<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Surname: Ephgrave @ myroots.blog-city.com</title><link>http://myroots.blog-city.com/</link><description>(Surname: Ephgrave) </description><copyright>Copyright 2009 myroots.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:16:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Surname: Ephgrave @ myroots.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://myroots.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>Owners and occupiers of Heron&apos;s Farm</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://myroots.blog-city.com/owners_and_occupiers_of_herons_farm.htm</guid><link>http://myroots.blog-city.com/owners_and_occupiers_of_herons_farm.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 20:26:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://myroots.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=owners%5Fand%5Foccupiers%5Fof%5Fherons%5Ffarm</comments><dc:creator>Lesly Huxley</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I know that my four times great-grandfather Thomas EPHGRAVE  occupied Heron&#39;s Farm , Gustard Wood, Wheathampstead at the time of the 1841 census. Ten years later in 1851 he and his family are still there, and he is described as &#39;farming 140 a]]></description></item><item><title>Ephgrave family farm rents for c &#xa3;4000 per month!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://myroots.blog-city.com/ephgrave_family_farm_rents_for_c_4000_per_month.htm</guid><link>http://myroots.blog-city.com/ephgrave_family_farm_rents_for_c_4000_per_month.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 17:53:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://myroots.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=ephgrave%5Ffamily%5Ffarm%5Frents%5Ffor%5Fc%5F4000%5Fper%5Fmonth</comments><dc:creator>Lesly Huxley</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A distant cousin forwarded property details from Savills , the Estate Agents, who are handling the rental of Heron&#39;s Farm, Gustard Wood, Wheathampstead in Hertfordshire. The house was once home to my four-time great grandfather Thomas EPHGRAVE ,]]></description></item><item><title>Seeking the third Ephgrave infant death before 1911</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://myroots.blog-city.com/seeking_the_third_ephgrave_infant_death_before_1911.htm</guid><link>http://myroots.blog-city.com/seeking_the_third_ephgrave_infant_death_before_1911.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:57:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://myroots.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=seeking%5Fthe%5Fthird%5Fephgrave%5Finfant%5Fdeath%5Fbefore%5F1911</comments><dc:creator>Lesly Huxley</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[My great-grandparents Frederick and Phoebe Ephgrave state that three of their children have died  by the time of the 1911 census. A search of the BMD entries for Ephgrave children born between their marriage date in 1896 and 1911 (and taking into acc]]></description></item><item><title>1911 census reveals a missing Ephgrave child death</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://myroots.blog-city.com/1911_census_reveals_a_missing_ephgrave_child_death.htm</guid><link>http://myroots.blog-city.com/1911_census_reveals_a_missing_ephgrave_child_death.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 19:07:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://myroots.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=1911%5Fcensus%5Freveals%5Fa%5Fmissing%5Fephgrave%5Fchild%5Fdeath</comments><dc:creator>Lesly Huxley</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The additional information in the 1911 census has opened up a new mystery relating to the children of my great-grandparents Frederick Ephgrave and Phoebe (nee Gibson). The census return shows that they had been married 16 years by 1911 and had had ni]]></description></item><item><title>Marriage of Edith Herring and George Massey in 1919</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://myroots.blog-city.com/marriage_of_edith_herring_and_george_massey_in_1919.htm</guid><link>http://myroots.blog-city.com/marriage_of_edith_herring_and_george_massey_in_1919.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 18:24:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://myroots.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=marriage%5Fof%5Fedith%5Fherring%5Fand%5Fgeorge%5Fmassey%5Fin%5F1919</comments><dc:creator>Lesly Huxley</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[My father had told me that my grandfather James Aaron STOCKING had been married before his marriage to Jessie EPHGRAVE. After some detective work, I found that James&#39; first marriage was to Edith George MASSEY (or so it said on their marriage cert]]></description></item><item><title>A possible Scrivener find ... and more questions</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://myroots.blog-city.com/a_possible_scrivener_find__and_more_questions.htm</guid><link>http://myroots.blog-city.com/a_possible_scrivener_find__and_more_questions.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2008 18:41:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://myroots.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=a%5Fpossible%5Fscrivener%5Ffind%5F%5Fand%5Fmore%5Fquestions</comments><dc:creator>Lesly Huxley</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Continuing the search of the 1861 census  for my great-great-grandmother Harriet Scrivener, her parents and siblings in the 1861 census, I have found a possible entry for Harriet&#39;s younger sister Sarah. According to the 1871 census, Sarah was bor]]></description></item><item><title>Scriveners in the 1861 census?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://myroots.blog-city.com/scriveners_in_the_1861_census.htm</guid><link>http://myroots.blog-city.com/scriveners_in_the_1861_census.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2008 16:37:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://myroots.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=scriveners%5Fin%5Fthe%5F1861%5Fcensus</comments><dc:creator>Lesly Huxley</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[My great-great-grandmother Harriet Scrivener was born in Luton in 1851 (I have her birth certificate), daughter of William and Hannah (nee Hawkes or Hawker). She married Jesse Ephgrave in 1873. She appears in the 1851 census with her parents, living]]></description></item><item><title>Death of William Joseph James Gibson 1916</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://myroots.blog-city.com/death_of_william_joseph_james_gibson_1916.htm</guid><link>http://myroots.blog-city.com/death_of_william_joseph_james_gibson_1916.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:55:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://myroots.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=death%5Fof%5Fwilliam%5Fjoseph%5Fjames%5Fgibson%5F1916</comments><dc:creator>Lesly Huxley</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I&#39;ve been looking for a death record for my great-great-grandfather William Joseph James GIBSON for a while, and have just ordered a certificate for him for September 1916, in Hackney, aged 60, which would fit with what is known of his birth (20]]></description></item><item><title>Frederick Ephgrave, Redbourn bakers and the London Colney mystery</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://myroots.blog-city.com/frederick_ephgrave_redbourn_bakers_and_the_london_colney_my.htm</guid><link>http://myroots.blog-city.com/frederick_ephgrave_redbourn_bakers_and_the_london_colney_my.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 17:46:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://myroots.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=frederick%5Fephgrave%5Fredbourn%5Fbakers%5Fand%5Fthe%5Flondon%5Fcolney%5Fmy</comments><dc:creator>Lesly Huxley</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It took me some time to track the birth and early life of my great-grandfather Frederick EPHGRAVE, born 1872, because he was illegitimate and registered under his mother&#39;s surname as Frederick Hipgrave SCRIVENER (the Hipgrave presumably a referen]]></description></item><item><title>Origins of the name Ephgrave</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://myroots.blog-city.com/origins_of_the_name_ephgrave.htm</guid><link>http://myroots.blog-city.com/origins_of_the_name_ephgrave.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 22:30:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://myroots.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=origins%5Fof%5Fthe%5Fname%5Fephgrave</comments><dc:creator>Lesly Huxley</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I can&#39;t claim any credit in finding this either - but with myroots attracting a number of fellow researchers/relations, it seems churlish not to disseminate our collective findings more widely.&nbsp; I was very interested to read the origins of t]]></description></item><item><title>The will of Benjamin Beautyman, 1806</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://myroots.blog-city.com/the_will_of_benjamin_beautyman_1806.htm</guid><link>http://myroots.blog-city.com/the_will_of_benjamin_beautyman_1806.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2006 21:24:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://myroots.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fwill%5Fof%5Fbenjamin%5Fbeautyman%5F1806</comments><dc:creator>Lesly Huxley</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Benjamin BEAUTYMAN was the brother of my 6x great-grandfather Cuthbert BEAUTYMAN.  Cuthbert's connection to my EPHGRAVE grandmother via the GIBSON line is described here.  I have now found and downloaded the Last Will and Testament of Benja]]></description></item><item><title>Another branch of Ephgraves makes contact</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://myroots.blog-city.com/another_branch_of_ephgraves_make_contact.htm</guid><link>http://myroots.blog-city.com/another_branch_of_ephgraves_make_contact.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2006 21:09:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://myroots.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=another%5Fbranch%5Fof%5Fephgraves%5Fmake%5Fcontact</comments><dc:creator>Lesly Huxley</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Another distant relative was in contact yesterday, on the EPHGRAVE side.  It's great to receive messages and share research with others.  So now I have a little more information about my great-great grandfather Jesse EPHGRAVE and his son Ed]]></description></item><item><title>Confirming the Ephgrave and Kilby connections in the 1850s</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://myroots.blog-city.com/kilbys_of_gustards_wood_hertfordshire_1.htm</guid><link>http://myroots.blog-city.com/kilbys_of_gustards_wood_hertfordshire_1.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2006 19:39:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://myroots.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=kilbys%5Fof%5Fgustards%5Fwood%5Fhertfordshire%5F1</comments><dc:creator>Lesly Huxley</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I initially thought that Richard KILBY was the nephew or some other relative of Elizabeth EPHGRAVE, nee KILBY.  I've since found an IGI christening record which could be Elizabeth, for 17 April 1791 in Ayot St Lawrence in Hertfordshire, daughter]]></description></item><item><title>The Ephgraves: A family that died young</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://myroots.blog-city.com/the_ephgraves_a_family_that_died_young.htm</guid><link>http://myroots.blog-city.com/the_ephgraves_a_family_that_died_young.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2006 16:12:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://myroots.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fephgraves%5Fa%5Ffamily%5Fthat%5Fdied%5Fyoung</comments><dc:creator>Lesly Huxley</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Thomas EPHGRAVE and Elizabeth nee KILBY were parents of at least four children, as mentioned in their wills.  Three were still alive when Elizabeth died in 1855.  A WorldConnectTree entry online suggests that they had more children, and thi]]></description></item><item><title>Further complications with the Ephgraves</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://myroots.blog-city.com/further_complications_with_the_ephgraves.htm</guid><link>http://myroots.blog-city.com/further_complications_with_the_ephgraves.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2006 18:22:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://myroots.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=further%5Fcomplications%5Fwith%5Fthe%5Fephgraves</comments><dc:creator>Lesly Huxley</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The 1841 and 1851 census for Wheathampsted indicate that Thomas EPHGRAVE was born around 1786-7 in Hertfordshire (Wheathampsted specified in the 1851 census).  The IGI has a member-submitted christening for a Thomas EPHGRAVE in Wheathampsted in]]></description></item><item><title>Tracking forward: Ephgraves and Locks</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://myroots.blog-city.com/tracking_forward_ephgraves_and_locks.htm</guid><link>http://myroots.blog-city.com/tracking_forward_ephgraves_and_locks.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2006 22:24:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://myroots.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=tracking%5Fforward%5Fephgraves%5Fand%5Flocks</comments><dc:creator>Lesly Huxley</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This Weblog is generating some very useful contacts.  Just recently I've been in correspondence with a 2nd cousin on my paternal grandmother's side, who has filled in some detail about the children of my great-aunt, Rosa EPHGRAVE, who married a]]></description></item><item><title>Whaling ancestors via the Gibson-Beautyman line?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://myroots.blog-city.com/whaling_ancestors_via_the_gibsonbeautyman_line.htm</guid><link>http://myroots.blog-city.com/whaling_ancestors_via_the_gibsonbeautyman_line.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2006 16:55:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://myroots.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=whaling%5Fancestors%5Fvia%5Fthe%5Fgibsonbeautyman%5Fline</comments><dc:creator>Lesly Huxley</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Thanks to a very helpful contact from Maureen via this MyRoots blog, I have been able to make some links further back in my GIBSON line to BEAUTYMANs of Norfolk, possibly involved in the whaling industry, but certainly mariners of some kind.My great-]]></description></item><item><title>Searching for Phoebe Ephgrave&apos;s death</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://myroots.blog-city.com/searching_for_phoebe_ephgraves_death.htm</guid><link>http://myroots.blog-city.com/searching_for_phoebe_ephgraves_death.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2005 18:52:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://myroots.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=searching%5Ffor%5Fphoebe%5Fephgraves%5Fdeath</comments><dc:creator>Lesly Huxley</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Phoebe Caroline Ephgrave, nee Gibson, was born in 1877 and was my great-grandmother.  She was still alive and looking quite smart and sprightly for a lady in her seventies at my parents' wedding in North Stifford in 1952.  I therefore started the s]]></description></item><item><title>Ephgraves in service in the late 1800s</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://myroots.blog-city.com/ephgraves_in_service_in_the_late_1800s.htm</guid><link>http://myroots.blog-city.com/ephgraves_in_service_in_the_late_1800s.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2005 20:16:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://myroots.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=ephgraves%5Fin%5Fservice%5Fin%5Fthe%5Flate%5F1800s</comments><dc:creator>Lesly Huxley</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Charles and Sarah Ephgrave's many children variously worked in domestic service.  Charles worked as a Carpenter (1871 census).  After he died in 1877, his widow Sarah nee Philpott must have needed to find a way of supporting herself.  In the 1881]]></description></item><item><title>William Ephgrave born c 1852 Wheathamsted</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://myroots.blog-city.com/william_ephgrave_born_c_1852_wheathamsted.htm</guid><link>http://myroots.blog-city.com/william_ephgrave_born_c_1852_wheathamsted.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2005 19:29:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://myroots.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=william%5Fephgrave%5Fborn%5Fc%5F1852%5Fwheathamsted</comments><dc:creator>Lesly Huxley</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[William appears and disappears from online records with a bit of a mystery and a touch of the military.  William's father Charles Ephgrave was son of Thomas Ephgrave, farmer.  Charles inherited a cottage from his parents when his mother Elizabeth d]]></description></item></channel></rss>