Tag Archives: Dando

G-G-Grandmother’s Story Is Published In Discover Your History Magazine

Posted on 4 October 2013 by

My second article has been published in the October 2013 issue of the Discover Your History magazine. This month’s story, appearing on pages 36 and 37, is about my great-great-grandmother, Sarah Louisa Oliver. It tells the tale of Sarah’s turbulent … Continue reading →

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My Weavers Made Shoes

Posted on 11 September 2013 by

Hats and shoes feature significantly in my family. Whilst hats aren’t quite so in vogue as they once were, we all still need footwear, but how things have changed! My Dando line were the hatmakers, my first confirmed hatter being … Continue reading →

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On This Day… William Elbert Dando Married… Twice!

Posted on 10 October 2011 by

11TH OCTOBER 1875 – my 2 x great-grandparents, William Elbert Dando & Sarah Louisa Oliver, married 136 years ago in St James’s Church, Piccadilly Westminster. Their marriage certificate confirms that Sarah called herself Sarah Louisa Barnes and she declared herself … Continue reading →

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Hello Great-Great-Grandpa, How Do You Do! Meet The Ancestors.

Posted on 11 September 2011 by

Were your ancestors talented, did they bring a little sunshine into their friends’ and neighbours’ lives, or were they good-for-nothing scoundrels or somewhere in between? Imagine you could travel back in time and visit your predecessors. Who would you visit … Continue reading →

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Charles Dando – Early 20th Century Plymouth Dentist

Posted on 9 August 2011 by

Very little is known of his early years but Charles Llewellyn Ernest Elbert Dando was a dentist who married in Saffron Walden, Essex, in 1900. After a brief time in Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, he can be found in Plymouth in Devon … Continue reading →

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