The Declaration of Intention below says that Matthew Lee from England first arrived in the United States in August 1891. He has signed the document on 8th May, 1893, that it is his intention to become a citizen of the United States of America. Above is Matthew Lee’s Declaration of Read more
Jane and Ian are now 100% certain of our paternal lineage, so on to solving the next mystery. A previous post we made was this one – It means nothing to me, an unexpected relative Ian has been a huge fan of this musician since he was a teenager. The Read more
When Jane and Ian initially suggested to Bill how we thought we were related via DNA, Bill was very sceptical, Ian recalls that he thought Bill was slightly “hostile” to our suggestion, he told Ian to prove it with records! Proving it with records was something Jane and Ian knew Read more
This post provides a link to a webpage where Ian will explain how, if you are familiar with spreadsheets how you can search DNA segment data similarly to the GEDMatch Tier 1 tool. Ian developed this tool using OpenOffice Calc when he realised the 1501 relative limitation at 23andMe. You Read more
The photograph below is of Hannah Lee born on 20 July, 1870 Stanhope, Durham. She was the daughter of Thomas Lee b.1844 & Jane Ann Featherston. Hannah is a 2nd cousin, 3x removed to Jane and Ian. She married John George Nattrass (1875 – 1947) on 01 September, 1895 – Read more
Jane found the clipping below on FindMyPast. It is a clipping from Newcastle Evening Chronicle 10th March, 1892. The clipping details the death of Joseph Leigh Hunter aka Matthew Lee’s father, Matthew Lee (Senior) (1837-1892) We don’t know which son the clipping refers to, whether it was John or Thomas. Read more
We posted back in September 2021 about a mystery post card that Jane’s father has in his possession, click here to read that post. The earlier post mentions the names Sarah, Jack and Ada. Now we know for certain the real identity of Joseph Leigh Hunter; we know who the Read more
As AncestryUK has released Royal Air Force Operations Records Books, 1911-1963 this week. Below is Ian’s fathers enlistment record to the RAF, he joined age 17.
Jane shared another photograph, this time it Jessie Forrest McCallum’s parents seated. We think the photograph also contains Jessie’s sister, Isabella Hepburn McCallum and Isabella’s husband. Jessie Hunter, as she became, was Jane and Ian’s paternal grandmother.