Ian Acworth
Honor Code SignatorySigned 25 Sep 2020 | 18,122 contributions | 246 thank-yous | 1,343 connections
Signed 25 Sep 2020 | 18,122 contributions | 246 thank-yous | 1,343 connections
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Particularly interested in trying to establish the link between the Acworth family in UK and the Richard Acworth mentioned in the will of Mark Manlove (Maryland in 1666).
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Ian I. Acworth
Born 1950s.
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[private sister (1950s - unknown)] and [private sister (1950s - unknown)]
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Biography
Ian Acworth was born in Bromley, Kent, England.
Ian Acworth has completed the England Project's Pre-1700 Orphan Trail II.
Ian Acworth is an England Orphan Trailblazer
Richard Ian Acworth was born[1] in Bromley, Kent. His parents were Richard Alvin Acworth and Margaret Angela Parker. He moved with his parents to Sunnyside, Spatham Lane, Ditchling Common, East Sussex in 1952 where they lived on a small holding - initially with water from a well, oil lamps and no mains drainage. They had an orchard and a line of pig stys. His two sisters were born at Sunnyside. Jackie in 1955 and Jane in 1958. The family moved to Hassocks in Sussex in December 1962 - immediately followed by a very severe winter. Ian went to School in Haywards Heath and Brighton. Then up to Leeds University where he studied Earth Sciences.
Ian met Lynne during the time at Leeds. They went to Northern Nigeria for 3 years after getting married[2] at Cheam on 25 October 1975. They then returned to Birmingham University, England where Ian completed a PhD and Lynne an MA. They then worked in London for 5 years before migrating to Sydney, Australia in 1988 along with their 3 children Catherine, William and Alexander. Ian worked at UNSW until retiring in 2015. He spent his career as a Hydrogeologist (looking for water under the ground) and retired as an Emeritus Professor at UNSW, living at St Ives in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Research Notes
Inaccuracies in Sources
It is interesting/worrying to note that the marriage data on Ancestry for my marriage is wrong. Even for an event in 1975 - so what hope for all the trust we put into earlier sources. The Ancestry copy of the GRO record for the birth is correct. However, the Ancestry marriage record shows a Robert J C Acworth instead of a Richard I C Acworth. Other details, such as date, location and partner are correct. You have to wonder if such an error can creep into a recent record, how many things can have gone wrong with older records?!
Scans of the original documents are loaded below.
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| Birth Certificate for Richard Ian Acworth |
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| Marriage Certificate for Ian and Lynne |
Free Space Pages
There is a Free space page for pre-1500 collaboration[3]
There is a second Free Space page for The Acworth Family Pedigree[4]
There is a third Free space page for the Ackworth Village History and Family Arms[5]
- ↑ ["England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007" General Register Office; United Kingdom; Reference: Volume 5b, Page 131 Ancestry Record 8782 #92602317]
- ↑ ["England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005" General Register Office; United Kingdom; Volume: 15; Page: 0470 Ancestry Record 8753 #21375540]
- ↑ 'Pre-1500 Notes pages'
- ↑ 'The Acworth Family Pedigree'
- ↑ 'History of Acworth Village and the Family Arms'
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with Ian or other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ian:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with Ian or other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ian:
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Genealogist-to-Genealogist (G2G) Forum posts about Ian:
- How to get an Ancestry Record corrected Sep 11, 2021.
- Ian Acworth is a Wonderful WikiTreer Jun 23, 2021.
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Happy with the way things are at present! Thanks for asking Cheers, Ian
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I am happy where I am. I will start with my role as a trailblazer in the next couple of weeks. The work/help to get a Pre-1500 badge was very rewarding and thanks to everyone involved. Cheers Ian
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I am happily passing along the Orphan Trail and learning heaps. It was an excellent idea that someone had to encourage good behaviour and accuracy. I am completing a number of other Acworth profiles along the way. I have not used Google Groups or the Discord server yet. There is pleanty to get used to and I am not aware that I have had the need yet! Thanks for asking Ian
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I have a copy of the Acworth Pedigree (1905) that starts with William Acworth who was attorney to Duke Humphrey - younger brother of Henry V. Much of this tree has been input to Ancestry - but without too much attention to sources. Is it better to start at the top and work back to William on Wikipedia adding all source information that is available, or continuing to fill out the Ancestry file and then transfering? I tried comparing the ancestry gedcom file with wiki tree and did not get many overlaps for Acworth characters - so it seems that no one has done this work yet. I would appreciate your comments! Thanks, Ian
I normally recommend starting with parents and grandparents and working back. Personally, I think you should do the Source citations on WikiTree, rather than importing from Ancestry. Ancestry GEDCOMs are links which are behind “pay to view wall”, so citations from sites which are freely available will be more accessible to others. There are some Ancestry sources which you may not be able to find elsewhere, in which case there are techniques for citing them. The g2g forum is good for getting advice on that. It is full of helpful people and suggestions
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