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The November 2019 update of our family history
presented by Mark A. S.
Grace, “The Geneal Geologist” RESEARCH STATUS & PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS ·
GRACE Y-DNA Project: Phase One - Completed
in April 2010, proving this GRACE family male genetic haplotype. Any
direct-descendant GRACE male belonging to this tree can check his own
haplotype against the 66/67 genetic marker match provided by this researcher
& a 3rd cousin’s Y-DNA. Genetically, Jeremiah’s
Y-DNA is proven. Phase Two - Completed
in 2015, following extensive research of the GRACE family line connected to
Stacey GRACE of Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire & Chelmsford, Essex (s/o
Thomas GRACE Jr & Mary ABRAHAM), geographically the nearest GRACE family
to the recorded origins of Jeremiah. Y-DNA tests of living male descendants
on this line have ruled out any genetic connection to the family of Jeremiah.
Like most GRACE lines (including those of Irish decent), the Buckinghamshire
family are genetic type “I”, rather than type “R” for Jeremiah. This is
genetic evidence supports the evidence so far revealed that the Family of
Jeremiah GRACE is not a genetic GRACE family, but an orphan or illegitimate
line. Phase Three – Completed,
with Jeremiah’s haplotype being registered on all Y-DNA databases seeking any
familial (surname) match. Should this ever materialise, investigations will
resume in the Colchester area of Essex to find potential living descendants
who could provide a genetic match. Any Y-DNA results from GRICE descendants
from the Colchester area is of interest (none currently registered). Despite
the increasing interest in genetic genealogy, there are no close matches in
any relevant timeframe. In 2017, a report by English Origenes has
been received but remains an unsatisfactory piece of work. The author (Dr.
Tyrone Bowes) declined to enter into discussions and did not provide
references for the sources claimed in the report and ignored relevant
information provided to him, despite several requests. A critique of the report is
available. Some initial commentary was also provided on Facebook. Phase Four – Completed
October 2019 with FTDNA’s BigY700 test providing R-BY35893 as the current
terminal SNP: The SNP Tracker maps
shows that the direct paternal lineage came from West Africa, dated from
about 260,000 year BP, and took the establish migration out of Africa through
the Middle East until it was limited by advancing ice sheets. After a
Mesolithic sojourn in the Caucuses during maximum glaciation, the main
expansion into Europe took place throughout the Neolithic. The migration into
eastern England came with the Anglo-Saxon settlements, with the terminal SNP
current dated at around 1400 AD. It is interesting to note that the terminal
SNP is in the same area that Jeremiah claimed he was born, i.e. eastern
England. The most likely conclusion is that Jeremiah’s father could be a local
man and that when this SNP (as part of genetic anthropology) is tied to more
recent genetic genealogy a potential group of surnames for Jeremiah’s
paternal line will emerge. The current time gap is about 400 years. ·
atDNA Project: The popularity of
autosomal DNA testing through companies such as Ancestry & MyHeritage has allowed cousins in the
greater GRACE family to prove their genetic connections and at the same
provide useful genetic clues to our shared earlier origins. I am very
grateful for them sharing data on the genetic genealogical database GEDmatch so that this study can progress.
Without the goodwill of sharing atDNA data such projects would not be
possible. This project remains open and any cousins who test are invited and
encouraged to get in contact and join the project. A report explaining the
matches in provided to all participants. The more data we have the more
interesting things we learn about our ancestral families. Summary of brief results
to date: ü 6 cousins matched to (my GGPs)
GRACE=BRADLEY ü 5 cousins matched to (my 2xGGPs)
GRACE=SANDERS ü 3 cousins matched to (my 3xGGPs)
GRACE=BOWLES ü 4 cousins matched to (my 8xGGF) SPAINE ·
New Branches: In 2010, a previously
unknown GRACE family in Crewe, Cheshire, originating from one of my 2x Great
Grandaunt Harriet GRACE's illegitimate sons, was located. I would be
delighted to hear from any of their descendants as their existence has only
been revealed in the paper trail. While not genetic GRACE, they still have the
familial relationship to Jeremiah. In 2017, a previously unknown GRACE child
of one of the Crewe family was discovered on the 1911 census. In August 2014, this
webpage was successful in putting in contact the half-siblings of Barry
GRACE, who were previously unknown to each other. ·
Facebook Family &
Friends: In 2017, as the Geneal
Geologist, I created a personal Facebook page so I
could locate and contact members of the family tree that were not possible to
contact via the research blog. I have reached out to many and look forward to
them connecting so we can record and share stories about our unique family
group. SYNOPSIS,
BY SECTION: Part 2: The Early Days in
Ramsgate, Kent (1836-1851) Part 3: The New Life in Ashford,
Kent (1851-1896) Part 4: The Yorkshire Connection
(1861-1877) – The Story of (2) William GRACE Part 5: The C19th/C20th
Derbyshire Families Part 6: The C20th Yorkshire
Families Part 7: The C20th Families of
Greater Birmingham the West Midlands Part 8: My Family into the C21st For
ease of following lines of descent in this synopsis, the children of Jeremiah
GRACE have been numbered in birth order. Thereafter, numbers are added to
each descendant by generation and in order of birth. Part 1: The Continuing Search for Our Family Roots – Who are
the Parents of Our Essex Man? (c1811-1836) This GRACE family name has undetermined roots in
the early C19th with Jeremiah GRACE,
my 3xGGF and our family patriarch. By his own testament (census returns only,
as there are no surviving family stories) he records his birthplace as
Colchester, Essex c1811/1812. However, no baptismal records have been found
anywhere in Essex, no obvious parents or siblings within his life circle, and
not since the C14th has the Colchester area been a focus for the GRACE
surname. In the early C19th a William Stacey GRACE from Waddesdon,
Buckinghamshire, settled in Springfield near Chelmsford, married and had
children. As the only GRACE in the county at the time, there was a remote
possibility (excluded by baptismal records) that Jeremiah could be the
illegitimate s/o William, however this has been currently ruled out by
genetic testing (Y-DNA). Jeremiah's
Old Testament name can suggest Non-Conformist origins (although his later
life through marriage and children's names do not support this). GRACE was
also a name, like TEMPLE, PILGRIM or BISHOP, sometimes used to name church
foundlings, therefore Jeremiah most likely was an orphan or was illegitimate,
which would account for the complete lack of records. Since 1979, searches
have provided no paper clue to Jeremiah's origins. Sadly, no stories have
survived down any of the descendant GRACE family lines or related families
through marriage, nor any photographs of him. In 2010, thanks to Y-DNA from a
third cousin (one of my most distant male relations on paper, and therefore
the ideal candidate, since we connect only through Jeremiah's only son,
William), we produced a matching and a definitive haplotype for this GRACE
family tree. This is a useful tool for any GRACE male in our tree who wishes
to confirm his genetic connection. A discovery in 2010 has also shown that
the Ashford family is related to the GRACE family whose C19th-C21st roots are
in Crewe, Cheshire. This is by surname only, as this family is descended from
the illegitimate son of one of Jeremiah's daughters, Harriet Ann. More about
this interesting female GRACE character can be found below. ·
Orphan? While there is no GRACE family in
Colchester, there is a GRICE family. In the first decade of the C19th several
children were baptised/buried in Colchester to John GRICE & his wife
Elizabeth. John’s burial is recorded in Jun 1810, just before Jeremiah is
supposedly born (assuming his wife was pregnant at the time); ·
Foundling? The surname could be explained as a
church foundling which would confirm the neither his father nor his mother
would be known if an abandoned baby. Unusually for the time, as exemplified
at the time of his marriage, he had exceptional handwriting showing a good
education; at the time, something only available to the wealthy or orphans in
institutions. ·
Illegitimacy? This might have occurred by a local
man with a local girl, who abandoned the child to the church. The 2019
BigYDNA SNP result is highly suggestive the paternal family may be from
eastern England. Colchester was a barracks town. During the Napoleonic Wars
(1792-1815) the Colchester Garrison played an important role. The troops were
originally billeted in local inns and houses, but after petitioning
from the borough council, a new infantry barracks was built in 1794. By 1800 additional
infantry, artillery, and cavalry barracks had been built in the area bounded
by Barrack Street to the north, Wimpole Road to the west, and Port Lane to
the east. By 1805, the barracks were home to 7,000 officers and men. Also
Weeley, east of Colchester, the
large number of regiments who were stationed there would have resulted in
many soldier=local girl liaisons. Part 2: The Early Days in Ramsgate, Kent (1836-1851)
Jeremiah’s
first record of any description is when he signed his marriage certificate in
1836, while Mary Ann BOWLES,
his wife, just made her mark. This showed that Jeremiah had an education. The
most likely answer for this unusual situation for a humble artisan (noting he
signed his marriage record in a good steady hand) is that he was raised in an
orphanage or workhouse. Investigations into church-sponsored charity
hospitals (as they were known then) in the Colchester area has not been
successful. Indeed, the charity school in Colchester was the Blue Coat
School, and it did not specifically cater for orphans. The workhouse in
Colchester may have provided his education, but no lists are available. He
does not appear to have been baptised around the time of his birth or later
in life. Had Jeremiah & Mary Ann married a year later, the Act of General
Registration would have required him to have recorded his father’s name and
occupation, if known, however future records strongly suggest he may not have
known and did not have any immediate family circle. There
were no known family witnesses to the marriage of Jeremiah & Mary to help
identify potential relatives of Jeremiah. Mary Ann was the daughter and only
child of a Ramsgate boatman, Thomas BOWLES
& his wife Martha KNIGHT. Jeremiah & Mary married in St. George’s
church in Ramsgate, Kent. The two witnesses, Michael RYAN & Elizabeth REED, were perhaps no
more than friends of the couple or professional witnesses. Investigations, in
case they were possible GRACE relatives, have not demonstrated any obvious
relationship except that they lived locally. Jeremiah
was a coachpainter. How and when he arrived in Kent by 1836 is unknown. If he
came from Essex, then it would likely to have been by boat across the Thames
Estuary to Ramsgate rather than by road via London. He would have been about
24 years old at the time of his marriage and had probably been working for a
decade or more, and may have been apprenticed, although there are no
apprentice records for him. He is not found in any trade directories for the
period. His title did not include "Master" or
"Journeyman". As a Coachpainter, Jeremiah most likely worked for
one of the two small coachmaking firms in Ramsgate town. In Bagshaw's
Directory of 1847 for Ramsgate, this would have been either George BURGESS of
King Street (who had been Coach Makers to Her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Kent), the street in which the GRACE family were living in 1841, or Robert
PANTONY of Turner's Place. King Street (the inside top-left diagonal on the
above map) was just down the hill from Belleview Cottages, where the GRACE
family were living in 1840. Interestingly, Jeremiah is listed in Thanet’s
trade directory of 1849 as a painter, which suggests he was working
independently by then. (2) William GRACE,
the only son of Jeremiah & Martha (my 2xGGF, and therefore the most
recent common genetic ancestor (MRCA) of our family tree), was born in 1840
at 2 Belleview Cottages, Ramsgate. One could theorize that William, a common
name of the day, as the first son, may have been named after Jeremiah's
father. However, it is more likely, given the information below, that he was
named after William STEAD. This may further underline that Jeremiah
had no known family after which to name his children. The name William has
occurred in most GRACE generations down to, and including, this researcher's
second son. The 1841 census shows the family living at King Street, Ramsgate,
but also with their first child (1) Harriet
Anne GRACE (1838). A mariner and his wife, William & Martha STEAD,
were lodgers, which research confirms were Mary Ann's mother (Martha nee KNIGHT) and her second husband, who had married in
1820; her first husband, Thomas BOWLES,
having died in 1818, probably due to a maritime incident, as he was buried in
Dover. Even though Martha remarried in her twenties, there is no record that
she had any further children. In 1841, the census records ages rounded down
to the nearest 5 years and whether born in or outside the county. Jeremiah
was confirmed as being born outside of Kent and aged 30, placing his year of
birth to 1808-11, but c1811 is supported by future census returns. The
1851 census in Kent showed the imminent relocation of the family from
Ramsgate to Ashford. Jeremiah was lodging with other coachpainters at the
house of beerhouse keeper George
AUSTEN
in New Rents in Ashford, while at Ramsgate, Jeremiah was also recorded with
Mary Ann & children at 1 Belle Vue Hill. By
1851, their remaining daughters had all been born in Ramsgate: ·
(3) Rosina GRACE (1841-45) - the only child apparently
lost in infancy. 6 shillings were paid for her '4-foot grave between L
& M' at St. George’s Church, Ramsgate; ·
(4) Mary Ann Rebecca GRACE (1843); ·
twins
(5) Martha GRACE
& (6) Elizabeth
GRACE (1848) – possibly named after Mary Ann’s mother
& aunt (i.e. KNIGHT); ·
(7) Ellen GRACE (1851); In 1842, the first rail links in Kent were being
built and in 1847 the Carriage
Works for SE Railways was established in Ashford. 1851 represented the
start of an industry boom and Jeremiah was in the vanguard of the rapidly
expanding railway coachbuilding business, no doubt leaving less profitable
road carriage construction for an employer who could pay more. In 1872,
carriage and wagon staff could expect a minimum wage of 15 shillings per
week. By 1881, SER's works dominated Ashford town and many of the subsequent
GRACE generations (including spouses and their offspring) were to be involved
in the railways (a major national employer) well into the C20th.
Part 3: The New Life in Ashford, Kent (1851-1896)
The complete family arrived in Ashford probably sometime
shortly after the 1851 census taken in April of that year. The 1861 census
shows the family to be resident at Churchyard (St. Mary's), by which time son
(2) William GRACE had left for Yorkshire (see Part 4). For the period
1871-96 the family were in Hemsted/Hempstead Terrace. Jeremiah
GRACE most
likely worked at the Ashford Carriage Works painting coaches. A possible
accident or illness (possibly a stroke) left him with paralysis by the 1871
census. No accident report is known. It is possible the chemicals used in
paints at the time, including lead & solvents, may have contributed to
his ill health. The Story of (1) Harriet Anne GRACE and her “Various Lives” as
GRACE, GIFFORD, WILKINSON & THOMAS, with KEALY descendants: Harriet's various lives took some
detective work, and a robust paper trail was finally established in 2012. Harriet Anne GRACE was baptised on 4 Mar 1838 at
Ramsgate St George. In October 1857, she married Francis Charles (aka
Charles Francis) GIFFORD. Their first child (1.2) Frances Rosina GIFFORD (Rosina
Frances in GRO index & BC) and Harriet's second child, was born in August
1858. Rosina Frances GIFFORD was living with the GRACE family from
early on in Ashford (1861), and by 1881 had an illegitimate daughter (1.21) Rosina Mabel GIFFORD
born in June 1880. The GIFFORDs, as a family, cannot be traced on any census
as GIFFORD as explained below. The GIFFORDs had left their daughter in the
care of the GRACE grandparents since it appears that Frances was recorded as
"deaf from birth" on the 1901 census. Harriet, as GIFFORD, was a
witness to sister Mary Ann Rebecca GRACE's wedding in 1863, who, despite the
potentially scandalous nature of the story below, was still a welcome member
of the family. Before Harriet married GIFFORD, it
appears that she had an illegitimate child in 1856. This would not have been
known without a single LDS baptism record for the 30 Mar 1856 for a (1.1)
Thomas Frederick GRACE (registered in Ashford as Frederick Thomas
GRACE the same quarter - no father given). The story of Frederick, which
was the name by which he was generally known, is continued below. However,
for whatever reason, the GIFFORD marriage did not last long. It could be
speculated that GIFFORD was the father of Harriet's illegitimate child as
they married 18 months later, but only Y-DNA would prove that. There are
plenty of GIFFORD descendants that could be compared with Frederick's DNA.
However, it likely Harriet left GIFFORD for possibly an earlier lover who, by
name match, could be the father of her illegitimate son. The GIFFORD couple split shortly after
the birth of Rosina, and it appears they each continued common-law
relationships with other people and never divorced. Divorce was too expensive
for the artisan classes and not an option. GIFFORD had a common-law
relationship with Catherine BLESSENDEN.
They never married but had a 9-child family in Ramsgate until her death
c1876, when Charles took up with an Emma
EAST aka MARNES and had six further children by her. In 1861, Charles
& Catherine were in Cumberland, perhaps having left the area due to the
split. Harriet had also left the area for Oxfordshire around the same time to
live with Coachpainter Frederick WILKINSON. Charles GIFFORD returned
to the Ramsgate area where he had his two illegitimate families and
apparently died there in 1918. In 1861, Harriet (of right age and
place of birth) was recorded as the wife of Frederick WILKINSON,
Coachpainter, living in Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire. It is noted that she
witnessed her sister's marriage as GIFFORD two years later, confirming that
she never divorced GIFFORD. Her illegitimate son Frederick (GRACE) is also
present on the 1861 census (as WILKINSON, aka GIFFORD) born in Ashford. The
couple also had a 5-month old son (1.3) William Gifford WILKINSON.
William WILKINSON (aka GIFFORD) and a second son to the couple, (1.4)
Edward Frank WILKINSON (aka GIFFORD), were baptised in 1862 Spalding,
Lincolnshire as the children of Frederick & Harriet Ann WILKINSON. The
future of William WILKINSON is unknown after 1871 (may have emigrated or
died) but Edward Frank WILKINSON
married Elizabeth BEARD in 1889
Lancashire and settled with their family in Chorlton, Manchester. Their first
child was named Harriet Annie, presumably after his mother. Edward died in
1935. By the 1871 census, Harriet is living
as the wife of another Coachpainter, Charles THOMAS, in Oxfordshire, with three GIFFORD
sons present – Frederick (of Ashford, Kent), William (of Greys, Oxfordshire)
and Edward Frank (of Spalding, Lincolnshire). Harriet (as GIFFORD) married
Charles at Banbury, Oxfordshire, in 1871. There is no evidence Harriet was
divorced from GIFFORD and as he was still alive at the time, this marriage
appears to be bigamous but potentially was done with good motives to
legitimise her children. It is assumed WILKINSON had died, but there is no
record for him after 1871. In 1881, Harriet is still the wife of
Charles, but living in his home town of Shrewsbury, Shropshire with new-born
son (1.5) James THOMAS (born Liverpool). It appears that the couple
had already moved to Crewe, Cheshire by 1882 as son James died there that
year. Harriet THOMAS appeared to also have died in 1886 in Crewe. That her
son Frederick Thomas GRACE was also there is no coincidence. In 1889, widower
Charles THOMAS (of Crewe) remarried to Lydia WOODGATE (of Lambeth) in
Lambeth. He died in 1904 in Crewe. Records indicate an 1887 marriage for a
Frances Rose
GRACE
in West Ashford to William COOPER of Gesling, Sussex. In 1891 they
were living in Hemsted Street, Ashford. In 1901 Frances COOPER &
her illegitimate daughter, as Rosina COOPER, were alone in West
Street, South Manchester. Frances was given as married. William COOPER was
found with another “wife” in 1901 Silvertown, West Ham, London (based on his
age and unique place of birth). This seems to be a common-law marriage and
that William had abandoned or separated from deaf Frances. Rosina was married in 1902 Camberwell,
London to Charles James KEALY. In 1911, the KEALY family (6 surviving
children from 7 in 9 years of marriage) were at 54 Cromwell Street, West
Gorton, Manchester, with her mother Frances present (still given as married
32 years - visitor, Domestic, having had 2 children, 1 of which was alive -
her infirmity confirmed). The number of years married appears to cover the
age of her daughter - a convenient untruth, and not the period of her
relationship with William COOPER. Since she is not given widowed, she is
suggesting her marriage is still valid. William & Ellen COOPER, on the
other hand, are still in West Silvertown in 1911, having been “married” for
14 years (but no actual marriage confirmed). The Brief Story of (1.1) Frederick Thomas GRACE of Ashford
& his GRACE Descendants in Crewe, Cheshire: A single LDS baptism record for the 30 Mar 1856 in Ashford,
Kent, for (1.1) Thomas Frederick GRACE, the son of Harriet GRACE, was
the only clue to a branch of the GRACE family that shares the same name, if
not genetically related by Y-DNA. Frederick, as he was known, is never recorded with any of the
Ashford GRACE family, so it is not known whether they were known to each other.
It is assumed, from other illegitimate children born to the family, that he
must have been. Despite having a son, or perhaps because of it, Harriet
married GIFFORD in 1857, although the marriage didn't last long. In 1861,
aged 5, Frederick was living with his mother in Oxfordshire, who was then the
partner of Frederick WILKINSON, who may have been his biological father
(declared as “son”) or may have adopted him. On the 1871 census, Frederick is
a THOMAS (his mother just having remarried), and in Oxfordshire in 1881 back
as WILKINSON, with his wife Frances BARNES, a child of the Northampton
Workhouse, whom he married a few weeks earlier in Banbury (as GRACE). The
ages and places of birth clearly indicate this is the right couple. The name
WILKINSON provided the first clue that it was an adopted name, which led to
finding him and his mother in the WILKINSON household in 1861. Fred &
Louisa’s first son was baptised in Banbury under the surname GRACE-WILKINSON,
indicating that Fred was either unsure of or flexible with his surname. He
also had the profession of Coachpainter, which is still his trade when
residing in Coppenhall, Crewe in 1891, the trade of his (adopted) father and
that of his grandfather Jeremiah GRACE. Perhaps no coincidence or just the
artisan circle his mother inhabited. He died in Crewe in 1899. Per the 1911
census, Frances declared 5 living children from 8 in the marriage. 7 are
accounted for with baptisms in Crewe – presumably the other died pre-baptism.
A summary of the Crewe family tree, who were probably connected to the
railways at another famous centre for the industry, now follows. · Frederick Thomas GRACE (1856-99) = Annie Louisa BARNES (1861-1927) in 1881 Banbury,
Oxfordshire. Children: o
Unknown child (died prior to 1911, based on 1911 census child count); o
Frederick
William GRACE-WILKINSON (1882-1965) Banbury. In 1911, he was living at home in
Crewe with his widowed mother, aged 28, unmarried, a Tinsmith. He married Martha CAMPBELL in 1914, Children: § Frederick Ernest GRACE (1915-1984) = Phyllis CREWE in 1949 Crewe: § William GRACE (1949) - unmarried; § Patricia GRACE (1951) = Michael A ROBINSON in 1971 Crewe; § Barry GRACE (1952) - unmarried; § Lily GRACE (1917-1971) = Joseph LOCKETT;
o
Francis Henry
“Frank” GRACE (1884-1948) Crewe = Daisy Annie
WILLIAMS (of Bridgnorth, Shropshire) in 1907 Crewe. Daisy is missing
from the 1911 census, however Frank is living with the family of his recently
remarried mother-in-law in Crewe as Frank GRASE. He has a daughter Mabel GRACE (1908) with him. Frank’s
death recorded is in Crewe, whereas Daisy’s is recorded in North Yorkshire in
1962. There are no records of further children in the BMD index, and it is
not clear if the marriage had already ended by 1911 or Daisy’s absence has
another explanation. There are no further records for the history of Mabel; o
Ernest Edwin GRACE (1887-1915)
Crewe = May LONGLEY in 1912 Huddersfield, Yorkshire. He was KIA while
serving in France on 10 Jul 1915, leaving behind a widow and 1 surviving
child: § Winifred
GRACE (1913-14) Huddersfield; § Ernest
Edwin GRACE (1914-64) Huddersfield = Edith PHILLIPS in 1937 Bradford,
Yorkshire: § Barry
GRACE (1938-95) = Janet HALL in 1961; § Jean L
GRACE (1954) = Christopher WELLOCK in 1976; o
Alice Mabel GRACE
(1890-1953) Crewe = Albert Edward ROWE in 1908 Crewe; o
Wallace GRACE
(1892-92); o
Elsie Miriam GRACE
(1893-95); o
Albert Lewis GRACE
(1896-1940) Crewe = Hilda HOWARD in 1920 Crewe. Due to another
GRACE=HOWARD marriage in the period, not all children may be correctly
recorded (2 possible others omitted as registered in Chester): § Frederick
Lewis GRACE (1921-87), Crewe = Kathleen TALBOT in 1941. Children
include: § Lewis
GRACE (1941) = Jean BLOOD in 1960 Crewe (later married to Irene
WILLIAMS in both 1980 & 1990, then Linda J BIELEC in 2002).
Children: § Lewis W
GRACE (1961) = Kim E ROBERTS locally. Children: § Benjamin
William R GRACE (1986); § Liam
Philip C GRACE (1988); § Lauren
Allysha GRACE (1993); § Stephen
W GRACE (1962) – unmarried; § Jayne B
GRACE (1963) possibly = Phillip M G HUGHES in 1997 South
Cheshire; § Mandy L
GRACE (1965) = Christopher R HODGE in 1991 in South Cheshire: § Josh Alexander
HODGE-GRACE (1989); § Lee
Anthony GRACE (1970) = Melanie J PAWLEY in Aylesbury, Bucks., in 1996; § Frederick
Brian GRACE (1946) = Thelma J BILLINGTON in 1966 Crewe, then Sandra
CLARKE in 1992. Children: § Karen
Louise GRACE (1968); § Julie-Ann
GRACE (1969) Chester = Jonathan N ANKERS in 1994 in South
Cheshire; § Anthony
Brian GRACE (1973), possibly = Amanda J ELGIE in 1993 Cleveland; § Jacqueline
GRACE (1947-64); § Lilian
May GRACE (1923-81) Crewe = George L LANCASTER in 1942 Crewe, then
Roydon TALBOT in 1975 Crewe; § Lawrence
GRACE (1932) Crewe; If
any cousins in Crewe would like to get in touch to complete or correct their
story it would be welcomed.
The Brief Story of (4) Mary Ann Rebecca GRACE and her USHERWOOD
& FREED descendants: Daughter Mary Ann Rebecca GRACE,
present in 1851 & 1861 (as Mary Ann, a 17-year-old servant) married
21-year-old Ashford railway fireman Barnes
Usherwood SNELLING on Christmas Day 1863. Several SNELLING
children are registered in West Ashford in the period following the marriage
which include William Thomas Usherwood SNELLING (1864) & Ernest
Usherwood SNELLING (1870). The family were in Tunbridge Wells in 1871
with children William Thomas SNELLING (6), Barnes SNELLING (4,
born Folkestone, Kent), and Ernest SNELLING (10m). Sometime after the
1872 birth of Ellen Usherwood SNELLING in Tunbridge, the family
apparently disappear from the BMD. However, they are found again in 1881 and
subsequent census back in Ashford, at 136 New Town just as USHERWOOD.
This change may have coincided with their return to Ashford and can be
explained by Barnes Usherwood SNELLING registered in 1842, baptised
Brenchley, Kent, with only given parent as Flora SNELLING. His
parents, Barnes USHERWOOD & Flora SNELLING married later in
1844 in Brenchley. His initial illegitimacy accounts for the subsequent name
change. In 1861 he was lodging in Ashford with another Fireman and recorded
as Burnes USHERWOOD. He was Usherwood SNELLING for his marriage and
all family records (including children) until sometime after 1872.
·
William Thomas
USHERWOOD (1864, Railway Lamp Maker) = Francis
(Fanny) SWAFFER in 1885, Ashford. Their Ashford children, based on 1891
(Willesborough, Kent) & 1901 census at 29 Lower Denmark Road, Ashford are
listed below. The family were still in Ashford in 1911: o William Ernest USHERWOOD (1885); o Frederick George USHERWOOD (1888); o Albert Edward USHERWOOD (1895) = Dorothy FREED (possible cousin?)
in 1919 Lewisham: § Bertram James USHERWOOD (1921); ·
Barnes USHERWOOD (1866, Folkestone, Locomotive Fitter) = Annie
JONES in 1886, Ashford. Their Ashford children, based on the 1901 census
at 50 Kent Avenue, Ashford were: o Ellen Alice USHERWOOD (1887); o Barnes USHERWOOD (1889); Private 14589 Barnes
USHERWOOD, 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Formerly 3rd Battalion,
The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died Monday 9th November
1914 aged 25 years. Born Ashford. Enlisted Maidstone. Son of Barnes and Annie
USHERWOOD of 50 Kent Avenue, Ashford, Kent. Barnes has no known grave. His
name appears on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Leper, Belgium. Panel
reference 9 and 11. There is also a private family memorial to Barnes on his
brother’s grave (John J USHERWOOD) which is in the Old Ashford Cemetery,
Canterbury Road, Ashford. Barnes was a Grocer in Ashford before joining the
regular army on 14th January 1910 at Caterham in Surrey. He
transferred to the army reserve on 14th January 1913 having
completed three years’ service. He was mobilised on 5th August
1914 following the outbreak of war. The "Kentish Express" newspaper
states that Barnes was struck by shrapnel whilst sitting down. He was
immediately taken to no. 3 Field Ambulance but died before he arrived there.
It is unclear why he has no known grave - his burial was probably unrecorded.
Barnes' best friend in the Grenadier Guards was another Ashford man – Walter
CURTIES, also KIA. (Note: The Buffs was the same regiment my GF William
Sanders GRACE served in during WW1, but it is not known if they were known to
each other.) o Ernest William USHERWOOD (1891), in 1915 list of serving men: Private,
Canadian Forces; o Jehu (John) Jones USHERWOOD (1893), in 1915 list of serving men: AB, HMS
Newcastle, RN; Able Seaman J/5648 Jehu
(John) Jones USHERWOOD. H.M.S “Newcastle”, Royal Navy. Died
of Tuberculosis (TB) on 27th January 1916 aged 22 years. Born 18th
December 1893 Ashford, Kent. Son of Barnes and Annie USHERWOOD of 50,
Kent Avenue, Ashford, Kent. Buried locally in the Old Ashford Cemetery,
Canterbury Road, Ashford on 31st January 1916. John died at 50,
Kent Avenue, Ashford. John’s brother’s name, Barnes, appears on his grave,
probably because Barnes has no known grave. Jehu’s name also appears on the
Centrepiece war memorial plaque, Bank Street, Ashford. He attended that
church with his brother before the outbreak of war. He joined the Royal Navy
on 18th December 1911 at Chatham. He was immediately posted to HMS
“Ganges” as a Boy 2nd Class and went onto serve in the following
ships – "Impregnable" (1910), "Berwick" (1911),
"Bulwark" (1911), "Natal" (1911). He was sent to
Gibraltar on 23rd October 1912 and remained there until 4th December
1912. On 5th December 1912, he was posted to HMS
"Newcastle" and he remained with that ship until 9th April
1914. On the 11th November 1914, he was invalided out of the navy
with Tuberculosis of the lungs. Upon leaving the Navy John returned to
Ashford where he died shortly afterwards. o Charles Leslie USHERWOOD (Q4 1897); ·
Ernest USHERWOOD (1870, Brass Turner) = Kate WATERS in 1893,
Ashford. In 1901 they were at 35 Torrington Road, Ashford, with one child.
They were still in Ashford in 1911: o Mary USHERWOOD (c1894); ·
Ellen Alice
USHERWOOD (1872) = Frank William FREED in
1891, Ashford. In 1911, the family were recorded in Battle, Sussex; Sapper 534619 (2000)
Reginald FREED. 491st Field Company, Royal Engineers (Transport). Died
25th October 1918 aged 20 years. Enlisted St Leonards-on-Sea,
Sussex. Resided Hollington, Hastings, Sussex. Son of Frank and Ellen Alice
FREED of 36, Beulah Road, Walthamstow, London. Grandson of Barnes USHERWOOD
(senior) of Ashford, Kent. Buried Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery,
Manancourt, France. Grave reference XIII.A.13. His name also appears on the
grave of Barnes USHERWOOD in the Old Ashford Cemetery, Canterbury Road,
Ashford, Kent. [Seeking
any related Ashford USHERWOOD or Sussex FREED families for more information
on any known GRACE family history, particularly any photographs that may
include Ashford GRACE family members. A younger brother of Barnes USHERWOOD
(1842), Thomas USHERWOOD, is now known to have emigrated to the US after his
UK marriage and settled in Syracuse, New York. Subsequent family also in
Canada.]
In 1891 there was only the widowed Mary
Ann GRACE [midwife, sick] & daughter Martha GRACE. Also, resident was a Daisy BRETT (8) a
Nurse child (i.e. fostered) & Scholar. Unmarried Martha GRACE
stayed on to look after her mother until Mary Ann's death in 1896. The future
of 52-year old Martha beyond her appearance in Ashford as an unmarried
laundress in 1911 remains a mystery – there are no clear death records that
match. In 1901, she was still living in 17 Hemstead Terrace, Ashford working
from home, however it was interesting to note that the head of house was now William
JARVIS (27), his wife Daisy (formerly BRETT) who married in 1900 and
their 1-year old daughter Ellen. While there is no known blood relationship
with Daisy or William, Martha is given the relationship of "aunt" -
probably an honorific suggesting Martha was her adopted mother or fosterer.
Daisy appears to be registered in 1882 in Lambeth. Martha is recorded aged 62
in West Ashford in 1911 at 17 Godinton Road, Head, single, alone (laundress,
on own account). No death found. [Seeking more information on the
history of Martha GRACE after 1911 – may be revealed on 1921 census.] The Brief Story of (6) Elizabeth GRACE and her ARTLETT
descendants: 1880 was a year of illegitimate children
for the family as one of the GRACE twins, Elizabeth GRACE, had a daughter Lily Josephine Barnard GRACE
in May, born at 136 New Town, Ashford, the home of her sister Mary Ann
Rebecca USHERWOOD. The birth did not occur at home, but Lily was on the 1881
census at Hemsted Terrace. No father was given on the birth certificate, but
it is interesting to speculate from the name whether the father may have been
a BARNARD, otherwise there is no apparent reason for use of the name. The
1881 census does reveal a family headed by a James BARNARD, a 28-year-old
upholsterer (with his wife Lydia and three young sons) as the only piece of
local circumstantial evidence. In 1885, Elizabeth married Austen ARTLETT, a man 13
years her junior, and had 3 sons: · Charles Frederick ARTLETT (1886-1965); · Arthur ARTLETT (1888-1950); · William Austen ARTLETT (1889-1929); The family lived in Ashford, then
Maidstone (1891) before moving to Wandsworth, South London (1901). Charles F
ARTLETT married there in 1910 and William A ARTLETT died there in 1929 (aged
39). Austen died there 1900 (aged 36) while Elizabeth survived until aged 82,
dying in 1930. Elizabeth ARTLETT was present in the 1901 census in
Battersea (St Andrew Parish) at 3 Corunna Terrace, confirmed as a widow, with
sons Charles F ARTLETT (14) a warehouse clerk, Arthur ARTLETT (13) &
William A ARTLETT (11). Also present was Elizabeth's daughter Lily, but not
as GRACE (20), with occupation as Herb Packer. In 1911 at 183 Stewarts Road,
Clapham, Elizabeth was present with Lily (30 years), Herb Packer, and
William, a Grocer's Assistant. The census confirms Elizabeth had 4 children.
Lily died unmarried 1936/37 in Lambeth, as an ARTLETT, confirming her
adoption, formerly or otherwise. The Brief Story of (7) Ellen GRACE and her SWEETMAN
descendants: Youngest child Ellen GRACE = George Thomas SWEETMAN in 1875 in
Ashford. She was already carrying their first child at the time of their
wedding and they went on to produce a large family: · George John Bertram SWEETMAN
(1875) = Edith Sophia
AUSTEN in 1901, then Isabel
Rebecca COLLINS in 1933; · Helen Violet Grace SWEETMAN (1877) = William HILLS in 1895; · Edward William Joseph SWEETMAN (1879) = Margaret
MERCER: o
George Charles
SWEETMAN (1906-98) = Alfreda Germaine Louise
BOUST; § Josephine SWEETMAN (1946); · Alice Maud Elizabeth SWEETMAN (1880); · Alfred Harold SWEETMAN (1882) - Garden Labourer in 1911 (at home); · Arthur Reginald SWEETMAN
(1884) - General Labourer in 1911 (at home); · Maud Isabel SWEETMAN (1885) = Edward James KNIGHT in 1908; · Charles Herbert SWEETMAN
(1886) - Engine Painter Loco Dept Railway Company in 1911 (at
home); · Henry Ernest SWEETMAN (1889) - Engine Painter Loco Dept Railway Company
in 1911 (at home); The SWEETMAN family lived near the
GRACEs, just around the corner in Hemsted Street. The 1911 census taken at 25
Park Road, Ashford, confirmed 35 years of marriage (4 sons still at home)
with only 8 children mentioned having been born to the marriage. Descendants
of this family live in Ashford today. Possible photos of Ellen, George T
SWEETMAN and the GRACEs are sought, if they have survived in the family. The history of Jeremiah & Mary Ann's only son, William GRACE (my
2xGGF), follows. Part 4:
The Yorkshire Connection (1861-1877) – The Story of (2) William GRACE
As
a coachbuilder, (2)
William GRACE, my 2xGGF and MRCA, the son of Jeremiah &
Mary Ann GRACE, appeared to move on from one railway coachbuilding centre to
another. By the 1861 census, William was lodging in the house of William & Ann SANDERS at
72 St Sepulchre Gate, Doncaster in Yorkshire, who were a family of
Leicestershire origins. In addition to their two young sons, William SANDERS'
sister, Charlotte
“Lottie” SANDERS, a
17-year-old milliner, and William GRACE's coachmaking colleague William PETT (also
from Ramsgate) were resident. GNR's Locomotive & Carriage Building Works
had opened in Doncaster in 1853 and presumably this is where William GRACE
worked. Clearly romance bloomed as William GRACE married Charlotte SANDERS in
1863 in Doncaster, ensuring the GRACE family line. There are stories from
within the GRACE family that the match was “not approved of” by the SANDERS,
who as relatively wealthy master craftsmen (gunsmiths) with numerous shops in
Leicestershire, looked down upon their youngest daughter marrying a
relatively-poor artisan lodger. From a comparison of the two sides of the
family, such a reaction is not unexpected in those times. William & Ann
SANDERS were the witnesses to the marriage.
In
the 1891 census, they were resident at 57 Whittaker Street, Derby. William
died in Derby in 1902. Lottie died in 1924 Smethwick, Birmingham, having been
living with her sons there. Older relatives reported Lottie to be a “strict
woman of true Victorian character”. Her gold watch is still held by members
of the Derbyshire GRACE family. The Doncaster children of this union
were: · (2.1) the Doncaster first-born un-named
girl (born and died in 1867); · (2.2) Ernest Sanders GRACE (1869); · (2.3) William Henry GRACE (1870) my GGF; · (2.4) Charles Edward GRACE (1871); ·
(2.5) Florence Ellen GRACE (1874-1879); ·
(2.6) Maud Martha GRACE (1876-1878); By 1878 the family were in the Shardlow
registration district of Derby. Maud Martha died in 1878 followed by her
sister Florence Ellen a year later. In addition to the first-born child in
1867, all the couple's daughters died young. The surviving Derbyshire
children were: · (2.7) Edith Mary GRACE (1879-1898); · (2.8) Frederick George GRACE (1883); · (2.9) Walter Bertie GRACE (1885);
Part 5: The C19th/C20th Derbyshire Families The Brief Story of (2.2)
Ernest Sanders GRACE and his descendants: The
eldest son of William & Lottie, (2.2)
Ernest Sanders GRACE (Sanders GRACE the 1st *)
married Sarah Jane
SHEPHERD (aka Jane) in Derby in 1891. In the 1911 census,
Ernest & Sarah registered 19 years of marriage and 5 children born alive,
3 of whom had died by this date. * Family note on the "Sanders GRACE
naming tradition” (1869-1991): For some sons in the GRACE family this
tradition remains to this day, even after nearly 150 years, has roots back to
the marriage of William & Lottie. It is unclear whether the naming at
first was done to help satisfy “disgruntled relatives” after an alleged
opposed marriage. Within the GRACE family there is a legend of promises to
the “Sanders Fortune”
from elderly spinsters within the SANDERS family, through the naming of sons
with Sanders. SANDERS
family research has shown that the “fortune”,
if it ever existed, was probably long spent by the early C20th. Yet this
naming tradition survives to my own offspring (currently the eighth) and
remains an indicator of the love match that created this family tree. Long
may it continue! Ernest & Sarah's children (2.21) Ernest John GRACE
(1893) and (2.22)
William Sanders GRACE (Sanders GRACE the 2nd)
(1894-1993) were born in Lancaster. In 1901, the family were at 22 Edith
Street in St Luke's Parish, Lancaster. Ernest was still a Railway Coach
Builder. Other children born to the couple were (2.23) Mabel GRACE
(1896-98), (2.24) Frank GRACE (1899-99) & (2.25) Reginald GRACE
(1905-5). In 1911, Ernest (42, Railway Coach Builder), Jane (40), Ernest
Junior (18, Railway Coach Finisher), William (16, Time Keeper Office Boy)
& Charlotte (his widowed mother) were living at 98 Regent Street,
Smethwick, near Birmingham. With
the closing of the Lancaster Railway Carriage & Wagon Company's works
(LCWW) in Caton Road in 1908, over 2000 men were unemployed. In 1902, the
Metropolitan Amalgamated Railway Carriage & Wagon Co. Ltd., was
established and work was centralised in Saltley, Birmingham, resulting in the
closure of LCWW six years later. The GRACE coachbuilders were amongst those
who found work in Birmingham and provided the more recent West Midlands
branches. Sarah
Jane GRACE died
of TB aged 45. Her death was registered in King’s Norton, the RD for
Smethwick, in 1915. Ernest Sanders GRACE remarried to war widow Mabel
Gertrude M LANGE or PAVELEY (nee BREWIN) at St. George's, Hannover
Square, London in 1919. Ernest was more than twice her age. There are no
known children from this union.
(2.21) Ernest John GRACE, a coachbuilder, in 1915 Smethwick was
married to Daisy E STONE (1896-1992). The couple had three daughters: ·
(2.211) Mabel Bollen GRACE (1916-1985
= Reginald W G RANNER in
1938 Smethwick); ·
(2.212)
Kathleen M GRACE (1920 = Bernard COLLEY in
1940 Smethwick); ·
(2.213)
Ann GRACE (1934 = Thomas G CLARKE in
1955); (2.22) William Sanders “Billy” GRACE (1894-1993) = Evelyn May DAWES (1897-1995) in 1917 Smethwick, West Midlands. Billy worked as an engineer at the Austin Motor Company. Their only child Vera Evelyn GRACE (1918) died aged 18. The couple were resident in a retirement home in Portsea, near Portsmouth, Hampshire in 1990 and died there in their late 90's. The
"ES GRACE branch" died out as there were no surviving male heirs.
Second
son, (2.3) William
Henry GRACE (my GGF) = Susannah
BRADLEY
in Derby in November 1893. Bill & Sue followed the family of Bill's older
brother to Lancaster after a short period in the earliest part of their
marriage in Lincoln. In the early C20th this family also came to reside in
the Birmingham area. Their children 1896-1911 were born in Lancaster. The
1911 census confirms the couple had 9 children by this date in 18 years of
marriage, 3 of whom had died: · (2.31) Florence Mary GRACE (Feb 1894-95 Lincoln); · (2.32) Nellie GRACE (1896); · (2.33) William Sanders GRACE (Sanders GRACE the 3rd)
(1897) my grandfather; · (2.34) John Frederick GRACE (1899); · (2.35) Walter GRACE (1901-2); · (2.36) Marion GRACE (1902); · (2.37) Doris May GRACE (1904-7); · (2.38) Harold GRACE (1908); · (2.39) Edith GRACE (1910); · (2.3x0) Nora GRACE (1913-14, B'ham); · (2.3x1) Eric GRACE (1914, B'ham); See Part
7, for the continuation of this story as there have been plenty of male heirs
to continue to "WH GRACE branch".
Third
son, (2.4) Charles
Edward GRACE = Mary
Ann “Polly” HOLLOWAY in late 1895 at Derby. Charles worked on
the railways and Polly was a station barmaid. The newlyweds moved to work on
the railways at Skipton in Yorkshire and founded the second Yorkshire GRACE
family for the C20th. See Part 6, for the continuation of this story,
although the "CE GRACE Branch" did not provide any surviving male
heirs.
Fourth
son, (2.8) Frederick
George GRACE was also a Derby coachbuilder, being apprenticed
there, where he is reported to have worked on the refurbishment of Queen
Victoria's railway coach. He died in 1966. He married Sarah Ann WITHEY in
Derby in 1905, and worked for a short-time at the Lancaster carriage works before
it closed. The family moved to Smethwick, living at 11 Piddock Road,
apparently backing on to Billy & Evelyn GRACE in Regent Street. In 1911,
the family were living in the same street at 10 Regent Street. The census
confirmed 6 years of marriage, 4 children, with one having died by this date.
Sarah Ann died in 1918 of TB. Their children included: ·
(2.81) Dorothy Maud “Dolly” GRACE (1906) = Fred HERBERT in 1932
& lived in Smethwick; ·
(2.82)
Phyllis Ada GRACE
(1907-33) = Arthur Norman BAGGOTT in 1930 Smethwick. No issue. After
her early death, Arthur remarried Kathleen F WALKER in 1936 West
Bromwich; ·
(2.83)
unknown child GRACE (between 1905 & 1911, per 1911 census -
probably in period 1908-1910); ·
(2.84)
Walter Frederick GRACE
(1911) = Edith E MORRIS in 1931 Reading. This son was reportedly
“unknown” to other close branches until seen on the 1911 census, suggesting
some family dispute, with records perhaps suggesting he ran away from home or
eloped: o (2.841) Brian Walter GRACE registered in 1930 in Reading (prior
to his parent’s marriage) = Beryl J KEAR (1933 Wales) in Ealing,
Middlesex in 1954. Descendant families in Frimley area of Surrey: § (2.8411) Paul S GRACE (1957) = Sharon BOWEN in 1979
Ealing: § Andrew Paul GRACE (1983); § Kylie Nicole GRACE (1986); § (2.8412) Jeffrey B GRACE (1960); § (2.8413) Russell John GRACE (1963) = Nicola A DALEY (1961)
in 1990 in Ealing: § Joshua George GRACE (1993); § Harry Edward GRACE (1999);
·
(2.85) Reginald
GRACE (1913) = Linda Ellen WILLIAMS
in 1937 (d. 1945). Reginald remarried to Rose GRIFFITHS in 1947, and
had (2.852) John GRACE (1949). John married Lesley A BRAY in
1970 Birmingham, and the couple (without issue) were living in Bridgnorth,
Shropshire in 2013. The child of RG & Linda was: o (2.851) Reginald Barry GRACE (1937) who had two children by Brenda LANHAM
prior to his marriage to Christina Maureen KELLY in 1959. Children
with Brenda (not married): § (2.8511) Dawn L LANHAM (1958, Croydon) aka Dawn BLACKMORE (raised by Roy
J BLACKMORE, who Brenda married in 1960); § (2.8512) Gail Marie LANHAM (1959, Birmingham; adopted at 10 days, aka Louise
WHEAT); Children
with Christina: § (2.8513) Karen Angela GRACE (1960, Birmingham) = (2) Mark E PHILLIPS in
1987; § (2.85131) Nicola Jayne GRACE (1982) – raised as PHILLIPS; § (2.85132) Rachel Louise GRACE (1982-1982); § (2.8514) Robert Roy GRACE (1961, Birmingham) living near Minden,
Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany (c2008), with wife Gudrun HARMENING (m.
1992). Known children: § Michelle GRACE
(1993); § (2.8515) Mark Andrew GRACE (1963) = Angela J LYSTER in 1989. Children:
§ Kelly Christine GRACE (twin 1989-89); § Jade Josephine GRACE (twin 1989); § Shannon Kira GRACE (1990); ·
(2.86)
Wilfred GRACE (1917-97) = Rose COOK in 1938: o (2.861) Dorothy GRACE (1939-2008) = Sydney WASHBROOK in 1959,
Smethwick; o (2.862) Wilfred
Derek GRACE (1941-2003) = Betty FULLWOOD in 1962; § Annette GRACE
(1964) = Mark FISHER in 1993; § Suzanne GRACE
(1966) = Robert J THOMPSON in 1988; § Alison GRACE (1968)
= Malcolm FLETCHER in 1998; o (2.863) Patricia GRACE (1943) = Phillip GODFREY in 1963, Smethwick; The "FG GRACE branch" has up to
10 surviving male heirs who may compare their haplotype with the
Jeremiah/William genetic lineage, if they wish.
Fifth son, (2.9)
Walter Bertie GRACE (1885) became the Postmaster at Holbrook
near Derby. He married Phyllis
FOULK (aged about 17) in Derby in 1909. In 1945, Walter was awarded
the Imperial Service Medal. The family were recorded in Holbrook in the 1911
census, married 2 years with 2 children born alive and still living. Their
children and descendants are: ·
(2.91) Doris GRACE (1909) = John Thomas HOWE in
1934. In 1984, Doris HOWE published The
Story of Holbrook and around the same period was known to be the holder
of the GRACE Family Bible detailing the family at least back to
Ramsgate, however the book is believed to have lost its cover. The HOWE side
of the family have some GRACE-related memorabilia including a copy of the SANDERS sales
poster of 1872 (the sale of, and end to, the gunmaking business in Oakham), a
hand-drawn family tree back to Ramsgate (unfortunately no records or stories
of the elusive Jeremiah) and Charlotte's gold watch; ·
(2.92) Frederick GRACE (1910) = Dorothy Verona ALTON in
1935; children: o (2.921) Judith Mary GRACE (1938) = John MELROSE in 1964; o (2.922) Robert Frederick GRACE (1941-2001) = Jennifer HALL;
Children: § Lisa Victoria GRACE (1973); § Robert Patrick GRACE (1976); o (2.923) Anthony Ernest GRACE (1944) = Jane E WHEATLEY. No
children; ·
(2.93) Edith Eleanor GRACE (1917-97) = Joseph Richard BROWN
in 1941; ·
(2.94) Olive GRACE (1920-2005) = Howard OLDKNOW in
1941; ·
(2.95) Ernest GRACE (1922) = Ada LANDER in 1951.
Child: o (2.951) Christopher GRACE (1953); ·
(2.96) Ronald GRACE (1925-92) = Jean SPENCER in
1950; Children: o (2.961) Peter Ronald GRACE (1951) = Rosemarie Susan “Sue” HUNT in
1971. Children: § Leanne GRACE (1976) = Christopher J BENSON
in 1991; § Jacob Peter “Jake” GRACE (1994); o (2.962) Richard John GRACE (1952) = Noella K BOOT in 1973;
Children: § Gideon Marcus GRACE (1976) = Kadriye DURAKLI (1972,
Cyprus) in 2002. Children: § Krimson Mubel DURAKLI-GRACE (2006 Surrey); § Denton Tevfik DURAKLI-GRACE (2008 Surrey); § Kellie Emma GRACE (1977) & Simon WILLIAMS.
Child: § Emily GRACE (2008 Chester); o (2.963) Andrew Charles GRACE (1959) = Jacqueline WEBB in
1979. Children: § Mark GRACE (1977); § Emily GRACE (1980) = Wayne HALL in 2003; § Matthew GRACE (c2006); § Martin Andrew EDWARDS (2006) by partner Linda EDWARDS;
o (2.964) Martin James GRACE (1965-2018) = Julia S MORRIS
in 2003. Children (pre-marriage): § Holly Ann-Marie GRACE (1999); § Katy Jane GRACE (2002); The four sons of
Ronald GRACE (2012) ·
(2.97) Rosalie GRACE (1932) = John CLARKE in 1954; The "WB GRACE branch" has many surviving
male heirs who may compare their haplotype with the Jeremiah/William genetic
lineage, if they wish. Part 6: The C20th Yorkshire Families The
Skipton family of (2.4)
Charles Edward & Polly GRACE were recorded in 1911 at 10 Duckett
Street. The census return gave 16 years of marriage with 4 children, all
alive (William, below, being discounted, so presumably died shortly after
birth, even though no death record exists). Their family consisted of: ·
(2.41) Harry Sanders GRACE (Sanders GRACE the 4th)
(1897-1974); ·
(2.42) Gladys Elizabeth GRACE (1900-74); ·
(2.43)
William GRACE
(1906); ·
(2.44) Mabel GRACE (1908-95); ·
(2.45) Mary GRACE (1910-70);
(2.41) Harry Sanders GRACE (1897) had married Sarah WHITHAM in 1922
when their son (2.411)
Alan Sanders GRACE (Sanders GRACE the 5th) was
born. This is the couple's only known child. Alan went on to marry Avril M INGHAM in
1953 Skipton. There was no issue from this marriage and therefore the
"HS GRACE branch" died out with Alan's death in 1986. Avril M GRACE
remarried Jack BECK
in 1989 and moved to Cyprus. The known histories of the remaining children
(courtesy of Karen DAVIS & Janet HUDSON) and their descendant families
are: o (2.42) Gladys Edith GRACE (1900) = Thomas MASON, a
railway porter in 1921; Two sons: § Kenneth Ireland MASON (who married 3 times); § Gordon MASON (descendant families MASON &
EVANS); o (2.44) Mabel GRACE (1908) = Clifford HUDSON.
Family were living in Lancaster in 1949. Children: § Barry Clayton HUDSON (1931); § Georgina Grace HUDSON (1936) = William HAZELDEN and
had 4 daughters Belinda HAZELDEN (1958; = UREVIA of Trinidad),
Beverley HAZELDEN (1959), Victoria HAZELDEN (1966) & Alexandra HAZELDEN
(1971); § Clifford Eastwood HUDSON (1938). o (2.45) Mary GRACE (1910) = Arthur KNOWLES.
Daughter: § Patricia KNOWLES (1937) = Robert DAVIS and had daughters
Karen DAVIS, Lindsey DAVIS & son Craig DAVIS.
Part 7: The C20th Families of Greater Birmingham & the West
Midlands
The family
of (2.3) Bill & Sue
GRACE arrived in the West Midlands after the closure of the Lancaster
coachworks to provide the foundation for the Birmingham area clan: ·
(2.32) Nellie GRACE (1896-1993), a laundry seamstress =
gardener Selwyn James
DAVIS. Their son Derek
DAVIS was an architect and lived in the Isle of Wight. ·
(2.33) William Sanders “Billy” GRACE (1897), my grandfather, an accounts
clerk = Elsinora Alicia
Patricia “Nora” LANE in 1927
at West Bromwich. They had only one son, (2.331) Anthony Paul Sanders GRACE (“Tony”,
Sanders GRACE the 6th) (1932). WSG died in 1939 of sepsis because
of the movement of a piece of shrapnel in his foot from WWI which could not
been removed. He was of the pre-penicillin age.
On
the last day of 1955 Tony = Margaret
Maud SANDERS
(of the Coventry & Birmingham SANDERS family) in Birmingham. Their two
children are: § (2.3311) Mark Anthony Sanders GRACE (Sanders GRACE the 7th)
(1959; “The Geneal Geologist”). This story continues in Part 8; § (2.3312) Judith Ann GRACE (1960) = Alan POWELL in 1984
then James Alexander
MOORE in April 1995 - son Benjamin Anthony MOORE (2000); ·
(2.34) John Frederick “Jack” GRACE (1899) married Phyllis Eleanor DOHERTY
in 1929, Birmingham. They had two children: o (2.341) Brian John GRACE (1930) = Beryl Margaret WILLIAMS
in 1954 and had children: § David Brian GRACE (1960-2015). David had at least one
child Nicole Diane
GRACE (1982) by his wife Glynis M JACKSON (a divorcee with
3 children). David apparently remarried in 2000 to Nicola M WILDMAN; § Diane Margaret GRACE (1963); o (2.342) Carolyn Mary GRACE (1940-95) = Brian Frederick WRAGG
in 1961 and had two children Kathryn
Mary WRAGG & Lawrence
Brian WRAGG
(1966); ·
(2.35)
Walter GRACE (1901-2);
·
(2.36) Marion GRACE (1902), an office clerk, “secretly”
married Leonard HOLMES
in 1924. No issue; ·
(2.37)
Doris May GRACE
(1904-7); ·
(2.38) Harold GRACE (1908), a Co-Op grocer = Edna Winifred BUTTS.
There were two sons: o (2.381) Gerald Malcolm GRACE (1933), an upholster = Colleen Mavis RILEY
(1939) and had daughters: § Tania Lorraine GRACE (1959) = Colin BLAKEMORE; § Amanda Jayne GRACE (1962) = Mark BEVERLEY; Gerald later married Trudy Silvia ROSSELL
formerly PUGSLEY. Children: § Adam James GRACE (1979); § Alexandra Charlotte GRACE (1981) = Antony KING; Descendant families in Truro area of Cornwall. o (2.382) Roger Michael GRACE (1939) = Jean STAMPS in
1959 (2 children) and then after divorce Georgina L A SMITH formerly COOKE in 1967 - no
issue. In 1998, Roger may have remarried to Mabel RICHARDSON in
Stockport, Cheshire. Jean remarried to Barrie KAY; § Gary Roger GRACE (1961), adopted as KAY = Lorraine
JERICH; (Note: male KAY children will be
genetic GRACEs and share the Jeremiah haplotype). § Nerina Debora GRACE (1962), adopted as KAY = Brian
STUART; · (2.39) Edith GRACE (1910) = Thomas Arthur FISHER in
1931. FISHER
and FERREDAY
families and their descendants live in the Birmingham area; · (2.3x0) Nora GRACE (1913-14); · (2.3x1) Eric GRACE (1914), an industrial pickler = Hilda M COOK (1913).
Children: o
Elaine Patricia GRACE (1938) = Stanley J McHALE in
1958, Keith E BROWN in 1964, then James Grindley DERRY in 1978; o
Dorothy
GRACE
(1939-c40) - a child that is believed to have died young (BMD record); o
Joan M GRACE (1941) = 1962 Wednesbury to Brian H WOOD; o
Norma A GRACE (1944) = 1965 Wednesbury to John W
TYLER; o
Carl Ian GRACE (my 1C1R) was born in 1957, a building
design consultant in Birmingham. He married Anne Elisabeth RUSSELL in 1984 and has
three sons to continue the family name along this branch: § Aaron Daniel GRACE (1992); § Daniel Adam GRACE (1993); § Nathaniel Luke GRACE (1995); If any descendants read this then I would be
delighted to discuss their family branches and connected stories. Part 8:
My Family into the C21st – Where this Story Currently Ends Mark
Anthony Sanders GRACE (1959):
In 1988 I first set eyes on my future wife Felicity Ann O'NEILL
(1962, Co. Cork, Ireland) at Moscow Airport. We were both on the way to an
adventure holiday in Madagascar. We were married the following year. This
branch of the GRACE family line remains in the hands of our sons Paul Sanders GRACE
(Sanders GRACE the 8th) (1991) - named after my late father & Alexander William GRACE
(1993) - named as a "son of Sander" and after my 2xGGF William
GRACE, the genetically-proven head of this family tree. Both were born in
Gravesend, Kent. This GRACE story
is in memory of my father, Anthony Paul Sanders Grace (1932-79), who, as an
only child orphaned at the age of 7, had always intended to research his
roots, but never lived long enough to learn the family history. His untimely
death prompted me to kick-off research that continues to the present day.
That story, prior to 1811, remains hidden in the family Y-DNA, perhaps to be
revealed through genetic genealogy, however the paper trail shows that the
truth of the full family tree turned out to be far more complex and
interesting than any of us ever imagined, with some elements still emerging. The Family of Jeremiah GRACE on Facebook GRACE
Y-DNA study After many years of trying to find a volunteer,
one of my most distant cousins, a third cousin and direct descendant of one
of the other sons of William GRACE (who is the perfect subject for
establishing a direct relationship), kindly submitted his DNA for testing.
The very close match (confirmed in April 2010), provided the necessary proof
of the GRACE family haplotype for all GRACE genetic males in this tree, i.e.
our Most Recent Common Ancestor (MRCA), William GRACE (1840) and thereby
Jeremiah GRACE inferred, being his only son. This allowed us to take the
genetic hunt for our family origins outside the known family tree, since we
can be sure of our paternal lineage. Any other GRACE male is welcome to
compare his own Y-DNA with that established by these 2 tests, however due to
Jeremiah’s suspected origins, we do not expect matches to any GRACE family
other than our own. I recommend the FTDNA 67-marker test for service, support and results
compatibility. I have 111 markers available for comparison, which is useful
for very close relationships. Advice & guidance is offered for any
interested parties intending to test. My 3C and I match except at DYS576 in 66 out of 67
markers. DYS576 is a fast mutator
(may change from father to son, for example), where we differ by one count.
Mutations may occur both up and down, however statistics suggest that the
difference between us most likely occurred down his line as his count is only
recorded in 6% of similar genetic records, compared to 26% for mine. This may
be confirmed if other cousins on his line are tested, but it would be of
academic interest only. The main task of proving this GRACE family haplotype
is completed. The outline above is indicative only and not
necessarily fully correct or complete, supported by public domain information
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