Family history research can sometimes be a little like unraveling a ball of wool; you never know what you will find among the twists and turns. I like it like that. I like to go beyond names and dates and find out what was happening in the world so that I can try to put
It was sad to read in ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ that Archives wouldn’t reopen until ‘September at the earliest’ – I miss my trips to the archives and the people I meet, and cannot wait for them to open again – safely of course. I have loved libraries, bookshops, and museums for more
Sir Joseph Mawbey, Bart. (1730 – 1798) Joseph Mawbey was born on 2 December 1730, the fourth son and youngest child of John Mawbey and his first wife Martha Pratt. He came to Surrey with his uncle, Joseph Pratt, the owner of a distillery at Vauxhall. Joseph joined the business aged 17. Joseph Pratt died
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