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Previous | Contents | Next Well, I hate to nit-pick, but if I could I’d ask Uncle Angus about his timeline — because as far as I can see James was well set up in London, and married to a Londoner, well before the war. § § Those were my first impressions of ... Read more
Previous | Contents | Next James Grossart Sharp (1848-1928) and Margaret Linklater (1853-1911) Heather’s great-grandparents. As I worked my way down through the generations I kept wondering what the distaff side brought to the mix. What did Agnes Mitchell and Isabel Dall contribute, back in the first half of the ... Read more
Previous | Contents | Next Opotiki, June 6, 1890I have often thought of writing down the things that interest me most so that I would look back and see what happened in the past. I am 43 years old today, so there is no danger of any romantic bosh. At present a few of ... Read more
Previous | Contents | Next The Sisams Tottie’s paternal grandfather was English. So was his wife Caroline. Henry Sisam is recorded in the 1861 census as a miller employing six men and a boy. The Arrow Mill, on the River Arrow in Warwickshire, is “presumed” to be on the site of one mentioned in ... Read more