Category Archives: Family Lines

Isabella Atkinson & the Censuses.

Posted on December 6, 2020 by Don Taylor

Darling-McAllister-Lamb-Atkinson Census Sunday By Don Taylor Following families in the early census records is always difficult and I find English Census records particularly difficult to follow. To the best of my research, Isabella Atkinson (my wife’s 3rd great-grandmother on her … Continue reading →

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Montrans in the News – Midweek Junior Eagle

Posted on November 9, 2020 by Don Taylor

Charlotte Montran – Staten Island (?), NY Montran Monday By Don Taylor This week for Montran Monday[i], I found the following article: This week’s entry is from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, NY) 17 May 1933 via Newspapers.com Midweek Junior Eagle … Continue reading →

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Lister – Surname Saturday

Posted on October 24, 2020 by Don Taylor

Name Origin The surname “Lister” is an occupational name coming from the term “to dye” or a “dyer.”  It was used principally in East Anglia and northern and eastern England. There is an alternate source of the name as meaning … Continue reading →

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Arthur Brown in the Censuses

Posted on October 4, 2020 by Don Taylor

Census Sunday Brown Line By Don Taylor Introduction I have long believed that Arthur Durwood Brown, my great-grandfather was the son of William Henry Brown and not the son of Henry Mack Brown. I think that the 1870 and 1880 … Continue reading →

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Sanford – Surname Saturday

Posted on September 26, 2020 by Don Taylor

Name Origin Sanford is an English variant of Sandford that relates to geographical locations. Possibly refers to ancestors of the Sandford parishes in Devon and Oxfordshire, a township in Berkshire or Salop or other Sandford locations.[i] Geographical Today the vast … Continue reading →

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