Arriving in Ponta Delgada
So, there I am in July 2019, with my 2nd Cousin, Ann Boyer, and my 4th Cousin, Jose Bela Morais standing beside the statue of Thomas Hickling – my grandfather’s […]
Category Archives: Swinbrook
Birthday Tragedy
I’ve been drawn to a newspaper article of September 11th, 1913. It concerns Arthur Ivens Croft: Born in 1880 to Thomas and Emma Maria Croft (nee Perrin). It’s the inclusion […]
Following the Trail, from Swinbrook
My ancestors can be traced from the village of Swinbrook, Oxfordshire around 1720. A few weeks ago I found an elusive link which suggested that the key man, Robert, actually […]
A small breakthrough: Ivens of Swinbrook
We know that one Robard Eyvens emerged in Swinbrook, Oxon around 1718. We have a letter from his grandson, Joseph: “My Grandfather came to Swinbrook about the year 1718 out […]
Coat of Arms – granted 200 years ago
I am reminded by a cousin (Guilherme Maia de Loureiro), that the Ivens Coat of Arms was granted to William Ivens on August 25th, 1816, and recorded in the College […]
