Mary was baptized in Bampton, Oxfordshire on 10 Jul 1702. Her arrival was clearly not an occasion of joy for…
"Margaret Styles, examined by Mr. McInerney, said she saw the Rev. Mr. Usher and Martin Flinter running on the night…
The Styles moved south of Baltinglass in 1834. Newspapers gave a fascinating account of the Tithe War in the area,…
"The enemy pressed us, and we were ordered to retire in haste. We all ran as hard as we could…
She was denying him the regular opportunity to abuse and openly terrorize his family, and this enraged him...Lopez turned the…
The history of the caddies at Walton Heath in these early days includes strikes, riots, murder, illegal gambling and organized…
Two years ago, I made a spectacular find related to my family's history. A simple Google search let me to…
On 12 Nov 1888, Edward and Margaret Styles arrived in New York on the SS Adriatic with their five youngest…
In April of 1923, a "slender Englishman" named Alf Ward walked into the office of Indianapolis mayor Lew Shank. He…
Alfred was the eighth of twelve children born in 1883 to Thomas James Ward, a Battersea distillery worker and builder's…