Welcome to "The Last Bartlett" website
Hello, my name is Jeremy Bartlett, although this photograph of me is not a recent one. I am happily married to Vanna, a self-employed artist.
When my parents died I inherited lots of family photographs. I thought it would be a shame to leave them in boxes where they couldn't be seen, so I decided to display them and tell the world at large a little about my branch of the Bartlett family.
I hope the information will be useful to someone researching family history. If it is, please get in touch.
This website is called "The Last Bartlett" because, as an only child with no children, I'm the last of my particular branch of the Bartlett family. There are, of course, many other Bartlett families out there and I do have many relatives, albeit distant ones.
I do hope you enjoy meeting my ancestors.
Alongside my Bartlett relatives you will find my ancestors with the surnames Allen, Attwooll, Bland, Brown, Clarke, Comben, Cooper, Coy, Dosser / Dossor, Edis, Grantham, Griffiths, Hackett, Hutchins, Jones, Lawton, Rendell, Serjeant, Southwell, Taverner, Thomas, White, Willby and Williams.
Recent news and updates to this site
15th July 2010 - Updates to the information on Ellen Thomas' ancestors, with new photos of Richard Thomas (1840 - 1925) and his mother Elizabeth (1811 - 1865).
13th July 2010 - Updates to the information on Reverend James Bartlett and James Elijah Bartlett. Thanks to Steve for his continuing help with census information.
5th July 2010 - Added a photograph of Jane Jeffs (née Serjeant) to the John Serjeant page. Thanks to Trevor Jeffs for the photo.
30th June 2010 - Added John Serjeant (3)'s death date to the John Serjeant page. Thanks to Paul Jeffs for this.
4th April 2010 - Updated John Serjeant and Joshua Clarke and Eliza Serjeant pages with a few more details. Thanks to Mark Henry for further help. Added photos to Joshua Clarke and Eliza Serjeant, George Westfield Clarke, Emma Griffiths and Elsie Dosser pages.
12th January 2010 - Added a new page of Family Documents to the site.
5th January 2010 - Minor updates to the information on the Dossor / Dosser family. Thanks to Steve for his continuing help.
3rd January 2010 - Minor updates to the information on Harriet Attwooll and the Barbers.
31st December 2009 - Updates to the information on Caroline Attwooll and her relatives.
11th December 2009 - A new page added for Reverend James Bartlett's biography. Site navigation altered slightly.
1st December 2009 - Updated John Serjeant page with more on Jane Jeffs (née Serjeant) and her family. Added more pictures to James Neville Bartlett and George Westfield Clarke pages.
30th November 2009 - Further updates for Reverend James Bartlett.
26th November 2009 - Updated John Serjeant and Joshua Clarke and Eliza Serjeant pages with more photographs.
25th November 2009 - A new page added for John Serjeant.
24th November 2009 - Great great-grandparents added to family tree. Styles tidied.
23rd November 2009 - Updates to the information on James and James Elijah Bartlett. New page for Reverend James Bartlett. Thanks to Steve for his continuing help with census information.
10th November 2009 - Updates to the information on Caroline Attwooll.
7th September 2009 - Updates to the information on Caroline Attwooll and Elsie Dossor.
24th July 2009 - Hear some of Neville Bartlett's Six Minute History Tours on InSight Radio via this link.
27th March 2009 - Minor updates to information on Frank Neville and James Elijah Bartlett's pages.
13th March 2009 - Updates to information on Joshua Clarke and Eliza Serjeant's ancestors, George Westfield Clarke's Key Events and Emma Clarke pictures.
I couldn't have done this without...
- My cousin Iolo Wyn Griffiths' research into the Griffiths and Thomas families.
- My second cousin once removed, Mark Henry, who was researching his family history and discovered me through this website. He has supplied lots of fascinating information on the Clarke, Serjeant and Bland families.
- Mary, my mother, Emma, my grandmother, and my cousin Irene Bartlett, who provided old photographs and various bits of information.
- Alison Pierce for additional information on the Attwooll family.
- Paul Jeffs for information on Jane Jeffs (née Serjeant) and her family.
- Trevor Jeffs for photographs of Jane Jeffs (née Serjeant).
- Other distant relatives who have contacted me with additional information. Thanks, you know who you are.
- Dr. David Shorney, whose article "The Makings of a Bible Christian Itinerant, James Bartlett, 1816-1881" provided fascinating information on Reverend James Bartlett.
- The CD "The Island and Royal Manor of Portland - Historic Sources", which has lots of information on Portland families, including many of my Attwooll relatives. The CD can be purchased from Parish Chest Ltd, Credvill, Quakers Road, Perranwell Station, Truro, TR3 7PJ. Go to the Parish Chest Shop to buy this CD (£15 with free postage).
- And finally my friend Steve, who has spent many hours researching my family tree and gave me the birth and marriage certificates and 1881 census information. Steve is currently in the process of documenting Norfolk baptisms on his excellent and much cited Tinstaafl Transcripts website.
