Anne Kerslake's Story

by Anne Kerslake

 

August 2008:
I am a 61 year old housewife from Auckland New Zealand. I have lived in this house for the past 21 years with my husband, David, who is also 61 and is blind. We have a daughter, Helen, and a son, James; both are now living and working in London England. I have many interests including genealogy, scrapbooking, philosophy, internet, tennis, music, writing, reading, travel, dreams, family and science among other things.

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4/25/2007

History - Kerslake/McElholm

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What is the history of your family name? My married name of Kerslake means "Dweller by the cress stream" and comes from the West Country in England - Devon mostly but also Somerset. There are several variations of the...
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Posted on Apr 25, 2007
4/23/2007

Origins

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Where did your family originate? My mother's family had lived in the same area for generations (Norfolk/Suffolk in East Anglia England). My father's family came from Ederney County Fermanagh Ireland. I had quite a...
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Posted on Apr 23, 2007
4/22/2007

Name

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Do you know who chose your name and why they chose it? My parents were originally going to name me "Patricia Anne" (after my father Patrick and his oldest sister Anne) but then they thought that having two "Pats" in the family might be...
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Posted on Apr 23, 2007
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