Over 5,000 women joined The Women’s Royal Naval Service during World War One, popularly known as the “Wrens”. These records are now available online for the first time from The National Archives.
Was your great grandmother in the Wrens?
October 9, 2007 at 4:00 am (Genealogy)
Tags: Biography, Genealogy, Military, National Archives, Navy, Search, Wrens
China Honors Miss Blatch
October 7, 2007 at 4:00 am (Genealogy)
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The following report of the Chinese Government offering Nora Stanton Blatch a position in the Engineering Corps was first published in the New York Times on April 25, 1906.
W. H. Blatch Killed By Loose Live Wire
October 5, 2007 at 4:00 am (Genealogy)
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William Henry Blatch, husband of Mrs. Harriot Stanton Blatch, the suffrage leader, died on Monday August 2, 1915 as the result of accidental electrocution. The following account is a transcription of the report which appeared on page 5 of the New York Times the following day, August 3.
Lee De Forest to Wed Miss Blatch
October 3, 2007 at 4:00 am (Genealogy)
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The following article regarding the announcement of the engagement of Lee De Forest to Nora Stanton Blatch was first published on Wednesday February 12, 1908, on page 5 of the New York Times
Wellington No Rough Rider
October 1, 2007 at 4:00 am (Genealogy)
Tags: Biography, Blatch, Genealogy, History, Sweetapple, Wellington
William Henry Blatch, husband of Mrs. Harriot Stanton Blatch, the suffrage leader, recalls an encounter between his grandparents and the Duke of Wellington in a letter to the New York Times published on January 8, 1908.
Edward Henry Perowne (1826-1906)
September 29, 2007 at 4:00 am (Biography, Genealogy)
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Edward Henry Perowne was born on January 8, 1826 at Burdwan, Bengal the son of the Reverend John Perowne, a missionary with the Church Missionary Society and his wife Eliza Scott, a teacher in the missionary school.
John Thomas Woolrych Perowne (1863-1954)
September 27, 2007 at 4:00 am (Biography, Genealogy)
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John Thomas Woolrych Perowne was born on June 1, 1863 the eldest son of the Right Reverend John James Stewart Perowne who was at that time Vice-Principal of St David’s College, Lampeter, Wales and his wife Anna Maria Woolrych.
Thomas John Perowne (1868-1954 )
September 25, 2007 at 4:00 am (Genealogy)
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Thomas John Perowne was born on August 23, 1868 at Stalbridge, Dorset, England the son of Thomas Thomason Perowne the Rector of Stalbridge and his wife Mary Gillespie.
Thomas Thomason Perowne (1824-1913)
September 23, 2007 at 4:00 am (Genealogy)
Tags: Biography, Genealogy, Gilbert, Gillespie, Holmes, Perowne, Scott
Thomas Thomason Perowne was born April 16, 1824 at Burdwan, Bengal the second son of the Reverend John Perowne, a missionary with the Church Missionary Society and his wife Eliza Scott, a teacher in the missionary school.
John James Stewart Perowne (1823-1904)
September 21, 2007 at 4:00 am (Genealogy)
Tags: Biography, Genealogy, Perowne, Woolrych
John James Stewart Perowne was born on March 13, 1823 at Burdwan, Bengal the eldest son of the Reverend John Perowne, a missionary with the Church Missionary Society and his wife Eliza, a teacher in the missionary school.
