Steve & Pauline Jones’s Family History
The descendants of John Bradbury & Mary Buckley of Saddleworth, Yorkshire.
Anyone researching the Bradbury surname in the Saddleworth and surrounding area in
the 18th and 19th centuries will know that it was very common with many different
branches. These pages chart the Fairbanks and Runninghill lines, as well as one
from Dig-
The descendants of John & Elizabeth Chapple of Dalwood, Devon.
There were several separate Chapple families in Devon during the 16th to 19th centuries. Our focus is on the east Devon family originally from the Dalwood & Colyton areas. The families linked by marriage are: Pitfield, Staniford, Tippins, Trivett, Cochrane.
The descendants of Luke & Jane Howard of Holmfirth, Yorkshire.
Howard is a common family name that crops up regularly for anyone researching their family history in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Ours originated from the Holmfirth area but also established themselves in Stockport, Saddleworth and Beeston near Leeds.
The descendants of George Johnson and Sarah Batchelor of Stepney, London.
A long established East End family with connections over several generations to the tobacco cutting and rolling trade. Not the easiest surname to research because several unconnected Johnson families lived in the Stepney area during the latter half of the 19th century.
The descendants of John Parris and Jane Neville of Wrotham, Kent.
The Parris family from Kent was a truly huge and the task of tracing them has been a complex one. Several Parris families emigrated from Kent to Illinois, USA during the 19th century. Their histories as we know them are told here.
The families linked by marriage are: Beadle, Harris (of Halling), Homewood, Luchford, Mayatt, Monk, Neville, Payne, Roots, Tomkin.
The descendants of William and Mary Jones of Much Wenlock, Shropshire.
Researching the Jones name requires patience and ancestors who had the great foresight to provide the accurate census details that have helped us track them down many years later!
The families linked by marriage are: Burridge, Dalladay, Harris (of Brenchley, Kent), Harris (of Bedford), Mould, Wright.