Grenier Hill, originally uploaded by Light Collector.
From my brother, Bob Charlton aka Light Collector. The Flickr page (click on photo above) shows what happened to the Charlton House in Shawinigan.
Across the street from my grandfather’s house in Shawinigan Falls, Quebec was Grenier Hill. I can remember as a boy, sitting on the grass at [...]
My relation to Mary Dyer (and Anne Marbury Hutchinson) are as follows:
1. Mary (Barrett) Dyer
2. Samuel Dyer (Samuel is Mary Dyer’s son who married Anne Marbury Hutchinson’s grand daughter Anne Hutchinson)
3. Anne Dyer
4. Elisha Clark I
5. Elisha Clark II
6. Elisha Clark III
7. Hannah Clark
8. Edward Weyman McLeod
9. Agnes Bassett McLeod
10. Helen Lottie Good
11. William Browell [...]
Della Charlton (nee Connell),
Passed away peacefully on Wednesday August 13, 2008 at Sunset Manor, Collingwood, Ontario in her 93rd year. Della, beloved wife of the late William Charlton and the late Wendell Phipps. Dear mother of Bob and his wife Agnes of Stayner, Ontario, Jim and his wife Louise of Kirkland, Quebec and John [...]
Yet another death notice I received through the kind folks at the Durham Clayport Reference and Local Studies Dept, this one gives local perspective to the death of my Grandmother, Helen Lottie Good in 1920.
Death of Mrs. R. Charlton
The death occurred under painfully sudden circumstances on Monday afternoon at 26 Western Hill, Durham, the residence [...]
I was fortunate this week to put my hands on a copy of an obituary from The Durham Chronicle dated June 11, 1920 for my Great Grandmother, Mary Charlton. This provides the first and only account we have of her. The account below indicates she was severely afflicted by rheumatism and was confined to her [...]
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The Cursing Stone, originally uploaded by SXV74.
Designed by Andy Altman of Why Not Associates the ‘Cursing Stone’ is a collaboration with sculptor Gordon Young and it’s a 7.5 ton granite boulder situated in Carlisle, England [...]
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the curse, originally uploaded by GWcumbria.
The curse of 1525 was aimed at Reiver families known for terrorising the region. The curse was read out by priests in every parish, in an attempt to curb the [...]
Photo courtesy of William Nicholson, All rights reserved, used by permission.
Several places called Charlton can be found in England but the surname is so closely associated with Northumberland that the hamlet of Charlton near Bellingham (pronounced Bell-ing-jum) in North Tynedale would seem to be the most likely place of origin for the surname. In the [...]
In Genealogy, one often wonders, where is this all headed? Where will my journey through the past lead me?
When researching the Charltons of Northeast England it seems that the answer is clear. To the border lands of Scotland and England.
This is the land of my ancestors. Here lay my Charlton Family roots. It was a [...]
Thanks to Renae Grubb for forwarding this picture of Betty and Lois Deakin with their cousin Bill (W.B.) Charlton. The photo was apparently taken at St. Stephen, New Brunswick in 1917. The document was found amongst Lois Scott’s genealogical papers.