Just recently returned from a two week stint in Seattle. A week working at Bungie Studios (They make a little known game called Halo) and a week’s holiday in downtown Seattle. Now, it’s well known that Seattle is one of the rainier parts of the US, but as luck would have it, whilst I was there, they suffered from the most rainfall since records began.  Even so, I was very struck with Seattle and it’s surrounding areas. Particularly at this time of year, heading into the Thanksgiving and Xmas holidays, it takes on a magical quality as the sun slowly sets and the glow of illuminations are multiplied by the rain slickened streets. The smell of cinnamon and cloves abound through the malls.

 Lance enjoyed it too, although it would have been nice to have a little more sunshine on our outing up the space needle.

     

I’m currently embarking on a project to find out about the Durrant family. I’ve subscribed to a great site, www.ancestry.com to help me with this task. So far, I think I’ve mapped it back to 1809.

Robert Durrant (born about 1809) married Hannah and had seven children : Robert, Carlotta, Margaret, Mary A, Elizabeth, Christopher and Henry.

Henry Durrant (born about 1852) married Ellen Smith and had four children : Henry G, William A, Robert John and Arthur Edward.

Robert John Durrant (born Jun 1880) married Annie Riches and had two children : Robert John Walter and Frederick.

Robert John Walter Durrant married Olive Maud Watson and had three children : Maureen, Barbara and Robert Anthony.

Robert Anthony Durrant married Susan Lynne Adams and had two children : Lee Robert Durrant and myself, Jamie Durrant.

I really would like to work back further, but it’s not so easy now as the earliest census only goes to 1841. So, if you know anything and have stumbled on this page via a search engine, please contact me and perhaps we can consult each other’s trees !

p.s. Research now living on http://www.durrantfamilytree.com/