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  • Eliza Darby's birth certificate arrived today. Her mother's maiden name was not as expected!
  • Now Jane's parents found: David Draper, shoemaker, and Jane Catling. Married December 1809, St Pancras, London, England.
  • Found: Jane Draper, my 4 x great grandmother was born 17 November 1810 and baptised 16 December 1810 at All Saints, Edmonton, London.
  • Found four more children of George George, baker, and Mary
  • So... my 4 x great grandmother Phoebe Elizabeth wasn't a Herbert after all—but a Hubert.
  • Intriguing possibility. Did James Joseph Hancock, potter, work for the company that became Royal Doulton?
  • Three certificates arrived today (none obtained in error). Two deaths and a birth.
  • Arrived Auckland. Now waiting for the flight home.
  • Have arrived at Los Angeles after a good flight.
  • Watching Antiques Roadshow at Lincoln Cathedral. Bringing back memories!

Posts Tagged ‘Cardiff’

October 23rd, 2009

CARDIFF — I walked back into the city centre this morning and visited Cardiff Castle. The castle grounds are very spacious what with the castle’s surrounding earthworks having been built over the top of the walls of a Roman fort giving it a square shape. I climbed to the top of the keep to get some good views across Cardiff before taking a tour through the castle apartments.
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October 22nd, 2009

CARDIFF — I left St Clears with the windscreen wipers going but it wasn’t long before the sun came out. My first stop was at Burry Port as this was where my grandmother’s brother had once lived. I managed to find the street and the house without too much trouble but finding a park was another matter.
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