Daily Archives: April 25, 2021

The Abraham Lincoln Connection? On April 15, 1865 the famous American president died. He’d been shot the previous night at the Ford’s Theater in Washington, DC. I came across this date while researching sailing ships of that era and looking … Continue reading →

Out of the woods! Back in about 2000 when I first began to delve into my family’s past, I had a phone conversation with my aunt in Laguna Beach, California. She was 87 at the time. Out of nowhere she … Continue reading →

  William Leyland Hunter 1851  William Leyland Hunter was born June 3rd, 1844 at St Anne’s Square, Manchester. His father was John Hunter and his mother Alice Southam. John Hunter was in the tea business with “Binyon’s” at St Anne’s … Continue reading →

  A Hunter cousin makes contact? I received the following e-mail through Ancestry *Nov 10, 2016    From John Hunter, Manchester, England   CC: of E-mail sent to Diana Singleton, granddaughter of George Hunter and great granddaughter of William Leyland … Continue reading →

  Who was the mother of Tobias, May, George and James Hunter? In 2014 I received an answer to a post I’d put on an Ancestry.com/UK message board. Ancestry.com/UK Message Board Post, April 2014.The gist of the exchanged messages is … Continue reading →