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.
While researching the Digel/Tickle lines, I’ve had to familiarise myself with American geography and history. If I make any mistakes in what I write, please forgive me and feel free to comment and correct! North Carolina lies on the east coast of the United States. It has Virginia to the north, Georgia and South Carolina …
Many Tickles in the US have an ancestor known as John Tickle Snr. He was originally Johannes Digel (possibly Johannes Heinrich Digel) b. 1740. I believe both he and his older brother, Peter b. 1738, went to America in the 1700s from Württemberg, in the south-west of what is now Germany. John’s origin is listed …
Not all Tickles have English ancestry. If you’re a Tickle in the US, especially if your forebears lived in Virginia or North Carolina, you are probably descended from German immigrants, rather than English ones. These Tickles came from Württemberg, on the east of the River Rhine. They arrived in America in the mid 18th century, …
Next Friday is February 14th – Valentine’s Day – so I thought I’d see if I could find any Valentine’s Day weddings in my database of Tickles and Tickells. I drew a complete blank in my British records but I’ve recently been researching some American Tickle families. Sure enough, I found a wedding between a …
A Valentine’s Day wedding – but was it romantic? Read More »
This post is about a Devon family who travelled to the other side of the world in search of a better life. John Tickle (also shown as John Tickell in some records) was born around 1801 in Bridestowe, Devon, England. He married Ann Isobel Cole in 1827 and they set up home in the hamlet …
Another English county in which Tickles and Tickells were found is Devon, formerly called Devonshire. It is mostly rural, with hills, coastal cliffs, and sandy beaches. About 25% of the county is heath or moorland, providing rough grazing. There are two large areas of open moorland that are now National Parks – Dartmoor and Exmoor …
Devonshire – Clotted Cream, Cider, and Shipbuilding. Read More »
I’ve been inspired to write this post by an invitation to join a ‘Blog Party’ on the theme ‘Organize & Prioritize‘. Although in many areas of my life, I’m quite an organised person, I find it far too easy to get distracted when doing genealogical research. The main focus of my research is a one-name …
Organising & Prioritising …. (with British spelling!) Read More »
During the 19th century, about a quarter of a million people left Cornwall searching for a better life overseas. Many of them were miners, facing unemployment as first copper mining, then tin mining, collapsed. This is the story of the two sons of John and Grace Tickle, who were among those who emigrated. John & …
What Became of These Cornish Lads in California? Read More »
While doing my research into Cornish Tickle and Tickell families I came across some wonderful Cornish place-names – Lewannick, Bodmin, Perranzabuloe, Ludgvan, and Menheniot, for example. As I’m a stranger to the county, I had no idea where they were. At some point I plan a visit to look for records that have not yet …
Google-Mapping Cornish Tickle / Tickell Families Read More »
The area of Britain where you’ll find the most Tickle families is Lancashire, but the name is also commonly found in the counties at the far southwest of England – Cornwall & Devon – although Cornish people will tell you that Cornwall is not a county, but a duchy! It has a distinct history and …
