General Overview

Various families have been joined by marriage, or by unions with offspring. The extent of the data means that the contents of this document will not be readily absorbed. You will need to exercise patience.

Specified Names

A problem in tracing family history is the changes in the spelling of the surname. The Bolch family went one better and changed their Christian names. It is not rare for an individual to be born with Christian names that were changed by the time of marriage, and again by the time of their death.

Wherever possible the Christian names quoted are those that the individual was born with.

Widows and female divorcees remarrying can use their maiden name, or their surname from the earlier marriage. Wherever possible the maiden name is used in family history data.

I blame the parents. It’s lack of discipline. Birch them. It wasn’t like that in my day.

National Service would sort them out. I wonder where it is all going to end. It’s the thin end of the wedge. They shouldn’t be out at this time.

Origins

It is not possible to say where a particular family came from originally, as there was a dramatic migration from rural areas to the towns during the Industrial and Agricultural Revolutions. It can only be said that a family or a member of the family has been traced SO FAR as coming from a particular locality.