Charlesworth Ancestors of Ruth and Florence Paget - Virtual Genealogy Project by Ruth Paget

Charlesworth Ancestors of Ruth and Florence Paget – Virtual Genealogy Project by Ruth Paget 

I have used cemetery records for the most part to put together this mother lines genealogy project for all the great-grandmothers in our family trees. 

G1 refers to generation 1 and so on below: 

G1 – Florence Paget 

-daughter of Laurent Paget and Ruth Pennington 

G2 – Ruth Pennington 

-daughter of Clarence Pennington and Beatrice May Sawle 

G3 – Beatrice May Sawle 

-daughter of Frank Henry Sawle and Daisy May Bardsley 

G4 – Daisy May Bardsley 

-daughter of Edward Charles Bardsley and Etta Pearl Carpenter 

Born: April 25, 1905 

Died: April 14, 1984, buried in Arena Cemetery, Arena, Iowa County, Wisconsin 

G5 – Edward Charles Bardsley

-son of James Edward Bardsley and Anna C. Charlesworth 

Born: July 31, 1863 in Blue Mounds, Dane County, Wisconsin 

Died: July 31, 1949 in Black Earth, Dane County, Wisconsin 

G6 – Anna C. Charlesworth 

-daughter of Samuel Charlesworth and Elizabeth Catlin 

-immigrant to the United States 

Born: June 19, 1845 in England 

Died: December 22, 1912 

G7 – Samuel Charlesworth 

Born: 1814 in England 

Died: 1901 

Note: Samuel Charlesworth’s wife was Elizabeth Catlin (1818 – 1905). She was born in England. 

By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France

Throop Ancestors of Ruth and Florence Paget - Virtual Genealogy Project by Ruth Paget

Throop Ancestors of Ruth and Florence Paget – Virtual Genealogy Project by Ruth Paget 

I used online cemetery records (Find a Grave) to develop this Throop family tree for my daughter Florence Paget and me. This Throop family tree is part of my mother lines genealogy project. 

G1 refers to Generation 1 and so on below: 

G1 – Florence Paget -daughter of Laurent Paget and Ruth Pennington 

G2 –Ruth Pennington -daughter of Clarence Pennington and Beatrice May Sawle 

G3 – Beatrice May Sawle -daughter of Frank Henry Sawle and Daisy May Bardsley 

G4 – Daisy May Sawle

-daughter of Edward Charles Bardsley and Etta Pearl Carpenter 

Born: April 25, 1905 

Died: April 4, 1984, buried in Arena Cemetery, Arena, Iowa County, Wisconsin 

G5 – Etta Pearl Carpenter 

-daughter of George Robert Carpenter and Phoebe Ann Throop 

Born: April 29, 1866 

Died: September 10, 1928 

G6 – Phoebe Ann Throop 

-Immigrant to the United States 

Born: April 20,1845 in Prescott and Russell United Counties, Ontario, Canada 

Died: February 8, 1935, buried in Black Earth, Dane County, Wisconsin Married: 1860 

May be related to Governor Enos Thompson Throop of New York. 

By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France

Sparkling Light Shows 2025 reposted by Ruth Paget

Monterey Bay Parent magazine has published and posted a round up of holiday light shows for the family including one at the Monterey Fairgrounds.

The Monterey Bay Parent article follows

https://www.montereybayparent.com/holiday-lights-on-the-monterey-bay/

Reposted by Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France

Latinx Artist Amalia Mesa-Baines Information reposted by Ruth Paget

The artwork and scholarship of Amalia Mesa-Baines has had significant impact on the Central Coast of California.

Information about her presentations and how to purchase her artwork are available on her website below:

https://renabranstengallery.com/artists/amalia-mesa-bains/

Reposted by Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France

First Night Monterey 2025 - 50+ Performances reposted by Ruth Paget

First Night Monterey is a family friendly New Year’s Eve Celebration featuring 50+ performances plus hands-on art to make from 3pm to midnight in Monterey, California.  

Information about First Night follows on their website below:

https://www.firstnightmonterey.org/

Reposted by Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France

Chinese Lion Dancer Leonard Han reposted by Ruth Paget

Chinese Lion Dancer Leonard Han has performed at many First Night Monterey Celebrations.

His website below details his many skills:

https://leonardhan.pairsite.com/mb/about

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Taiko Drummer Ikuyo Conant Information reposted by Ruth Paget

Taiko Drumming Japanese Performing Artist Ikuyo Consnt can be reached through the organization below:

https://actaonline.org/region/central-coast/

Ikyuo Conant and her troupe have performed at various venues throughout Monterey and Santa Cruz Counties and encourage active audience participation.

Reposted by Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France

Rumsien Ohlone artist Linda Yamane on Centeal Coast Information reposted by Ruth Paget

Rumsien Ohlone artist Linda Yamane, who does workshops in the Monterey Area, can be reached through the organization below along with other artists who practice traditional art forms on California’s Central Coast:

https://actaonline.org/region/central-coast/

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Sardi's - like Birthday Party at Pèppoli Italian Restaurant in Pebble Beach, California by Ruth Paget

Sardi’s – like Birthday Party at Pèppoli Italian Restaurant in Pebble Beach, California by Ruth Paget 

When I was a teenager, I religiously read Shirley Eder’s column in the Detroit Free Press about local, national, and international celebrities from all art fields, many of whom performed at the Fisher Theatre in Detroit. 

I especially like reading about casts from Broadway shows celebrating successful theatre runs by dining at Sardi’s in New York. 

For a Sardi’s – like birthday, my daughter Florence Paget and husband Laurent Paget took me to Pèppoli Italian restaurant in Pebble Beach, California, which has earned a highly coveted Michelin star for its food, wine list, service, décor including colorful and elegant Italian maiolicha ware, comfort, and details like having a fire going in the fireplace, white tablecloths, and muted light for nice photos. 

The scene was set for a delicious and leisurely meal for my birthday. 

We started with fritto misto, a mixture of lightly fried calamari, shrimp, thinly sliced leeks or what may have been cardoons, and thinly sliced, small Meyer lemons with a slightly peppery marinara dipping sauce on the side. I felt as if I were in Amalfi, Italy munching on fried lemons. 

Pèppoli has an extensive wine list, but I chose to drink a Peroni beer instead. Peroni is a pale lager made from spring barley, Italian corn, and hops. The Peroni website says it has a citrus flavor, but I liked the taste of grain that tasted nice with the fritto misto. It would also be a good choice for charcuterie. 

Laurent and Florence ate Caesar salads as a first course. I ordered polenta to go with my main dish and enjoyed sipping the Peroni beer as they ate. 

Florence and I ordered lasagna as our main dish, and Laurent ate pasta carbonara. The lasagna at Pèppoli is what I consider Bologna-style, because it is made with balsamella sauce (béchamel) and a ragù sauce made with tomato, chopped sirloin, and fennel-flavored Italian sausage. It is made to order with a perfectly crunchy topping of melted Parmesan cheese. Our waiter told us the lasagna was a signature dish at Pèppoli. I thought it was sumptuous and delicious for birthday mom me. 

Laurent is always happy with pasta carbonara made with pancetta, Parmesan, eggs, and salt and pepper. I made Laurent this dish weekly when we lived Stuttgart, Germany. It is easy to find great bacon in Germany. Pèppoli beats me, though, because they use house-made pasta in the dish. 

As a contorni, an Italian vegetable dish, I ordered polenta made from fine grain corn meal that has been stewed, cooled, and fried. The polenta arrived as elegant triangles standing up in a small pool of marinara sauce. The polenta was light and dainty, a definite mom treat for her birthday. 

Pèppoli is a great venue for birthdays, anniversaries, end of talent show parties for singers, wrap-up parties for theatre productions from Ariel Theatrical for young actors to Western Stage and Pacific Repertory in neighboring Carmel. Family reunion organizers might enjoy planning a catered meal here, too. 

My birthday with my family at Pèppoli Italian restaurant in Pebble Beach, California was marvelous in all aspects and a splurge as you would expect at a Michelin restaurant. It was worth every penny. Thank you Florence. 

By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France

Origami Paper and Folding Book for Stockings by Ruth Paget

Shout out for origami paper and a folding book as a small Christmas gift!  You can usually buy these for less than $20.

Doing origami projects together is a fun, family activity.

You can buy these at Michael’s or online at Amazon.

By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France

Trader Joe’s Big Belgian Chocolate bars can fill 3 stockings by Ruth Paget

Shout out for Trader Joe’s Belgian Chocolate bars that are the size of a paperback book!

One of these bars paired with a dessert cookbook would be a nice stocking stuffer.

By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France

Gingerbread House Wars White Flag by Ruth Paget

Gingerbread Wars White Flag by Ruth Paget 

I saw that Food Network runs a TV show now called Holiday Gingerbread Showdown, a competition about who builds the best gingerbread house often with a theme. 

I looked the show up online and realized this is becoming an established cultural phenomenon with events happening in places like Naples, Italy for military families and at Boston University. 

 I feel hopelessly left out of the competition due to lack of skills. When my daughter Florence Paget was little, we went to Cost Plus World Market and bought a gingerbread house kits. (4 different kinds of gingerbread house kits are available and on sale at Cost Plus World Market for $11.89 in Seaside, California with pre-baked panels, icing, candies, gummies, sprinkles, paper cut outs, and tray as of today 12-11-2025). 

Even with a pre-fab gingerbread house, my gingerbread house looked more like a log cabin than a snow-covered Hansel and Gretel cottage. 

Fortunately, the icing tasted good and the gingerbread was easy to chop up for sprinkles on ice cream. 

When Florence became older, one of her friend’s mom held gingerbread house decorating parties not competitions. My fellow mom knew how to make sticky icing that would hold gummies on the side of a house.

My testimonial on the gingerbread house kit is that it is fun to do as part of a larger activity. I would read the Gingerbread Man story book to Florence before building the house and have her work on a Gingerbread Man coloring book as part of Gingerbread House Day. I would play Christmas carols that we would sing along to as well. 

Now I would add watching the Food Network Gingerbread House Competition to this list of activities. 

The gingerbread itself is bitter, which is why I put chopped pieces in ice cream. It is also good dunked in tea with honey in it. 

We no longer build gingerbread houses, but if you have younger children, I would recommend doing one of the gingerbread house kits at Cost Plus World Market as a Christmas week activity.  Walmart and Target also sell gingerbread house kits.  Older teens might like Amazon’s gingerbread house kits - these kits prepare you for gingerbread wars.

By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France

Pecans, Walnuts, and Peanuts for Christmas by Ruth Paget

Pecans, Walnuts, and Peanuts for the Holidays by Ruth Paget 

When I was a child, my father always bought walnuts and pecans in a shell to snack on during Christmas. He sat on the window seats in our house in Highland Park, Michigan (an enclave of Detroit) and had me crush the walnuts and pecans in the holiday nutcracker. 

The nutcracker looked like a wooden cup that had a large wooden screw that you could turn into the cup through a grooved hole. The wooden screw eventually crushed one side of the nut well enough to pull it apart and remove the papery husks inside the nut. 

I did not like walnuts then, but enjoyed crushing the nuts in the nutcracker. I liked tipping the nutcracker into the garbage every use to clean things up easily. I realize now that my dad was being somewhat like Tom Sawyer getting me to do all the work while he munched away. 

One of the neighbor kids who was my friend also mentioned that I was doing a lot of work with nothing in return to my dad.  She then told him what her family had as treats. 

My dad sheepishly got me Fig Newtons, Reeses Peanut Butter Cups, M & Ms, and Snickers Bars. 

I liked Halloween for Christmas and my opinionated, bossy friends in Detroit. 

(Note: I eat pecans, cashews, almonds, and walnuts now.  They are good with a sipped shot of Marsala.)

By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France

Holiday Treat - Butter-Pecan Ice Cream posted by Ruth Paget

Tillamook Butter Pecan Ice Cream Shout Out!

I really like this ice cream.  Needs no sauce.  Nice texture from soft pecans.

I bought mine at Nob Hill.  Great with espresso.

Posted by Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France

Versatile Cranberry Sauce Recipe by Ruth Paget

Versatile Cranberry Sauce Recipe by Ruth Paget 

Dave Faries’ article about cranberries in the Monterey County Weekly inspired me to write up my favorite recipe for cranberries. The Weekly article has historical information and gourmet recipes for this tart and bitter seasonal treat, which I have included in the hyperlink below: 

https://www.montereycountynow.com/news/cover/cranberries-sauce-up-thanksgiving-but-they-are-also-a-versatile-ingredient-the-rest-of-the/article_f331f22f-4903-4fe5-af76-ab4baf73a493.amp.html

When I lived in Wisconsin for 3 years, I made my version of cranberry sauce from cranberries that grow in Wisconsin as well as Massachusetts. 

My recipe has several uses. I would mix my cranberry sauce with yogurt for breakfast and as a sauce for vanilla ice cream. You can also add it to hot grain cereals like oatmeal, grits, or cream of wheat. It certainly pairs well with Thanksgiving turkey. 

Cranberry Sauce 

Yield: 12 ounces 

Ingredients: 

-1 (12 – ounce) bag of fresh cranberries 

-1/4 cup water 

-1/4 to 1/3 cup sugar or honey 

Steps: 

1-Rinse cranberries and discard any stems.  

2-Place the cranberries in a saucepan along with the water. Bring water to a boil. 

3-Let the cranberries begin to pop open and mash them down. This will take about 10 to 15 minutes. 

4-When all the cranberries have popped open, remove the cranberries from the heat. Stir in the sugar or honey and let it dissolve. 

The cranberry sauce can be used hot or cold depending on what you are serving it with. It can keep for about two days in the refrigerator. 

According to WebMd.com, cranberries provide 25% of Vitamin C for recommended daily values and 9% of Vitamin A and 6% of Vitamin K. Vitamin C is also an antioxidant. This tart berry is fairly healthy for your and plentiful in winter. 

I looked up cranberries on Nob Hill’s website and saw that their Raley’s store brand (12-ounce package) is selling for $3.19 as of today (December 8, 2025). I think this is a fair price for the amount of cranberry sauce you can make for several servings.  Making this cranberry sauce is a fun, family activity, too.

For more cranberry ideas, check out the Hello! 365 Cranberry Recipes by Ms  Fruit on kindle for .99 cents..  Information follows:

Cranberry Cookbook

Hoping you enjoy the cranberry sauce sometime this winter season! 

By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France

Carpenter Ancestors of Ruth and Florence Paget - Virtual Genealogy Project by Ruth Paget

Carpenter Ancestors of Ruth and Florence Paget – Virtual Genealogy Project by Ruth Paget  

My great-grandmother Etta Carpenter owned property in her own right in Wisconsin. This information can be found on platte maps in the Wisconsin Historical Society. Her family history illustrates westward European settlement of the United States. 

G1 refers to generation 1. 

G1 – Florence Paget 

-daughter of Laurent Paget and Florence Paget 

G2 – Ruth Pennington

-daughter of Clarence Pennington and Beatrice May Sawle

G3 – Beatrice May Sawle 

-daughter of Frank Henry Sawle and Daisy May Bardsley 

G4 – Daisy May Bardsley 

-daughter of Edward Charles Bardsley and Etta Pearl Carpenter 

Born: April 25, 1905 

Died: April 4, 1984, buried in Arena Cemetery, Arena, Iowa County, Wisconsin 

G5 – Etta Pearl Carpenter 

-daughter of George Robert Carpenter and Phoebe Throop 

Born: April 29, 1866 

Died: September 10, 1928 

G6 – George Robert Carpenter 

-son of Benjamin Carpenter and Elizabeth Eaker 

Born: September 7, 1841 

Died: July 8, 1887, buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Black Earth, Dane County, Wisconsin 

G7 – Benjamin Carpenter 

-son of Barnard Carpenter and Phoebe Avery 

Born: May 4, 1803, in Great Nine Partners, Duchess, New York 

Died: October 18, 1866, buried in Black Earth, Dane County, Wisconsin 

G8 –Barnard Carpenter 

-son of John Charles Carpenter and Ruth Horton 

Born: December 21, 1756, in Great Nine Partners, Duchess, New York Colony, British Colonial America 

Died: May 8, 1843, in Boonville, Boonville County, Oneida, New York 

G9 – John Charles Carpenter Jr 

-son of John Carpenter and Sarah Thurston

 Born: January 4, 1728, in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America  

Died: 1804, in Milton, Saratoga, New York Note: He lived in Barrington, Bristol, Rhode Island in 1728 

G10 – John Carpenter Sr

-son of Benjamin Carpenter Sr and Renew Weeks 

Born: March 25, 1692, in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America 

Died: 1766 in Massachusetts 

G11 – Benjamin Carpenter Sr 

-son of Joseph Carpenter I and Margaret Sutton 

Born: January 19, 1658 

Died: May 22, 1727, buried in Knockum Hill Cemetery, Barrington, Bristol, Rhode Island 

G12 – Joseph Carpenter I 

-son of William Carpenter and Abigail Briant 

Born: April 6, 1534, in Shalbourne, Wiltshire, England 

Died: May 3, 1675, buried in Knockum Hill Cemetery in Barrington, Bristol, Rhode Island 

G13 – William Carpenter 

-son of William Carpenter and unknown name mother 

-Immigrant to the US 

Born: 1605, in England 

Died: 1659, buried in Newman Cemetery, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, British Colonial America 

By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France

Bardsley Ancestors of Ruth and Florence Paget - Virtual Genealogy Project by Ruth Paget

Bardsley Ancestors of Ruth and Florence Paget – Virtual Genealogy Project by Ruth Paget 

My mother’s grandpa Bardsley lived with her family at the end of his life and loved doing crossword puzzles. He showed my mother Beatrice Pennington how to do them, and she still starts her day doing the newspaper crossword puzzle and the New York Times crossword puzzle on Sunday. 

G1 below refers to generation 1 and so on.

G1 – Florence Paget 

-daughter of Laurent Paget and Ruth Pennington 

G2 – Ruth Pennington 

-daughter of Clarence Pennington and Beatrice May Sawle 

-Ruth Paget was elected to serve on the Downtown District Citizens Council of Detroit, Michigan in 1982.  She resigned from office to attend college at the University of Chicago.

-Ruth's sister Kathleen has worked as a printer for the Atlanta Journal and Constitution newspaper.  

G3 – Beatrice May Sawle 

-daughter of Frank Henry Sawle and Daisy May Bardsley 

-My mother worked as a newspaper printer, most notably for the Detroit (Michigan) Free Press and various ethnic newspapers in Detroit. She was working for the Unique Press, which printed the Michigan Chronice, a black newspaper, when Rosa Parks sat down on the bus; the press was immediately stopped to cover the story. The daily Detroit newspapers were on strike at the time, letting the Michigan Chronicle scoop the story.

-Beatrice Pennington was part of the Detroit Free Press staff that was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1968 for General Local Reporting of the 1967 Detroit Race Riots.

G4 – Daisy May Bardsley 

-daughter of Edward Charles Bardsley and Etta Pearl Carpenter

 -My grandmother worked as a newspaper printer 

Born: April 25, 1905 

Died: April 14, 1984, buried in Arena Cemetery, Arena, Iowa County, Wisconsin 

G5 – Edward Charles Bardsley

-son of James Edward Bardsley and Anna C. Charlesworth 

Born: July 31, 1863 in Blue Mounds, Dane County, Wisconsin 

Died: July 31, 1949 in Black Earth, Dane County, Wisconsin 

G6 – James Edward Bardsley 

-son of William Stevenson Bardsley and Betty Harrison 

 -Immigrant to the US 

Born: August 1, 1843 in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England, UK 

Died: April 16, 1892 in Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin (Lived in Black Earth and Springfield, Wisconsin) 

By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France

McFarland Ancestors of Ruth and Florence Paget - Virtual Genealogy Project by Ruth Paget

McFarland Ancestors of Ruth and Florence Paget – Virtual Genealogy Project by Ruth Paget 

My Scottish and modern-day Northern Irish ancestors were most probably Presbyterians when they immigrated to the United States, the national faith of Scotland and Northern Ireland. In Wisconsin, they are a famous family for founding McFarland, Wisconsin outside Madison.

I found most of the information for this virtual genealogy project in cemetery records, which sometimes differ from county records, because burials often happen after the filing of death certificates.

G1 here refers to generation 1 and on back through history. 

G1 – Florence Paget 

-daughter of Laurent Paget and Ruth Pennington 

G2 – Ruth Pennington 

-daughter of Clarence Pennington and Beatrice May Sawle 

G3 – Beatrice May Sawle 

-daughter of Frank Sawle and Daisy May Bardsley 

G4 – Frank Sawle 

-son of William Stephen Sawle Sr and Jeanette Scott Hodgson 

born: 1901 

died: 1996 

G5: Jeanette Scottt Hodgson 

-daughter of Jonathan Hodgson and Elizabeth E. “Lizzie” McFarland born: 1866 died: 1948, Arena, Wisconsin, Dane County

G6 –Elizabeth E. “Lizzie” McFarland

-daughter of George A. McFarland and Janett Scott 

born: January 8, 1840 

died: May 30, 1840 

G7 – George A. McFarland 

-son of Robert McFarland and Elizabeth Sinclair -settler of McFarland, Wisconsin born: January 22, 1802 in Hopewell, New York died: October 6, 1884 in town of McFarland, Wisconsin Note: Obelisk Tombstone Inscription reads Born in the Town of Hopewell, New York 

G8 – Robert McFarland Sr 

-son of James McFarland and Elizabeth Cooke (cemetery note in Hopewell, New York) 

 born: 1773 or 1776

died: August 2, 1859 buried at South Kortright Cemetary, South Kortright, Delaware county, New York 

(Note: Married Elizabeth Sinclair (1784 – 1860) in 1800.

G9 – James McFarland 

-son of Robert McFarland and Jennet (or Jenette) Scott 

born: c. 1675 in Scotland or Northern Ireland 

died: 1751 in Donegal Township, Pennsylvania (information online from will) 

G10 – Robert McFarland Immigrant from Northern Ireland to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (from will) 

By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France Died: in Donegal Township, Pennsylvania

Hodgson Ancestors of Ruth and Florence Paget - Virtual Genealogy Project by Ruth Paget

Hodgson Ancestors of Ruth and Florence Paget – Virtual Genealogy Project by Ruth Paget 

Among my Hodgson cousins there are many missionaries I was told by my great-aunt Winifred Sawle. She shared with me her sister’s genealogy of the Hodgson family when I was doing a family history project for my history class at Jane Addams Junior High School in Royal Oak, Michigan. 

I developed this genealogy for the Hodgson family using online public records. I am working on a mother lines project for both sides of my family. I am gathering facts at this point, but would love it if the older people in my family would write up their memories of the people they know to fill out the biographies.  

Genealogy morphs into oral history doing family memories. A great topic to discuss is how the family set up food systems for the family throughout history.  

Some ideas to consider when thinking about a food system are included in the following blog by the World Food Program.  https://www.wfp.org/food-systems  I am also proving a link to some detailed yet useful information from the National Institues of Health to consider about a family food system: 

 https://ods.od.nih.gov/HealthInformation/nutrientrecommendations.aspx

G1 refers to generation 1.

 

G1 – Florence Paget

-daughter of Laurent Paget and Ruth Pennington 

G2 – Ruth Pennington

-daughter of Clarence Pennington and Beatrice May Sawle 

G3 – Beatrice May Sawle 

-daughter of Frank Sawle and Daisy May Bardsley 

G4 – Frank Sawle 

-son of William Stephen Sawle Sr and Jeanette Scott Hodgson 

born: 1901 

died: 1996, Arena, Wisconsin, Iowa County 

G5 – Jeanette Scott Hodgson 

-daughter of Jonathon Hodgson and Elizabeth E “Lizzie” McFarland 

born: 1866 

died: 1948, Arena, Wisconsin, Iowa County 

G6: Jonathan Hodgson 

-son of Richard Charles Hodgson III and Jane Dixon Wright 

born: July 4, 1837

died: November 23, 1901 

G7: Richard Charles Hodgson III 

Immigrant to the United States in October 1845.

Born: 1797 

Died: 1881, Arena, Wisconsin, Iowa County 

Born in Barmston, East Riding of Yorkshire, Unitary Authority, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (Mentioned as Thornton, England in obituary) The obituary online also states that he was a Baptist who converted to Adventism) 

Ruth Paget note:  The Adventist Diet is important for the Sawle and Hodgson families and may be responsible for the longevity of Richard Charles Hodgson.  Information about this diet follows:

https://www.seventhdayadventistdiet.com/

Spouse: Jane Dixon Wright 

Born: 1800 

Died: 1875 

The following Clan Hodgson website brings “all things Hodgson” together:

https://www.thehodgsonclan.com/hodgson-origins

By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France

Sawle Ancestors of Ruth and Florence Paget: Virtual Genealogy Project by Ruth Paget

Sawle Family Ancestors of Ruth and Florence Paget by Ruth Paget 

I used online public records in the United States to put together this virtual genealogy project on my Sawle ancestors from Cornwall, England. The Sawles were famous as ship captains of Celtic origin.

G1 refers to generation 1. David Sawle wrote a genealogy of the family in England, which I will add to this first step of information gathering. 

G1 – Florence Paget 

-daughter of Laurent Paget and Ruth Pennington 

G2 – Ruth Pennington 

-daughter of Clarence Pennington and Beatrice May Pennington 

G3 – Beatrice May Sawle 

-daughter of Frank Sawle and Daisy May Bardsley  

G4 – Frank Henry Sawle 

-son of William Stephen Sawle Sr and Jeanette Scott Hodgson 

Born: 1901 

Died: 1996 

G5 – William Stephen Sawle Sr 

-son of Captain Stephen Sawle and Margaret Dunn Rowe 

Born: 1858

Died: 1955 

G6 – Captain Stephen Sawle 

Immigrant to the United States. Entered the United States at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  Settler of Arena, Wisconsin

Born: 1830, Porscatho, England 

Died: 1910, Arena, Wisconsin, Iowa County 

Spouse: Margaret Dunn Rowe 

Born: 1835, Tregony, Cornwall, England 

Married: January 29, 1857 in Cuby, Cornwall 

Died: March 1, 1909 in Arena, Wisconsin, Iowa County 

Margaret Dunn Rowe lived in Veryn, Cornwall and Gerrans, Cornwall before coming to the US with Captain Stephen Sawle. They entered the US at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

I will consult David Sawle’s genealogy for further information about the Sawle family in England. 

By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France