Ancestry DNA Adventures Part II

I've been making an effort to review at least a page or two of matches every day. It's a tedious process and I'm looking forward to when Ancestry provides us with better data management tools.

Discards - these are any matches that have a private tree, have no tree attached to the DNA results, or have a minimal tree with less than about a dozen people.

Stars - these are matches with a primary name I'm looking for or one of the places I'm interested in. The places this first pass are Norfolk and Staffordshire in England, and Australia. I should have looked for more but didn't realise this when I started.

No Stars - these are matches without any of my primary names and none of the places in my search.

Primary Names Not Yet Found - Beecroft, Cockle, Ettridge, Fokard, Tissott
Names with 1-10 matches - Davy, Freedman, Brothers, Tomson
Names with 10-25 matches - Fielding, Hewitt, Gooch, Sutherland, Reeder, Casey
Names with 25-50 matches - Barnard, Bull, Lindsay, Dickerson, Norton, Cobb, Hardy
Names with 50-100 matches - Williamson
Greater than 100 matches - Wells, Bailey, Parker, Baker, Walker, Wright, Thompson, Taylor

Status of my matches as of 15 March 2013.
Matches Reviewed: 2900
Matches Discarded: 650
Matches not reviewed: 400
Total Matches: 3300

Surname Saturday - Brothers

For this Surname Saturday post I'm going to my Mother's family, the Brothers. According to my cousin we are only "grace-and-favour Brothers" because, as you will see, Great Grandmother Elizabeth declined to name the father(s) of any of her children.

1. Rosemary Tissott (1940 - )

2. Eric Henry Lindsay TISSOTT (1911-2006), son of Harry TISSOTT and Mary LINDSAY was born on 08 Oct 1911 in Boulder, Western Australia and passed away on 13 Jun 2006 in Hornsby, New South Wales. Dad married Eileen Mary Brothers on 06 Mar 1937 in Narrogin, Western Australia.
3. Eileen Mary BROTHERS (1908-1994) was born on 11 Nov 1908 in Dagenham, Essex, England and passed away on 24 Aug 1994 in Gordon, New South Wales. In 1911 her family emigrated to Victoria, Australia where they encountered severe drought conditions forcing them to walk away from their farm and move to Narrogin, Western Australia.
Eileen Mary BROTHERS and Eric Henry Lindsay TISSOTT had the following children:
1. i. Rosemary TISSOTT
ii. Female Tissott (living)
iii. Male Tissott (living)


6. Walter Albert BROTHERS (1876-1964), was born on 19 Jan 1876 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England to Elizabeth Brothers. He married Sarah REEDER on 03 Nov 1900 in Great Ellingham, Norfolk, England (at the Primitive Methodist Chapel.) and died on 18 Jul 1964 in Narrogin, Western Australia, Australia. Walter was a Teamster, teaching the handling of large teams of horses at an Agricultural College in Western Australia.
7. Sarah REEDER (1874-1951) was born on 10 Mar 1874 in Great Ellingham, Norfolk, England. She died on 05 Jan 1951 in Narrogin, Western Australia, Australia.
Sarah REEDER and Walter Albert BROTHERS had the following children:
i.    Ronald Brothers was born on 15 Nov 1901 in Bow, Middlesex, England (72 Malmesbury Road). He married Lynetta Dorothea Clark on 16 Mar 1927 in Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia and died on 23 Jan 1932 in Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia in a railway accident leaving a young widow and a 3-month old baby.
3.    ii. Eileen Mary BROTHERS (1908-1994) was born on 11 Nov 1908 in Chadwell Heath, Essex, England. She died on 24 Aug 1994 in Gordon, New South Wales, Australia. She married Eric Henry Lindsay TISSOTT on 06 Mar 1937 in Narrogin, Western Australia, Australia.


13.    Elizabeth BROTHERS (1842-), daughter of Matthew BROTHERS and Elizabeth BEECROFT was born on 27 Jan 1842 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England. Elizabeth had at least 4 children whose parentage is unknown. Her last known location was in Attleborough at the time of Walter's birth in 1876. Walter recalled that he was raised by his aunts. Her 4 children are:
i. Betsy Brothers (1867-1874), born and died in Attleborough, Norfolk.
ii. William Brothers (1870-1870), born and died in Norwich, Norfolk.

iii. Minnie Brothers (1872-1874), born in Norwich, Norfolk and died in Norfolk.
6. iv. Walter Albert Brothers (1876-1964), born in Attleborough, Norfolk. He married Sarah Reeder (1874-1951) in Great Ellingham, Norfolk and died in Narrogin, Western Australia in 1964.


26.    Matthew BROTHERS (1814-1878), son of Matthew BROTHERS and Sarah BAILEY was born before 20 Mar 1814 in Attleborough, Norfolk and died before 05 Feb 1878 in Attleborough, Norfolk. He married Elizabeth BEECROFT on 28 Sep 1837 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England (St Mary). His was a plumber, glazier, and painter living on White Horse Street in Attleborough.
27.    Elizabeth BEECROFT (1814-1866), daughter of John BEECROFT and Mary DICKERSON was born before 19 Feb 1814 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England. She died before 26 Aug 1866 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England.
Elizabeth BEECROFT and Matthew BROTHERS had the following children:
i.    Mary Ann Brothers was born before 27 Nov 1837 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England.
ii.    Maria Brothers was born on 06 Mar 1839 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England. She married Robert Halls on 17 Nov 1860 in Attleborough, Norfolk and after his death in 1884 married William Saunders in Mar 1885 in Great Ellingham, Norfolk.
iii.    Matthew Brothers was born on 27 Oct 1840 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England. Like his sister Elizabeth he disappeared between 1871 and 1881.
13.    iv. Elizabeth BROTHERS was born on 27 Jan 1842 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England. She never married.
v.    Sarah Brothers was born before 30 Sep 1843 in Wayland, Norfolk, England. She died before 30 Jun 1844 in Wayland, Norfolk, England.
vi.    Sarah Brothers was born before 30 Sep 1845 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England.
vii.    Phoebe Brothers was born in 1848 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England. She died before 30 Jun 1894 in London, Middlesex, England. She married Edward Leech on 18 Feb 1872 in Islington, London, England.
viii.    Fanny Amelia Brothers was born on 16 Jan 1852 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England. She died before 31 Dec 1897 in Pancras, Middlesex, London. She married George Joseph Aloysius McGhee in Dec 1874 in London, Middlesex, England.
ix.    Louisa Brothers was born in 1854 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England. She married Joseph May on 11 Jun 1882 in Tower Hamlets, Middlesex, England.


52.    Matthew BROTHERS (1789-1862), son of Matthew BROTHERS and Catharine ETTRIDGE was born before 22 Feb 1789 in Attleborough, Norfolk. He died on 09 Sep 1862 in Attleborough, Norfolk and married Sarah BAILEY on 20 Jan 1813 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England. Matthew was a carpenter according to the 1841, 51, and 61 census.
53.    Sarah BAILEY, daughter of James BAILEY and Sarah BAXTER was born on 02 May 1793 in Banham, Norfolk, England. She died before 13 Sep 1871 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England.
Sarah BAILEY and Matthew BROTHERS had the following children:
26.    i. Matthew BROTHERS was born before 20 Mar 1814 in Attleborough, Norfolk and died before 05 Feb 1878 in Attleborough, Norfolk. He married Elizabeth BEECROFT on 28 Sep 1837 in Attleborough, Norfolk (St Mary).
ii.    Maria Brothers was born before 03 Nov 1816 in Attleborough, Norfolk. She died on 11 Jun 1844 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England and married Alexander Beha on 27 Dec 1841 in Norwich, Norfolk (St John de Sepulchre).
iii.    Charles Brothers was born before 04 Aug 1828 in Attleborough, Norfolk. He died on 30 Aug 1898 in Matlock, Norfolk and married Ann Eliza Rogers on 05 Nov 1850 in Westminster, Middlesex, England. England.
iv.    Ezekiel George Brothers was born before 17 Feb 1832 in Attleborough, Norfolk. He died in 1910 in Southwark, Surrey and married Eliza Townley Pace in Dec 1908 in Southwark, Surrey.


104.    Matthew BROTHERS (~1759-1820) was born about 1759 in Attleborough, Norfolk. He died before 03 Dec 1820 in Attleborough, Norfolk and married Catharine ETTRIDGE on 11 Dec 1783 in Attleborough, Norfolk.
105.    Catharine ETTRIDGE, daughter of William ETTRIDGE and Mary COCKLE was born before 11 Nov 1755 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England. She died before 12 Oct 1832 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England.
Catharine ETTRIDGE and Matthew BROTHERS had the following children:
i.    William Brothers was born about 1785 in Norfolk, England. He died before 09 Apr 1847 in Attleborough, Norfolk and married Mary Warren on 26 Oct 1813 in Attleborough, Norfolk.
52.    ii. Matthew BROTHERS was born before 22 Feb 1789 in Attleborough, Norfolk and died on 09 Sep 1862 in Attleborough, Norfolk. He married Sarah BAILEY on 20 Jan 1813 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England, daughter of James BAILEY and Sarah BAXTER.

Sentimental Sunday - An Autograph from my Uncle Ron (1901-1932)

Autograph to his sister Eileen Mary Brothers, 07 Jan 1925

I never knew my Uncle Ron, he died 8 years before I was born in a train accident in the Shunting Yards at Bunbury, West Australia. This is an entry in my mother's autograph book and is the only item we have of his that was personalised. None of us have a photo of him.

Tombstone Tuesday - Ronald Brothers

Tombstone Tuesday - Ronald Brothers (1901-1932)

My Uncle Ron was accidentally killed in a train accident at Bunbury, Western Australia, leaving a young widow and a 3-month old baby boy.

Ronald Brothers - Bunbury Cemetery, Western Australia

In Loving Memory
of
My Beloved Husband
Ronald Brothers
Accidentally Killed
23rd Jan 1932
Aged 30 Years

Cherished Memories

Family Notices. (1932, January 27). The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879-1954), p. 1. Retrieved July 12, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32407010

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Who is Your Most Recent Unknown Ancestor?

It's Saturday Night Genealogy Fun time and this week I'm accepting Randy Seaver's challenge to:

1)  Determine who my most recent unknown ancestor is - the one where I don't even know his or her name.

2)  Summarize what I know about his or her family, including resources that you have searched and the resources you should search but haven't searched yet.

3)  Tell us about it in your own blog post - which I am doing.

Genea-Musings: Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Who is Your Most Recent Unknown Ancestor?

My most recent unknown ancestor is #12, my Grandpa's father. Grandpa, Walter Albert Brothers (1876-1964), was born on 19th January 1876 in Attleborough, Norfolk to Elizabeth Brothers (1842-????). He was the last of Elizabeth's 4 children and the only one to survive past the age of 7. Elizabeth never married (formally, that is) and had disappeared from the English census in 1881. England and Wales started registering Births, Marriages and Deaths in July 1837 and the birth certificates of Grandpa and his sibs have no name for their father(s). It is by no means certain that it was the same gentleman each time. I feel that she probably set up house with a gentleman and became "Mrs" something-or-other and her death would have been registered under that name.

My cousins and I have searched extensively for Elizabeth in Parish Registers, Schools, Directories, Shipping Records out of England and into the United States, Canada, and Australia. Nothing! If we ever manage to find Elizabeth we may find some trace as to who her gentleman friends were.

All suggestions are welcome; we are at our wits' end.

Mothers Day - Mum Planted With Her Roses

Happy Mothers Day Mum

Avid gardener that she was, her wishes were always to be planted under a bush.

Eileen Mary (Brothers) Tissott was born 11 Nov 1908 at Chadwell Heath, Essex; married Eric Henry Lindsay Tissott on 6 Mar 1937 at Narrogin, Western Australia and passed away on 24 Aug 1994 at Gordon, New South Wales.

She rests under a rosebush at Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens. The inscription reads:

Eileen Mary Tissott

11-11-1908     24-8-1994

Loving Wife of Eric

Mother of Rosemary

Elizabeth and Robert

Fond Nana of Her Grandchildren