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One of my great great etc uncle's was baptised 'Christmas Lincoln'. And a descendant's middle name (female), is Peppermint. Adorable!

 

My husband inherited so much when his mother died. An incredibly beautiful hand embroidered, laced etc king size bed coverlet made by his grandmother in 1910 AND the original newspaper, (yep, the whole paper) with the description of the items entered and the owners of same in the annual Wimbledon craft fayre/fete/show/,exhibition.... She came first in her category and had a special mention. It is the most beautiful piece I have ever seen. She also made her daughter's wedding dress, shot silk 1950.

My husband's parents met during the war, both in the RAF. The best 'treasure' from the old battered suitcase though was a bundle of letters written by my mother in law to her lover, my father-in-law. He had kept every single letter she had ever written to him in that time. Not only are they incredibly romantic, the detail of her life during the war in one of the armed forces is wonderful. It would make a brilliant made-for-TV film or series, better than Home Fires, which I really enjoy by the way.

They came from completely opposite backgrounds. He was a Welsh miner' s son, her father was a Marine Architect. They would never have met but for that awful war.

Hello everyone,

I've recently come across this rather interesting photo of a relation who sadly I cannot identify. I'm intrigued not only by her unusually(?) short hair but also her handbag...which I've never seen before in a photo seemingly belonging to the mid to late Victorian era.

Unfortunately there are no written clues on this photo, although it appears one time a studio name was at the bottom and has since been cut off for some reason. I also note that it isn't a regularly sized carte de viste size either, it seems larger...possibly a cabinet card. The card is very sturdy.

I'm hoping someone might be able to help me date this, please? My own uneducated guess would be somewhere in the early 1880s but it may be wishful thinking on my part.

I'd appreciate any clues you can muster...I've tried to scan as high a resolution as possible while still getting it to load on this page.

Regards,

Matt.

Hi Matt,

Yes I would say definately 1880's.

https://www.uvm.edu/landscape/dating/clothing_and_hair/1880s_clothing_women.php

(I had to type the link as I am unable to cut/paste so I hope it works!)

You can probably see that a few of the ladies are also wearing a 'sleek' hairstyle, which when viewed head on gives the impression of short hair, in my humble opinion that is.

Lady

Parish Register for marriage, Sept 21 1794, between JOHN KERSLAKE widower and BETTY SEARLE widow, Ide, Devon, original page number 27. Looking at the second witness signature, JOHN KERSLAKE JUN.

Parish register for marriage between JOHN KERSLAKE and FRANCES TAYLOR Exeter St Thomas, Devon, Feb 8 (?) 1801, original page number 216. Groom signature, JOHN KERSLAKE.

I am using a Kindle HD and do not have access to either a desk top, lap top or a printer and wondered if anyone could take a look at the originals (FindMyPast) and compare the two signatures. I think the signature of the first name of the witness in 1794 looks very much like the signature of the first name of the groom of 1801. I know the K in Kerslake looks similar but both 'r' and 's' are different....
I am going cross eyed flipping screens.

I am happy for anyone and everyone's input.

Thank you
Lady