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 →
My update for November is a little later than planned but I didn’t want to miss the opportunity to share some of my progress in researching the Heenan surname. Military records My research on soldiers with the Heenan surname who were killed … Continue reading →
Conventional wisdom is that the people who migrated from Ireland to England, Scotland and Wales in the aftermath of the Great Famine were people who made their living as manual workers. Some were agricultural workers, others navvies who worked on … Continue reading →
I’ve been delving into the civil registration records for England to gain some insight about distribution of the Heenan surname over time. Although civil registration began in 1837, the first record of a birth to a parent with the Heenan … Continue reading →