When she received the results of the professional’s research, he postulated that James’ father was Bryan Tickle, who lived …
George and Mary Ann Tickle (nee Hill) were both convicts when they married. The government encouraged convict marriages as they wanted to develop a free colony in Australia, rather than have it remain simply a penal settlement. in order to achieve this they sentenced many female convicts to transportation. These were mainly young, single women, …
Crime in Britain increased during the Industrial Revolution, especially in the expanding cities. Thousands, flocked in from the countryside but they could struggle to find work in the industrialised world. People stole simple things like food and clothing to survive. If they were caught (normally by the victim of the crime rather than the police) …
Peter Tickle, the second son of Thomas Tickle and Martha Hayes, emigrated to Australia in 1863. He was an entrepreneur and opportunist. I am grateful to his great great grand-daughter for providing me with information on his life. Peter was born in Warrington, Lancashire, but his family moved to Manchester when he was a child. …
It’s often difficult to identify ancestors in the 18th century with any certainty. The most likely candidates for the parents of Thomas Tickle from my earlier post are William Tickle, a shoemaker, and his wife, Mary. They lived in Burtonwood, Warrington and had nine children baptised in St Elphin, Warrington. I believe their oldest son …
One of my weaknesses as a genealogist is that I’m easily distracted from the particular path I am following if I find something interesting on a side-track. That’s what happened to me last night. A DNA project forms part of my one-name study. It’s still fairly new, with just 13 members to date, some of …
Tracing your ancestry in the early 19th century is usually difficult, as this was before the civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths, began in 1837. Searching frequently needs to be combined with educated guesswork. You will often find more than one person with a given name and year of birth in the same location. …
Over the next few weeks I will focus on a family of Tickles who lived in the Manchester area of Lancashire. A member of this family, Peter Tickle, emigrated to Australia in the 19th century. One of Peter’s descendants has done a lot of research into her ancestors and her input has been very helpful. …
In my last post about the landed gentry I mentioned that many became involved in the church, politics, or the military. While researching the descendants of Thomas Tickell of Carnolway I came across members of the clergy, and army and naval officers. One striking fact was that several of the military men served in India …
Major-General Sir Eustace Francis Tickell KBE CB MC Read More »
