The Hanging Hales

by Gail Roger

 

There is no such thing as a boring family.  If you haven't found something fascinating, scandalous, or downright embarrassing in your family search, you aren't looking hard enough!  Some families, though, seem to have more than their share of triumphs and downfalls.  Join Gail Roger as she tackles the following questions concerning an engrossing and rather eccentric branch of her family:  How is she related to a well-known designer and a goddaughter of the Prince of Wales?  Did her great-grandfather once hide under Charles Dickens' chair -- while Dickens was sitting in it?  Why did this same great-grandfather refuse to wear a collar, even at weddings?  What is a klinker and how do you make a fortune out of it?  And finally, why was her great-great-great-grandmother hell-bent on seeing half a dozen men hanged?

 

About the Speaker

Unlike most BIFHSGO presenters, Gail Roger says she is an absolute nobody. She does have a graduate degree which she has failed to use for monetary gain; she used to teach English as a Second Language, but no more. She has been pursuing family history seriously (that is, online and taking courses) for the past eight years and for the sake of her daughters --- who aren't that interested.