Tag Archives: family

Happy Anniversary!

Posted on October 16, 2024 by rhbblog

On Monday 16th October 1893, Frank Marsden, 22, married Sarah Helliwell, also aged 22, in Halifax Parish Church (St John the Baptist), now known as Halifax Minster. (The interior had been restored only a few years previously by George Gilbert … Continue reading →

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140!

Posted on September 3, 2024 by rhbblog

I was reminded when logging on to do some transcription work for a family history society that it’s 140 years ago today since my paternal grandfather Frank Milton Dobson was born. As I really need to crack on and finish … Continue reading →

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Snapshot memories

Posted on April 3, 2024 by rhbblog

My much-loved late uncle, Nigel, had this treasured but rather battered photograph that he was rightly proud of and which we were pleased to be able to digitally restore for him some years ago. It shows him at RAF Digby, … Continue reading →

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‘Doing their bit’

Posted on March 12, 2024 by rhbblog

I found this little cutting stashed away in some files I was sorting: I must have seen and labelled it after mum died. It’s probably from the Bradford Telegraph and Argus. A quick search showed that Cllr. Coughlin served in … Continue reading →

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Turn of the season – random snippets

Posted on October 28, 2023 by rhbblog

The clocks go back tonight. This always brings to mind a surreal conversation years ago with my mother-in-law & her sister, as we drove them back home. My m-i-l was watching a flock of birds flying overhead on their way … Continue reading →

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Birthday memories

Posted on October 17, 2023 by rhbblog

Always a family day to remember as my dad and his sister, born two years apart, shared a birthday. Remembering both of them today, I thought I’d scan a couple more photos from the family albums to mark the occasion. … Continue reading →

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Remembering Rachel

Posted on September 4, 2023 by rhbblog

Ancestry popped up a birthday reminder the other day for my paternal great-grandmother, Rachel, which prompted me to collate the slightly sparse story I’ve been able to collate for her. She was born in Pontefract to Harriet and Peter Heptinstall … Continue reading →

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Lily, for remembrance…

Posted on July 19, 2023 by rhbblog

Not that I do, actually. Remember Lily, that is. She was one of my lovely great-aunts and she died suddenly, aged 62, when I was just 3. Lily was born 128 years ago today to Sarah (née Helliwell) and Frank … Continue reading →

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On this day…

Posted on June 17, 2023 by rhbblog

I had an email from a cousin a few days ago with the following message about a little discovery he’d made. “Now we know where our parents were 66 years ago! See attached picture of a signed beer mat from … Continue reading →

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Little Discoveries, Bigger Picture…

Posted on September 20, 2022 by rhbblog

I dabble in genealogy and suddenly remembered tonight that Find My Past had offered free access to their newspaper archives over the long weekend. There wasn’t time left for any major research, so I contented myself with a slightly manic … Continue reading →

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