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| Tree Name | Last Updated | Individuals| Ruth | 27/04/2025 | 7,772 | |
Ruth's Family History
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Hello, welcome to my Family Tree Website.This tree focuses on the four branches of my grandparents: Sydney Vernon & Elizabeth Masser and William John Queen & Elsie Hartley.
The Vernon side of the family came from Scotland but I have not yet been able to find the parents of, or even a birth, for my Great Grandfather George Douglas Vernon in about 1847.
The Queen (or possibly Quinn) side came from Ireland (probably during the potato famine) via Scotland and then to Lancashire.
The Masser’s originate from Selby, Yorkshire moving to Lancashire in the early 1800s and for several generations were cordwainers.
The Hartley’s came from Rochdale in Lancashire but my great grandmother’s family go back to Broseley and Ironbridge in Shropshire and must have lived there when the bridge was built in 1779/1781. Later they moved to North Wales before Lancashire.
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George Vernon
George was my father. He joined the Royal Navy during the Second World War and rose to the rank of Chief Petty Officer. He died in 1960 at the Royal Navy Hospital in Bighi, Malta.
Edith Queen
Edith was my mother. She was born in Bury, Lancashire. Edith, along with their two daughters, moved to Elburton, Plymouth, Devon in 1954 to join George who was stationed there. She and the children moved back to Tottington, Bury after George's death.
Sarah Jane Duckett
Sarah Jane Duckett was my maternal great grandmother. She was born in Ironbridge, Shropshire. Her ancestors were long time residents of the area and were active in brick and tile making. After spending some time in Wales, she moved to Bury, Lancashire and married John Edward Pilkington Hartley in 1894.
Elsie Hartley
Elsie was my grandmother and was a life-long resident of Bury, Lancashire. She married William John Queen in 1922e.