Louise Longworth

75 – Jervis, Wedgwood, and Darwin

What do Thomas Jervis, Wedgwood China, and Charles Darwin have in common? Read on.

Let’s continue our look at Louise’s Jervis family, this time two generations of Henrys:

Let’s have a look at the first two generations of Louise’s Jervis ancestors, her parents and grandparents, both Johns:

If we could trace Louise’s Jervis family back far enough, we would eventually find our common grandparent.

And if we did find that ancestor, we could perhaps trace forward to find our Elizabeth.

As you’ve seen, there are a variety of spellings for Jarvis.

Jarvis, Jarvais, Jervis, Jervais, Gervis, Gervaise, Gervace, Jarvice, etc.

Can we come up with the definitive form? Did Elizabeth use only Jarvis, or could she have used any of these other spellings?

Not Thelma and Louise. Celia and Louise.

Genealogy involves time-consuming research – hunting for citations and stories and references. And you’ve heard me bemoan the brick wall.

But sometimes you just get lucky. And I did. Twice.