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The Family of James Donelan and Emma Denbow. Part 5 – Later Years

James’s and Emma’s nine children were: Edward (1863-1868), Emma (born 1864), Mary (1866-1917), Agnes (1869), Thomas (1871), Elizabeth (1873), Catherine (1875), James (1877) and William (1880-1917). Mary had been married to William Ambler and they had a son, Noel. Thomas was married to Blanche Sewell and they had two surviving sons, John and Denis. Lily (Elizabeth) married Charles Wall in … Continue reading The Family of James Donelan and Emma Denbow. Part 5 – Later Years

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The Family of James Donelan and Emma Denbow. Part 4 – The Great War

James’s and Emma’s nine children were: Edward (born 1863 and died 1868), Emma (born 1864), Mary (1866), Agnes (1869), Thomas (1871), Elizabeth (1873), Catherine (1875), James (1877) and William (1880). Mary married William Ambler in 1893 and they had a son, William Noel. Thomas married Blanche Sewell in 1904 and they had two surviving sons, John and Denis. Lily (Elizabeth) … Continue reading The Family of James Donelan and Emma Denbow. Part 4 – The Great War

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The Family of James Donelan and Emma Denbow. Part 3 – Weddings and Families

James’s and Emma’s nine children were: Edward (born 1863 and died 1868), Emma (born 1864), Mary (1866), Agnes (1869), Thomas (1871), Elizabeth (1873), Catherine (1875), James (1877) and William (1880). Mary married William Ambler in 1893 and they had a son, William Noel. By 1902, William Ambler had obtained employment on the estate of the … Continue reading The Family of James Donelan and Emma Denbow. Part 3 – Weddings and Families

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The Family of James Donelan and Emma Denbow. Part 2 – Into Work

James’s and Emma’s nine children were: Edward (born 1863 and died 1868), Emma (born 1864), Mary (1866), Agnes (1869), Thomas (1871), Elizabeth (1873), Catherine (1875), James (1877) and William (1880). With over 15 years between oldest and youngest surviving children, by 1891, a national census year, the oldest six were largely in employment, whereas the … Continue reading The Family of James Donelan and Emma Denbow. Part 2 – Into Work

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The Family of James Donelan and Emma Denbow. Part 1 – Childhood

James Donelan and Emma Mary Ann Denbow were married at the Catholic Sardinian Chapel near Lincolns Inn Fields, London, on 13th June 1861. James, born in 1822 in County Longford, Ireland, was 38 and had served in the 44th Regiment of Foot (East Essex) for the previous 18 years, including fighting in the Crimean War … Continue reading The Family of James Donelan and Emma Denbow. Part 1 – Childhood

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Journeys to Waipipi – from Aston le Walls to Capetown

On that day in September 1864, there was another family waiting to board the Barque Alfred – John and Anne Waddoups with their three daughters, Harriet, Mary and Matilda. John Waddoups (1824-1895) was born in September 1824 in Aston le Walls, Northamptonshire, England, the oldest of five sons born to Samuel Waddoups and Ann Brewer. … Continue reading Journeys to Waipipi – from Aston le Walls to Capetown