About The Free Family ... From Little Acorns ...
Hi, just a little info here, hopefully enough to catch your interest, but not
enough to bore you silly. here we go ...
The main research on this site is for the FREE FAMILY TREE , with my branch
starting in Cardiff, Glamorgan, going back to Horseheath in Cambridge, and so far,
originating from Hadstock, Essex.
At each generation the tree has branched out to link with the Tree of the spouse, the
RIGBY and RABBITT trees from Rainford and Warrington in Lancashire
branch out from my generation, where as the YOUNG tree from Walsall, Stafford
and JONES tree from the Rhondda in Glamorgan, as well as the CUTTER
and GILES trees, both from Monmouth and Glamorgan extend from my parents
generation. Earlier generations take you to the BUTLER tree from
Shrivenham, Berkshire, the DAVIES tree from Cardiff, Glamorgan, and the
MYNOTT tree from Horseheath in Cambridge.
My Great Great Great Grandparents, John FREE and Sarah MYNOTT, had 12
children, 9 of which I have managed to follow through further generations.
My Great Great Grandfather, William FREE is the only one who moved to the
CARDIFF area. There he married Mary DAVIES apparently to start a new
live after a failed first marriage.
Judith and Alfred moved to NEWARK, Judith marrying Edward LIDDELL and
Alfred marrying Mary JACKSON. Marianne and Celia, moved to SHEFFIELD
where Marinne was married to Charles BATTERSBY and Celia was maried to John
STEVENS. I've followed these four children as their lives became more and more
intertwined between the two places with each following generation. A time-line of
the events in their lives can be viewed here.
The remaining four, Charles, Henry, Isaac, and John, moved to the London, an area
where I have yet to research in detail.
Use the TREE link in the toolbar above if you want to join me at the
base of my tree but if you're looking for someone who isn't in my direct
line , then it's probably easier to use the List of Last Names below to
find the person you are looking for.
Feel free to browse around. (No Pun intended)
Potted Histories
For a few of the main individuals in my tree I have arranged the information I have
gathered into accounts of how and where they lived, including some details of the
family and friends who influenced their lives. These Potted Histories can be found
in the individuals notes and at the bottom of their family view page. All of the
events written about in these accounts have been taken from documented evidence and
the sources are available for anyone who would like to see them.
At present, Potted Histories are available for my Great, Great Grandad, William
Free (b.1822) and three of his siblings, Celia Free (b.1844), Alfred Free (b.1836)
and Judith Free (b.1832).
For my Great Grandad, Nimrod James Free (b.1870), and his siblings, Sarah
Eliza Free (b.1866), Harriett Judith Free (b.1862), Nimrod William Free (b.1864),
Alice Celia Free (b.1858), Celia Eliza Free (b.1855), and George Alfred Free
(b.1853).
For for Benjamin Free(b.1815), Addison Free (b.1840) who emmigrated to Australia, and
Charles Free (b.1864).
Also for Richard Giles (b.1822), and Richard Giles (b.1853).
Genealogy Reports ...
From time to time I tend to stray too far out onto the tiny branches of my
tree and find them intermingled with the leaves of other trees. Instead of
trying to explain why or how these seemingly unrelated people are included in
my tree, it seemed simpler to show them in a smaller tree of their own.
Reports at the moment include the Collett, Cutter, Jackson, James, Ketteridge,
Rabbitt, Stevens, Thornley, and Whitney branches. Genealogy reports are available
for any branch of my tree on request, they're produced with the help of Family Tree
Maker.
Skeletons in the Closet ...
Every tree has it's Skeletons, things which have been swept under the
carpet, hushed up and never mentioned again, and things which have been handed
down the generations in whispered rumours.
It's often the rumours and hearsay which make the family tree come alive,
here are just a few of the Skeletons I've found along the way
Claims to Fame ...
You will always find some sort of claim to be connected to someone famous,
whether it's being a decendent of the Prime Minister of New Zealand, or being
distantly related to Diana.
Some of the more noted people I've found in my tree are a Town Mayoress in Penarth, a
Chief of Police in Newark, a Detective Superintendant of Police in Sheffield, an
Author and Bookseller, and a World Class Boxer in Tonypandy.
Courting Couples ...
Today the idea of a journey to the other side of the world is not such a big deal but
if you imagine the same trip taken over a hundred years ago it leaves little wonder
that someone of that time would live their whole life in one village, would go to the
same school as their parents, then marry the girl next door, and finally be buried at
the same church where they were baptised.
However, sometimes the complicated courtships that arose would confuse even the
sharpest minds.
Armchair Archives ...
A lot of my research has been done online. Although the internet is no
substitute for finding solid facts, sometimes it just isn't possible to put in
the legwork. If a detail is found on one online database I try not to take it
as read until I have confirmed it from at least one other source.
Although this section is still very much under construction, there are links
available to take you to some of the databases I regularly use.
Do you have any sugestions for sites which are worth a visit, or would you
like me to add a link here to your personal family tree site so that others
may visit ?
Guestbook...
Once you've had a look around my site, please sign the Guestbook. You can add
your e-mail address, and give your own family tree site a plug, or simlpy just
give me a shout, it'd be great to hear from you. When you sign the Guestbook
please say how your're linked to the tree so anyone with a similar interest
can see if they are connected to your branch. If you leave your e-mail
address I'll drop you a line if anything new comes up that I think you might
be interested in.
Acknowledgements...
There is a large amount of my tree which simply wouldn't be here if it hadn't
been for the help and research of others and the information which was freely
shared. Although it is almost impossible to list everyone here, I'll have a
good go, and appologies before hand to anyone I miss out.
Privacy
The latest updates and improvements to this site have enabled me to show a lot
more detailed information for each individual here. Although the extra
information has added interest to the tree in general, it has prompted the
need to protect some of the more delicate information available. Now only the
names of any living relations are showing here, and the younger generations
have been removed completely.
Since the delicate information is no longer on show here, I have removed the
password and From Little Acorns can now be accessed by other researchers with
a common interest in the names incluced, via the Tribal Pages site or via the
link to my homepage on the Rootsweb site.
I have tried to let everyone know about the privacy changes before removing
the password, appologies if I missed you, but if anyone is unhappy about their
name showing on a site with no password, please do get in touch and I'll
remove it for you.
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