June 2021

Inside this issue: A pioneering nurse; A local start to local government; Ancestral tourism part 2; New downloads

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Read more about the article From Reading to Adelaide
Fred Grover

From Reading to Adelaide

Dennis Grover follows his paternal great-grandather Fred Grover's journey to Australia

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Read more about the article The workhouse’s impact on the life of inmates
Frances Ellen Marshall, aged about 18

The workhouse’s impact on the life of inmates

Gillian Hazell tells us of her grandmothers’ life. Frances Ellen Marshall was born in 1894 to single mother, Elizabeth Marshall, an inmate of Wokingham workhouse, situated in Barkham Road.

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The Truth?

Richard Brown shares an example of why you should verify all the stories you’ve been told

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Read more about the article What price a wife?
Wife Sale by Thomas Rowlandson [public domain]

What price a wife?

Penny Stokes takes a look at a long gone substitute for divorce

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Read more about the article William Watkins Waite and his travelling family
William was born on September 8th 1811 in Abingdon, Berkshire. His parents were William Watkins Waite and Martha Edgington. They were Congregationalists and William’s birth was registered at the Meeting House in Kings Road, Reading. William Snr. was an artist and owner of a stationer’s shop in Abingdon marketplace.

William Watkins Waite and his travelling family

Fred Waite tells the story of a much-travelled ancestor - William Watkins Waite and his travelling family

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Breaking a brick wall

Richard Croker explains why he joined Berkshire Family History Society

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