Family History
I’ve been researching my family history for a long time, and although I don’t currently get much time to spend on doing it, I am still fascinated by my ancestory. The families I am interested in are:
WAKEFIELD FAMILY OF WARWICKSHIRE, WORCESTERSHIRE AND KENDAL
I can trace my ancestory on this part of my family back to the English Civil War, and is the family I am most interested in. This is the family of my mum’s father and my Mum was a Wakefield until she married. The family were predominantly farmers and owned a number of farms and land around Water Orton, Curdworth, Hurley and Kingsbury in Warwickshire and in Wythall and Hollywood in Worcestershire. Previous research once discovered a connection with the Wakefields of Kendal and English colonialist Edward Gibbon Wakefield, but I have yet to find this research or trace a link. Through this family I also have some interest in the WILLINGTON family of Warwickshire to whom they are related.
JACKSON FAMILY OF SHEFFIELD
These are the families of my mum’s mother’s father and so far I have only traced them back to around the early 19th century.
RADLEY AND CHAPMAN FAMILIES OF SHEFFIELD
This is the family that I am currently spending most of my time researching as it is based in and around Sheffield, making research easier. This is the family of my mum’s mother’s mother and has been traced back to the early 19th century living in Attercliffe in Sheffield, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. Until they started working in the steel industry in Sheffield, they were either boot makers (Chapman) or carters/horsekeepers (Radley).
SWEDISH ANCESTORY
I only know a little bit about my dad’s ancestory but would like to know more. The main bar is being able to access records that are held in Sweden and there tend to be a lot more people in Sweden with the same surname. The two families are the HANSON (originally spelt HANSSON) family from Bohuslän and Blekinge and the LUNDQVIST family of Bohuslän.
