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Paper, Brass, Bronze and Portland Stone - remembering Leonard Victor Lee Glassborow

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Subtitle:  Prince George and the Battle of the Somme   William and Catherine Rose David Austin Roses Photograph Copyright Stuart Kreloff Prince George of Cambridge, currently fourth in line to the British throne, has numerous notable family members: Victoria, Empress of India; King George V of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas; Queen Elizabeth II, Head of the Commonwealth - and that's just on his father's half of the family! The news that his mother and father became engaged led to an enormous interest in the Middleton family culminating in the ultimate honour: a David Austin rose named "William and Catherine" . Catherine's family genealogy was researched and reports of her great-great-great-grandfather's (Edward Thomas Glassborow) brush with the law and her grandmother's (Valerie Glassborow) service at Station X ( Bletchley Park ) were prominent in the media. But the 'lateral branches' of her f
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Deaths in a Water Tank

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It's not often that we hear of a death in a water tank. And even rarer that we hear of two. Perhaps because, nowadays, most water tanks hold about 10 litres for use in our water closets. Or perhaps because many of us no longer live or work on farms or factories. But then I listened to the GenealogyGems podcast from 8 December 2014. Lisa Louise Cooke stumbled upon the sad story of her husband's great-grandmother, Mary Ann Cooke of Tunbridge Wells, Kent. The newspaper report on 21 August 1908 of her coroner's inquest noted that she had been suffering for some years from her nerves. Her neighbours and her young son, by candlelight, found her body in a roof tank; she was dead at age 41. The newspaper report describes the layout of the house, the neighbour who cared for her in her last days, and the testimonies from the doctor and police. Verdict: death by drowning. We have a similar tale in our family. The Honey family has roots in Oxfordshire and an old-school visit to t
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