Another episode in a series of blog posts as part of the A to Z Blogging Challenge for 2019. I’m using this to write about some of the thousands of Heenans I’ve found in my research. Today’s featured individual is … Continue reading →
Another episode in a series of blog posts as part of the A to Z Blogging Challenge for 2019. I’m using this to write about some of the thousands of Heenans I’ve found in my researches. Today I’m featuring … Continue reading →
We’re onto letter B in the A-Z challenge The person I’ve chosen today is a man who illustrates that, no matter how much your research uncovers about an individual, there are always unanswered questions. Let’s meet Benjamin Heenan He was … Continue reading →
This week’s theme in the ” 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks” challenge is “twelve”. I’ve decided to focus on 12 of the more unusual occupations listed in the England and Wales census. In between the labourers and coal miners, the clerks … Continue reading →
The late nineteenth century marked the beginning of a downward trend in the size of families across many parts of Europe. Historians and demographers have not yet reached consensus on the causes of what’s known as the “fertility revolution”. Some … Continue reading →
I came across a curious item yesterday from the Essex Newsman newspaper published on October 7 1905. Headlined “Death of Mrs W E J Heenan” it announced the recent death of the wife of a man living in Southend, a … Continue reading →