Cleaning up today, I found two treasures that I did not know I had.
Grandpa Bond’s obituary, clipped from the newspaper:
BOND – In loving memory of a dear husband and father, John Arthur, who passed away Feb 8, 1963. His weary hours and days of pain, His troubled nights are past; And in our aching hearts [...]
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Found Snippets
Posted in Misc on 01 Jan 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Lancaster Parish records – Unusual Entries
Posted in Misc on 15 Aug 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I found some more unusual entries in the St Mary’s register from Lancaster last night:
Baptism 1788 Oct 14 – Lettice dr of Jane wife of James Atkinson of Skerton by John Robinson Ship Carpenter who acknowleges that he was the father of the child, James Atkinson being abroad on board the Ship Three Sisters as proved [...]
Unusual Entry from Cleobury Mortimer Parish Registers
Posted in Misc on 14 Sep 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I found another unusual entry for my collection last night in the Cleobury Mortimer parish register, 1795:
“Henry Olman, a journey-man cabinet-maker, born and bred up in Germany to a complete knowledge of his business, but influenced by a rambling disposition, he spent the little money he acquired in passing thro France, Switzerland etc before he [...]
