The Spencer Family Story Continued...
The above painting is of the village of Knossington. The white "hoop" shape that can be seen on the left is the well known whale bones...
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The Spencer Family Story
Ada Susanna Hardy/Spencer This is the story of Ada who was the seventh born of the eight children of Charles and Alice Hardy and her...
The Collins Family
Russell and Gwenda on their wedding day. My mother's sister Gwenda married Russell Collins on 17 March 1945. My mother and Gwenda had a...
William Lingham; Cooper, Vintner, Warehouseman, Landlord and Innkeeper.
The above image is a detailed drawing by Thomas Malton a well known student of architecture. In the early 1800s he made a series of...
A Follow-up to the Ansells, the Linghams and the Carshalton Mills
Since writing my last blog there has been some more research conducted in an effort to answer a few questions about the connections...
The Ansells, the Linghams and their Mills
A view of the Carshalton Ponds in the 1860s For some time now I have had the intention of looking into the Ancell family. Within Dulcie...
George and Thomas Lingham and the House of Lords.
A terrific thing about writing this blog is that I never know what new family connections will pop up and what amazing things I will find...
The Talented Linghams
The photograph above is of the very talented Ellen Maria Lingham- stage name Nelly Power. Ellen was the third born daughter of Arthur...
The Teale Family- our connection with York
All Saints Cathedral, Wakefield, York Alice Hardy's maternal grandparents were George Augustus Lingham and his wife Mary Teale. In the...
Alexander Thomas- The Goldsmith
This is a story about a very young man aged only 15 who, having had both his parents die, sets off from the Welsh border area to London....
The Lingham Story
My great grandfather Charles Lingham Hardy was given the Lingham family name. I expect this was at the request of his mother Alice. The...
Letters From Home
The above photograph of Charles Hardy is believed to have been taken in San Francisco in 1855. At that time Charles was age 23. This blog...
The Midget Driver; his Sister and her Son; the Motor Bike Racer; his Daughter the Painter; and the Poet.
Suzanne Goldberg In the time just prior to the recent passing of my much loved uncle David Hardy, he raised a question of me relating to...
The Hardy Girls
In an earlier post about the Hardy girls I focused on Florence Hardy. This post will focus on Alice Hardy. Firstly looking at the photos...
George Harry Hardy
In this blog I cover the story of the descendants of Charles and Alice Hardy who live in Australia.My sincere thanks to my Australian...
A tribute to Jennifer Spencer
(b 6 June1929 d 3 November 2022) I was very sad to hear of Jennifer's passing in November last year. Jennifer was one of the first of...
Alfred Wallis Hardy
Alfred Hardy was born at Dairy Flat on 11 September 1871. He was the third child born to Charles and Alice Hardy. Very sadly Alfred only...
The earliest Hardy family arrivals in New Zealand
The Jane Gifford and Duchess of Argyle at anchor in Auckland Harbour 1842. Thanks to great research by David Hardy and John and Jill...
Dulcie and Dorothy McClure
This is a special blog in memory of Dulcie and Dorothy, daughters of Helena ("Nellie") and Teddy D'Ath. Helena was the youngest of...
The Hardy Girls
Florence Helena, Alice and Ada In this part of the Hardy Family History we look at...
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