In the quiet village of East Tytherley, Hampshire, beneath the rolling fields where the trees sway gently in the breeze, a boy was born in 1809, William Lye, the man whose life would weave itself into the fabric of my own family’s story. Though the world he knew was vast and tumultuous, shaped by war, … Continue reading “The life of William Lye 1809–1890 Through Documentation.”
East Tytherley, Hampshire, England
William Lye – 52 Ancestors In 52 Weeks – Week 39.
A man who works with his hands is a labourer, a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman, but a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist. ~Louis Nizer (1902–1994) A few of my male ancestors were artists, their paper, wood and … Continue reading William Lye – 52 Ancestors In 52 Weeks – Week 39.
Henry Carr – 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks
Week 10, only 42 to go. It has been a hard one this week, not the research but finding the energy to sit for hours upon hours, staring at a computer screen. When you feel a tad under the weather, its hard to stay focused, but more so, to have the willpower to carry on … Continue reading Henry Carr – 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks