More Faces from the Past
Armour Family, Commons Family
Posted Mar 4 2010
As I continue to connect with more researchers and we explore our distant relationships, one of my favourite things to do is to discover old family photographs and today I was lucky enough to come across no less than two in one day. Neither of these people are directly related to me but both belong to families that I belong to.
The first is a cousin to my grandma, James Armour born in 1890. James's father, also named James.
was brother to Robert (my great-great grandfather and my grandma's grandfather).
Photo from Margaret Marshall's collection
The second is a cousin to Mary Guilfoyle (nee Commons), my grandad's grandma. This lady is Catherine O'Rourke and in this picture taken around 1950 she is no less than 90 years old. Her grandfather, Daniel Commons just happens to be my own great-great-great-great-grandfather too.
Photo courtesy of Betty Dwyer
Is This Robert Armour?
Armour Family
Posted Feb 22 2010
Yesterday I was given a copy of a photograph which is known to be that of Robert Armour and his daughters (below left). This has given me a chance to compare a photograph (below right) I have had for a long time which I believe to be Robert Armour (in advanced years) but have never been able to prove for sure. I need your help in comparing these two photographs and giving me your view on whether this man is one and the same? Email me with your thoughts.
The Hickman Family Story Begins
Hickman Family
Posted Jan 29 2010
My granpop's mum Mona Mary Hickman hailed from a family who made quite a name for themselves in Market Drayton in the second half of the nineteenth century and further South in Ruiton in the Midlands even before that. The first installment of the Hickman family story is posted today.
Who Is This Girl?
Philpott Family
Posted Jan 22 2010
Whilst sorting through my nanna's collection of old photographs I came across this picture which I am unable to identify and since my nanna died some years ago, I obviously can't ask her who it is. It looks early 20th century and possibly one of her older sisters but hard to tell. It could even be her mother as a girl for all I know. So I am on a quest to find out who this is and who may know.
