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Ann Murch’s Antique Embroidery

Studying family history never ceases to amaze me – I never know what’s going to turn up next. Last week I was contacted by a distant cousin in Canada who mentioned that she owned a gorgeous embroidery which was worked … Continue reading

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Land’s End And The First & Last House – Old Photos

The previous slide which I posted from Grandpa’s collection showed the most easterly point of the UK, Lowestoft. Now I’m posting a photo of the most westerly point on mainland England, Land’s End in Cornwall. My gran, Ivy Alice Hibbitt … Continue reading

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On This Day… William Elbert Dando Married… Twice!

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.

Click PLAY to hear an AI-generated audio discussion, created for a young audience, on this blog post’s key topics. (The audio was produced by NotebookLM Deep Dive Conversation.) Were your ancestors talented, did they bring a little sunshine into their … Continue reading

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Charles Dando – Early 20th Century Plymouth Dentist

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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Dando Hatmakers in New York

I recently discovered a little more about Samuel Dando, the missing son of John Dando and Ann (nee Brothers), my 5 x great-grandparents. John Dando’s will, dated 1809, states that he hadn’t heard from Samuel for 4 years and was … Continue reading

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St James’s Church, Piccadilly, Westminster

Last Tuesday, I retraced the steps of my great-great-grandparents, William Elbert Dando and Sarah Louisa Oliver, when I paid a visit to St James’s Church, Westminster, where the couple married on 11th October 1875. My visit to London was a … Continue reading

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Grannies’ ‘Mrs Beeton’s Cookery Book’

I have in my possession two volumes of Mrs Beeton’s Cookery Book which have been handed down to me. Both books are old and well used, one originally having been owned by one of my maternal great-grandmothers, Florence Weaver, nee … Continue reading

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Digitizing Grandpa’s Old Slides

My parents recently produced two boxes of colour slides, which had been stored away in their house for a number of years. The slides consisted of photos taken by my paternal grandparents, Charles George Hibbitt and Ivy Alice (nee Dando), … Continue reading

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When Stephen Dando Met Thomas Paine

Stephen Dando was my 5x great-uncle, the son of John Dando & Ann (nee Brothers), my 5 x great-grandparents. Born in Rodborough, Gloucestershire, in about 1769, he came from a Non-conformist family who were in the hat manufacturing business. In … Continue reading

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