{"id":3218,"date":"2024-09-12T16:01:37","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T15:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/history.port.ac.uk\/?p=3218"},"modified":"2025-07-10T15:23:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T14:23:55","slug":"discovering-a-railway-worker-ancestor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/history.port.ac.uk\/?p=3218","title":{"rendered":"Discovering a railway-worker ancestor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/history.port.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Mike-and-Rose-cropped.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3219\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/history.port.ac.uk\/?attachment_id=3219\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/history.port.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Mike-and-Rose-cropped.jpg?fit=618%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"618,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mike and Rose cropped\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/history.port.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Mike-and-Rose-cropped.jpg?fit=618%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3219 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/history.port.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Mike-and-Rose-cropped.jpg?resize=618%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"618\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/history.port.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Mike-and-Rose-cropped.jpg?w=618&amp;ssl=1 618w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/history.port.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Mike-and-Rose-cropped.jpg?resize=300%2C146&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our own Dr Mike Esbester was featured on BBC 1&#8217;s &#8216;Who Do You Think You Are?&#8217; 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