last lot of pictures, for now!!!

[mlsdesigns]

this is a china plate, one of a pair, of my great grandfather as a little boy, it looks so much like clare that granny said she was to have him, so now she does :) his sister lives with my great aunt, and will be coming to me in due course, as she looks so much like me as a little girl, and they must stay togeter.


there is a lock of hair in a paper packet, that has always been known as grandfathers first curls!

these pictures we know are family, the resemblance of the little girl to both granny and aunty nic as a child are too strong, but we don't know who they are :(
they are pencil drawings highlighted with watercolours, in gorgeous oval gilt frames.

he's a very fine chap, and i remember talking to granny about the funny 'W' in his collar

the little girl is very pretty, and has such a lovely dress, it's just a shame you can't see more :)

what could be very exciting is that if she is who i hope she is i have a sampler made by her! but i'll need to do a lot more checking up before i can say so for sure, i'm hoping that someof the relatives might know more.

all in all i think i'm a very lucky girl, and i can't wait to get my new sewing room/dining room so i can put them all on the walls, constant inspiration :)

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[koshka-the-cat.livejournal.com]

One of my ancestors, Peter Tilton, according to the research a cousin I've never met did, "gave aid to General Whalley and General Goffe, two of the "judges" who sentenced Charles to execution in 1649. So we have something in common :)

I'm actually not descended from Peter, but rather his father, William. So one of my zillion times great uncles :)

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

hee hee, small world! i think the same applies to us, not the man himself but his brother. did something awful happen to him? ours was hung drawn and quartered, so not very pleasant!
when we were at a castle somewhere we found a copy of the death warrant (oops, sorry, in my previous post i put certificate, i meant warrant! he was one of the 12 who signed the warrant after the 'trial') and when we were looking for general harrison a chap was there looking for his ancestor, not the same man though, that would have been too spooky :p