Surnames

Thomas James Ward, distillery worker and builder’s labourer from Battersea

Thomas James Ward was born on 9 Jan 1843 at Strand-on-the-Green in Chiswick. His father Thomas was an agricultural labourer…

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George Ward of Aston and Cote, Oxfordshire, brother of Thomas Ward?

George Ward was the son of James Ward and Maria Willoughby of Aston and Cote in Oxfordshire. George moved to…

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Residents on the estate of the Earl Fitzwilliam in County Wicklow, Ireland: Part III, 1848 & 1850

Residents on Earl Fitzwilliam's Coollattin Estate, County Wicklow, 1848 & 1850. Manuscript transcribed by Erika Ward Lopresti. Townlands: Ballyshonog, Carrickgalter…

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Residents on the estate of the Earl Fitzwilliam in County Wicklow, Ireland: Part II, 1839

Residents on Earl Fitzwilliam's Coollattin Estate, County Wicklow, 1839. Manuscript transcribed by Erika Ward Lopresti. Townlands: Balisland, Boley, Ballyshonog, Carrickgalter…

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Residents on the estate of the Earl Fitzwilliam in County Wicklow, Ireland: Part I, 1827

Residents on Earl Fitzwilliam's Coollattin Estate, County Wicklow, 1827. Manuscript transcribed by Erika Ward Lopresti. Townlands: Balisland, Boley, Ballyshonog, Carrickgalter…

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Hopestill Armstrong and the Green Mountain Boys of Vermont

Hopestill Armstrong was a private in Capt. Elijah Dewey's Co. of Col. Moses Robinson's Regt. of the Green Mountain Boys…

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Oliver Armstrong: militia general and abolitionist

Oliver Armstrong of Bennington, Vermont came into this world with big shoes to fill. He was born 26 Apr 1783,…

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The Styles Family, The Land War, and the shooting by Rev Usher of Baltinglass

"Margaret Styles, examined by Mr. McInerney, said she saw the Rev. Mr. Usher and Martin Flinter running on the night…

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Edward Styles: a lawless ruffian from Ballyshonog, County Wicklow

The Styles moved south of Baltinglass in 1834. Newspapers gave a fascinating account of the Tithe War in the area,…

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Frederick Wünsch: American Civil War veteran, a mind unseated by tragedy

"The enemy pressed us, and we were ordered to retire in haste. We all ran as hard as we could…

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