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My mother, Jean Irene Bond, nee Brown, passed away on 26 August 2018, six days after her 95th birthday. Over... Read More
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Tucked away in Tyler Jacques’ family memorabilia was a yellowed Christmas card from the Isle of Wight dated 1932. The... Read More
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Having recently discovered the secret to mind-travelling back through time, I’ve journeyed to Sheffield to have an imaginary conversation with my great-great-grandfather.... Read More
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Julia McEvers Julia McEvers was the youngest child of Mary Frances Bourke and John Francis McEvers, a Doctor of Medicine of... Read More
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While the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was founded in the UK in 1824, by 1880, there... Read More
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The death of Thomas Henry Blythe in his sixtieth year sparked a battle in the probate courts that would last... Read More
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When Thomas Henry Blythe, a millionaire real estate tycoon from San Francisco died in 1883, no will was found among his... Read More
At half past 5 o’clock on April 4, 1883, real estate tycoon Thomas Henry Blythe died suddenly at his home at... Read More
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The Isle of Wight Chapter of the Bond Family Chronicles takes us back to Jessie William’s parents, George and Harriet Williams who... Read More
The Preston Chapter of the Bond Family Chronicles takes us back to William Bond’s parents, Thomas and Alice Bond who... Read More