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The Great Sheffield Flood 1864

I knew a little about the Sheffield Flood of 1864 but until the Sheffield Flood Claims Archive was published online a few years ago I had no idea that any of my ancestors had been affected.  When the site came online I went along and decided to put in the surname “howgate” just to see [...]

July 20th, 2009 | Tags: , | Category: Howgate | Comments Off

Rogues Gallery

I thought I’d do a post about the images I’ve used in the site header and the people in them.
This is a photo of my paternal grandfather, Eric Howgate. He was born in 1917 in Sheffield. As a child his parents emigrated to Canada, apparently in the hope that his mother’s health would [...]

July 15th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: General | Comments Off