Informal ‘Archers of Oxford' family tree - starting from the brewers:

Phil’s History:

A ‘work in progress’ family history website starting from an Archer family of South Oxford, who were freemen, brewers, haulage contractors, and first ‘Archer & Co’ then ‘Archer Cowley & Co’ furniture removers in the 19th and 20th Centuries, inter alia, to whom are linked by marriage the Penfolds and Wells of Southwark and Surrey, the Reeds of Devon, the Gilders of Oxford and Hinckley, the Morgans of Petworth, Sussex, the Garners of Middleton, Lancs and many others. There are connections via Phil and the present generation (born 1930s/40s) with a patent law firm known as "UD&L" with motor-racing and Scottish antecedents.

(Added 22.6.2016): Here are the two John Archers (both brewers of St Aldates, Oxford), the second John’s son Alfred George, Inland Revenue officer, Alfred’s son William George Reed (WGRA), House Furnisher and Transport Contractor, his son Frederick George Blake, Managing Director of the family removals firm, Archer Cowley & Co, and his son Philip, who did not follow his father into that business (nor did his cousins), and hence the firm was sold in 1969. Thus the ‘family business’ changed from brewing in the early-to- mid 19th century, via coal-merchants (one of the John Archers) in the middle-to-latter part of that century,……(to be completed).

Phil’s History:

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Informal ‘Archers of Oxford' family tree - starting from the brewers: