2025 in my photos

 

Instagram. Photos by Patrick Jones.

Each year I share a recap of photos and travels. Next week I'll have a companion piece on research reflections as I close out 2025 and look ahead to research in 2026. In the snapshot above from my Instagram feed, the bottom middle photo is from February in Los Angeles. The bottom left photo is from Rootstech (shared previously here). The left lower middle and middle middle are from our visit to Lake Murray, SC at the end of March. The left shot above the paddleboarding photo is from our June meeting in Prague, with the middle photo from the Urban Nation Street Art Museum in Berlin. The top row is from Belfast (left corner and top middle) and Dublin this June.

My January began with a visit to Los Angeles, with the city on fire as a I flew into LAX. I visited Campuzano cousins in Anaheim and avoided the smoke covering West LA.

In February I returned to LA, and Allison and I took time to go back to the then-Michelin 3-star Inn at Little Washington. Although it lost a star this year, it's still an incredible experience.

Allison at Inn at Little Washington. 7 Feb 2025.

In March I went to Rootstech on my way to my own meeting in Seattle, Washington. We closed out the month with a family visit to South Carolina.

In April I did a Spring time hike through Bath and the Cotswolds. This was an incredible trip and a highly recommended visit to the beautiful English countryside.

Photo by Patrick Jones. Near Bath, UK. 24 Apr 2025.

For May, we moved Sophia home for the summer and enjoyed some paddleboarding on the Potomac.

In June, I had a meeting in Prague and a bonus visit to Berlin prior to the meeting. The train from Berlin to Prague is also highly recommended. Sophia joined me in Prague and we had a really great time in Central Europe. I think we both agreed one of our favorite stops was the Mucha Museum in Prague.

Sophia & I. Prague. 12 Jun 2025.

At the end of June, I joined Allison and her choir on an epic tour of Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland. I think Belfast is underrated as a city and is a surprisingly cool spot for street art, food and museums. The Titanic Museum is definitely worth visiting as it gives a solid understanding of the city's importance with the linen trade and ship building. We rode the ferry from Belfast to Scotland and then continued on to Edinburgh. I had some bonus time to visit the University of Edinburgh Archives and complete a hike of Arthur's Seat. Edinburgh was really great.

Photo by Patrick Jones. Choir at St. Giles, Edinburgh. 30 Jun 2025.

In August, we returned to NY. I visited the office in LA in September. October brought on our end of the year meeting in Dublin. For November I caught the train to Culpeper to reset the keys to the Internet.

Earlier in the month I had a stopover in London and a quick trip to Ghana.

Tomorrow we're heading down to Blacksburg, VA to catch some college basketball before visiting the family in South Carolina before Christmas. Virginia Tech is 10-2 and we hope to see some exciting basketball to kick off the holiday weekend.

This definitely doesn't capture all my best photos and recollections of the year, but it's a decent overview.

DNA in the news: Beachy Head Woman from Roman Britain

A new article in the Journal of Archaeological Science (17 December 2025) details new DNA findings on skeleton from Southern England that has been dated to 129-311 CE. It's an interesting publication showing how new DNA analysis techniques can challenge and change previous determinations. 

The skeleton was found in the collection of the Eastbourne Town Hall in 2012 (possibly moved there in 1959), and initially believed to be sub-Saharan African in origin. In 2024 an updated DNA method was used, and the researchers also used Unreal Engine (the same computer technology behind popular online games such as Fortnite) to generate a new digital likeness for the woman. Based on the new information, the researchers have determined that Beachy Head Woman came from Roman-era southern Britain.

Wrapped Season

 

Spotify. 2025 Wrapped logo.

Users of Spotify will notice an increase in copycat end of the year "wrapped" updates rolling out from various platforms. Everything from Duolingo to Uber Eats to even Ancestry is providing a Spotify Wrapped-style recap. (Ancestry's green also recalls Spotify's own Wrapped green).

Source: Ancestry.

As with prior years, I will soon have a year in photos and travel post and a review of my research progress, along with a look ahead to 2026. It is natural and quite useful to have these reflective posts in the last two weeks of the year. This month is racing forward and it's really hard to believe next week is Christmas.

A-File Request Received

I've received a reply from the National Archives at Kansas City in response to my request for a copy of the A-file for Trinidad Leyva. I should receive additional information in the next week or so, and I am really curious to see if the file includes some hints of a connection to a branch on our Sonoran or Arizona side of the tree.

London Christmas

 

Photo by Patrick Jones. London. 6 Dec 2025.

Mariana

 

FamilySearch. Hermosillo Baptisms. 31 Jul 1848.

Something tells me Mariana Portillo might have a link to my 3rd-great-grandfather Manuel Portillo, and to the mystery Guerrero-Leyva matches. Mariana was the first wife of Ygnacio Campuzano. Above is a snapshot of her baptism record from Hermosillo, Sonora. This lists her parents as Jose de la Luz Portillo and Juana Vidal. Jose was born about 1828, which could make him a brother of Manuel.

On Ancestry, using Shared Matches of Matches, I can see the matches in common with Eddie Campuzano, a great-grandson of Mariana Portillo. He's also a match to CH (164 cM), and several others who are part of the Guerrero-Leyva group.

Mariana married Ygnacio Campuzano in Hermosillo on 23 November 1866. Interestingly, witnesses were Francisco Calles and Maria Jesus Campuzano (she was the mother of Plutarco Elias Calles, future President of Mexico).

FamilySearch. Hermosillo Marriages, 1866.

They had at least eight children together, before Ygnacio started a second family with Dolores Preciado. Mariana appears in the 1910 US Census in Silverbell, Pima County, Arizona living with her daughter Maria Ysabel.

The trail points to Spain

 

Made in Ideogram. A pilgrim on the Camino.

Back in June 2015, I wrote about the two families of Vicente Antonio Campuzano (1810-1873). Thanks to cousin Greg, we now have an initial YDNA haplogroup for his line to Vicente through Ygnacio Campuzano. Below is a photo of Ygnacio with second wife Dolores Preciado, and two children (likely Jose, born March 1896 and sister Dolores born in 1897). Ygnacio was a half-brother of my 2nd-great-grandfather, Vicente Plutarco Campuzano.

Source: P. Rosas. Ygnacio, Dolores and children. 

The initial YDNA haplogroup is R-S3530. According to FamilyTreeDNA, the man who was the most recent common ancestor for this line was born about 1 BCE. Because this is so far back in time, I've upgraded the kit to Big Y700, in the hopes that this will provide a more recent haplogroup. The Big Y results probably won't be available for a while, likely into early 2026.

FTDNA Discover report for R-S3530.

There's more analysis to do. Thankfully there are some Y matches and very interesting autosomal matches to review.

A Visit to Spitalfields Market

 

Selfie at Old Spitalfields Market. 6 Dec 2025.

Last week's stopover in London provided an opportunity to visit the historic Spitalfields Market. Our Oyler side of the tree has a long connection to the market. Spitalfields is currently decorated for the holidays, and it has a happy, festive atmosphere. As I was staying in Shoreditch, I ended up visiting the market several times for food, browsing the vendors, and immersing myself in the surroundings that would have been the stomping grounds for the Potter Oyler Ltd fruit and produce vendors.

Photo by Patrick Jones. Spitalfields Market.

Photo by Patrick Jones. Spitalfields. 6 Dec 2025.

Photo by Patrick Jones. Festive decorations.

Photo by Patrick Jones. Old Spitalfields. 6 Dec 2025.

Photo by Patrick Jones. Spitalfields.

Happy Friday

 

Photo by Patrick Jones. Shoreditch, London. 6 Dec 2025.

Greetings, I'm back from my week in London and Accra, Ghana, and catching up on a lot that came through while I was on work travel. Our cousin Greg received his initial YDNA haplogroup through FTDNA. This deserves its own post. Another cousin's mtDNA kit has been received by FTDNA, which will give us a second tester on the maternal line for Maria Jesus Vasquez. There's more to cover, and writing will return to a more regular pace as the month picks up to the holiday break.

Ghana week

 

Photo by Patrick Jones. Accra, Ghana. 24 July 2023.

I'm back in Accra, Ghana for a series of events this week. Above is a painting that was in our hotel in the last Ghana meeting from 2023.

Art in the city

 

Photo by Patrick Jones. Edinburgh, 28 June 2025.

A painting in the lobby at the Old Town Chambers hotel in Edinburgh. We didn't stay at the hotel this summer but had dinner in their restaurant.

Christmas Decorations, 2014

 

Photo by Patrick Jones. The White House, 12 Dec 2014.

A throwback to a different time, showing some of the decorations at the now demolished East Wing of the White House in Washington DC. I have more photos from my visit on that day in 2014, which really feels like a moment in time now that the historic wing is no longer there.

Escolastico and Flora

FamilySearch. 19 Aug 1881. Mazatlan, Sinaloa, MX.

Last week I wrote about Trinidad Leyva, the mother of our mystery match CH. Her parents were Escolastico Leyva and Flora Escovar. They were married in Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico on 7 September 1881. The image above comes from their marriage intention document (Informacion Matrimonial) on 19 August 1881. This is a great record, as it states Escolastico was a twenty-six year old shoemaker (zapatero) from Culiacan, Sinaloa, and names his parents Juan Leyva and Carlota Rodriguez (both deceased). 

Flora was fourteen, from San Javier, Sinaloa, not far from the Sinaloa-Sonora border in the northern part of the state. She had been living in Mazatlan for twelve years, with her mother Maria Hernandez. Flora's father, Valentin Escovar, was deceased by the time this marriage intention was made in 1881.

Escolastico and Flora had at least the following children:

• Antonio Leyva (June 1882-1883)
• Ysabel Leyva (1887-1904)
• Enriqueta Leyva (1889-1889)
• Trinidad Leyva (1892-?)
• Juan Leyva (1897-1947)

Escolastico died in 1902 in Sinaloa. Flora lived until 1934 and moved from Sinaloa to Nogales, Sonora.

There's more in the Mexican records on FamilySearch. Somewhere on either Escolastico or Flora's line is our connection to this group of mystery matches. I'm parking this here for now, and will pick up this path later next week.

New look to Ancestry's ThruLines tool

 

Ancestry's ThruLines for KDJ. Dec 2025.

Over the weekend, Ancestry rolled out a new interface for ThruLines, integrating DNA matches into a family tree view. You can then click on any person in the tree, expand backward on a line and see how many DNA matches Ancestry thinks are descending from a person. As an example below, when I am in my Dad's results and click on Robert Thomas Jones Sr, the image shows his children and the path for the DNA matches connected to them.

Ancestry's ThruLines.

The old ThruLines view is still an option, and I think both are useful. I also haven't tested this yet with my iPad, but I think the tree graphics might work better on a screen that I can pinch and expand easily. The new tree graphic is pretty small.

Another cool feature is if you click on an ancestor, you see a right-side profile pop-up which shows how many DNA matches you have and pulls some detail from your tree such as facts from their timeline.

Ancestry. ThruLines profile.

As others I follow have shared, it is good to see Ancestry continuing to innovate and evolve these tools, and I am looking forward to using these to make more connections.

Applications for Citizenship

An article published today in the English version of the Spanish newspaper El País indicates over 2 million descendants of Spanish exiles had applied for citizenship under the Democratic Memory Law. This shows the interest is high in descendants of Spaniards to obtain citizenship.

An earlier article from August describes how grandchildren of Spanish emigrants in Latin America are seeking to restore their citizenship and return to Spain.

Research Progress December 2025

This month has a few updates. Changes are coming in January for the various research questions I've been tracking since the previous progress report. It's also worth comparing against my research questions from a year ago.

Paternal side research

1 - Identifying the parents of Bridget, my Irish 3rd-great-grandmother. This one needs more time, but I am aiming for another extensive post by mid-month, once I'm back from international travel. Looking back at where I was a year ago with this question, it feels like I've made little progress, but I am narrowing the focus and having a specific location to target is helpful.

2 - O'Brien DNA matches. This research question is evolving from the earlier one targeting the generation of connection with the Pennsylvania O'Briens.

3 - Analyzing mtDNA connections in the maternal line path of Sarah Westall and Elizabeth Thornhill Jones. This one is pending a follow-up from test holder Lynn.

4 - Jones YDNA. Pending finding another Jones male to take a YDNA test.

5 - Guthrie DNA group project.

6 - Cleaning up the Thomas Jones and Nancy Tucker research. This one has had a lot of progress behind the scenes, working with Mary from the DAR and distant Tucker and Jones cousins. More to follow later in the month.

Maternal side research

1 - Identifying possible siblings of my 3rd-great-grandfather Gabriel Vasquez. Again, not much movement here, but I think with xDNA analysis (see number 8 below), there's an intriguing match in Argentina who may connect to this line.

2 - Working with DNA matches on the Amado side of the tree. Not much different from last month, but I think the Campuzano YDNA and autosomal result will help here once it arrives on FTDNA.

3 - Analyzing mtDNA matches in the maternal line path of Maria Jesus Vasquez. For this one I am building a spreadsheet to analyze my cousin Catherine's matches, and I think this will pay off a bit later in the month.

4 - Guerrero-Leyva mystery matches. There's some progress here as I have more information on how these people connect to each other. I still don't get the generation of connection, but it feels like it will be on one of the gaps in my Portillo side of the tree. I think this one may benefit from an expert consultation.

5 - Resolving descendancy from the daughters of John Carter (1715-1783). Pending a follow-up with the Carter Society.

6 - Identifying a direct maternal line ancestor of Mary Alice Cain Read to encourage to take a mtDNA test. Nothing new since last month.

7 - Campuzano YDNA. This one we're waiting on the results of the YDNA test for our Campuzano cousin, and perhaps in early 2026 we'll have some exciting updates.

8 - [New] xDNA analysis using FTDNA's tools. I've built a spreadsheet with all of the xDNA matches in common with my Mom and Catherine. More to do but I've set things up for after my international trip.

Over the holiday break, I may add some DNA research questions for Allison's side of the tree. These would be new queries to follow depending on testing and analysis with the existing kits we can access on Ancestry.

December in London

 

London Transport Museum. 1951.

As the calendar turns to December, I'm looking ahead to a quick stopover in London before transiting to a warmer climate in the second week of the month. There are a few places high on my list, including a visit to Old Spitalfields Market, Covent Garden, the London Transport Museum, Brick Lane and Shoreditch.

Trinidad

 

Ancestry. US Border Crossings, Calexico, CA.

One of my long running research questions has been to resolve the connection to the Guerrero-Leyva mystery matches on my Mom's side of the tree. In August I tried using the DNAPainter matrix tool on these matches. I've also tried Ancestry's new clusters with ProTools. Now I'm looking at traditional genealogy to see what the records say about how these people connect together. 

My Mom's mystery match CH has 219 cM in common across 9 segments, so it's a strong match. There are a lot of shared matches of matches to CH, including many living individuals in California and Arizona, so I'm going to limit some of the personal data I share with this post. A potential complication I see is there are hints of endogamy, with matches sharing matches who I would not think should be connected together, on both my Portillo and Campuzano sides of the tree.

CH's mother was Trinidad Leyva. She was born in Mazatlan, Sinaloa on 20 January 1892. All signs point to the connection somewhere on Trinidad's paternal or maternal line. The record above from her 1941 US Border Crossing entry in Calexico, California shows a reference to her Alien Registration number. I've submitted a query to the US National Archives in Kansas City for a copy of her A-File (I've had good luck in the past, so fingers crossed).

Mazatlan is a bit south of our primary location in Sonora for my Mexican side of the tree, but Northern Sinaloa does appear as an area where we have a specific connection. Trinidad's maternal line appears to come from the borderlands with Sonora as San Javier is located in the far northern part of the state (within the darker brown in the image below).

AncestryDNA. Ancestral Journey for BAJ.

On the primary side of the border crossing record above, dated 31 July 1941, Trinidad was crossing from Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico into Calexico, California with her daughter Rosalva Guerrero. This record tells us a lot, who she was visiting in Mexicali (her cousin Amalia Silva), and who she was going to live with - her son Ignacio Guerrero Jr. in Calexico. In addition to her birth location and birth date which repeats across other records, there are other identifying details and a photo.

Google Maps.

Ancestry. US Border Crossings, 1941.

An earlier border crossing record shows Trinidad going to Glendale, Arizona between September 1923 and January 1924 with three of her children - Inez Guerrero, Ignacio Jr and Rosalva. She had another son, Francisco Guerrero, on 9 October 1924 in Glendale. Trinidad had at least these four children with Ignacio Guerrero Sr, before she had two children with Jose "Joseph" Rivas in Calexico, California. CH is one of those two.

My Mom has a DNA match from CH's brother James, and several from children of Ignacio, which tell me our common connection is backward from Trinidad's branch. This is also exactly the spot on the tree where I know very little, other than my 3rd-great-grandfather Manuel Portillo (born about 1830-30 Aug 1880). I don't know his parents, so one of them may connect to Sinaloa and the Leyva family.

Something else of promise, in CH's most recent Ancestral Origins update, she had 17% Indigenous Americas Mexico, 14% Iberian Peninsula Spain, 7% Northern Spain, 6% Portugal, 2% NW Italy, 2% Sephardic Jews in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1% Sephardic Jews from Northern Africa.

Thanksgiving bread

 

Gert Krautbauer. Bavaria Travel, Google Arts & Culture.

Happy Thanksgiving! Locally it looks like a repeat of 2023's clear and crisp morning for the Turkey Trot runners. May your day be tasty and festive.

Holiday Painting

 

Photo by Patrick Jones. Dublin. 23 Oct 2025.

Photo by Patrick Jones. Dublin. 23 Oct 2025.

More Korean War era draft cards

 

Fold3. US Korean War era draft card. 1948.

At the beginning of the month, I wrote about the new collection of US Korean War era draft registration cards available on Fold3. When the database launched, registration cards from 10 states were available. Ancestry and Fold3 have now added 10 more states to the set. Above is a card for Allison's paternal grandfather, James Ross Havens. In 1948 he was a student at Evansville College (now the University of Evansville), and was a Navy veteran of World War II.

Fold3. 1948.

The draft registration card for Allison's maternal grandfather is also above, showing he was working as a postal carrier in Evansville in 1948. Like James, Fritz was a veteran of World War II and served in the US Army.

FTDNA updates to the MitoTree

 

Source: FTDNA. 24 Nov 2025.

FamilyTreeDNA has published an update on new mtDNA haplogroups added to the MitoTree of Humankind. It looks like new and updated haplogroups may be rolling out soon for those who have taken the mtFull sequence test with FamilyTreeDNA. My own mtDNA haplogroup has not yet updated, but the time tree graphic on my discover page has changed.

In March, the result showed the most recent common maternal ancestor for this line was estimated to be born about 1100 CE with three DNA tested descendants. Now the discover report is showing 850 CE, with six DNA tested descendants.

There's more to read based on these improvements. The FTDNA website is running a bit slow at the moment, but I'll check back this week to see what is new and changed.

Always warm and bright

 

London Transport Museum. 1912.

XDNA Inheritance

 

Source: Blaine Bettinger. The Genetic Genealogist, 2008.

In July 2025, I wrote about using XDNA with DNA matches. I am looking again at XDNA patterns, now that I also have access to my cousin Catherine's results with FamilyTreeDNA. I can compare XDNA matches in common between Catherine and my Mom, and possibly try to identify the most recent common ancestor with matches on the Mexican or Chilean sides of the tree.

Catherine and my Mom share 36 cM of XDNA, and 208 cM of autosomal DNA. Her common ancestor are my 2nd-great-grandparents Vicente Plutarco Campuzano and Maria Jesus Vasquez. With XDNA, because this has a specific inheritance pattern, those 36 cMs could be 50% from Vicente and 50% from Maria Jesus. In addition, Maria Jesus inherited her XDNA from both her parents, Gabriel Vasquez and Maria Jesus Suastegui, while Vicente only inherited his XDNA from his mother, Maria Concepcion Amado. As one of my research areas is to dig into the Amado DNA connections, XDNA provides another possibility for discovery.

Catherine has another XDNA match sharing 25 cM, but only 12 cM autosomal DNA. This match is in Brazil, so this hints at a possible Portuguese connection. It would help to see if there are more testers with a connection to the Amado side who also have a match in common with this particular XDNA match. We're currently waiting on another Campuzano cousin descending from Vicente Plutarco Campuzano and Maria Jesus Vasquez to complete his test, so I'll be curious if this match also appears.

Update - The chart at the top of the post shows female XDNA inheritance, highlighting the parts of the tree passing along XDNA (blue for paternal line inheritance, pink for maternal). So, if you have XDNA matches this can be a powerful tool for identifying matches and lines on the tree for research focus.

FamilyTreeDNA and Gedmatch are the only DNA sites I am aware of that currently display XDNA matches.

Revolutionary Veterans

 

Emanuel Leutze. Washington Crossing the Delaware. 1851.

With the PBS documentary series on the American Revolution premiering this week, I thought it was timely to look at some of the Revolutionary veterans I have covered previously on the blog. Since my meeting in Dublin, I've been providing some research assistance with a distant cousin's DAR application involving my 6th-great-grandfather James Tucker. This recap might be useful later in case S would like to pursue a DAR application.

• James Tucker, 1759-1849. He served in North Carolina.
• Azariah Davis, 1756-1830. He served in Pennsylvania.
• James Smith, 1755-1838. He served in Maryland. See also his pension file.

There's another group I think served during the American Revolution, but I have not yet verified this.

• Samuel Pollock, 1756-1835.
• William Allman, 1746-1830. Pennsylvania.
• Thomas Armstrong, 1734-1776
• Samuel Vail, 1754-1846
• Moses Lambert Jr, 1737-1782. New Jersey.
• Michael Braun. 1761-1826. Pennsylvania.
• John Read, 1734-1819. Virginia.

Finally, there's John McIntosh, the Scottish surgeon whose legend states he was captured at the Battle of Cowpens in 1781 while serving in the British Army.

Now streaming: The American Revolution

 

Source: PBS. The American Revolution (2025).

The 12 hour, six part documentary The American Revolution is now streaming (available each night this week or in full on PBS). Additional detail about the episodes is available on the PBS link above and in the image below.

Source: PBS.

Over the top Christmas lights

 

Photo by Patrick Jones. Temple Bar Dublin. 23 Oct 2025.

Culpeper Station

 

Photo by Patrick Jones. Culpeper Station. 13 Nov 2025.

Yesterday was another of my regular visits to historic Culpeper, Virginia to perform a role in a critical process of maintaining the global Internet. The shot above is from Amtrak's Culpeper Station, which makes for an easy and reliable way to travel.

ThruLines for Samuel

 

Ancestry's ThruLines. Matches of KDJ. Nov 2025.

Ancestry's ThruLines tool currently shows 46 DNA matches descending from Samuel Oyler using my Dad's DNA results. Two of those DNA matches descend from Potter Samuel Oyler's daughter Frances, and another two descending from Hannah Oyler. Thirty-six of our matches are from George Oyler Sr, who moved to America, operated the Buck Tavern and imported Kent Buck sheep.

At this point I am shifting to another branch of the tree, but it is useful to look back regularly to see how these numbers change.

A key ingredient for Thanksgiving

 

DAR wiki & Government of Canada.

This article in the Dominion Atlantic Railway Digital Preservation Initiative wiki on the cranberry trade in Nova Scotia has a surprising connection back to the Oylers of Spitalfields Market. The article on Herbert Oyler, son of George B. Oyler, describes his family connection to the apple trade. "The growing of apples appears to be in the blood of the Oyler family...Mr. Oyler was born in England, where his father George Oyler, had 3000 acres of orchard, apples and other fruit. His father was a member of Potter, Oyler, Ltd. in Kent, and Mr. Oyler still holds stock in this leading apple concern of England. His grandfather and great-grandfather were also apple men, making Mr. Oyler the fourth direct generation to be interested as a livelihood in apples and other fruits." This connection goes back even further when you consider the 1,000 year lease on the orchard, gardens and farm assigned to Samuel Oyler in Kent, England in 1834.

Source: Facebook. 1940s label.

The article continues into Herbert Oyler's shift into cranberry production, and how he was a pioneer in Canada using the first sprinkler on a cranberry bog. This was published in a 1955 magazine of the national cranberry growers in the United States and Canada. The Government of Canada website also has some historic photos from the Oyler cranberry operation in Nova Scotia.

It makes sense that the Oylers would seek out produce from beyond England to sell at the Spitalfields Market, but I had no idea how extensive this transatlantic produce trade was. FamilySearch has deeds for Potter Oyler Ltd in Nova Scotia showing they had an apple warehouse. Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley is the heart of the region's apple production and is known as the "Apple Capital of Nova Scotia."

Google Maps. Annapolis Valley, NS.

The Brickies

 

Source: Wikipedia. Sittingbourne F.C.

Here's one more post on the extended Oyler family in Kent, England. In 1922, Potter Oyler (a son or grandson of George Oyler?) was elected President of Sittingbourne Football Club. The team are nicknamed the Brickies, and they still play in the Isthmian Football League in the lower divisions of English football.

East Kent Gazette. 8 Jul 1922.

Oyler served as President in the 1922 season, and did not seek the seat in 1923. The team saw some of its greatest success in the 1922 season, advancing in the FA Cup and scoring 102 goals against 20 goals given up. Again, this is a cool connection to English football, even if on a distant branch.