Family History
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Exciting New Evidence (1844 to 1943) re Harriet Jackson and Thomas Jackson
I have just received an email from my cousin Lyn with some exciting new documents which she has uncovered in her loft. The first is the confirmation certificate of Harriet Jane Hopkins (she was often called Jane) on Alderney on 10th August 1884: The second is the actual marriage certificate of Harriet and Thomas Jackson.…
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Arthur John William Jackson (b:1927) and Patricia Jackson (b:1932 ne Green)
Isn’t it heart warming looking at photos of parents when they were young or when they were married! Following on with my series of blog posts on my family history and how it has influenced my writing, we have reached Mum and Dad. They were both brought up in the Southampton area and were married…
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How our Family History was Researched
A comment on my last post from my niece prompted me describe how our family history search was carried out, predominantly by our parents. Firstly it was started in the days before internet searches. Research on Alderney Dad wrote down all he knew of his Grandmother Harriet Jane, alongside lots of questions and we headed…
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Arthur Walter Jackson and Daisy Clara Colmer 1897-1981
My grandpa Arthur Jackson was born on 30th November 1896 on the island of Guernsey. Here he is on the 1901 Guernsey census at the age of four, just before the family moved to Wooston Southampton. The reason for the move was that work had literally dried up for his father, who was a painter…
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Harriet and Thomas Jackson ~1870’s to 1890’s
Renier ~ Quesnel ~ Hopkins ~ Jackson Harriet, my great grandmother was brought up by her grandparents having been orphaned at the age of eight. When she was about fifteen she became too much to handle (Elizabeth ((Renier/Quesnel)) and John Taylor) and was sent to an aunt’s on the island of Guernsey. Her story fascinated…
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Truth is Sometimes Stranger than Fiction ~ 1841 to 1880
As explained in the previous post, Harriet‘s mother married a sea captain, John Hopkins, who my parents discovered was lost at sea on the Jane Goodyear in 1880, travelling to North America. Here’s his story in brief and then my parents summary of their visit to Liverpool to discover more details. Captain John Hopkins Born…
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The Mystery of Family History (1844)
Jane ~ born 1844 (or Rachel) Renier / Hopkins ~ My Great Great Grandmother As explained in the previous post, until my recent search on the internet, my parents delving into our family history had pinpointed Harriet’s mother as Jane (Renier) born 26.10.1844. (If the 1871 census in the previous post has been transcribed correctly…
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The True Story of Harriet Hopkins (1871) daughter of Jane Hopkins (Renier)
Harriet is the protagonist of RIDUNA. Here’s her true story as far as we know it but in a nutshell: Harriet Hopkins (known as Jane in Guernsey and subsequently) was my great grandmother. She lived on Alderney but moved to Guernsey between 1881 and 1890 and subsequently married my grandfather Thomas Jackson in 1890 on…