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Teare ‘Clan’ – IoM, UK, USA
The information about the mining Teare family from Patrick and their voyages to and from the IoM to the USA and Canada was sent me by John Teare jr. now living in West Virginia, USA. (see blog : Teare mining … Continue reading
Teare mining families – IoM, USA, Canada
Mining has a long history on the Isle of Man with earliest records going back to 1246 when King Harald granted mining rights to the monks of Furness Abbey. During the period from the 1830’s there was a great revival … Continue reading
Schoolmaster Tear suspended . . .
William Tear,was buried at Jurby in 1756. He is mentioned by A. W. Moore in Manx Worthies (1901) – “Manx schoolmasters have usually been clergymen also. Of the Schoolmaster whose name follows we know nothing except from his epitaph.” But … Continue reading
Who invented the kipper ?
A kipper is a whole herring that has been split butterfly fashion from tail to head along the dorsal ridge, gutted, salted or pickled, and cold smoked over smouldering woodchips (typically oak). The word kipper could have its origins in the old English … Continue reading
What job for a Teare in 1863 ?
One of the very interesting things about family history is finding out the occupations of your relatives from census returns or trade directories. So I took a look through the Thwaites Directory of 1863 for the Isle of Man to … Continue reading
Happy Christmas
Happy Christmas and looking forward to a successful 2014
“You’re so funny and amazing! You must be a Chandler.”
Teare and Sons ships chandler The Quay Peel Often we use words and phrases everyday without really thinking about why and where they come from. Then occasionally someone asks a question or brings something to our attention and … Continue reading
Book recommendation: Evader by Denys Teare
Seventy years ago this December a French farming family in occupied France gave Denys Teare a surprise cake to celebrate his 22nd birthday. In September 1943 he baled out of a burning Lancaster bomber returning from a bombing raid over Germany … Continue reading
Shareholding in Peel fishing boats
Fishing boats were given names ranging from the poetic: Roving Swan, Guiding Star, Full Moon, Flying Scud, through various Bees: Wild Bee, Honey Bee, Buzzing Bee, Busy Bee, and it is probably the wave teetotalism spread by the temperance missionary … Continue reading
A history of Peel in Numbers
I have been listening to the excellent BBC radio4 programme ‘A History of Britain in Numbers’( http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03k5dvd ) presented by Andrew Dilnot chair of the UK Statistics Authority. Despite not having access to the same level of budget or skilled … Continue reading