My Family History

This is my maternal grandmother's paternal line. She was born a Poyser and I have now tracked her family from Blore in the 1700s to Plaistow/Canning Town where she was born, and they lived in the mid-20th Century

A difficult family to track, on my maternal grandfather's paternal line. Very common names and lots of families with the same names in them, in the same area. My progress has been slow

My maternal grandmother's mother was a Hunt, born and raised in Canning Town. 

My granpop's mother was born a Burton. She was born and raised in the area known as The Old Nichol, one of London's most notorious slums, at the time.

Honor Halestrap married Henry Poyser but the Halestraps are turning out to be quite fascinating

My origins have come from a wide range of people and places, and I'm delving into them more and more. The journey is fascinating, the findings are exciting and I wish I could travel back in time and talk to these people.