MARK WRITES:
Dear Karen
I have been researching my family history for more than 25 years now and it has been, and continues to be, a fascinating pursuit. I have discovered many interesting (& some unpleasant) stories about my family along the way and have met or corresponded with many family members, some of whom I didn’t even know existed, and they have been very helpful in my research. However, the one large, and almost insurmountable ‘brick wall’ has been my maternal great-grandmother’s father. This is her story.
My maternal
great-grandmother’s story
Her name was Mary Elizabeth Glover and she was born in the village of Ardsley, near Barnsley in Yorkshire on 25 April 1870 to Ann Glover.
When she was three years old, her mother married a widower who had come to live in the village with his family. Her new stepfather and
