A surprising number of our ancestors decided to seek their fortune around the world.

Here are a few who left the U.K. Most have documents in the library.

Name

From

Emigrated to

William Ewart Chidlow
b 1887 Whitchurch, Salop
d 1970 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Sarah Jane "Cecilia" Chidlow
b 1893 Whitchurch, Salop
d 1974 North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada
Arthur Neville Wetton
b 1893 Bradfield, Yorkshire
d 1964 North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada
Lizzie Bailey
b 1884 Leek, Staffs
d 1912 Lloydminster, Saskatchewan
Florence Sidwick
b 1883 Taunton, Somerset
d 1966 Chilliwack, British Columbia
Frank Warburton
b 1890 Burnley, Lancs
d 1945 Burnaby, British Columbia
Alice Ireland
b 1890 Ercall Magna, Salop
d 1980 Burnaby, British Columbia
Hannah Turner
b 1827 Bucknall, Staffs
d 1900 Ontario, Canada
Ernest Bradshaw
b 1884 Marchamley Wood, Salop
d 1948 Pine Grove, Ontario, Canada
Robert France
b 1915 Weston-under-Redcastle, Salop
d 2005 Vernon, British Columbia
Grace Jones
b 1916 Manchester, Lancs
d 2010 Vernon, British Columbia
Mike Williams
b 1908 Prees Green, Salop
d 1973 Surrey, British Columbia
John Williams
b 1903 Prees Green, Salop
d 1980 Lac La Biche, Alberta, Canada
Elizabeth J Bradshaw
b 1881 Marchamley, Salop
d 1976 Invermere, British Columbia
Ernest E Bryan
b 1887 Bewdley, Salop
d 1953 Invermere, British Columbia
Ronald Bradshaw
b 1915 Marchamley, Salop
d 1998 Invermere, British Columbia
Thomas Smith
b 1893 Edgbolton, Salop
d 1942 Los Angeles, California, USA
Mary Hannah Williams
b 1881 Prees, Salop
d 1964 Bunkie, Louisiana, USA
Hester Ann Williams
b 1887 Prees, Salop
d 1929 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Leticia Elizabeth Williams
b 1890 Prees, Salop
d 1968 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Isaac Williams
b 1884 Prees, Salop
d 1953 Waroona, Western Australia
Margaret Jane Williams
b 1860 Prees, Salop
d 1939 Mourilyan, Queensland, Australia
Charles Edgerton
b 1861 Wem, Salop
d 1946 Innisfail, Queensland, Australia
Richard Beeston
b 1861 Selmington, Staffs
d 1944 Queensland, Australia
Eliza Clay
b 1857 Prees, Salop
d 1901 Queensland, Australia
John Warren
b 1852 Mow Cop, Staffs
d 1946 Killarney, Queensland, Australia
Mary Ann Clay
b 1853 Prees, Salop
d 1933 Geraldton, Queensland, Australia
Henry Clay
b 1862 Prees, Salop
d 1904 Killarney, Queensland, Australia
Ada Hemming
b 1864 Rous Lench, Worcs
d 1959 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Doris Annie Chidlow
b 1894 Coughton, Warks
d 1979 Victoria, Australia
William Barnett Chidlow
b 1897 Coughton, Warks
d 1962 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Zillah Mary Chidlow
b 1891 Coughton, Warks
d 1963 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Brenda Lucy Rowland
b 1924 London,England
d 2022 Huntingdon Beach, California
Barbara Ann Ritchie
b 1938 Aldershot, Hants
d Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Mary Williams
b 1871 Prees, Salop
d 1913 Queens, New York, USA
Michael Joseph Farmer
b 1862 Roscommon, Ireland
d 1917 Brooklyn, New York, USA
John Flintoff
b 1834 Nottingham
d bef 1900, New York, USA
Louisa Banks
b 1834 London
d 1900 Orange, New Jersey, USA
Henry Johnston Flintoff
b 1862 Nottingham
d New Jersey, USA
Robert Duncan Arbuckle
b 1880 Thorne, Yorkshire
d 1933 Rangoon, Burma
Thomas Beddoes
b 1890 Kerry, Montgomeryshire, Wales
d 1963 Daysland, Alberta, Canada
Herbert Beddoes
b 1891 Newtown, Montgomeryshire, Wales
d 1974 Daysland, Alberta, Canada
John Barr
b 1885 Kilmarnock, Scotland
d 1915 lost at sea in Lusitania
Catherine Symington Young
b 1884 Kilmarnock, Scotland
d 1915 lost at sea in Lusitania