by Godfrey J. Ellis and Merry Ellis Our Godfrey/Merry Family History is entitled “Tales n Testimonies” and covers a span of 60+ years. Some of those years were written up at the time the events happened – and were written in great detail. Other years were based on memory and are extremely sketchy and incomplete. […]
Month: August 2016
Thomas Hatcher: Royal Artillery Gunner/Driver
by Godfrey J. Ellis Thomas Hatcher was a soldier in the mid-1800s. For years, he was a “missing link” in our genealogy research. We knew next to nothing about him. Then, one day, we cracked the case and information came flowing in like a flash-flood flowing down a desert canyon. Before it all finished, we […]