Ireland
Our England line emanates from Cork City in 1785 but we are unsure where these Englands were prior to this. A red circle ● indicates a direct line ancestor to the children of Tom and Gwen England (nèe Hicks).
Cork City
Ardeevin:
Gerald Griffin St:
Elizabeth England, the seventh child of Thomas and Honora (nèe Lordan), entered the convent of the Presentation sisters here on the 21st of November 1811, aged 15, and took the religious name of Sister Catherine of Sienna. On November 21st 1814 she took her final vows.
Queenstown: (Now known as Cobh)
Spike Island:
St Finbarr's, (South,) Church:
South Mall:
St Joseph's Cemetery, Cork:
Sunday’s Well:
Irish Counties
Enniskean/e:
Bishop John England, the first child of ●Thomas and ●Honora, (nèe Lordan) travelled to Fermoy to see his mother, before he left for America in 1820.
Glanmire:
Rochestown:
Rathmines:
Farnane:
County Carlow
Carlow:
County Westmeath
Mullingar:
Canton:
Cowbridge Road:
Farnane, Western Avenue
The home of Dr Pat and Nora England (nèe Floyd). Pat was the eldest son of ●Patrick and ●Josephine.
Llandaff:
The Royal Infirmary:
On Newport Rd.
It was here that ●Tom England, a doctor, met ●Gwen Hicks a nurse. The rest is ...
Southerndown:
Grass Valley:
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| Guy's map of Cork city 1891 (click to expand) [via www.corkcity.ie] |
Ardeevin:
An area of Cork City very close to the University College Cork.
●John England, born in Bandon in 1825, the youngest child of ●Michael and ●Mary (nèe Bransfield) lived at College View, 30 Sunday's Well Rd.
He married Jane O'Connell on the 21st of July 1863 at St Finbarr's, Cork and had six children. Jane died in 1874 aged 41. Three years later he married Jane's sister, Susanna, known as Nannie.
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| University College, Cork Photo: © raps [CC BY-SA] |
●John became Professor of Natural Philosophy at Cork University in 1855 and held that post until 1894.
Minnie, ●John's second daughter, lived at Ardeevin with her father as noted in the 1901 and 1911 census. She never married.
In the 1911 census John Joseph England, a civil engineer and eldest son of ●John and ●Jane was living at Ardeevin with his father
●John died on the 18th of March 1916 and was buried with his second wife, Nannie, his sister, Nora and a daughter, Minnie at St Joseph's Cemetery. Nora, his sister, had died on the 14th of October 1913 at 2, Ardeevin. She was a 92 year old spinster.
Blarney Lane:
In the Sunday's Well area of North West Cork. Blarney Lane became Blarney St.
●Thomas, a tobacconist, his wife ●Honora (nèe Lordan) and Edward the fifth child, lived and worked in this area of Cork. Edward had premises at numbers 305 and 395.
Cork School of Music:
In 1882 Elizabeth Reynolds, who later married Thomas Alphonsus England, entered this school where her teachers were Mr T. J. Sullivan, Herr Swertz and Mons de Prins. After passing her exams she left the school in 1887.
Gerald Griffin St:
Elizabeth England, the seventh child of Thomas and Honora (nèe Lordan), entered the convent of the Presentation sisters here on the 21st of November 1811, aged 15, and took the religious name of Sister Catherine of Sienna. On November 21st 1814 she took her final vows.
Grand Parade:
One of the main commercial streets in Cork city.
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| Grand Parade, Cork Photo: © Andrew Wood [CC BY-SA 2.0] |
Anne Barry (nèe England), the fourth child of ●Thomas and ●Honora lived here at number 72, opposite Great George St. She was born in 1794 and married a merchant, Michael Barry, in 1813, at St Mary's, Cork and had seven children.
Anne died around 1832, aged 38.
Anne's daughter, Cath died here in April 1833, aged 13. Another daughter, Eliza, died here aged 14 in December 1833. Cholera was raging through the city at the time.
Anne died around 1832, aged 38.
Anne's daughter, Cath died here in April 1833, aged 13. Another daughter, Eliza, died here aged 14 in December 1833. Cholera was raging through the city at the time.
Thomas Alphonsus England, the third son of ●Professor John and ●Jane (nèe O'Connell) obtained honours in his law degree here in 1895 and qualified as a solicitor the following year.
●Patrick Joseph England, the youngest son of Professor ●John and ●Jane (nèe O'Connell) studied medicine at the college and qualified as a doctor in 1899.
●Patrick Joseph England, the youngest son of Professor ●John and ●Jane (nèe O'Connell) studied medicine at the college and qualified as a doctor in 1899.
Queenstown: (Now known as Cobh)
A tourist seaport town on the south side of Great Island in Cork Harbour. It was renamed Cobh in the late 1920s.
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| The Old Town Hall, Cobh Photo: © N Chadwick [CC BY-SA 2.0] |
●Professor John England gave a public lecture here on the Transatlantic Telegraph in 1857.*
Facing the town is Spike Island mentioned in ‘The Second Child.’
Spike Island:
An island of one hundred and three acres in Cork Harbour. It remained in use as a garrison and prison throughout the Irish War of Independence when IRA prisoners were held there. The prison closed in 2004 and is now a tourist site.
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| Fort Michell on Spike Island Photo: © Kondephy [CC SA 4.0] |
Thomas England, the second child of ●Thomas and ●Honora (nèe Lordan), was a chaplain to the convicts on the island.
St Finbarr's, (South,) Church:
In Dunbar Street. It is the oldest Catholic Church in the city and was built in 1766. It is very close to St Fin Barre's Cathedral owned by the Church of Ireland.
On the 8th of April, 1785 Thomas England married Honora Lordan at the church.
On the 23rd of March 1794, ●Mary Bransfield was baptised here. She became the wife of ●Michael, the third child of ●Thomas and ●Honora England (nèe Lordan).
John, the first child of ●Thomas and ●Honora, was consecrated Bishop here on the 29th of September 1820.
George St:
Michael Barry, son of Michael and Anne (nèe England) died at number 109, aged 72.
George St:
Michael Barry, son of Michael and Anne (nèe England) died at number 109, aged 72.
South Mall:
One of the main streets in Cork city.
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| South Mall, Cork City Photo: © Charles Curling [CC BY-SA 4.0] |
Philip O'Connell, a solicitor, the father of ●Jane and Susanna O'Connell who both married ●Professor John England, lived here.
St Joseph's Cemetery, Cork:
Buried in the same grave are ●Professor John England, his second wife Susanna, (Nannie) his daughter Mary, (Minnie) and his sister Honora. (Nora).
Michael Barry, son of the fourth child, Anne (nèe England), is also buried at the cemetery. He died on January 23rd 1889 and his grave was " unmarked, unhonoured...but it adjoins the pathway about twenty yards on the right of the entrance to the inner burial plot."
St Mary and St Anne's Cathedral:
St Mary and St Anne's Cathedral:
At the top of Shandon Street and is known locally as the North Cathedral. It was dedicated as a cathedral in 1808.
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| The Cathedral of St Mary and St Anne, Cork Photo: John Armagh [Public Domain] |
The first ordination to take place in the church was that of the first child - John England on the 10th of October,1808. It was here that he spoke out about British interference in religious matters and this obviously annoyed the government establishment in Cork who complained to the Bishop, John Murphy. He in turn removed John England from the cathedral to Bandon. See corkandross.org/churchHistory
●Michael, the third child of ●Thomas and ●Honora was baptised here on the 15th of June 1792.
Anne England married Michael Joseph Barry in 1813 at the church. The celebrant was John England, the eldest child of ●Thomas and ●Honora (nèe Lordan).
Edward England, the fifth child of ●Thomas and ●Honora, married Emily Nunan on the 19th of July 1819.
Thomas Alphonsus England, the third son of ●John and ●Jane (nèe O'Connell), was baptised here on the 9th of September 1869 having been born two days earlier.
Edward England, the fifth child of ●Thomas and ●Honora, married Emily Nunan on the 19th of July 1819.
Thomas Alphonsus England, the third son of ●John and ●Jane (nèe O'Connell), was baptised here on the 9th of September 1869 having been born two days earlier.
St Patrick's Street:
The main shopping street in Cork city.
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| St Patrick St, Cork Photo: © Colin Park [CC BY-SA 2.0] |
Edward, the fifth child of ●Thomas and ●Honora England (nèe Lordan), had a tobacconist shop here at number 1. His son, John, took over the business and went bankrupt in 1870.
In 1853 The Southern Reporter of the 12th of November 1853 noted: "The Englands have a tobacconists at 1, St Patrick St and live at 406, Blarney Lane."
In 1853 The Southern Reporter of the 12th of November 1853 noted: "The Englands have a tobacconists at 1, St Patrick St and live at 406, Blarney Lane."
Sunday’s Well:
A suburb of Cork situated in the north west of the city on a ridge on the northern bank of the River Lee.
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| St Vincent's Church on Sunday's Well Rd Photo: © Robin Webster [CC BY-SA 2.0] |
From letters written by Thomas to his brother ●John we know that the house here extended from Sunday's Well to the river and was opposite the county gaol.
In 1866, John Joseph England, the eldest son of Professor ●John England and ●Jane O'Connell was born. The father's address was given as 36, Sunday's Well.
When ●John's brother Thomas, an architect in San Francisco, wrote to him, he addressed the letters to 30, Sunday's Well.
●Michael England, the third child of ●Thomas and ●Honora died at 79 Sunday's Well on the 21st of October, 1870. This was where his son ●John lived. (Note again the change in the number from the above).
●'Pop' England, the youngest child of ●John and ●Jane (nèe O'Connell) was born at Sunday's Well Road.
Winter’s Hill:
Situated in the district of Sunday’s Well, Cork. It is off Blarney Lane. It is another area that crops up frequently with the Englands.
For example, Edward England, the fifth child of ●Thomas and ●Honora (née Lordan), died at Winter's Hill in 1858.
Irish Counties
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| [From Wikimedia Commons] |
County Cork
Bandon:
A town in County Cork. It is nineteen miles south west from Cork City and is famous for its inscription on the city wall.
Entrance to Jew, Turk or Atheist any man except a papist.
The man who wrote this wrote it well, For the same is writ on the Gates of Hell.[Then the wry response written underneath.]
In the 2011 census it had a population of nearly seven thousand.
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| Main St, Bandon Photo: Robert French [Public Domain] |
John England, the first child of ●Thomas and ●Honora (nèe Lordan) was a curate in the town between 1816-1820.
●Michael England, the third child of ●Thomas and ●Honora also lived and worked as a tobacconist here at South Maine St. and 11, Bridge St. His daughter, Honora, known as Nora was baptised in the town on the 9th of April 1821.
In 1861, at the Devonshire Arms Hotel, ●Professor John England gave a lecture on 'Light' to the Bandon Scientific and Literary Society. (See Southern Reporter, 12.1.1861)
Dunderrow:
A small village in County Cork. It is located between Innishannon – four and a half miles away and Kinsale – four miles away.
Guilday, the biographer of John, the first child of ●Thomas and ●Honora, stated that this village was where ●Honora Lordan met ●Thomas England.
Enniskean/e:
A village twenty seven miles south west of Cork City. It lies between Bandon and Dunmanway.
Dunderrow is thirty kilometres to the east.
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| Cottages in Enniskean Photo: © Jonathan Thacker [CC BY-SA 2.0] |
The Bandon Parish Bulletin stated that this village was the birthplace of ●Honora England (nèe Lordan).
Fermoy:
Fermoy:
A town on the River Blackwater in County Cork. It is twenty seven miles north east of Cork City and lies between Bandon and Dunmanaway.
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| Fermoy View Photo: © Liam Murphy [CC BY-SA 2.0] |
Glanmire:
A small town six miles from Cork City.
Father Thomas England, the second child of ●Thomas and ●Honora (nèe Lordan), was a priest here for a short time.
Killavullen:
A village twenty miles north of Cork City. Nano Nagle, founder of the Presentation Sisters, was born in Ballygriffin, near to Killavullen, in 1718.
Father Thomas England, not the second child of ●Thomas and ●Honora was a parish priest at Killavullen and there is a monument to him in the church yard.
Passage West:
A port town ten miles south east of Cork City.
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| Passage West Photo: © David Dixon [CC BY-SA 2.0] |
Father Thomas England, the second child of ●Thomas and ●Honora (nèe Lordan), was a parish priest here and died in the town in 1847.
Rochestown:
A parish situated between Passage West and Douglas. It is about five miles south east of Cork and four miles west of Passage West.
A Joseph England, a bankrupt tobacco manufacturer, had owned 143 acres of land here.
Youghal:
A seaside resort town thirty five miles away from Cork City.
Father Thomas England, not the second child, was the parish priest here.
County Tipperary
County Tipperary
Bourney:
A parish in county Tipperary, four and a half miles from Rosecrea.
Edward the fifth child, Ellen the sixth and Richard the eighth may have had land in Bonagortbaun, Bourney.
County Kildare
Clane:
Clane:
A town in County Kildare twenty miles from Dublin.
Clongowes Wood College:
Clongowes Wood College:
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| Clongows College, Clane Photo: © leftofcentresayshi [CC BY-SA 3.0] |
Just outside Clane, is a secondary boarding school founded in 1814 and run by the Jesuits. It has educated many pupils who have gone on to play important roles in Irish political, social, sporting and literary life: James Joyce, John Bruton, former Taoiseach of Ireland, Rob Keaney and Gordon D’Arcy, Irish Rugby and British Lions players, Oliver St. John Gogarty, surgeon, writer and critic, Michael O’Leary, CEO of Ryanair, Pat Reid, British officer who escaped from Colditz and Paul McGuiness former manager of Irish rock band U2.
It is probable that Edward Joseph England, the journalist and son of the fifth child, attended the college.
Maynooth:
Maynooth:
A university town in north County Kildare. Part of the university is Ireland’s main Roman Catholic Seminary.
Father Thomas England, the second child of ●Thomas and ●Honora (nèe Lordan), was at Maynooth between 1812 and 1815.
Two other Englands were seminarians here - Thomas and Henry.
Dublin
Rathgar:
Dublin
Rathgar:
Now a suburb of Dublin. It lies about two miles south of the city centre.
Michael Barry, son of Michael and Anne (nèe England), lived at 13, Rathgar Rd and was a magistrate in the city for a time.
Thomas Alphonsus England, the third son of ●John and ●Jane (nèe O'Connell) and his wife Elizabeth, the pianist, lived in this area after leaving London. Thomas died on the 16th of February 1944 at the Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin. He and Elizabeth lived at 9, Rostrevor Rd, Rathgar.
Thomas Alphonsus England, the third son of ●John and ●Jane (nèe O'Connell) and his wife Elizabeth, the pianist, lived in this area after leaving London. Thomas died on the 16th of February 1944 at the Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin. He and Elizabeth lived at 9, Rostrevor Rd, Rathgar.
Rathmines:
A suburb on the south side of Dublin about two miles south of the city centre. It stretches along the Rathmines road as far as Rathgar to the south.
Michael Barry, son of the fourth child, Anne England, nearly drowned in the canal here at Portobello Bridge. Some of his contemporaries wished he had!
County Waterford
County Waterford
Cappoquin:
A town in west County Waterford. Its railway opened in 1878 and was served by the Cork to Rosslare boat train. The ferry operates from Rosslare to Fishguard, West Wales.
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| Main Street, Cappoquin Photo: © Jonathan Billinger [CC BY-SA 2.0] |
●Josephine England (nèe Walsh) gave this as her town of residence before her marriage to ●'Pop' England, the youngest son of ●John and ●Jane (nèe O'Connell).
Farnane:
John Walsh, was born in Ballybrusa, Grange in 1770 and died at Farnane on May 11th 1838. His wife was Johanna Sheehan of Knockgarraun, Cappagh. They had six sons and one daughter. One of their sons was David and he inherited a shop at Millstreet crossroads. He had nine children.
One of them was ●Josephine who married ●Dr Patrick (Pop) England.
Another daughter, known as Sis, married Pat Walsh, a native of Clogheen, Co Tipperary. He had an agricultural supply business in Cardiff. This was the mysterious 'uncle' who lived in Penarth and at 65, Cardiff Rd, Llandaff with ●Tom and ●Gwen England. It was at 65, where he died.
Kilrush:
Kilrush:
A district north west of Waterford City centre.
It's a possibility that ●Josephine England (nèe Walsh) lived in this area.
County Carlow
Carlow:
The county town of County Carlow. It is situated in the south east of Ireland, fifty miles from Dublin and one hundred and fifteen miles from Cork.
The college opened in 1793 and was notable for educating many Catholic priests. John, the first child of ●Thomas and ●Honora, was here in 1803 and there is now a lecture hall called the John England room. There is also an oil painting, of the bishop, by Haverty, at the college.
Thomas, the second child of ●Thomas and ●Honora, also attended the college from 1809 to 1812
County Westmeath
Mullingar:
The county town of County Westmeath forty nine miles from Dublin.
Sheila England, though born in Dublin, lived in the town for a time. She was the wife of Bernard, the fourth child of ●Pop and ●Josephine.
Wales
Cardiff
Canton:
A suburb two miles west of Cardiff city centre. Ethnically diverse it is also the most Welsh-speaking district of the capital city.
89, Cowbridge Road, the family home of ●'Pop' and ●Josephine England is in Canton.
Cowbridge Road:
West of Cardiff city centre and in the district of Canton.
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| The Former St David's Hospital Photo: © Eddie Read [CC BY-SA 2.0] |
Number eighty nine became, after number eighty seven, the family home of ●Patrick and ●Josephine England and after their deaths became the same for ●Tom and ●Gwen England until they moved to sixty five, Cardiff Road, Llandaff. St David's Hospital was just across the road from 89.
Farnane, Western Avenue
The home of Dr Pat and Nora England (nèe Floyd). Pat was the eldest son of ●Patrick and ●Josephine.
Llandaff:
A district in the north of Cardiff. Llandaff cathedral features the aluminium figure of Christ in Majesty by Jacob Epstein.
●Tom, ●Gwen and their seven children lived at 65, Cardiff Rd. Tom died there on the 9th of December 1967. His sister, Monica lived at 186, Cardiff Rd.
Riverside:
An inner-city area next to the river Taff.
●Pop England, the youngest son of ●Professor John and ●Jane (nèe O'Connell), lived at Neville St before his marriage to ●Josephine in 1904.
Splott:
●Tom, ●Gwen and their seven children lived at 65, Cardiff Rd. Tom died there on the 9th of December 1967. His sister, Monica lived at 186, Cardiff Rd.
Riverside:
An inner-city area next to the river Taff.
●Pop England, the youngest son of ●Professor John and ●Jane (nèe O'Connell), lived at Neville St before his marriage to ●Josephine in 1904.
Splott:
A suburb of Cardiff in the south of the city.
John Humphrys, BBC radio and television presenter was born there and Shirley Bassey, though born in nearby Tiger Bay, moved to Splott aged two. She was, apparently, a patient of ●Dr Tom England. [Can someone ask Shirley to verify this!]
St David's Church:
In Charles St and now a cathedral.
●Pop England, the youngest son of ●Professor John and ●Jane (nèe O'Connell) married Josephine Walsh here on the 26th of November 1904.
The Heath:
St David's Church:
In Charles St and now a cathedral.
●Pop England, the youngest son of ●Professor John and ●Jane (nèe O'Connell) married Josephine Walsh here on the 26th of November 1904.
The Heath:
A district in the north of Cardiff. The University Hospital of Wales was built on the site of the former Heath Wood.
Before her marriage, Joan Destiny England (nèe Cullen) lived here. Her husband, Philip was the fifth child of ●Pop and ●Josephine.
The Royal Infirmary:
On Newport Rd.
It was here that ●Tom England, a doctor, met ●Gwen Hicks a nurse. The rest is ...
Rest of Wales
Ammanford:
A former coal mining town in the county of Carmarthenshire.
It was the birthplace of ●Gwen England and her eldest child at 8 Union St.
Clydach on Tawe:
Clydach on Tawe:
A village six miles north east of Swansea.
Nora Doreen England (nèe Floyd) was born near here. She married Patrick, the second child of ●Pop and ●Josephine.
Southerndown:
A village south west of Bridgend and close to Llantrisant Major and Ogmore. It is twenty five miles west of Cardiff.
The beach there was a favourite of the Englands and Dalys.
●Patrick Joseph England, the youngest son of Professor ●John and ●Jane, was an assistant to a Dr Gautby in 1901. He was living at 48, Carr Lane, in the parish of Holy Trinity and St Mary.
London:
Mossley Hill:
England
Hull●Patrick Joseph England, the youngest son of Professor ●John and ●Jane, was an assistant to a Dr Gautby in 1901. He was living at 48, Carr Lane, in the parish of Holy Trinity and St Mary.
London:
In the 1901 census a Thomas Aplonson (Alphonsus?) England, 31, was boarding at Streatham. He had been born in Cork and was a civil servant. (We know from family letters that he was a civil servant at Somerset House.)
In 1907, at Fulham, the marriage of Thomas Alphonsus England and Elizabeth Reynolds was registered. (April-May-June).
In 1911 Thomas England and Elizabeth Reynolds were living at 18, Aynhoe Mansions, Brook Green, Hammersmith.
On the 9th of October 1931 John Joseph England, the eldest son of ●John and ●Jane (nèe O'Connell), died at 20, Luxemburg Gardens, Hammersmith. This was now the home of his brother Thomas Alphonsus and his wife Elizabeth Reynolds.
A district of Liverpool. It is located to the south of the city. The Beatles song ‘Penny Lane’ is named after a street within Mossley Hill.
Phina England, the eldest child of ●'Pop' and ●Josephine was an enclosed Poor Clare nun at the Green Lane convent for many years. Her religious name was Sister Mary Colette. (See William Imrie, ship owner, and his connection with the Poor Clares).
Toxteth:
Toxteth:
An inner city area of Liverpool. It is located to the south of the city.
Edward Joseph England, journalist and son of the fifth child, lived at 75 Berkley St, North Toxteth. He married Charlotte Adelaide Shaw on the 26th of November 1879 at St Peter's chapel, Liverpool and then lived at 83, Mulgrave St, Toxteth.
Prestwich:
Prestwich:
A small town three and a half miles north of Manchester and five miles south of Bury. The mental asylum here was one of the largest in Europe.
Edward Joseph England, journalist and son of the fifth child, died in the asylum in 1884.
Germany
Altenburg:
A city in Thuringia, Germany. It is twenty five miles south of Leipzig and fifty six miles west of Dresden.
Elizabeth England (nèe Reynolds) played a concert here in the early years of the twentieth century.
Offenburg:
Offenburg:
A city located in the state of Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany It has a population of nearly sixty thousand. The French city of Strasbourg lies fifteen miles away, directly west across the Rhine.
Jane and her sister Mary (Minnie), daughters of ●Professor John England and ●Mary Bransfield, were at school here for two years in 1880 and 1881.
Jane, the eldest daughter, born on the 31st of May 1864 at Sunday's Well, became a nun here, aged 21, in 1885. Jane's religious name was Sister Mary Benedicta.
USA
Charleston
John, the first child of ●Thomas and ●Honora arrived here on the 30th of December 1820 and became the city's first Catholic Bishop.
Joanna Monica, John's sister, had accompanied him here in 1820. She became an editor of a page in the United States Catholic Miscellany. She died of yellow fever on the 15th of October 1827 and was buried in the crypt of what is now the Cathedral of St John the Baptist.
Joanna Monica, John's sister, had accompanied him here in 1820. She became an editor of a page in the United States Catholic Miscellany. She died of yellow fever on the 15th of October 1827 and was buried in the crypt of what is now the Cathedral of St John the Baptist.
In 1835 John opened a school for free negroes and seven years later on the 11th of April 1842 he died here from enteritis. He was buried in the same crypt as his sister.
The largest city in the western region of Nevada County, California. Many of those who came to settle in Grass Valley were tin miners from Cornwall whose skills were ideal for mining gold.
Thomas England, the architect, designed St Patrick's cathedral here. On the 23rd of January 1860, The Cork Examiner stated:
The church of St Patrick is the most beautiful and harmonious structure in the state and a perfect specimen of Gothic architecture. St Patrick's was designed and the work conducted by Thomas England and it is exceedingly creditable to him.
Philadelphia
Ursuline nuns accompanied Bishop John England to the city arriving from Ireland on the 11th of November 1834.
Thomas England, the second child of Michael and Mary (nèe Bransfield) arrived in the city on the 17th of October 1848 aged 25 and two years later was living at Pine Ward. In 1851 he was at 118 South 4th St. On the 9th of March 1852 he left the city for San Francisco. Whilst here he trained as an architect.
Thomas England, the second child of Michael and Mary (nèe Bransfield) arrived in the city on the 17th of October 1848 aged 25 and two years later was living at Pine Ward. In 1851 he was at 118 South 4th St. On the 9th of March 1852 he left the city for San Francisco. Whilst here he trained as an architect.
San Francisco:
The cathedral of St Mary the Immaculate Conception was designed by Thomas, the second child of ●Michael and ●Mary England (nèe Bransfield) and his partner William Craine. Thomas was in the cathedral when an earthquake occurred in the city in 1865. The cathedral was destroyed in the earthquake of 1906.
Other buildings in the city designed by Thomas included: St Mary's College and the church of St Francis.
From 1862 to 1865 Thomas had premises at 528, Clay, San Francisco and from 1867 to 1868 he had an architect's office at 622, Clay.
At a meeting at the Union Hall in 1865 Thomas attended a meeting of The Brotherhood whose aim was to raise money for the procurement of arms in a war against England.
Thomas, 46, died from consumption here on the 23rd of October 1869 and was buried at the Calvary Cemetery. In 1930 his remains were moved to the Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma.
San Jose:
A town about forty eight miles from San Francisco.
Thomas, the architect, son of ●Michael the third child, visited the Jesuit College there.
Stockton:
A town about seventy five miles from San Francisco.
Thomas the architect designed a small church there.
Australia
Collingwood:
A suburb of Melbourne, Australia.
Father Henry England was a parish priest in this part of Melbourne.
Chile
Valparaiso:
In Chile. It is one of the South Pacific's most important seaports. The city served as a major stopover for ships travelling between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
Thomas England, the architect, stopped here on his way to San Francisco.
Acknowledgements:
The wealth of material unearthed by Carol Jones and Michael England helped enormously in the writing of this blog. Many thanks to them.
Elaine, my sister, made many valuable additions and, perhaps more importantly, many important subtractions to the text.
Andy, thank you for your expertise with all the images and maps. They added greatly to the writing.
A big thank you to the library staff of Thame and Chinnor libraries, Oxfordshire. Having free access to Ancestry, Find My Past and most importantly The British Newspaper Archive was a huge incentive to start and finish the history of the family.
Rahmatullah Safi was a general in a mujahideen group fighting the Russians. I was deputy head at Robertswood, the primary school in this blog,* and a neighbour of his in the UK. In 1988 Safi invited me to visit him in Pakistan and to go ‘inside’ Afghanistan. Going Inside is the diary of that journey: from Peshawar to Gardez and back again. You can preview part of the book by clicking on the cover here ...
The book is available in Kindle ebook edition at £5.55 and a paperback version costing £8.50 (book price may vary depending on the retailer ... plus packing and postage).
These can be bought through any Amazon store, not only the UK.
*Brittany in June - a blog turned ebook on the joys, trials and tribulations of taking groups of schoolchildren to Brittany over many years.
brittanyschooltrip.blogspot.co.uk
Thanks
John England
Acknowledgements:
The wealth of material unearthed by Carol Jones and Michael England helped enormously in the writing of this blog. Many thanks to them.
Elaine, my sister, made many valuable additions and, perhaps more importantly, many important subtractions to the text.
Andy, thank you for your expertise with all the images and maps. They added greatly to the writing.
A big thank you to the library staff of Thame and Chinnor libraries, Oxfordshire. Having free access to Ancestry, Find My Past and most importantly The British Newspaper Archive was a huge incentive to start and finish the history of the family.
More of my writing:
July 2019
thecriticalcommentator.blogspot.co.uk
The critical commentator examines stories from the media. It questions some current beliefs and explanations of events and shows a healthy scepticism of received wisdom.
See BBC News Website 20.9.2018
The article was: My Holiday with the Afghan Mujahideen, based on the book:
Going Inside: Memoir of an Afghan Holiday with Rahmatullah Safi 1988Rahmatullah Safi was a general in a mujahideen group fighting the Russians. I was deputy head at Robertswood, the primary school in this blog,* and a neighbour of his in the UK. In 1988 Safi invited me to visit him in Pakistan and to go ‘inside’ Afghanistan. Going Inside is the diary of that journey: from Peshawar to Gardez and back again. You can preview part of the book by clicking on the cover here ...
The book is available in Kindle ebook edition at £5.55 and a paperback version costing £8.50 (book price may vary depending on the retailer ... plus packing and postage).
These can be bought through any Amazon store, not only the UK.
*Brittany in June - a blog turned ebook on the joys, trials and tribulations of taking groups of schoolchildren to Brittany over many years.
brittanyschooltrip.blogspot.co.uk
Thanks
John England
