How it all started for me! This is the history of the Pillinger Family that I began to unearth nearly 50 years ago when I stumbled across a gravestone in St Luke’s churchyard in Brislington.
Click the links to find out more:
The Pillinger family History – Part 1 – “From Yatton Keynell to Outer Space” (1997)
The Pillinger Family – Part 2 – The Pillingers of Brislington and Bedminster (2004)
The Pillinger Family – Part 3 – The Pillingers of Ditteridge , Box, and Bath (2004)
From Little Acorns Great Oaks Grow: The Pillinger Family of Kingswood
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About Me
I have been researching the social history of the West Country for 45 years. During this time I have collated information on a wide range of people living and working in the West Country including miners, ethnic minorities, petty criminals, sailors, tommies, benefactors, brassmakers and many more. The thing that I find amazing is that ordinary people always lived extraordinary lives. I hope you like my blog that brings together my lifetime of research.
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- Bedminster (4)
- Benefactors (3)
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- Ethnic minorities (13)
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- Immigrants (7)
- Kingswood (25)
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