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Letter from Wadham, 20th November 1833
From: James Bandinel (1814-1892) To: his mother, Marian Eliza (Hunter) Bandinel Date: 20th November 1833 About the 15[th] I began this letter My dear Mama, Wadham is declining! Oah, oah, warrama, coa. N.B. My uncle [George Rivers Hunter] will explain to you terms which you may not understand. Seven men went up for their Little-Go.… Continue reading
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Letter from Wadham, 10th November 1833
From: James Bandinel (1814-1892) To: his mother, Marian Eliza (Hunter) Bandinel Date: 10th November 1833 My dear Mama, You left Okeford on Tuesday! Did you? Then why did you not say anything of a letter from me having been received that day at Okeford? What do you mean by “Fie! Fie! Fie &c. &c. &c.… Continue reading
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Letter from Wadham, Oxford, 16th December 1833
From: James Bandinel (1814-1892) To: unknown [possibly Jemima Ormsby Hunter] Date: 16th December 1833 Oxford Dec[ember] 16th 1833 Well, if possible you shall have another dispatch from me ere I reach Babylon and place my head for 4 weeks, 2 days and 12 hours ‘neath the footstool of Nebuchadnezzar – for unlike the venerable and… Continue reading
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Letter from Wadham, Oxford, 14th December 1833
From: James Bandinel (1814-1892) To: his aunt (mother’s sister), Jemima Ormsby Hunter Date: 14th December 1833 Saturday Oxford Dec[ember] 14th 1833 My dear aunt Jemima, Extract of a letter from J B sen[io]r [i.e. current writer’s father] to C Drewett Esq[ui]re “Tell James to write to his Aunt Jemima to see whether the girl she… Continue reading
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Letter from Wadham, Oxford, 1st December 1833
From: James Bandinel (1814-1892) To: his mother, Marian Eliza (Hunter) Bandinel Date: 1st December 1833 Context Note: Rev Dr Havilland Le Mesurier Chepmell (1811-1887) was a cousin of Bandinel’s future wife, Julia – Chaplain of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Pembroke College, Oxford, B.A. 28th November 1833. Sunday December the 1st 1833 Oxford My dear… Continue reading
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Burial: James Morgan, 1839
Context Note: A random crossover of families: James Morgan was great-grandfather of Walter Edgar Morgan (i.e. from the Berkshire/Oxfordshire Morgans), while the young priest performing the burial, Havilland de Sausmarez, was related through many Channel Island lineages to the Le Mesuriers and Dobrees. BURIALS in the Parish of Hanney in the County of Berks[hire] in… Continue reading
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Burial: William Silvester, 1832
Context Note: He presumably died at the end of December 1831. Grandfather of Henry Edgar Morgan. BURIALS in the Parish of Sunningwell in the County of Berks[hire] in the Year 1832 Name. William SYLVESTER Abode. Sunningwell When buried. January 3[r]d 1832 Age. 61 By whom the Ceremony was performed. T. W. TeasdaleOff[iciatin]g Minister (Parish registers… Continue reading
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Burial: James Morgan, 1822
Context Note: First evidence of a Morgan baker in St Mary Magdalen parish, Oxford. James’s widow went on to marry his younger brother, David, who owned the bakery until 1875. BURIALS in the Parish of Hanney in the County of Berks[hire] in the Year one thousand eight hundred and twenty one, and two. Name. James… Continue reading
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A tight squeeze
A TIGHT SQUEEZE. – This small saloon, driven by Mr T. G. Bandinel, of 2b, Belvedere Road, Bristol, was caught between the kerb and a lorry at the junction of Union Street and Broadmead yesterday afternoon. (Western Daily Press, 10th May 1951) Continue reading
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Photo: Rachel (Le Mesurier) Bray
Context Note: She lived at Hockliffe, Waterden Road, Guildford – certainly at the time of the 1901 census. The house in the photograph can pretty confidently be matched. (Family papers) Continue reading
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Low fever at Poona
Advices received from India by the last mail state that there is a good deal of low fever at Poona this season, among the sufferers being Mr. Tom Le Mesurier, the popular secretary of the Poona Turf Club and of the Club of Western India. Without getting worse, Mr. Le Mesurier seemed to get no… Continue reading
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Obituary: Thomas Arthur Le Mesurier, 1906
MR. TOM LE MESURIER. Death in Calcutta. POONA, February 6. A telegram received in Poona this morning announced the death in the General Hospital, Calcutta, of Mr. Tom Le Mesurier, late superintendent of the Government Photozinco Office, Poona. Mr. Tom Le Mesurier, than whom there were few better known figures in sporting circles in Western… Continue reading
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Death: Beatrice Amy (Nickels) Tooley
Context Note: First-cousin of Henry Loram (1878-1954). DEATHS TOOLEY. – On Feb. 9, 1990, peacefully at Teignmouth, BEATRICE AMY, aged 96 years. Widow of Christopher and beloved mother of Caroline. (Daily Telegraph, 12th February 1990) Continue reading
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Grave: Harriet (Loram) Nickels
Context Note: Aunt of Henry Loram (1878-1954). IN EVER LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEARLY BELOVED HUSBAND GEORGE NICKELS, WHO FELL PEACEFULLY ASLEEP SEPTEMBER 10TH 1932, AGED 74 YEARS. “PEACEC, PERFECT PEACE.” ALSO OF HIS WIFE HARRIET, FELL ASLEEP AUGUST 17TH 1940, AGED 83 YEARS. “UNTIL THE DAY BREAK, AND SHADOWS FLEE AWAY.” (Dawlish Cemetery, Dawlish,… Continue reading
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Grave: Daisy (Ager) Harris
Context Note: Niece of Sarah Ann (Petts) Saunders. IN LOVING MEMORY OF SAMUEL CHARLES HARRIS 6 OCT 1884 – 10 MARCH 1955 AND HIS WIFE DAISY 13 FEB 1892 – 1 JAN 1958 (Kingswinford graveyard, West Midlands; via https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/294081273/daisy-harris) Continue reading
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Stealing plums
Context Note: Uncle of Henry Edgar Morgan. COUNTY MAGISTRATES’ CHAMBER. – MONDAY. Present – The Rev. N. Dodson (Chairman), E. K. Lenthall, and J. Arnould, Esqs. Jno. Silvester, of Sunningwell, was convicted and fined 6d. and costs, for stealing plums, the property of Mr. Rd. Kimber. (Oxford Chronicle & Reading Gazette, 4th October 1856) Continue reading
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Ilchester Gaol: Henry Cannon, 1825
Context Note: Uncle of Charles Butt (1809-1872) of Bruton. 1825 January 24th Name – Henry CANNON Age – 42 Height – 5 / 5 Weight – 150 Complexion – Dark Hair -Br[own] Eyes -Hazle [sic] Marks &c. – Cut on the right Cheek stout made Where Born – Wincanton Trade – Labourer Last place of… Continue reading
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Settlement examination: Isaac Tree Rich
Fo. 56447 REPORT OF THE RELIEVING OFFICER, dated this […] day of […] 187[…] The several circumstances following to be promptly ascertained and entered (with exactness and particularity) in the proper column, or underneath, with references to the proper column, in all cases (where possible) previous to an order being given for admission to the… Continue reading
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Funeral: Richard Henry Vincent
DEATH AND FUNERAL OF COUN. R. H. VINCENT. Well-Known Marylebone Resident Passes On. St. Marylebone Borough Council lost, by the death of Councillor Richard Henry Vincent, at the age of 81, on Sunday, February 5, one of its most loved and respected members. Councillor Vincent was known throughout the Borough for his wde local interests… Continue reading
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Seven lose home in a Birmingham fire
Context Note: They lived at 4 Back 75 Miller Street. The relative at 2 Back was presumably Mrs Facer’s sister, Ethel. SEVEN LOSE HOME IN A B’HAM FIRE Terence (left) and Tony show their father the remains of a radio set. Family escapes A FAMILY of seven lost their two-bedroom home early today when fire… Continue reading
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