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Category: Ireland

What’s in a name

Julia Lane? (c.1840–1925): Illiterate but resilient, she rose from famine-era Ireland to hardship in London, through her inner strength and determination

Natalie Mayhew Britain & Ireland, 🌐 Migration & Emigration, 🔍 Mysteries & Brick Walls, Ireland, Poverty, Hardship & Resilience, Women's Lives April 20, 2025June 23, 2026 17 Minutes

The mysterious disappearance of Arthur Earle

Arthur Earle (1896-1977) a soldier in WW1, later disappeared and started a new life in England, leaving a tale of resilience and transformation.

Natalie Mayhew Britain & Ireland, 🌐 Migration & Emigration, First World War, Ireland May 31, 2024June 23, 2026 8 Minutes

Funny Where Life Took Them
Some of the surnames on this site — click one to find stories behind it

Bailey Baker Banfield Banfield aka Wackrill Barrett Baynes Booth Bovill Bowes-Lyon Brevoort Bristow Brock Carson Chaldecott Collingwood Conway-Gordon Coolidge Cooper Cotton Courtauld Daley Dibben Dowman Down Earle Finch Fitzgerald Gordon Hall Harvey Hill Irving Kirby Krug Lane? Levens Mayhew Mayo Napier Obee Payne Poulton Rose Saumarez Sheldrake Todd Twohey Wackrill Whetten

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