An oceanic swell of migrants left Britain in the 19th and early 20th centuries, looking for fresh opportunities in the Americas. Among them were three brothers from Samantha Taylor's family, who grew up immersed in the rhythms of maritime life.
Samantha is retired and lives in Clevedon, North Somerset, overlooking the Bristol Channel. “I grew up on the south coast of England, and I love the sea,” she says. “It's important for me to look at it each day.”
Samantha began tracing her genealogy in 2013, after her daughter created a family tree as a present for her birthday. “All I knew was that my maternal grandmother Marion Farrington was born in 1902, and that her father Frederick had visited America and thought of emigrating there. He even told his wife Nettie Heaver to sell all their furniture and pack up.”
Joseph had worked in the silver and cobalt mines of Ontario
Using census entries and birth,
