Welcome NEW

It’s September 2025 and time for a six-monthly update. I have added a modest 33 people in the Family Tree lists. This includes updating my knowledge of the families of two great-great uncles, Michael and Patrick Tuohey (Toohey), who both enlisted in the Gloucester Regiment under age leading to Patrick being part of the regiment trapped in the Siege of Ladysmith during the Second South Africa War in 1900. This double link came from a DNA match in Lancashire. My work continues on sorting and identifying my DNA matches described in the Research page. Paragraphs with new text are indicated by NEW in the right margin.

What is on this site?

Family Tree

These pages contains a listing of everyone in my family tree.

Research - available & wanted

This page tells the background to my research and my current outstanding lines of enquiry.

Skeletons and other stories

Read some of the stories connected to my family tree including the “Wiseman Quebec Connection” story together with "Regina vs John Wiseman", "James Bennett and King John’s House", "The Naughty Ladies of Malta" (!!), the "Will of John Bennett of Tollard Royal, 1746”, “The Lure of the Cod” and others.

War Memorials

This page contains the stories of the men in my tree who gave their lives in any war. If you know of any others from those listed in my Family Tree page I would love to hear about them.