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 […]
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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 […]
