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Offline Melanie Jessop

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Re: Help needed to decipher shorthand letter written by my grandmother.
« Reply #18 on: Thursday 04 October 18 13:20 BST (UK) »
GS and Heather, you are terrific detectives.  I didn't realise there was so much room for interpretation with shorthand, but now I realise it's quite an art.  Thank you so much for this.  It is just a bizarre page of squiggles otherwise.

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« Reply #19 on: Thursday 04 October 18 19:24 BST (UK) »
I am still trying to fill in the gaps!

I see that I left the date off, as the page starts with

Tuesday 14/1/30.

That means she would have been married about five years when she sued for divorce.
Suffolk: Pearl(e),  Garnham, Southgate, Blo(o)mfield,Grimwood/Grimwade,Josselyn/Gosling
Durham/Yorkshire: Sedgwick/Sidgwick, Shadforth
Ireland: Davis
Norway: Torreson/Torsen/Torrison
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