Panter Party 2022 – SAVE THE DATE!
The venue will be the regular location in the south of England and the new date to save is .. Saturday 9th July 2022. More details will be sent out very soon but meanwhile we are trying to get in [Read more]
Aunt Lizzie’s book is now online.
For those interested in the older Panter history, a family member emailed a few days ago with a link to Aunt Lizzie’s memoir called ‘My Life’ – it is now publicly available on Google Books. /Click here to read it [Read more]
New website
Welcome to the latest version of the Panter family website! This new version is now in a blog format – which consists of a chronological posts with the latest post at the top beneath this post. Please bear with me – I [Read more]
Shrigley Hall and estate
Watercolour painting above of the original Shrigley Hall, Cheshire. The Downes family of Shrigley Hall, Macclesfield, held the estate for over 500 years until the early 19th century. The ancient estates of Shrigley and Worth were in the ancient parish [Read more]
Downes line added to Panter tree
Today I added the Downes line tree to Panter tree on Ancestry.co.uk. This line stretches back from Sarah Downes to King Edward 1st (Longshanks) and I have started looking up documents to verify this history. This line was originally researched [Read more]
The Family tree is now on Ancestry.couk
Today I am moving virtually all the family content and photos from this website to my family tree on Ancestry.co.uk. If you want access to the family tree please get in touch with me via email and I’ll send you [Read more]
Tonight’s “Who Do You Think you Are” was traced back to Edward 1st
Tonight’s Who Do You Think you Are featured Frank Gardner, BBC journalist. He managed to trace his family back to King Edward 1st of England via Jane Seymour, and from Edward back to William the Conqueror himself. Do you know [Read more]
Phillip Panter’s (1785-1832) headstone
Copy of Words on Tomb of Philip Panter (1785-1832), brother of John Leach Panter, in Nettlecombe Churchyard, Somerset. Sacred to the Memory of The Rev’d Philip Panter M A Curate of the Parish His earthly Career was distinguished by Humility [Read more]
William Henry Panter’s headstone inscription
Transcription of William Henry Panter’s Headstone in Brighton Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Courtesy of Shirley Joy and Heather Howells 2003 IN LOVING MEMORY OF Wm. HENRY PANTER, R.N. DIED 14th JULY, 1915, AGED 74 YEARS “Blessed are the pure in heart [Read more]
Panter Party 2011
The 2011 Panter party was held today at the family venue for the fourth time (also in 2001, 1991 and 1981). Over 100 family members attended from all over the world who represented every branch of the family. After the [Read more]
Panter Party 2001
The 2001 Panter Party was held at the family venue on 4th August 2001.
Georgie Welander’s Memoirs: “So Human”
Louisa Georgina Downes Panter (1889-1979) was known in the family as Georgie Welander. She married Karl (‘Sven’) Welander and had five children. In the 1970s she wrote her memoirs named ‘ So Human’ which were typed up by her daughter [Read more]