Nivard Ovington

Male

Cornwall

United Kingdom

Profile Information:

What surnames are you interested in researching?
Ovington from Yorkshire, Leicestershire and anywhere else :-)
Yoell Streatham Surrey, Gloucestershire, Nottinghamshire, Buckinghamshire and anywhere else
Haylock from West Wratting and Balsham Cambridgeshire
Wells from Suffolk and Buckinghamshire originally
Anderson Lesmahagow Lanarkshire, Demerara British Guiana, Jamaica, Australia
Seymour, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and all points West :-)
Browning
Farey
What countries and other locations are you interested in researching?
England, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, USA, Australia, South Africa, Germany
What is your level of genealogy knowledge?
Intermediate Family History Researcher

Comment Wall:

  • Wendy Archer

    Hello Nivard -

    Good to see you here!

    Do come & join the England group -
    http://www.genealogywise.com/group/england/

    It has links to many of the county groups now, so is an excellent central point for links round the country!

    Wendy

    Jul 16, 2009

  • Judy Lester

    No one ever said genealogy was easy :-))

    Jul 17, 2009

  • Wendy Archer

    Welcome to the England group - all ideas for developing it welcomed!

    Jul 17, 2009

  • Wendy Archer

    I know - and GW knows I know :-(

    The set up is that you can choose to approve subscribers or not. Many of the old list admins from "somewhere else" set their groups to subscription approval.
    Now it turns out that makes them closed & invisible !!!!
    Not only are their pages apparently empty, but if you go to folks' profile pages the England group doesn't show even if they are subscribed.
    Totally misleading !
    they don't hold out much hope of sorting it - but are trying...
    Grrrr!

    Jul 17, 2009

  • Joan Foster

    My Ovington line is in New York (William to New York in 1795), but I believe that in my box of old, unsorted photographs, there is a small group labeled "Our English Branch of the Family" or something like that. The photographs are not of any of my New York Ovingtons and may date in mid-to-late 1800s. I can't remember whether any individuals are identified, but there may be some written notes. If you'd like to know more, let me know and I'll search them out (I hope I'm remembering correctly) .....

    Jul 18, 2009

  • Joan Foster

    I'll dig for the photos tomorrow....

    Jul 18, 2009

  • Joan Foster

    I just found your question about the department store. Yes, I believe that the store you mean is the same. Ovington Bros. was not a department store as we use the term, but it was a fine china, crystal, gift store, founded in 1846. I am the G granddaughter of one of its co-founders. After various family deaths, the later management over-expanded its branches, and it did not survive the bad years of the Depression.

    Jul 18, 2009

  • Brenda Wordsworth

    Hello Nivard, I'll request to make you a friend so that I can send you a message with my e-address - don't really want to make it publish it for all to see :o)

    Jul 27, 2009

  • Nancy Merrill Sayed

    Thanks, Santa, for those awesome gifts!!

    Jan 6, 2010

  • Nancy Merrill Sayed

    Nivard, I can't thank you enough for your kindness. May this be your best year ever, full of joy, great health, and prosperity. Also, may every brick wall come tumbling down:-) Nancy

    Jan 6, 2010