Pages and Leaflets of North Oxfordshire: My Lineage Pre-1700 - 1959

By Angela Fortnum

Every family has a story. And for Angela Fortnum, her maternal family story would begin eight generations before her and reach back to the turn of the eighteenth century in England - and it is a story that she will tell and continue today. In Pages and Leaflets of North Oxfordshire, author Angela Fortnum sh

• Language: English
• Publisher: iQON Press
• Release date: Jan 27, 2023
• ISBN: 9781913819163

Angela Fortnum

Angela Fortnum was born in Banbury, Oxfordshire, and she attended school in the town before fulfilling her desire to work in a bank. She began working at National Provincial Bank in 1965, which is now a part of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group, and in 1982 she took a permanent position in Birmingham and moved to Shirley near Solihull in the West Midlands. Following early retirement in 1998, she returned to Banbury and took a course in health and social care, for which she received a certificate. After her mother's death, Angela rekindled her interest in genealogy and now shares a tribute to her mother in Pages and Leaflets of North Oxfordshire.

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As we grow older, many of us seek to learn about our ancestors—perhaps so they won’t be forgotten, perhaps to discover how they have influenced our own identities. For Angela Fortnum, this time came after her mother’s death rekindled her interest in genealogy, for her mother had often regaled [Angela] with tales of life at South Newington Mill and about [her] great-grandfather Charles…. This slim volume is a record of Fortnum’s research concerning her maternal grandparents, beginning with speculations about her lineage in the Middle Ages, when surnames reflected occupations, and extending through her grandfather, Harry Page, who died in 1959.

Fortnum uses all the tools of genealogical investigation, including church records, censuses, death certificates, and wills, to uncover her family history. Where possible, she provides copies of the documents. Thus, readers learn from one will that John Page, my four times GGF [great grandfather] bequeathed to his daughter, Lydia, one feather bed Bedstead Feather Bolster and Pillow. (Fortnum preserves the original punctuation).

Fortnum’s ancestors worked as weavers, bakers and millers, and the churches they were affiliated with ranged from Quaker to Wesleyan Methodist to Primitive Methodist. Two of her maternal great grandfathers served as parish clerks. As an offshoot of her studies, Fortnum provides photographs and descriptions