Titterington

Scripta Manent - What is Written Survives

About this site

Are you, or are you descended from a Titterington?

If so, read on ......

A small group of people have researched their Titterington ancestors of Northern Ireland. There are a number of different Titterington branches. The quest has been to try to prove that all the various branches do in fact, belong to the same tree.

If you can contribute anything of value to help us achieve this quest, please let us know. I would be particularly interested in receiving any photos of your Titterington ancestors.

What to Look For

Firstly, there are plenty of Titterington branches to browse through. If you are trying to find earlier roots for your branch, it might help to focus on where they lived, or similar names that may have been handed down over the generations. The naming theory was used by many families. This might help in your search.

You can read about the Researchers who have done a lot of digging to create their branches. Have a look at the photos of typical places where our ancestors lived in Northern Ireland. You might be interested in seeing some of the churches, cemeteries and headstones where they are buried or perhaps find out more about some of the Titteringtons who worked for the Military.

Photos of some of our ancestors have survived - maybe you can spot some family likenesses.

You are free to use the information on this site but it may not be used on websites that charge for information, nor may it be sold for profit

Records

Whilst conducting their own personal research, some of the Researchers have recorded their findings in spreadsheets which are available to view here.

The charts of different branches available generally relate to the first one or two generations. They are presented to give the reader a flavour of the information that is available and should be read in that context. It is the researcher themselves that hold the detailed information about their own individual branch based on their own research.

Researchers have found that there are many useful websites available on the internet and you can find some of them that have been considered of value recorded here.

Years of research has resulted in a considerable amount of data being accumulated. You are welcome to view the findings recorded here but you are advised to verify any information for yourself. If you are able to fill in any gaps in our data, please email me using the contact form.

Enjoy browsing.

It has always been my endeavour to try to link the various branches of the Titterington tree in Northern Ireland. My interest and focus has been on the early Titteringtons to try to ascertain how they may have been related. For this reason, there will be little evidence of the later generations. It is in my view the role of the family Researcher to have ownership of that task. Due to the contribution made by Alan, it has been possible to link all the branches together, but the reader must be aware that many of the original documents in Ireland have been lost. The findings presented here have been backed up with evidence where ever possible, but at times it has been necessary to make reasonable assumptions based on the information available and the probability in certain instances.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those researchers who have contributed their findings to this site enabling the opportunity to connect the various branches, which reflects how the Titterington Ancestry developed over the years. You can read more about them under the section entitled Researchers. Many have contributed the findings from their own research in the form of tables of data as well as often contributing photos from their family albums. This has been very much appreciated.

A Word about Alan -

I am grateful to the contribution that has been made to this site, by Alan Cookson. It is due to his years of research, analysis and evaluation of data available that has enabled many of the earlier charts portraying the probable early Titteringtons of Ireland to be presented here. However, the reader must bear in mind the limitations regarding the availability of Irish documentation. Also, document interpretation may vary. It is therefore up to the individual researcher to decide for themselves the value of the information available.

Alan has been researching the Titterington Ancestry across the whole of the United Kingdom and Southern Ireland since the mid '80s. His main motivation was from his belief that all Titteringtons connect to a single individual and his research shows this to be the case. He can also demonstrate that over 1700 people have Irish connections - all descending from one individual and therefore being part of a single family. He was able to compile a tree from his research findings which included the existence of wills. Working with Alan on this project for several years has at times, been a challenging, but nevertheless an extremely rewarding experience and it has allowed us to connect and support the work of other researchers.

Alan says: " I wish to show my appreciation for the discussions that we have had to achieve what seemed an almost impossible task to create an Irish Titterington tree from the information we had. This could not have happened except for the joint co-operation and information sharing.”

Alan is happy to be contacted by individuals wishing for help or advice on their Titterington Ancestry. His contact details are available on his Profile page.

I hope you enjoy browsing through the site and that you find it of value.

Linda nee Titterington

"Silver Surfing" by Jan Moran Neil nee Titterington - Winner of Bloomsbury Publishing's and the Royal Society of Literature's Sonnet Competition to commemorate Shakespeare's 400th Anniversary.

"A lovely poem, with a beautifully confident voice, starting in medias res as Shakespeare sometimes does too, and a vivid, beautifully contemporary take on the universal feeling addressed by Shakespeare’s Sonnet 30. Lively, alert, convincing language." by Ruth Padel

So quite suddenly I Google your name.

And there you are. Whisper of what you were.

Oh, how I want you back again the same.

Not bald and at odds with the camera.

This is not the face that lives in my head.

Or the boy who surfed distant, dazzling seas.

No. This is what I would have had instead:

a faded photocopy creased like me.

Two spools of thought cannot be reconciled:

the past that glides, the one that’s on this screen.

Whichever way both images are lined

with my not knowing the one in between.

Inadequate pixels and lines that flow

show nothing of my ebb. I let it go.

Jan Moran Neil www.janmoranneil.co.uk has a Masters in Creative Writing from the University of Cambridge. Her poetry collection: Red Lipstick and Revelations is to be published by Indigo Dreams in 2017 and she performs her One Woman Show from the Collection. She was trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and is a widely published and performed playwright on the London Fringe and Masambe Theatre, Baxter, Cape Town. Her poetry has been commended and published in many anthologies in the UK and South Africa: New Contrast, Lunar Poetry, Four Corners (Oxford University), South, Reach Poetry, Sarasvati

Sources for Research

The Researchers