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 News from Australia George & Emily's great great grandaughter Kathryn Musgove gets married to Dean Leslie Thomas on the 18th April 2009 |
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------------------------------------------------------------ Syd Brooker's 70th  A fancy birthday card made by grandson 12 year old Daniel showing Syd Brooker in various stages of his life. ------------------------------------------------------------- M...............Maggie
Wilson's Christening |
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............Previous news John Harris and Dave Wilson after many trips to the Essex Record Office found a part of what we have been looking for at least ten years The accounts below show how George got his money but not who supplied it hopefully we will find out one day. The account on the left is from 'The Essex Weekly News' the one on the right is from 'The Essex County Chronicle' the two acconts of the court case vary slightly the one on the right you can read OK. The one on the left we've copied in the center of the page. You will read that our George was a bit of a rascal and that the basic truth is that someone set up a trust fund for his first wife Cristiana Musgrove (nee Aitchison) for £12,000 a huge sum of money in 1870 the average wage was about a one pound a week so it equals 230 years pay, a house could be bought for under a hundred pounds. It appears that a trust was set up with the £12,000 for the benefit of his first wife, on her death to George, on his death to their daughter Cristiana. Bare in mind that George's wife was to die within months of this settlement and that he married his second wife Emily within one month of her death. |
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.....Greetings
From our Langman Relatives in the USA 2007
Very special Christmas Greetings to you both and to your respective families! And a Beautiful Boxing Day! We were thrilled to receive your email last night with more updates. So sorry we haven't kept in touch but we are truly grateful to you both for your continuous patience and enthusiasm to research more information on the family. We have George's daughter, Christiana, visiting from Fiji. She is 20. Knowing the Langman family picked up again is a relief. I wonder how much Edward snr knew about his family after leaving home. We are shocked to learn that Dad's sister lived to 2001 and only wish we had known earlier and been able to make some contact with her. Do you think that maybe and just maybe, there could be others? Why was it so difficult for Edward to locate his family after the war? Lots of questions huh, sorry about that. Well Christmas in America is still very special for our family. We gather together and cook up a feast. Today our menu includes Corned Beef and Gravy, Honey baked Turkey Breast, Fish in Coconut Milk, Baked Potatoes with Sourcream and other trimmings. Dessert includes a Strawberry Cheesecake and a Flan which is pretty much similar to the Creme Caramel. We have been snacking on all sorts of sweets and snacks this morning and will settle down to Christmas Dinner at 2pm. Is the tradition similar out there? Anyways, we hope your Christmas was special. Best wishes from our family to you all and hope to hear from you soon. Curl and Ed Hi John Thankyou for the familytree. Ed Snr was part of the British team who set up the Fiji Military Forces. Both sons have had the priviledge of accessing his docs but neither took copies out. We are hoping to talk with Geroge during the weekend. Time difference is a challenge and the weekend (Sat in USA and Sun in Fiji) is the only time we can chat with him. there is quite abit to provide you on Edward's history. Edna recently visited Croydon in 2006 after accompanying a patient back to UK, visited Stag and Hounds but didn't know how to track anyone else. I began this research 8 years ago. Wrote many a letter to the UK registry. Often I research internet to see if anything new has been cyberspaced and voila, this time I found your site. Yes you may upload photo and certificate. I will be in touch soon. Thanks much, Curl |
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from a lady who found our site on google
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Maggie
Great great great granddaughter of George & Emily ......daughter
of Eric & Francis Wilson is baptised in
Stanley in County Durham.
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