What's In a Name: An Innes Family Story - Softcover

Innes, Andrew John Stow

Softcover

ISBN 10: 154080545X ISBN 13: 9781540805454

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

Synopsis

What’s in a name, an ancient name like Innes? Ten years ago, Andrew Innes set out to trace its history, asking the age-old questions, “Who am I? And where do I come from?” Sleuthing his branch of the family back as far as possible, he discovered surprising, sometimes tangled truths. From Scotland, his engaging story moves to England and Wales, then to his father’s discovery of bauxite in Jamaica, and ultimately to Canada, recounting a family’s social progress over two centuries. Of special interest to Innes cousins near and far is the tantalizing tale of the Stow Succession. In the nineteenth century several branches of the Innes clan believed they had a rightful claim to the vast fortune of Jane Innes of Stow. The author’s family was among them. Andrew Innes here gathers together more information on this subject than any other author he is aware of, and offers it to those who still nurture this belief.

About this title

About the Author:

Andrew Innes lives in Prince Edward County, at the eastern end of Lake Ontario, Canada, an area known for its artists, vineyards and Loyalist heritage. (His mother was of Loyalist descent.) Known as a painter, he paints for the sheer joy and challenge of it. His paintings, which can be seen at www.andrewinnes.com, reflect “an on-going attempt to distinguish the essential from the decorative and to discern the rhythms, patterns and geometry in nature.” He is unlikely to abandon his painting for writing anytime soon!

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 154080545X
• ISBN 13: 9781540805454
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 324