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John Moore – thanks Dad

John Moore – thanks Dad

Posted on February 19, 2023January 15, 2023 by HarrietP
John Moore  – wills and family history I have posted before about how to find and use wills in family history research. The 1744 will of John Moore of Kirkbampton is one of those that tells us ... Read More
Joseph Studholme

Joseph Studholme

Posted on August 28, 2022August 28, 2022 by HarrietP
Joseph Studholme – a Carlisle surveyor and land agent – got a fairly brief mention in this post about William Robinson Martindale & Port Carlisle: His will doesn’t tell us a great deal more ... Read More
Bequests that raise a smile

Bequests that raise a smile

Posted on January 30, 2022 by HarrietP
Bequests that raise a smile Bequests in family wills can often tell us a lot about the person, their status, their priorities, and their relationships. And where there’s a will, there’s an occasio... Read More
Tracing your family history: Wills

Tracing your family history: Wills

Posted on October 3, 2021October 3, 2021 by HarrietP
Among William Shakespeare’s almost countless famous lines is one from his will: ‘Item, I give unto my wife my second best bed with the furniture.” If you’re tracing your family history or... Read More
Beds through the ages, comfort and joy

Beds through the ages, comfort and joy

Posted on January 5, 2020January 22, 2021 by HarrietP
Beds through the ages: most important piece of furniture? Spoiled for choice when considering a new mattress? Puzzled by the claims for memory foam, pocket springs, toppers, zoning, cores… When you ... Read More
Georgian living: John Fawell’s worldly goods

Georgian living: John Fawell’s worldly goods

Posted on October 21, 2019 by HarrietP
Georgian living: 1791 In 1791, George III was on the throne. His son Frederick, Duke of York, married Princess Frederica Charlotte of  Prussia. Composer Joseph Haydn arrived in England. And the Ordna... Read More
Robert Sewell – a curious will

Robert Sewell – a curious will

Posted on August 11, 2019January 22, 2021 by HarrietP
Robert Sewell was the man who told world-renowned astronomer William Herschel that he was wrong. Robert Sewell was right, but while history records that Herschel got it wrong when it came to lunar vol... Read More
James Irving of Blackwell House – an unusual will

James Irving of Blackwell House – an unusual will

Posted on August 9, 2018January 22, 2021 by HarrietP
The will of James Irving (baptised 1835 Bowness-on-Solway, died 1877 Switzerland) suggests he was worthy of the description Cumbrian Character… Elsewhere on this site, you can find a general inf... Read More

Port Carlisle – a history built on hope

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