Genealogical Interests
Family Tree of Heather (Brown) Brannon
Biography
Born in Thurmaston, Leicestershire in 1952[1].[2] Schools: Our Lady of Lourdes and St Francis, Melton Mowbray King Edward VII Grammar School (later Upper School) Melton Mowbray Bishop Fox's Girls Grammar School, Taunton
Sources
- First-hand information. Entered by H Brown at registration
I have spent a long time researching family history, I have an extensive collection of extracts from Dorset records especially to do with the Kingsbury family. The extracts have been recorded by my parents, sister, myself and more recently by my daughter. My Dad was born in Lincolnshire and always called himself a 'yellowbelly' particularly interested in Tebb and Twells/Twelves families mostly in Holland and Kesteven areas.
This wikitable is an example of a table of known ancestors. It shows how much of a person's ancestry is known for ten generations. The idea was introduced in the G2G forums by Peter Roberts in this discussion.
A new version was created with some small changes in the table entries, but mostly the width of the headings and text entries is adjusted so the table will always fit in the available space on a WikiTree profile (it shouldn't ever spill over the right margin of the column).
ANCESTORS BY GENERATION | OVERALL ANCESTORS (CUMULATIVE) | ||||||||
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Gen. # | Direct Relation to Self | Dates of Birth | Matches | # | # Identified in WikiTree | % Identified in WikiTree | Total # | Total # Identified | Total % Identified |
1 | Parent | 1920s | siblings | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 2 | 2 | 100.0% |
2 | grandparent | 1890s | 1st Cousins | 4 | 4 | 100.0% | 6 | 6 | 100.0% |
3 | great grandparent | 1850s to 1870s | 2nd Cousins | 8 | 8 | 100.0% | 14 | 14 | 100.0% |
4 | 2nd great grandparent | 1810s to 1850s | 3rd Cousins | 16 | 16 | 100.0% | 30 | 30 | 100.0% |
5 | 3rd great grandparent | 1770s to 1820s | 4th Cousins | 32 | 31 | 96.9% | 62 | 61 | 98.4% |
6 | 4th great grandparent | 1740s to 1790s | 5th Cousins | 64 | 43 | 67.2% | 126 | 104 | 82.5% |
7 | 5th great grandparent | 1700s to 1760s | 6th Cousins | 128 | 70 | 54.7% | 254 | 174 | 68.5% |
8 | 6th great grandparent | 1670s to 1740s | 7th Cousins | 256 | 101 | 39.4% | 510 | 275 | 53.9% |
9 | 7th great grandparent | 1650s to 1700s | 8th Cousins | 512 | 167 | 32.6% | 1022 | 442 | 43.2% |
10 | 8th great grandparent | 1590s to 1670s | 9th Cousins | 1024 | 274 | 26.8% | 2046 | 716 | 35.0% |
Only the Trusted List can access the following:
- Heather's formal name
- full middle name (J.)
- e-mail address
- exact birthdate
- birth location
- personal memories about Heather (1)
- private siblings' names
- private children's names (2)
- spouse's name and marriage information
For access to Heather Brannon's full information you must be on Heather's Trusted List. Please login.
DNA Connections for Heather: 1
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Heather:- 100.00% 100.00% Heather (Brown) Brannon: AncestryDNA, GEDmatch DG5353602, Ancestry member grandmargar
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Thank you for your commitment to the England Project and its goals in 2024! Together, we have made a significant difference to the quality of the One Big Tree, as we strive towards making English profiles the best that they can be.
I'd like to share our end-of-year 2024 Newsletter. You can read it here: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:England_Project_Newsletters We hope you enjoy reading about our many project achievements and ongoing developments.
On behalf of all the England Project Leaders, I wish you all the best for a peaceful, productive and enjoyable 2025!
Amelia, England Project Leader

We all did a great job this weekend, thank you, for a job well done, we hope you had fun. The total for the event was 89,894 profiles created and sourced. The Mighty Oaks contributed 8,141 that's 809 more than in the last Thon. Thank you for working with us.
Thanks again for this weekend, see you for the October Source a Thon October 4-7 2024.
Joan, Janet and Maddy Co-Captains for the Mighty Oaks
I sent you a message a while ago as part of the England Project's annual check-in with project members. I haven't heard back from you. I hope you are well :)
If you could send me a quick message to confirm whether you are still interested in the project and wish to remain an active member, that would be great. We ask all project members to reply to our annual check-in as a requirement of membership.
Thank you again for your contributions towards the England Project's goals!
Ian, on behalf of the England Project leadership
Thank you for contributing towards the goals of the England Project! Over the past year, a staggering amount has been done to improve English profiles on WikiTree and we couldn't have done it without you and our other project members.
The England Project leadership like to check in with all our project members at least once a year.
Are you happy to stay in your current project team/s? Or is there another team you would like to join or become more active in?
Please reply to this message by posting a reply below or sending me a private message. I look forward to hearing from you. Please also let us know if you have other feedback about the direction of the project.
Many thanks!
Ian, on behalf of the England Project leadership

We all did a great job this weekend, thank you. We hope you had fun. The total for the event was 88,908 profiles.
The Mighty Oaks added 8,292 profiles to the tree. We appreciate your input and support for the event and look forward to working with you all again next time.
Thanks again for this weekend, from your colleagues and the Mighty Oaks Team Captains
Janet, Joan and Maddy

WikiTree Team page:Mighty Oaks Other links can be found on our page, as well as a list of your Team members
G2G Chat click here and we will be on Discord for live chat so join us there. Not on Discord contact Joan to join us.
Looking forward to working with you any questions just ask
Joan, Janet, and Maddy Co-Captains for the Mighty Oaks

We all did a great job this weekend, thank you. We hope you had fun. The total for the event was 98,937 profiles added to the tree. The Mighty Oaks contributed 8,1442 of those. Thank you for working with us and congratulations on your score.
If you open up your contribution or tracker list you can review your work and possibly do some tidying up, on the profiles.
Thanks again for this weekend, you rock, appreciate your input and support for the team.
Joan, Janet, Maddy and Fran
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Thank you for your commitment to the England Project and its goals in 2023! Together we are making English WikiTree profiles the best they can be!
I'd like to share our end-of-year 2023 Newsletter. You can read it here: England Project Newsletters. We hope you enjoy reading about what we have achieved in 2023!
On behalf of all the England Project Leaders, we wish you a peaceful, productive and enjoyable 2024!
Best wishes,
Elizabeth, England Project Leader

We all did a great job this weekend, thank you, a job well done, we hope you had fun. The grand total for the event was 77,293 profiles sourced. The Mighty Oaks contributed 7,332 of those. Thank you for working with us.
If you open up your contribution or tracker list you can review your work and possibly do some tidying up, on the profiles.
Thanks again for this weekend, you rock
Joan, Janet, Maddy and Fran
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Hi Heather
The Connect-a-Thon was fun, we hope you enjoyed yourself and are recovering. Thank you for helping, it is appreciated.
Our teams did really well. Our big Mighty Oaks Team came first overall, and our Little Mighty Oak Branches Team was in the top 5 on the Normalised Score. The combined score of our two teams was 11,109. A total of was 95,575 new profiles added by all during the thon.
Check your personal figures here - https://wikitree.sdms.si/Challenges/ConnectAThon/TeamAndUser.htm (gives you a target for the next event).
The next Thon, towards the end of the year will be a Source-a-Thon, And watch G2G for the WikiTree Games sometime in August.
Thanks again for a great weekend, we look forward to working with you again soon.
Joan, Janet, Maddy, & Fran (Co Captains)
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On behalf of the England Project, I would like to thank you for your commitment to the project's goals. Every single contribution you make helps improve English profiles!
The England Project Leaders like to touch base with each of our members periodically to make sure everything is going well. This is our formal annual check-in with you.
Are you happy to with your current project team choices? Would you like to join any other teams?
Also, we would really like to hear which team is currently your highest priority. If you are a member of more than one team, could you please rank them from highest priority to lowest? Thank you! If you don’t see yourself as being part of a team, please let us know.
We also welcome any feedback on things you would like to see the project do more of in the future.
I look forward to hearing from you. Please respond to this message by posting a reply below or sending me a private message.
On behalf of all the Leaders, thank you again for all you do and we look forward to you continuing to be a part of our collaborative and fun Project!
Kind regards,
Steve, England Project Leader
We all did a great job this weekend, thank you, a job well done. The grand total for the event was 76,995 profiles created. The Mighty Oaks contributed 6,258 of those.
If you open up your contribution list you can review your work and possibly do some tidying up, before you orphan the profiles ;)
Thanks again for this weekend, you rock!
Joan, Janet, Maddy and Fran
Didn't do as much as usual as Mum's funeral was on the Friday but good to get back into the swing of things. It has been a difficult few months .
Just doing a little this weekend hope to be doing more again soon.
Heather
Thank you for joining the Mighty Oaks for the Connect-a-Thon. The 65 members who joined our teams were awesome. Our two teams added 12,905 profiles over the weekend. The Branches Team came second and the Roots Team came forth in the overall scores. Both teams were also in the top ten in the normalised scores. I hope you enjoyed it and will be joining us in April when we do it all over again.
Joan, Maddy, Janet & Fran.
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On behalf of the England Project, I would like to thank you for all your contributions towards the project's goals. Every single contribution you make helps improve English profiles!
I'd also like to share our annual Newsletter with you. You can read it here: England Project Newsletters. We hope you enjoy reading a bit about what has gone on in 2022 and what our Project has achieved.
The England Project Leaders like to touch base with each of our members every 6 months just to make sure everything is going well. There's no need to reply to this message unless you have something you'd like to let us know about (e.g. if you would like to change your team choices or provide other feedback). We will be in touch with you again in the middle of next year when we do our annual check-in with project members.
On behalf of all the Leaders, I wish you a peaceful and productive 2023.
Best wishes,
Maddy, England Project Leader
Sorry life has been a bit hectic and then I got covid and Mum not well but doing a bit more now.
Thanks to all who organise them
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We all did a great job this weekend, thank you for participating. The grand total for the event was 57,577 profiles sourced. The Mighty Oaks contributed 7693 of those.
See: https://wikitree.sdms.si/Challenges/SourceAThon/2022/TeamAndUser.htm to open up your contribution list so you can review your work and possibly some tidying up.
Thanks again for this weekend, we look forward to working with you again.
Joan, Janet, Maddy and Fran

We would love to have you join the Mighty Oaks for the Source-A-Thon. The event will start on Friday, September 30 at 8AM EDT (Noon UTC) and runs until Monday, October 3 at 8AM EDT (Noon UTC) [time zone calculator] You do not need to participate full time.
If you are interested in joining us then please answer the G2G post here Source-A-Thon Registration remember to mention you would like to join the Mighty Oaks.
Look forward to working with you again
Joan, Janet, Maddy & Fran Co-Captains for the Mighty Oaks
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The Connect A Thon was fun, we hope you enjoyed yourself and are recovering. Thank you for joining us, it is much appreciated. Our combined score was 11718. Considering the heatwave in England we did really well. You did a great job. The total overall figure was 87,731 new profiles added (some 3,000 more than last time) and numerous connections made.
Check your personal figures here - https://wikitree.sdms.si/Challenges/ConnectAThon/TeamAndUser.htm (gives you a target for the next event)
Thanks again for last weekend, we look forward to working with you again during the next thon in 3 months time
Joan & Maddy
Great fun as usual.
I wrote to you recently as part of the England Project's six-monthly check-in with our project members. I haven't heard back from you. I hope you are well.
If you could please drop me a quick note to confirm whether you are still interested in the project and wish to remain an active member, that would be very helpful.
If we do not hear from you within the next 2 weeks, we will assume you are no longer active in the England Project and remove you from our list of project members. You would be most welcome to re-apply to join the project at a later time by signing-up on the project’s G2G welcome post.
Many thanks!
Elizabeth, England Project Leader
On behalf of the England Project, I would like to thank you for all your contributions towards the project's goals over the past year. Every English profile we improve helps!
The England Project Leaders are currently doing our six-monthly check-in with all project members.
Are you happy to with your current project team choices? Are there other teams you would like to join or become more active in?
We also welcome any feedback on things you would like to see the project do more of in the future.
I look forward to hearing from you. Please respond to this message by posting a reply below or sending me a private message.
Many thanks!
Elizabeth
I see that you have been managing Mogg-64 for a while, and that this is flagged as being "under construction". I'm working on clearing some of the Data Doctor suggestions at the moment that affect this profile. Would you mind doing them, or alternatively remove the "under construction" template if it is no longer relevant?
Kind Regards John
posted by John Elkin
Thank you for contributing to the March 2022 Sourcerers Challenge! As you know, every source added to an unsourced profile improves our One Tree. Thank you for taking time from your own family history to help others.
WT Appreciation Team
Thank you for again contributing to the Sourcerers Challenge in January! As you know, every source added to an unsourced profile improves our One Tree. Thank you for taking time from your own family history to help others.
Nan, WT Appreciation Team

Well, the Connect A Thon was fun, we hope you enjoyed yourself and have fully recovered. Thank you for joining us The combined score of 13,284 - is 113 more than the last CAT so well done. The total overall figure was 85,839 profiles connected.
Check your personal figures here - https://wikitree.sdms.si/Challenges/ConnectAThon/TeamAndUser.htm (gives you a target for next event)
We are a bit late with out thanks, but we appreciate all your help and we look forward to working with you again.
Joan and Maddy.
Thank you for contributing to the December 2021 Sourcerers Challenge! As you know, every source added to an unsourced profile improves our One Tree. Thank you for taking time from your own family history to help others.
Nan, WT Appreciation Team
I took this reference from family search. I see that this is a reference to a Find My Past newspaper site. "British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCN-B5VT : 17 April 2019), Charles Bullen, Sir G C B K C H Admiral Of The Blue, Norwich, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom; records extracted FamilySearch and images digitized by FindMyPast; citing Norwich, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, 9 Jul 1853, The British Newspaper Archive, Ireland; FHL microfilm .
As there are a number of references on Find My Past, I have been unable to detect the exact article. Sorry I cannot be of more help.;
Heather
I would like to thank you for all your contributions towards the goals of the England Project. We've achieved a huge amount during this period and we couldn't have done it without you and our other project members.
Are you happy to stay in your current project teams? Which teams are you most active in? Are there other teams you would like to join or become more active in?
Also, do you have any feedback on what the project is doing well and anything we could do better in the future?
Please respond to this message by posting a reply below or sending me a private message. I look forward to hearing from you.
Many thanks!
Nic, England Project Leader
Many Thanks to you too
Heather

Well, it was a fun weekend, we hope you enjoyed yourself. Thank you for joining us. It is appreciated. The combined score for our teams was a fab 9,296 up 419 on last year, well done. The total overall figure was 56,972 profiles sourced.
Check your personal figures here - https://wikitree.sdms.si/Challenges/SourceaThon/TeamAndUser.htm (gives you a target for next year’s event)
Thanks again for this weekend, we look forward to working with you again
Joan & Maddy

Hi Heather
Thank you for joining the Mighty Oaks for the Clean-A-Thon and congratulations on your work during the CAT what an amazing result for the Mighty Oaks we added 32,841 . Altogether the teams fixed a grand total of 233,558 profiles suggestions. We hope you had fun while cleaning the tree.
See you later in the year for the Connect-A-Thon
Janet & Joan
Co-Leaders for the Mighty Oaks
It's that time of the year again: check-in time! As England Project Leaders, we like to check in with you every six months or so to see how things are progressing. Back in May, we didn't ask for a response due to the rapid emergence of Covid-19 because we understood that people's lives were changing rapidly. While we are still living in a Covid world, we do need to hear back from you this time around.
First of all, how are you doing? What are you currently working on? Are you happy with the team(s) you're in, or would you like to change things up?
Secondly, we're looking for some feedback on the Google Group and our Discord server. Do you use either or both of these? If you don't use either, why not? Do you have any suggestions on how we can improve participation and collaboration, either generally or for you personally?
Looking forward to hearing from you,
Joan, Amy & Lizzie.
I am currently hopping around my family tree as I am sometimes finding it hard to concentrate. I think I have had long covid but not so badly as a lot of people. I have been lucky that I have been able to continue working.
I became a Trailblazer this summer and that has given me something to focus on as i really enjoy helping people. It has been good to speak to other wiki treers in this way. I often read messages in google groups and Discord. I sometimes enter in the chats, when I have something to say.
I enjoy taking part in the challenges and Thons where I can. I would like to do more with the Dorset team as this is the reason I joined Wikitree in 2019.
I would just like to say that this is such a friendly bunch of people and that it is wonderful how we can all collaborate to improve our knowledge without feeling that we are treading on each other's toes.
Thank you for your participation in October 2020’s Source-a-thon. Your contributions helped us to clear over 57,000 profiles that needed sourcing. This makes our Shared Tree all that much better.
Keep up the great work!
Pippin Sheppard WikiTree’s Appreciation Team

Hi Heather
Thank you for joining the Mighty Oaks for the Source-A-Thon (SAT). Congratulations on your work during the SAT. Its an amazing result for the Mighty Oaks, we sourced 8,887. Altogether the teams sourced a total of 57,577 profiles on wikitree. We hope you had fun while building the tree.
We are looking forward to working with you for another Thon soon.
Janet & Joan
Thanks for all the work you accomplished during our Connect-A-Thon 2020. It is amazing how many more profiles were created and added to our Shared Tree. You have every right to be pleased with your efforts!
Kind regards,
Pippin Sheppard ~ WikiTree’s Appreciation Team

Hi Heather
Thank you for joining the Mighty Oaks for the Connect-A-Thon (CAT). Congratulations on your work during the CAT what an amazing result for the Mighty Oaks we added 12,615. Altogether the teams add a grand total of 60,128 new profiles to wikitree. We hope you had fun while building the tree.
See you next year or before for the Source-A-Thon
Janet & Joan
Co-Leaders for the Mighty Oaks

Hi Heather
We would love to have you join us in the newly formed England Team - Mighty Oaks for the Connect-A-Thon
If you are interested in joining the amalgamated team then sign up here Connect-A-Thon Here is our chat page which just opened - Mighty Oaks Chat
This link is for the help page for the event Help page
Look forward to working with you again
Janet & Joan
Your England Leaders are completing the six monthly check in with all team members. I wanted to thank you for your work on English Profiles. These are unprecedented and difficult times, and we understand as Project Leaders that your situation may have changed somewhat in the last few months. What we are all able to/ wish to contribute on Wikitree has changed. Please let me know if you are happy with your current role and team choice or if you wish to do something additional or different. Thank you again on behalf of all the project leaders for everything you do!
Kindest Regards, Amy Utting
Thank you for your message. I have just become a Trailblazer which is reminding me to look at some of my own family profiles and see that my great grandparents need a lot of work!!
I would be happy to add Leicestershire and Somerset and Devon to Lincolnshire and Dorset if needed as i mainly look at those counties on our weekend a thon's Slightly less with Somerset but lived there for 40 years and although live in Devon, I go to Somerset about twice a week. I intend to visit Somerset Archives as soon as i can.
I have really enjoyed being a member of the England Project and have found many friends on Discord
Thanks for you all being so friendly.
Heather
I'm glad that you're enjoying the project! You aren't "needed" to join any team you don't want to! I work in plenty of counties (my Place Study is in Gloucestershire) without being part of the county teams themselves. It's up to you what you want to do :)
Regards, Amy

Hi Heather
A huge thank you for all you did this weekend in the Clean-A-Thon and congratulations adding 11 fixes to our total score of 11, 803 everyone is appreciated brilliant team work Thank you
We hope you had fun and we look forward to you joining us for the next Thon
All the best Gillian and Janet
Sandringham Stroller Team Leaders

Thanks for signing up for the Clean-A-Thon and with the Sandringham Strollers, great to have you with us. If you have a particular area or suggestion(s) you are interested on working on then please add to our team list on the Sandringham Strollers team page - https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Sandringham_Strollers
The chat page is here https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1003008/2020-clean-a-thon-sandringham-strollers-chat and we will be on discord
Before the event take a look at the https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Data_Doctors_Project_Video_Collection
Please review your own suggestion list for the Thon as well, it is always a good place to start links to the England and English county suggestion list can be found here https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:England_Data_Doctors_Team_Page
Janet and Gillian
Sandringham Team Leaders
John Williams ~ WikiTree Tree Hugger
Great Job! Thanks!
Just a short check in with team members to see if you have enjoyed the ScanA Thon so far. In case you haven't got it here is the link to Event page were we can track our teams work https://wikitree.sdms.si/Challenges/ScanAThon/TeamAndUser.htm. If you are not on Discord to chat then drop us a note via the https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/947826/scan-a-thon-2020-sandringham-strollers-chat page
Thank you for joining in the fun
Janet & Gillian
Sandringham Strollers Team Leaders
Wondered if you would be interested in the next challenge the 2nd ever Scan-a-Thon see Participation
if you are interested registration for the 2020 Scan-a-Thon] starts on the 1st December, the event - 2020 Scan-a-Thon will start January 10 at 8 AM (ET) and runs until Monday 13th January finishing at 8 AM (ET).
So brush off the scanner and dig out those old photos and start scanning now for the New Year.
Add your name in the table once you have registered or now and register next month. The chat will up and running soon link will be on our page https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Sandringham_Strollers
Many Thanks Janet and Gillian
Sandringham Strollers
On behalf of the England Leaders, I wanted to say a huge thank you for all your contributions towards the project in the past six months as a Team Member for Dorset and Lincolnshire. We've achieved a great deal during this time and we couldn't have done it without you.
Are you happy to stay in your current teams and the project as a whole? Are there any other teams you'd like to join? What are we doing well, and what would you like to see us doing differently moving forwards?
Please respond to this message via e-mail. I look forward to hearing from you.
Many thanks,
Susie, England Project Leader :-)
I see you are still busy sourcing, really appreciate the work you did during the source a thon.
As your maiden name was Brown you might be interest in working on this line for the October Biobuilder challenge
https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/917561/october-2019-biobuilders-surnames-that-are-colors
I am having fun with a distant branch of Langridge's connected to the White's at the moment
All the Best Janet
Thank you to joining us for the Source a Thon look forward to working with you again
If you wish to join the online real time chat this is the invitation link to join
The Sandringham stroller other chat is here
https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/900696/source-a-thon-2019-sandringham-strollers-chat
Talk to you tomorrow
Janet
Sandringham Strollers
Thanks Heather!
If you can please PM your email address, we can get you into the England Project :)
Thanks!
Fran
You should have an invite to DIscord to join for chatting during the Connect a thon, please check your spam folder if it is not in your inbox
Also here is the sticker for your profileIf this doesn't show up right it is on the Team page https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Sandringham_Strollers
Looking forward to a busy long weekend
Janet
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