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FAMILY HISTORY
Since 1987 I have been working on family history. My research has turned up a number of very interesting people.
Robert ALLEN Church Organ Builder and 2xg grandfather.
Caroline BOYCE (formerly WHITE, nee TALBOT) (1829 - 1910) Business woman before she married in 1854.
COLENSO of Penzance "The Controversial Colensos" by A L Rowse.
Richard KIRK Town Crier of Chesterfield for 25 years (1795 - 1867).
Samuel KIRK Beadle of Chesterfield for 50 years (1743 - 1827).
NEEDHAMs of Cutthorpe, Derbyshire from 1725.
Reba SWAIN First woman Deputy Attorney General New York State 1920s.
Rebecca TALBOT (1866-1956) Victorian business woman in Brooklyn, New York. Owner of Realtor business in Brooklyn in Victorian times. Founder of the Rebecca Talbot Perkins Adoption Agency opened 1921.
Matthew YOULE Maltster 1630 in Sheffield, Yorkshire.
My family come mainly from Derbyshire, Yorkshire, Somerset and London and have spread out all over the world to Australia, Canada and America (Brooklyn and Rhode Island).
My extensive tree is on the Rootsweb WorldConnect site.