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CommentsChristina LACE published by Graham Payne - 8 years 11 months 6 days ago. | | Christina LACE was buried in Plot Tc 4797
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Jasmine Bates' recent comment published by - 8 years 11 months 6 days ago. | | I fully agree with your comments, Jasmine, relating to Pat's recently published research - I too found it extremely interesting.
Last week I was able to make the journey to Weston to explore the area and obtained copies of relevant entries on the 1839 tithe map from Weston Library from very helpful staff, and also took photos of the areas where my husband's Jakeway family originated.
I found a useful book, Weston-super-Mare in watercolours, by Rosie and Howard Smith, beautifully illustrated with lots of information about Weston's history - particularly helpful to those of us who are strangers to the town.
I only recently joined W-s-M FHS and have been very impressed by the amount of help and advice provided.
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FISHER Family published by - 8 years 11 months 7 days ago. | | Hi There,
Your comment about the FISHER's caught my eye. John FISHER b. 1752 who married Susana BAKER b. 1761 in 1783 in Wick St Lawerence are direct descendants of mine. Would be interested to hear if John & Susana FISHER and the John & Deborah FISHER you mentioned are connected in any way.
Regards.
Heather
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George Markey published by - 8 years 11 months 9 days ago. | | Fantastic! Thank you so much I will pass this on to a friend who is reseaching this family. I'm not sure what his relationship is with George but he was keen to find out more and this you have provided in detail. Are you related to George?
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George Markey Death 1890 published by - 8 years 11 months 16 days ago. | | Full details are available in the Cheltenham Chronicle of Saturday 8 February where the inquest appears. This is available via www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk. Will attach a jpeg below. | |
Civilian Memorial published by - 8 years 11 months 17 days ago. | | At last, it has happened.
I think it was about 1999, when I contacted the Weston Gazzette, to say how frustrated I was on visiting the cemetery, looking for ww2 civilian graves. Only to find the plot overgrown, and the headstones laid flat, to make mowing easier. I contacted the Gazzette, and they ran a story on it, with promises from the council to sort it out.
In 2006 I revisited the site to see nothing had changed. And re contacted both the council, and the Gazzette about it. I hearted nothing back, and had all but given up hope.
Imagine my Suprise today to see, the seed I planted grow to fruition....
I was in the armed forces, when I started looking it all up. And could not be more happy to see it completed.
I'm not from WSM, but the story always meant a lot to me
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