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Family Stories
All families have stories; some stories are almost myths… did my ancestors really come from Sweden? Were they really river pilots or pirates operating out of the east coast port of King’s Lynn? Some family stories are true, although some facts may be hidden; my great-grandparents loved each other across a religious divide, but where and how did they meet? Some family stories are only revealed through census records and some genealogical detective work. I want to tell the stories of my family, and others who otherwise might be lost in the past.
I suddenly realise I’m quite short…
I was one of the tallest girls at junior school, I was not the tallest but above average at secondary school, but suddenly it seems as if I’m tiny (in height) … unless I have a family of giants!
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Louis’s resting place
The grave of my great-great-father, Willesden green Jewish Cemetery, sacred to the memory of Samuel Moses; the inscription on this side is in English, on the reverse it is in Hebrew. “His good deeds praise him, his wife and children lament him.” My great-great-grandmother, sacred to the memory of Rosetta Blanche; her grave is inscribed […]
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Lois Elsden 