Episodes from Family History
Our grandparents
were all born about 150 years ago and were brought up
during the reign of Queen Victoria. Here are their
stories - and more!
Life was very
different in Victorian times. Much social history can be discovered
through newspaper archives and other on-line
records.
Here are some episodes, often colourful, from our family history.
- The Cawseys - an unruly
Barnstaple family
- A
Barnstaple Poisoning - Godfreys Cordial
- "My
Great-Grandmother"
- "Selina Cawsey - Her Brief
Marriage and Suicide"
- The Story of the Hamment
Family
- Mafeking
Night
- The
Downfall of Frederick Reed Eveleigh - and the Rescue of
George Eveleigh
- The
Hunts, and Chelfham Farm Bratton Fleming
- My
Bratton Fleming pages
-
The Cawsey Family
Mary Quance
Mafeking Night
George Eveleigh