"ook?!": Family History

Saturday, 9 April 2022

Family History

I have got the Epps line back to the 1600s... apparently the name could be Dutch.

Now for the Possee's history!! There are apparently Huguenot refugees ..hope I may find something.

We have another Kent trip coming up..this will be very useful!!

9 comments:

The Weaver of Grass said...: Idid a lot of family history at one time. Wrong spellings abound and are very confusing. My first husband's history was much easier - his name was Rivron - a French name - and his ancestors came over in the Napoleonic war and were imprisoned here. Very easy to trace.; 9 April 2022 at 22:47
Joanne Noragon said...: (O); 10 April 2022 at 01:54
Elderberry-Rob said...: ((o)); 10 April 2022 at 06:13
Avus said...: Well, the Epps name is very prevalent in East Kent (where many Hugenots settled). I went to school with an Epps family when young in Mid Kent. One of their sons, in the Parachute Regt., was killed at Arnhem. I worked with Ernie Epps, from a police family, in Canterbury.

Also worked with a Pamela Possee who took over from me as Coordinator of Ashford Mediation Service in 2002.; 10 April 2022 at 09:21
gz said...: Avus as far as I have seen so far, Epps is a Dutch name...there are Van Eppses in the USA. But could still be Huguenot as some went to the Nederlands first from France; 10 April 2022 at 11:31
smartcat said...: ((o)); 10 April 2022 at 13:38
kjsutcliffe said...: My brother did a fair bit of research - think he is still delving into the dark and deep history of our family!
He discovered that we had more family than we knew and co-incidentally one of them was doing a similar delve over in Canada and they have been swapping info ever since - fascinating stuff.; 11 April 2022 at 14:18
Debby said...: I get hopelessly lost when names are handed down from one generation to the next. How many adelberts does one family need?; 11 April 2022 at 21:41
Amy said...: Good work. It's really fascinating to see what comes up.; 12 April 2022 at 04:30