An advantage of an unusual surname is how readily the name will standard out when doing searches. So this evening I was again searching for the name Tackaberry on the internet. For some reason I went to the British Newspaper Archive site and tried the name. Amongst the hits it did find was one for the The Western Times dated 8 Jul 1916. The article reports of a 'Children's Flower show at Tavistock'. The flower show was at Tavistock Church of England Girls' School and amongst the winners was one E Tackaberry.
What make this interesting for me is that to the best of my knowledge there have been no Tackaberry's in Devon and Cornwall since the 19th century, until I came to live in Plymouth in the 1980's. Then just under 5 years ago I moved to a village just outside Tavistock!!!
Who is this long lost relative?. The 1911 census shows no Tackaberry's in the area. The nearest one is in Wales and the majority in London, most of whom I think I can trace in the family tree. So who is this Tackaberry's that suddenly appears in the south west and where are the parents.
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What make this interesting for me is that to the best of my knowledge there have been no Tackaberry's in Devon and Cornwall since the 19th century, until I came to live in Plymouth in the 1980's. Then just under 5 years ago I moved to a village just outside Tavistock!!!
Who is this long lost relative?. The 1911 census shows no Tackaberry's in the area. The nearest one is in Wales and the majority in London, most of whom I think I can trace in the family tree. So who is this Tackaberry's that suddenly appears in the south west and where are the parents.
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