Uglow Family History

    Welcome - this is a site devoted to the Uglow name in the UK. It aims to trace the development of the Uglow family since the 16th century. There are over 2500 individuals identified on the database - that is only those with the surname Uglow. Eventually the objective is to enable the 150+ Uglows who live in the UK to track their ancestors back to their roots in north east Cornwall. Much of the credit for the information here must go to John 1921 of Thorverton, Devon, Bill of Lincoln, Tony Rivett of Birmingham and the other researchers mentioned below and less to me, Steve 1947.

• One sad note is that Uglows of Chingford, an independent soft furnishing store, closed after 100 years of trading, in July 2010
• Congratulations to the most recent arrivals - Arthur Frederick Alan 2009 who is the second son of Nathan Dean and Penny Rudge; Henry Oskar 19th October 2009, who is the second child of Jonathan Mark 1970 and Sandra Boehm born in Zurich, Switzerland
• Congratulations to our most recent married couple - Bruce Christopher 1975 who married Laura Joanne Wilenius in December 2008
• Everyone interested in Uglow family history will be sad to hear of the death of Bill Uglow who died on 13th March 2008. An architect, he worked in Cornwall for many years before moving to Lincoln. Jenny and I met him and Brenda for the first time last year and had a lovely morning with them - a caring and interesting man. He was a meticulous researcher and has provided much of the information on this website. Our condolences to Brenda and to Susan, Graham and Darryl.
• Very sadly this follows the death of John Uglow (1921-2007) who died peacefully in Thorverton on 17th September 2007, surrounded by his family. John was an electrician by trade but also a talented motor cyclist, having raced grass track on two and three wheels solo from 1937 to 1960 and sidecar from then on. He dedicated a lot of time to his family history and much of the impetus for this site came from his work. Our condolences to Barbara and his family
• One exciting development is the discovery of a holder of the Victoria Cross - you can read the story of James Henry Finn, son of Mary Baxter Uglow 1873

    As the research has proceeded, there is more data about living people.  The policy is to display only the basic information in these cases - name, age and place of birth but normally not where people live or work. Some business Uglows are happy to allow more information and that's fine by me - just let me know. But if any person objects to personal information about themselves being displayed, please let me know as soon as possible. It will be removed forthwith.

    It concentrates on the UK although there is a page on emigration which should help other family historians in the USA, Australia or New Zealand. 

    I've now registered the domain name www.uglow.co.uk which will take you to this page. The new domain name means that I am able to be steve@uglow.co.uk. I can probably arrange this email address for any other Uglows that would like their own personalised number plate. 

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