- My Family History: Introduction An introduction to my research into my family history.
- The Anderson Family My father's ancestors. Includes details of the Anderson, Veitch, Williams and Tricker families
- The McCauley Family My mother's ancestors. Includes details of the McCauley, Donaldson, Ford and Gadd families
- The Britton Family An investigation into the "mystery" of my family; why was my paternal grandmother, Florence Britton, abandoned as a baby on the doorstep of gamekeeper George Freestone and his wife Annie (formerly Heaton)? Includes details of the family of Florence's mother, Eliza Thomas (including the McCauslands) and Florence's recorded father, Joseph Ridgway Britton (including the Boodles)
The Britton Family
An investigation into the "mystery" of my family; why was my paternal grandmother, Florence Britton, abandoned as a baby on the doorstep of gamekeeper George Freestone and his wife Annie (formerly Heaton)? Includes details of the families of Florence's mother, Eliza Thomas (including the McCauslands) and Florence's recorded father, Joseph Ridgway Britton (including the Boodles)
The Background and Early Life of Florence Britton
This is the story of an investigation into the background and early life in England of my paternal grandmother, Florence Anderson (formerly Britton), who always believed she was illegitimate, of unknown parentage, abandoned as a baby on the doorstep of the family of Mrs. Jane Harding (formerly Heaton/Freestone). Florence had been told that the Freestone family had given her the surname Britton because they knew only that she was British . . . . [view full document]
Family Trees
The documents below are detailed family trees of this branch of my family.
- The Thomas Family Tree - 6 Generations (MS Word file - 64kB)
- The Britton Family Tree - 6 Generations (MS Word file - 39kB)
Photographs
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Florence Britton (selected photos)
Clockwise from top right: Florence on the knee of Jane Heaton (Freestone), taken in Thirsk, Yorkshire in the early 1880s; My grandmother, Florence, with myself taken in Wanganui, New Zealand, in the early 1940s; Florence as a young woman, taken in County Durham, England, before she emigrated to New Zealand