52 Ancestors: Week 48: John Twiss (1817-1866) Birmingham, England

John Twiss was born on 17 December 1817 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England as the first child of John Twiss and Sarah Foxall. He died on 8 January 1866 in Aston Villa Lozells-lane Aston. When he was 20, he married Elizabeth Arnold,daughter of Mary Dell, on 28 October 1838 in St Peter's Church, Harborne, Staffordshire, England.  He was buried on 12 Jan 1866 in All Saints, Hockley, Warwickshire, England.

John Twiss and Elizabeth Arnold had the following known children:

• Thomas Arnold Twiss was born on 14 September 1839 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. He married Elizabeth Beard on 27 October 1861 in St Thomas,, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
• Emily Clara Twiss was born in April 1841 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.
• Alice Arnold Twiss was born in July 1842 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.
• Walter John Twiss was born in 1846 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. He died in 1904 in Aston, Warwickshire, England. He married Ada Sarah Pearman on 7 November 1864 in St Stephen, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.
• Agnes Twiss was born in 1848 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.

52 Ancestors: Week 47: Thomas Clive (1773-1847) Warwickshire, England

Thomas Clive was born on 27 December 1773 in St Thomas Parish, Dudley, Worcestershire, England as the second child of George Clive and Lydia Harper. He had thirteen siblings, namely: Ann, George, Samuel, Lydia, John, Mary, Daniel, Sarah, Susannah, William, Joseph, Benjamin, and Lydia. He died on 12 April 1847 in Legge Street, Aston, Warwickshire, England (From Sharon Clive). 

When he was 20, he married Elizabeth Meeson on 18 February 1794 in St Martin's, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England (From Sharon Clive).  Thomas Clive and Elizabeth Meeson had the following children:

• Thomas Clive was born on 23 December 1794 in Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England.
• Zephania Clive was born on 18 October 1796.
• John Clive was born on 15 December 1798.
• Abraham Clive was born on 08 March 1801 in Kingsbury, Warwickshire, England.
• David Clive was born on 14 March 1804 in Kingsbury, Warwickshire, England.
• Joseph Clive was born on 17 March 1805 in Kingsbury, Warwickshire, England.
• Henry Clive was born on 30 Auguest 1807 in Kingsbury, Warwickshire, England.
• Elizabeth Clive was born on 24 June 1810 in Kingsbury, Warwickshire, England.
• Emma Clive was born on 26 July 1812 in Kingsbury, Warwickshire, England.

52 Ancestors: Week 46: Sarah Mason of Warwickshire, England born c1750

Sarah Mason was born around 1750.  This is a guestimate that she was at least 20 when she married William Arnold on 20 November 1770 in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England.

William Arnold and Sarah Mason had the following known children:

• Francis Arnold was born about 1772.  He married Mary Dell on 5 January 1801 in Birmingham, St Martin, Warwickshire, England.  Francis died on 17 March 1829 in Westminster, London, England.
• William Arnold was born in 1774 in Claverdon, Warwickshire, England.
• James Arnold was born in 1775 in Claverdon, Warwickshire, England.
• Matthew Arnold was born in 1777 in Claverdon, Warwickshire, England.
• Sarah Mason Arnold was born in 1780 in Claverdon, Warwickshire, England. She married Benjamin Burford on 24 November 1803 in Warwick, St Mary, Warwickshire, England.
• John Arnold was born in 1783 in Claverdon, Warwickshire, England.
• Catherine Arnold was born in 1786 in Claverdon, Warwickshire, England.

52 Ancestors: Week 45: Isaac Mallin (c1808-?) West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England

Isaac Mallin was born in 1808 in West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England as the first child of William Mallin.

Isaac Mallin lived in Harborne, Staffordshire, England in 1851 and in 1861. He lived in Kingswinford, Staffordshire, England in 1871 but was back in Harborne, Staffordshire, England by 1881.

Isaac Mallin and Mary Ann Mallin had the following known children:

• William George Mallin was born about 1832 in Sunderland, Durham, England. He married Mary Ann Fairbairn on 19 May 1861 in St Peter, Harborne, Staffordshire, England.
• Isaac Mallin was born in 1833 in Southwick, Durham, England.
• George Mallin was born in 1839 in Southwick, Durham, England.
• Emily Mallin was born in 1842 in Southwick, Durham, England. She married an unknown spouse in Apr 1885 in Warwickshire, England.
• Mary Mallin was born in 1845 in Southwick, Durham, England.
• Thomas Mallin was born in 1847 in West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England. He married Emma Amelia Reed on 26 Mar 1882 in St Mary Stratford Bow, England.
• Westley Mallin was born in Oct 1851 in Smethwick, Staffordshire, England.