Non-Related Archives - Geneageek https://geneageek.com/category/non-related/ Genealogy, genealogy, genealogy. Wed, 20 May 2026 08:53:36 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://geneageek.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/cropped-geneageekicon-150x150.png Non-Related Archives - Geneageek https://geneageek.com/category/non-related/ 32 32 A Patriarchal Family https://geneageek.com/a-patriarchal-family/ https://geneageek.com/a-patriarchal-family/#respond Wed, 20 May 2026 08:53:36 +0000 https://geneageek.com/?p=4957   From the Suffolk Chronicle, 22 October 1870: “A PATRIARCHAL FAMILY.—A family named Prentice, living in Flowton and Bricet, seems to be of remarkably good stuff. The hero of the…

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]]> https://geneageek.com/agrarian-riots/feed/ 0 The Bombing of Stowmarket Congregational Church https://geneageek.com/the-bombing-of-stowmarket-congregational-church/ https://geneageek.com/the-bombing-of-stowmarket-congregational-church/#respond Tue, 30 Jan 2024 20:43:54 +0000 https://geneageek.com/?p=3401 At around noon on Friday 31st January 1941, a lone German bomber was seen flying towards the town of Stowmarket in the heart of Suffolk. Enemy aircraft tended to fly…

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]]> https://geneageek.com/the-bombing-of-stowmarket-congregational-church/feed/ 0 The Baddow Elopement https://geneageek.com/the-baddow-elopement/ https://geneageek.com/the-baddow-elopement/#respond Sat, 29 Apr 2023 20:03:01 +0000 https://geneageek.com/?p=3194 Companion post for the Geneageek’s Gems podcast episode: The Baddow Elopement (The full story details can be heard on the podcast. This post is to illustrate places featured in the…

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]]> https://geneageek.com/the-baddow-elopement/feed/ 0 A Scarff Tragedy https://geneageek.com/a-scarff-tragedy/ https://geneageek.com/a-scarff-tragedy/#respond Mon, 13 Dec 2021 11:25:15 +0000 https://geneageek.uk/blog/?p=2428 Under the shade of trees in a rural Suffolk churchyard of Combs, there stands a gravestone with an intriguing epitaph. In Loving Memory Of SAMUEL The dearly beloved husband of…

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]]> https://geneageek.com/a-scarff-tragedy/feed/ 0 In His 99th Year https://geneageek.com/in-his-99th-year/ https://geneageek.com/in-his-99th-year/#respond Sun, 16 May 2021 14:09:24 +0000 https://geneageek.uk/blog/?p=2306   THIS STONE WAS ERECTED BY THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH TO THE MEMORY OF JOHN BRANFORD WHO DIED MAY 16TH 1844 IN HIS 99TH YEAR. John Branford’s gravestone is…

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