TAPPIN
FAMILY GENEALOGY
Welcome to my Tappin Family
Genealogy site which has been produced by
David Tappin following many years of
family history research. It contains details of my parents and beyond but
for reasons of confidentiality personal details of most individuals born after
1910 have been
withheld.
About Me
I was born on 23 July 1946 in Grimsby, Lincolnshire,
England, one of
nine children of Harry and Ettie Tappin (nee Terry). I was educated at Holme
Hill School and went on to Wintringham Grammar School in
Grimsby. I started work at the age of 15 as an office boy at JJ Amos and Sons, a Fish Merchants on Grimsby Docks; this company was
taken over by Ross Group Ltd. However, on 10 October 1967, I
fulfilled a long standing ambition and joined the Royal Air Force in the
Supply Trade. After nearly 34 years, including an overseas tour in Cyprus
and short deployments to Malta, France, Falkland Isles, Italy and Kuwait, I retired as a Warrant Officer in July 2001. As well as my
interest in genealogy I enjoy canal boat holidays and own a part share in a 58 foot narrowboat called
"Willoughby" built in 2001 and originally moored on the Grand Union Canal in
Warwickshire but now moored on the Trent and Mersey Canal at Etruria
Staffordshire and soon about to move onto the Macclesfield Canal. Additionally, along with many other family members, I enjoy
walking especially in the Lake District.
About this Site
This site was produced by me using Microsoft FrontPage® and I profess to be
nothing more than an enthusiastic amateur in Web Site design and the same
applies to my genealogical research; so when you find the mistakes please tell
me about them! Navigation is via the usual buttons at the top of each page or
your browser back button.
Background
not unreasonably gives the background to the TAPPIN name in my home town of
Grimsby and this page also provides links to individual stories.
Overview gives a chart showing the pedigree of my father and also provides a
link to my mother's pedigree chart; clicking on individual names in these charts
will link to their descendent records.
Surnames
will link to an index of surnames which in turn will link to an index of
individual Christian names.
Useful Links
is just as it says, links to useful sites that I use in my research. Currently
there are around 330 surnames listed covering about 2210 individuals.
Additionally. we have another site just for our personal family interests;
this can be found at www.tappin.org.uk
and Ruth Tappin has a business website concerning Restoration and Gilding at
www.ruth-tappin.co.uk also Clive
Tappin has a web Blog at
http://uk.360.yahoo.com/clive388372 and Carl Tappin's Blog can be found at
http://uk.360.yahoo.com/cstappin
The information contained in these pages has of course been
gleaned from many sources and inevitably will contain errors - original
source material should always be checked before accepting the information as
correct.