September 2021
Inside this issue: A new member services launches; Scouting sadness; A musical dynasty; a Reading pugilist
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01 Sep 2021
A Problem Family
Terry Wickenden illustrates the problems that can be presented when researching a family
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01 Sep 2021
![Mayflower II, replica of the original ship, at Plymouth, Mass. (GmaJoli [CC SA-BY 4.0])](https://berksfhs.org/wp-content/uploads/Mayflower-II-replica-of-the-original-ship-at-Plymouth-Mass.-GmaJoli-CC-SA-BY-4.0.jpg)
Mayflower II, replica of the original ship, at Plymouth, Mass. (GmaJoli [CC SA-BY 4.0])
Berkshire’s Mayflower connection
To celebrate the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrim Fathers’ voyage to the New World we take a look at Berkshire’s connection.
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01 Sep 2021
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 – the New Zealand Years
Fred Waite continues the story of a much-travelled ancestor - William Watkins Waite and his travelling family
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01 Sep 2021
Charlie and his mother showing a strong family likeness. This must have been taken soon after enlistment.
Bandsman John Charles Harvey, 1914 – 1940
Eric Saxton tells the story of an East Ilsley man who was caught up in Dunkirk
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01 Sep 2021
Lucy Talbot & Sons
The Talbot family of barge builders
Elizabeth Lloyd delves into her heritage, "sparked by the stories my Grandma told me of the forest of masts she could see over the roofs when she grew up in Rotherhithe in the 1890s."
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01 Sep 2021
An Ancestry Review
Tim Powys-Lybbe asks can I verify some of the ancestry of Annie Powys, my great-great grandmother?
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01 Sep 2021