Family Archive

Here is an outline of the source of documents in our possession that have either been used in compiling the family trees on this site or form additional background material.

Evans Family

  • Thomas Evans – brother of Richard Evans – Stud Book 1837, sketches of coaches, Invite of Lord Mayor etc
  • General Charles Richard Ogden Evans – wife of Sarah Evans. Military Documents (11), his passport 1881 and a few others
  • Henry Evans – details of his will and Estate affairs 1923
  • Molly Evans – Scrap Book, Diaries (1914-1974), Correspondence, Estate documents 1974
  • Wilmot Evans – Annotated photos, Correspondence, Military artifacts and documents
  • Evans family tree drawn up by Edith Ogden 1899-1936

Downing Family

  • William Downing – Various Correspondence 1845-1879
  • William Edmund Downing Estate 1939
  • William Noel Downing – School and university documents, Amateur dramatic dossier and Will papers
  • Thomas Lee Downing and Ida Mary Downing Estate papers – 1936-1948

Marten Family

  • Transcripts of biographies written by Nathaniel Marten and Robert Humphrey Marten. etc – copies kindly provided by J Fellows (descendant of Charles Marten)
  • The Marten family archive from the papers of Alfred George Marten and his family has NOT been viewed yet
  • The Marten family tree of 1898 prepared by Sir Alfred George Marten

Morgan Family

  • William Henry Morgan – papers and company documents
  • Donald Cecil Morgan – papers and company documents

External Sources

Extensive use of external sources from Public Record Offices and Commercial Genealogical web sites.

  • Census Records
  • Birth Marriage and Death certificates
  • Parish Registers (primary and secondary sourced)
  • Wills originals and transcripts