The Ebbans surname is not a particularly common one. Spelling is a relatively recent convention so I’m used to seeing names spelled in a variety of ways in records –…
Grave Matters
In Port Chalmers Cemetery, there is a headstone for married couple, Alexander Ritchie Buchan & Agnes Buchan (nee Findlay) – but only one of them was actually buried in that…
Forbidden Marriage
While researching some extended family members, I came across an unusual marriage. Ernest Wheeley and Emily Marian Phipps were married in 1923 and their daughter, Cissie was born the following…
On a Wing and a Prayer Card
Prayer cards, which appear to be mostly a catholic tradition, are printed to commemorate someone who has recently died. I was lucky enough to find the ‘In Memoriam’ or ‘prayer…
Persistent Cruelty
In 1901, Thomas Henry WHEELEY and Ann ROGERS had been married for 23 years and had had 8 children together. They were living on Dalkeith Street in Walsall – a…