May Williamson Mannon, my great-grandmother, is a mystery to me and perhaps always will be. At this point, I can find very little on her […]
Mannon-Hickson
Samuel Richard — What Were You Thinking??
We don’t know why Samuel Richard Hickson stayed behind in England, while his mother and brother’s family sailed to Canada in May 1850. We had […]
Arrival in Upper Canada
We have no information on the arrival date of the ship carrying Sarah Hickson, her 3 children, her parents, and her mother-in-law. We know from […]
Voyage to Canada: Frances Hickson Writes a Letter Home
Background. This letter involves the family of our great-grandfather, William Samuel Hickson. It recounts the transatlantic voyage taken by members of his family from London […]
Samuel Hickson’s Children: In Search of A New Life
Early Victorian times in England were a time of unrelenting change and unrest. Industrialization gave rise to a host of political and socioeconomic problems. While […]
The Hicksons in Victorian England
My grandmother, Nana (Marion Rosalind Hickson), descended from a couple named William Thomas Hickson and Sarah Mabin Hickson, her grandparents. William and Sarah were part […]
The Start of the Mannon Dynasty – October 30, 1919
Wednesday, October 30, 2019 marks the 100th anniversary of the wedding of Alfred Thomas Mannon and Marion Rosalind Hickson. In one hundred years, this union […]
Mannons in New York City – A Walkabout
The Mannons and Hicksons lived for many years in the New York City environs. Susan Hamilton Hickson emigrated here in 1868 from Ireland and her […]
Selina Hamilton laid to rest in Newtown Cemetery
In the Archives of the Queens Central Library in Jamaica, NY, my daughter discovered a book entitled “Cemetery Inscriptions” copied by Josephine C. Frost, volume […]
New Information on the Deaths of William and Selina Hamilton
I recently spent a day in the Central Queens Library in Jamaica trying to flesh out the details of Selina and William Hamilton’s deaths by […]