Susan (Commons) Law
Honor Code SignatorySigned 7 Sep 2023 | 4,293 contributions | 124 thank-yous | 340 connections
Signed 7 Sep 2023 | 4,293 contributions | 124 thank-yous | 340 connections
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Born 1950s.
Ancestors 
Daughter of Alfred William Commons
and Patricia Pamela Lillian May (Spall) Commons
[sibling(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
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Biography
Susan (Commons) Law has completed the England Project's Pre-1700 Orphan Trail II.
Susan (Commons) Law has completed the England Project's Post 1700 Orphan Trail I.
Susan (Commons) Law is the descendant of a Huguenot emigrant.
Despite my place of birth, I was officially born British, which led to some interesting complications like having two birth certificates and the register with my baptism entry being classified until 2011 (it's now held by the UK National Archives).
After a roving childhood my family settled in Australia where I received a superb education in Physics. I'm now a naturalised Australian.
I worked in Scientific fields until my retirement, so I'm reasonably good at assessing evidence and building cases. My mother started researching our family trees in the hard old days of the 1980s. I took over in 2006, when the easy days of internet access to indexes and records were starting. Of relevance to Wikitree is that I completed a Diploma of Family History online at the University of Tasmania (2022).
The bulk of my antecedents were born south-east of the Fosse Way in England, but I also have a bit of Huguenot, Scots and Ashkenazi Jewish. I have a reasonably extensive library of resources, particularly of indexes and transcriptions and I'm happy to do lookups. Areas on which I have significant holdings are Suffolk, Kent, Sussex, the East End of London and Huguenot records. I also have some items on Norfolk and Warwickshire.
I have a Blog where i publish interesting bits and piece as well as proof studies for complicated parts of my family: Sue's Skeletons
I have joined the England Project and am now part of the Suffolk Team. Initially I am planning to use the significant Suffolk resources I own to add or improve profiles and properly source all the relatives I know of. In addition I am working on the Suffolk "Unsourced Profiles" lists.
Research Notes
My Brick Walls
- Isabel Robson (c1695-1762) - parish registers lost.
- Frances Wood (c1760-1820) - just can't find her in available indexes and online image sets.
- Hyam Isaacs (1771-1849) - I don't have the Jewish genealogy skills to find anything).
- Daniel Hummerston (c1802-1857) - just can't find him in available indexes or online image sets.
- John Sampson & Emblan Oppe - married in Portsea HAM in 1762 but I can't find anything earlier for either of them. (Note there is an Emblan Opie baptised in St Agnes c 1730, but she married in Redruth.)
- William Paine (c1804-1846) - too many Paines in West London, including another William Paine of the same age.
- George Farey (c1753-1795) - just can't find him.
- John Jackman (c1750-1805) - mariner in a port town from ????
Sources
- First-hand information. Entered by Susan Commons at registration.
Only the Trusted List can access the following:
- Susan's formal name
- full middle name (H.)
- e-mail address
- exact birthdate
- birth location
- images (1)
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Susan:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Susan:
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch DV3271991 [compare]
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch DV3271991 [compare]
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Alfred Commons
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AncestryDNA
Genealogist-to-Genealogist (G2G) Forum posts about Susan:
- Susan Law is a Wonderful WikiTreer Sep 9, 2023.
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Categories: Huguenot Descendants
Well I guess we must be distant cousins Happy researching
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