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Hi, we are Paul and Rebekah Markham. We are married with three children, and
are currently living in Warwickshire, Great Britain.
We have only been researching our family trees for around four years, but in
that time have found: a huge network of Romany gypsies, the gypsy boxer Billy Joe
Saunders is distantly related; Freemasons; 18th Century smugglers; ancestors from
Ireland, Canada, Sweden, Australia (including convicts), USA and New Zealand; famous
footballers (Chris Riggott and Bill Leivers!); a mystery Latvian link; two murderers
(!),and for any of you who know a bit about gardening, the 'Markham Clematis' was
named after one of Pauls distant ancestors, Ernest Markham. (Ernest was Paul's great
great grandfathers cousins son!). While in the same family, Mrs Emma Hill (nee
Grisold)took tea with Queen Victoria in her cottage. Emma's husband was head of the
Royal kennels at Windsor.
One surprise was the discovery that Paul's ancestor, Sarah Wilkins, married
into a family of Mormons, and emigrated to Utah, USA in the 1850's. They were
amongst the first settlers, and are held in high esteem in the Utah region,
with several biographies written about them.
Much of this wouldn't have been possible without leads, details, and photographs from
distant living relatives we have come into contact with through sites such as Genes
Reunited, the RTFHS, Ancestry, and Curious Fox. We're extremely grateful to you all!
We hope that the info (apparently most of it accurate, apologies if there are any
inaccuracies but I have never claimed to be a professional!) will help people
searching the site.
I'm always happy to hear from fellow researchers, and my direct email address is
rebekahm28@aol.com.
Many thanks to everyone concerned for your help, and please feel free to sign
our guestbook!
HANDY TIP: To establish what relation you are to ANYONE else on this tree,
click on Tools, then on Relationships. Scroll your own name down on the name
finder, then that of another person on the tree.
Bonjour, j'espère que vous trouverez ma recherche utile. Svp email j'à
rebekahm28@aol.com si vous avez n'importe quelles questions.
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