DIGGING DEEPER
I’m starting to pin a few small leaves onto the latest branch of my tree. To the five children of my 2x greatgrandparents Martin and Mary Leah from the 1861 Census (Joseph, Martin, Ann, Theophilus and Arthur T), I’m tagging on another three courtesy of the 1871 – Charles, Mark John (my greatgrandad) and Harry – plus two more from the 1881, Ernest and Mary. That makes a round 10, at tidy two- or three-year intervals. Nearly a football team.