When people ask where my ancestors came from I usually explain that they were English, Irish, Scottish and German. To date I have only started to research the English and German connections. I only have to go back two generations to my maternal grandfather, George … Continue reading Germany and England: united in a family
Month: May 2013
Searching for Grandpa George
I've been trying to imagine the world in which my grandfather, George Simmonds, grew up. I never knew George, because he died when he was only 50, 6 years before I was born. He was born in England, in Redhill, Surrey, in 1905, but his … Continue reading Searching for Grandpa George
Forgotten tales 