Whatever happened to the Whitby Whissons?

From left to right-James Dunwoodie Whisson with his sons Arthur John & James in Blyth Northumberland, September 1st 1979

Your genial host, Jeff Taylor.

Son of Lena Taylor (nee Whisson)

How It Began

It was in the early 1990's that Jeff & his sister, Wendy got
well & truly bitten by the genealogy/family tree bug.
Jeff headed into the local libraries & logged as many Whisson related
entries he could find via the England & Wales St. Catherine Index.

This covered the period from 1837 to now.  The jigsaw began to be
assembled from these records of births, marriages & deaths.
Other helps were visiting graveyards all over England, delving into
electoral rolls census' & telephone directories of the world!

From this & directories published by private companies on rare names
like Whisson the siblings wrote to Whissons all over the globe,
exchanging & gathering much information between interested kin.

As well as visiting our closer roots in Whitby we've been in sustained
contact with our more distant kin of Norfolk lineage in places as far a field as
New Zealand, South Africa & Australia.

Inspired & encouraged by the latter, in particular, to research & publish a
companion lost tribe link to the Australian book Jeff has finally began to
do so via this constantly evolving & expanding website offering.

Its purpose?  To bring a connecting, informative & enjoyable insight into
the Whisson clan, their family & friends past, present & future.

We hope you'll  call by often & continue to feast on this very intriguing
& engaging adventure through the ages & personalities contained therein.
 

These days it's a bit easier finding anyone, Whissons included, via the wonders

of the internet. There's quite a few of us now in touch via Facebook in particular,

where this site gets a mention & a tenuous link.

Click onto the above to read the Historical Research Centre's version of the Whisson Family Name History.

Personally, I think it's alot more closer to the mark than the Scottish roots theory, which is possibly where the Whiston clan may derive from.