My Pilgrim Migration Period Ancestors
Eunice Spencer was the grandmother of my grandfather, George Wesley Udell. She was born in Claremont (Pickering) Ontario in 1819, and was the daughter...
Sir William Uvedale and the Order of the Garter
In his book on “The Notices of the Family of Uvedale of Titsey, Surrey and Wickham, Hampshire, Granville Leveson Gower mentions Thomas, Sir William,...
Joseph Wixson - My Great-Great-Great-Great-Grandfather
Consider for a moment the trying circumstances of the life of my great-great-great-great-grandfather Joseph Wixson. He was born in Dutchess County New...
The Wixon Family History - Published in 1963, A Few Corrections
The Wixon family history was compiled by J.H. Wixom and Ruth S. Widdison and published in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1963. The family clearly put a lot...
Florence Fisk and William Mummery - My Great-Grandparents
My maternal great-grandfather William Mummery was born the 25th of July 1860 in Saint Mildred’s parish, Canterbury, Kent, England, the son of John George...
Eunice Spencer - Her North American Ancestors
My great-great-grandmother, Eunice Spencer, was born in 1818/19 in PickeringOntario. She was the eldest daughter of George D. and Mary Ann (Wixson) Spencer....
Mathew Udell - Veteran Soldier of the 18th Century
Mathew Udell is my paternal gr-gr-gr-gr-grandfather. Mathew was born March of 1743 in Ellastone, Staffordshire, the son of Francis and Mary (Shemilt)...
The Autograph Book
My father Gordon Wesley recieved an Autograph Book for Christmas in 1932, he was 14 years old at the time.
The Autograph Book
His...
John Eli Udell - Place of Birth
Similar to my last article I would like to offer my opinion as to the birthplace of John Eli Udell, my great-grandfather. I believe that generally the...
John and Margaret (Brown) Udell - Their Ancestry and Birthplace
I would like to offer my opinion with respect to the ancestry and birthplace of John Udell and his wife Margaret Brown, given the diversity of data concerning...

Corfe Castle
photo by: G.W. Udell