Stories from the Other Side

This is the story of the Sweetingham family, ancestors of great-grandmother Sarah Grace Sweetingham. This family are rooted in the area round Southampton Water and Portsmouth Harbour. You will meet seafarers and shoemakers, with coopers a baker and a housemaid thrown in for good measure. Click on the image above to access a pdf of the story. It is quite long, so may take a while to download.

 

Other surnames mentioned are: Denham, Emery, Fox, Grace, Hooker, Markes, Newman, Renouf, Strugnell and Wade.