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Miss Havisham’s wedding feast – a real-life tragedy

Posted on October 4, 2021October 4, 2021 by HarrietP

Tragedies at sea, in this case on the SS West Cumberland, took their toll on loved ones at home. Charles Dickens described the room, in Great Expectations, where poor Miss Havisham’s wedding feast s... Read More

Elizabeth Senhouse, a venerable lady

Posted on July 1, 2018May 19, 2024 by HarrietP

May 6 1890 saw the death of a venerable lady (as she was termed) from a famous Cumbrian family: Elizabeth Pocklington Senhouse. Mrs Senhouse of Netherhall, Maryport, was 86, and what had started as a ... Read More

Curious deaths – death certificates and family history

Posted on June 8, 2018January 22, 2021 by HarrietP

Cause of death is a key feature of death certificates, not only for family (and the state) at the time, but also for social and family historians. Knowing an ancestor died of TB helps us to ‘know’... Read More

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Miss Havisham’s wedding feast – a real-life tragedy

Elizabeth Senhouse, a venerable lady

Curious deaths – death certificates and family history