Which CCMB poster will the subject of an article in "Family Tree" magazine?

[lardy]

Case Study Four: Z’s grtx3 grandmother, Eliza Styles. There was a brick wall around Eliza which baffled seven researchers on an internet forum. She was recorded as married to Henry Styles with children, also named ‘Styles’ (1861); and as the unmarried Eliza Lindsay with boarders including ‘Styles’ young men (1881).Their baptism records disclosed that their father was Henry Weatherley although they were named ‘Styles’ on their birth certificates. Why was such a smokescreen created? Theories abounded, with no resolution.

While investigating Eliza Styles, I found a story in the Marylebone Mercury (19/3/1864), ‘The Amours of a Confectioner’. Eliza had been employed in a shop woman by the married, Henry Weatherley. He had broken ‘open her bedroom door and seduced her’. Eliza was chasing Henry for financial support of three children. This answered all the questions about the couple.

This cutting generated another line of Z’s ancestry - via Henry Weatherley. Now the surprises came thick and fast. The report mentioned that he was a confectioner - but neglected to tell the full story of his achievements.

Henry didn’t just sell sweets. He invented machinery to accelerate the production of confection which was displayed at the Great Exhibition (1851). He also wrote a 130-page book, ‘On the Art of Boiling Sugar’. This featured more than 70 recipes (including barley sugar and Everton toffee) and is still sold today. Henry’s textbook has recently been described as ‘seminal and hitherto overlooked’ and as providing “the most revealing insights into this period of transition”. Henry still makes ripples today. This news helped Z (a confirmed sweet-fancier) to accept her ancestor, despite his philandering.

This example illustrates how brick walls may be demolished by the delving of a professional researcher and how clues, once found, can provide significant information about an ancestor.

Z’s family story was related in 123 pages of two comb-bound books. A well-written report is a further reason for using the services of an experienced researcher. Z wrote, ‘...thank you so much, to say I'm thrilled is an understatement, it has made my Christmas, can't wait to show my Dad on Christmas Day’."[/SIZE]

I think Henry Styles has a descendant who is rather popular with the ladies nowadays.

[Mrs Steve R]

Thanks for sharing that mate.
Mrs R's family tree appears quite normal compared to my lot

Peter was not what I would call normal, it was pretty grim reading finding out what he got up to, are you glad you did it though?

I think Henry Styles has a descendant who is rather popular with the ladies nowadays.

Does he break in to their bedrooms and seduce them?

[David Vincent]

If Eliza was claiming for three children then did Henry "break open her bedroom door and seduced her" three times? After the first time you would think she would get a better lock or even move out. I noticed that Henry's textbook was described as "seminal and hitherto overlooked". There are many on here with books like that.

[Cyclops]

If Eliza was claiming for three children then did Henry "break open her bedroom door and seduced her" three times? After the first time you would think she would get a better lock or even move out..

Hmmmm......

P'raps this cutting helps:

FT article Eliza Styles Marylebone Mercury 19 March 1864.jpg

A rum lot, if you ask me......

[Mrs Steve R]

Hmmmm......

P'raps this cutting helps:



A rum lot, if you ask me......

There was clearly something going on between them to have 3 kids, perhaps his barley sugar was hard to resist?

[The Alien]

Peter was not what I would call normal, it was pretty grim reading finding out what he got up to, are you glad you did it though?


Does he break in to their bedrooms and seduce them?

I am glad I done it, although I could never have done it without the help of Cyclops. Some of the stuff he found out was incredible.
Here's a snippet from mine. My great grandfathers sister married her uncle, her fathers brother. How fooked up is that.

[Jimmy the Jock]

I am glad I done it, although I could never have done it without the help of Cyclops. Some of the stuff he found out was incredible.
Here's a snippet from mine. My great grandfathers sister married her uncle, her fathers brother. How fooked up is that.

Incest....a game for all the family.

How did you go about researching your family? I doubt I could give it the time it required but would certainly have an interest.

[The Alien]

Incest....a game for all the family.

How did you go about researching your family? I doubt I could give it the time it required but would certainly have an interest.

I was getting nowhere myself so I asked Cyclops if he would be interested in chasing my family tree back for me and he kindly agreed to do it. He managed to chase mine back to 1668.
If you want my advice I wouldn't bother trying to chase it back yourself. You're far better off paying someone like Cyclops or another expert to do it for you, because they will find out so much more info than you ever will.

[Cyclops]

I was getting nowhere myself so I asked Cyclops if he would be interested in chasing my family tree back for me and he kindly agreed to do it. He managed to chase mine back to 1668.
If you want my advice I wouldn't bother trying to chase it back yourself. You're far better off paying someone like Cyclops or another expert to do it for you, because they will find out so much more info than you ever will.

Thanks for those kind words! Appreciated!

In truth (as you know) your family was the most convoluted and tangled I've ever researched. We had to order several certs to confirm what was suspected- and it wasn't always pleasant reading: but so interesting!

One thing that readers should know (and is obvious from this thread) is that I don't just provide names, places and dates, but I research newspapers for stories that feature their family. The stories that emerge are sometimes breathtaking. Mrs SR's ancestors would fill three WDYTYA and The Alien's, could only be shown after the watershed. I'm itching to tell more - but all research is 100% confidential.

[TH63]

I am glad I done it, although I could never have done it without the help of Cyclops. Some of the stuff he found out was incredible.
Here's a snippet from mine. My great grandfathers sister married her uncle, her fathers brother. How fooked up is that.

Didn't think you were a Jack mate.

[The Alien]

Didn't think you were a Jack mate.

Well played Tony

[Mrs Steve R]

I am glad I done it, although I could never have done it without the help of Cyclops. Some of the stuff he found out was incredible.
Here's a snippet from mine. My great grandfathers sister married her uncle, her fathers brother. How fooked up is that.

I guess you have to be prepared to find out any bad stuff too, still... interesting though.

Didn't think you were a Jack mate.

[TH63]

I guess you have to be prepared to find out any bad stuff too, still... interesting though.

I did some of my own research when I was between jobs a few years ago. Found out that my paternal Great Grandfather came home from WWI and sadly took his own life, I guess these days we'd chalk that up to PTSD. Also found a record of another (female) relative who ended up in a work house after she was widowed.

On my maternal side I managed to trace my great grandfather as an immigrant from Ireland, and would've been interested in finding out a bit more about my Irish roots, but drew a complete blank

[Mrs Steve R]

I did some of my own research when I was between jobs a few years ago. Found out that my paternal Great Grandfather came home from WWI and sadly took his own life, I guess these days we'd chalk that up to PTSD. Also found a record of another (female) relative who ended up in a work house after she was widowed.

On my maternal side I managed to trace my great grandfather as an immigrant from Ireland, and would've been interested in finding out a bit more about my Irish roots, but drew a complete blank

Aww that's sad, I imagine that happened quite a lot, the same with workhouses too, surprising to see how many children ended up in them.
I would stick at it if I were you, or get Cyclops on to it, his eye does not miss much.

[David Vincent]

I am glad I done it, although I could never have done it without the help of Cyclops. Some of the stuff he found out was incredible.
Here's a snippet from mine. My great grandfathers sister married her uncle, her fathers brother. How fooked up is that.

That's not at all unusual. Half the people in one particular community are so inbred that some of them are their own grandparents. But everyone is inbred to some extent. I read in the link below that if you meet some random stranger in the UK then there is a 50% chance that he is your fifth cousin. If that is true then some of people reading this thread are also descendants of the ancestors mentioned above. To be fifth cousins your common ancestor would need to be a g.g.g.g.g.grandparent. For me that would be someone born in the 1700s.

If you live in Pakistan any random stranger has a 50% chance of being your second cousin.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-millions.html