I met my great great great grandfather this week. Born 1791 – died 1869. A stone in the ground says this is where he lived and died. His name was John. John was the son of William whose father was also William. John (1791) married Mary Dare (m1817) and had a son named John, who had a son named John, who had a son name Charles my grandfather.
I walked the fields of Culmstock (Devon) separated by time but reunited by the ground.