Over the last few months, I may have been quiet on social media and not posted many blogs, but I do have a good reason. I’ve been busy writing away and happy to report that I have submitted my Masters dissertation! Phew! My research has taken me full circle from scoping the project in Preston… Continue reading
Tag: Research
Extraordinary Women series: Mary HOWITT (1799-1879)
Mary HOWITT was a 19th century author, a mother and a Quaker. Brought up in a Staffordshire market town with her sister Anna, she started writing stories and poems from a young age. Mary was born in Gloucestershire in 1799 to parents Samuel BOTHAM and her mother Anne. Her father Samuel was a land surveyor… Continue reading
WWII Nurse Eva May Johnson
An interesting family history research project I am currently undertaking is a search for WWII nurse Eva May Johnson who was born in 1913 in Staffordshire, and died in 1973 near Lichfield. Included with the family papers is this certificate signed by the late King George & Elizabeth. The certificate was presented to Eva in… Continue reading