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HellBilly
I love researching the ancestry
I can only search one side my dads, because my mother was adopted and left when i was very young and have had no contact with her.
I knew my gran was born in Calcutta and lived and married in Rangoon and that her and all her family changed their family surname in 1916 from Schnaubur to Shaw when they were in India. I had to do some digging but found out my 3rd great grandfather came over from Bad Sobernheim, Germany in 1852 as a baker and changed to a publican and had 7 kids, 5 boys who then ran pubs around Islington, Camden, Soho (including the blue post) they were all freemasons.
Amazing to think when I lived in Camden and Islington I walked past the buildings and went into the Blue Post not knowing this.
Also how hard must have they have been to keep folk in check back then.
I think being Freemasons helped them during the first world war, helped them change their name and not be rounded up like many Germans that came, they were also wealthy so that helped I guess.
My Great grandfather went to Burma initially to run a brewery and then the forestry commission out there and later he and his son (my grans brother) fought in Burma. I traced that side of the family all around Germany, Baltic, Austria etc.
My grandads side was interesting too going back to 1066 coming over with William and being awarded land in Devon (Berry Pomeroy) also going back to Bornholm in the Baltic sea and some dude called Harold 111 of Bornholm Bjornsson.
No wonder when we did a DNA test for your ethnicity my wife (American) had 40% British, 45 Scandinavian and other bits.
Me I was 10% British 50% German and 30% Scandinavian and a bits and bobs (including Asian, which probably ties in with a British solider relative marrying a mixed race girl back in 1760 something)
I have such admiration for some of them and sadness to see so many children died so young and a part of the family that stayed in Germany and two were killed in Hadamar killing centre by the Nazis although not Jewish, but because it looks like they had mental or physical disabilities.
I can only search one side my dads, because my mother was adopted and left when i was very young and have had no contact with her.
I knew my gran was born in Calcutta and lived and married in Rangoon and that her and all her family changed their family surname in 1916 from Schnaubur to Shaw when they were in India. I had to do some digging but found out my 3rd great grandfather came over from Bad Sobernheim, Germany in 1852 as a baker and changed to a publican and had 7 kids, 5 boys who then ran pubs around Islington, Camden, Soho (including the blue post) they were all freemasons.
Amazing to think when I lived in Camden and Islington I walked past the buildings and went into the Blue Post not knowing this.
Also how hard must have they have been to keep folk in check back then.
I think being Freemasons helped them during the first world war, helped them change their name and not be rounded up like many Germans that came, they were also wealthy so that helped I guess.
My Great grandfather went to Burma initially to run a brewery and then the forestry commission out there and later he and his son (my grans brother) fought in Burma. I traced that side of the family all around Germany, Baltic, Austria etc.
My grandads side was interesting too going back to 1066 coming over with William and being awarded land in Devon (Berry Pomeroy) also going back to Bornholm in the Baltic sea and some dude called Harold 111 of Bornholm Bjornsson.
No wonder when we did a DNA test for your ethnicity my wife (American) had 40% British, 45 Scandinavian and other bits.
Me I was 10% British 50% German and 30% Scandinavian and a bits and bobs (including Asian, which probably ties in with a British solider relative marrying a mixed race girl back in 1760 something)
I have such admiration for some of them and sadness to see so many children died so young and a part of the family that stayed in Germany and two were killed in Hadamar killing centre by the Nazis although not Jewish, but because it looks like they had mental or physical disabilities.
