Forgotten Ancestors: Remembering The Life of Horatio Nelson Hallsey
About Forgotten Ancestors - We all have those ancestors on our tree that we pay little or no attention to, those that hang from the outlying branches, the ones I call the ‘forgotten ancestors’. In this new series of stories, my aim is to bring those stories and those ancestors back to life by sharing their individual stories with you, however brief that life might have been.
“History remembers only the celebrated, genealogy remembers them all.” ~ Laurence Overmire
The first story that I want to share with you is the harrowing story of Horatio Nelson Hallsey. I was immediately drawn to his story by his name alone, but I was in for a dreadful shock when I uncovered the truth…………if you want to find out more his full story can be found here:
Forgotten Ancestors: Remembering Horatio Nelson Hallsey
I can somehow feel the love and appreciation from them when I share the story of a "forgotten ancestor". Knowing you are remembered has its own kind of magic.💫
I very much agree with you, Paul, and I try to pay attention to the forgotten children, and the uncles and aunts who never had a family of their own. I too have a Horatio Nelson in my family, who was one of those unmarried uncles. He was born in 1805, which explains his name!