Our roots and branches
Eight late Victorian families
These pages focus on the eight families into which our grandparents were born. We call them "late Victorian" since the period in which they lived corresponds roughly to the later part of Queen Victoria's reign, which was from 1837 to 1901. Our grandparents were:
- John Cornish Rodliffe and Lilian Rickard
- Charles Hamson and Alice Evans (born Loasby)
- Thomas Fiddaman Blomfield and Beatrice May Ollett
- Horace Frost and Phoebe Annie Selby
Rosemary's ancestors and their descendants
These pages include:
- Biography of Rosemary's father - Thomas William Blomfield
- Everything we know about Rosemary's ancestors and their descendants
Stan's ancestors and their descendants
These pages include:
- Autobiography of Stan's father - William Stanley Rodliffe
- Biography of Joseph Ratcliff, the founding father of the Cornish family Rodliffe
- Everything we know about Stan's ancestors and their descendants