Welcome to the Ashe family web site. Use the menus above to browse the family tree, see photographs and newspaper articles about the family.
The family extends right across the globe. You may find links to your branch of the family in the family tree section. If so, we would love to hear from you – send an email to robert@ashefamily.info
This site provides both a database on currently researched members of the Ashe Family and related individuals, and information on a number of individuals.
Any comments, corrections and suggestions would be welcome.
16 March 2012: OK -- so I couldn't keep completely away from the research when new information came available on the California Ashes! Another update to the Family Tree is available, and I will now go back to book-writing!
28 February 2012: As a result of further information that has come to me, I have done another major update to the Family Tree, which both adds family members and corrects some errors. With 4,700 individuals in the Tree, I am now going to take a break from family research, and spend some time writing a couple of books (I promised myself I would do those as soon as I retired two years ago, so it's time to make good on that!!). Whether any publisher will ever be interested in them remains to be seen. However, I have dug out all my source material, and will now try to become a creative writer! If anyone has information, or comments, on the Family Tree, please write to me, and I will put it on a "to do' list, which I will get round to after the books are completed.
7 February 2012: As indicated in the Preface, a very good source document was the Manuscript, Records of the Ashe Family, written by Waller Ashe in 1876. The owner of the manuscript, Dr. Robert Scott-Ashe, kindly gave a photocopy to my father, and I have now scanned it as a PDF for anyone to view. It takes a while to get used to the hand-writing, but it is a fascinating document for anyone researching the origins of the Ashe Family.
6 February 2012: A new update of the Family Tree is available, which includes the Canovas and the Kims, as part of the family. Some corrections and additions are also included in the update.
5 February 2012: Just back from attending the wedding of Joel and Nancy in Costa Mesa, California -- a wonderful occasion (they are both great hosts) and a fantastic family reunion. We also managed trips to San Diego (the zoo and to see our old friend, Steve), as well as to Santa Barbara to stay with our cousin and good friend, Ann, and her family. An album of photos taken during our travels is now available.
12 January 2012: Further research on Dr. Evelyn Oliver Ashe has now revealed information about his parents, and I have therefore turned this into a Research Paper. I still need to fit him into the Family Tree, so anyone out there with information about him, please write to me!
6 January 2012: As a result of having access to the British Newspaper Archive, I have been able to complete a new Research Paper on William Frederick Windham and Felbrigg Hall. This chronicles, through newspaper articles, the last part of William's life, and what happened to Felbrigg Hall, his inheritance.
5 January 2012: The last month has been spent trolling through the British Newspaper Archive -- thanks to a generous Christmas gift subscription provided by Andrew -- and I have been able to add source material to many of those who lived in the 19th Century. This has led to a major update to the Family Tree, which also includes many more of the Windham/Wyndham family members. Some of the newspaper articles are fascinating, and I will add more pages later to make the more interesting ones available.
