Family History

Family Tree – here is our extended family tree; as it contains personal information, it is password-protected … family members, please email to get the login details. Once you’ve correctly entered the password, it’s a fairly straight-forward browsing system – first-time readers, look in the ‘surnames’ section, click on one, then follow the Christian names until you reach the ‘tree’.

You’ll find in here many family surnames, like Clark, Sunderland, Cook, Leonard, Fleming, Moores, Birch, Garland and so on – not to mention Kimbangi, Clatworthy, Smith, or Lomax.

Family members, please help us keep it up-to-date by sending emails of changes, comments, additions etc. Occupations and hobbies are particularly useful, but the basics (dates and places of birth, marriage and death) are of course the bread-and-butter of family histories.
Please note that you can request the suppression of your details, via email (however, please remember that because this is password-protected, it should be safe from being found by web browsers)
Latest changes are listed here.

Note: this information is presented from that known; it is as complete and accurate as I know, but that’s not perfect. I am VERY happy to accept additions corrections … please allow at least three months after telling me of changes, before they appear on the website.

Anniversary Dates – click on any month, to see anniversaries for that month. These are derived from the family tree, and include all members for whom I have the “complete” date for birth, marriage or death (so if you’re not included, tell me the exact dates missing!).

By month – Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec.
Significant anniversaries - for 2026 and 2027.

Place names Index – this is a relatively new feature, and is still “under development” .. completeness and accuracy problems remain, but it’s “getting there”! The idea is to help you find all family events in a given location.

Statistics – How has the average age of first marriage, or the number of children, changed over time. Click here to see it. Use sensible precautions before drawing any conclusions, though: for example, if the sample side is small, treat with great caution; also, child counts and age at death for folk born relatively recently will of necessity be distorted.

Links to other online Trees – click the following links to similar sites holding family trees that overlap with this one; Boddingtons, Chris Birch … (tell me of any other related links, and I’ll add them here).

Interesting Connections – family legend says that the GARLANDS were descended from Oliver Cromwell, that Maria SWANN was related to the real inventor of the light-bulb, and that the BASSETTS are the same family as the “liquorice allsort” people (they’re probably not, but they did come from Pontefract!).

Family Archive documents – a set of documents, letters or autobiographies of family members, with links to other web-sites where discovered. Any family members with other documents they’d like to contribute, please let me know – either email me a copy, or give me a web-site to link to.

Return to this website Home page.