When My Ancestors Sailed to the Other Side of the World ; Emigration and Success
Evening Gazette › November 05, 2007
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IT'S surprising just what "blossoms" on a family tree, as Maureen Anderson, of Hartlepool, found out.
She discovered a tale of Entrepreneurs Extraordinaire - Charles Frederick Foster Wearne (1873-1944) and Theodore James Benjamin Wearne (1878-1964).See the full content of this document
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When My Ancestors Sailed to the Other Side of the World ; Emigration and Success
Owing to demands on space we have edited her article which is in the current issue of the Cleveland Family History Society booklet.
She writes:THIS biography highlights the intertwined lives of two brothers but begins long before the births of the main characters as the courses our ancestors' lives took often determined the paths of those that followed.I have, so far, managed to follow this ancestral trail back to Illogan, Wendron and Redruth in Cornwall when mining for copper and tin was a primary source of employment.When the opportunity to emigrate arose thousands set sail for what ...See the full content of this document
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