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Graves at Estaples

Posted on March 15, 2014 by
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Great Grandmother’s Blanket?

Posted on February 22, 2014 by

I found my great-grandmother’s baby photo in the bottom of a trunk.   Her name was Laura Bedell by marriage.  I really would never have known it was her save the hand written note attached to it.  I recognized my grandfather’s … Continue reading →

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A Captured Trench

Posted on February 21, 2014 by

My family seemed to know that they were a part of history; not that they were notables  or history makers for anyone other than their own loving family, but a disproportionate amount of them (women included) seemed to have a … Continue reading →

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Bombarded Hospital in Estaples: World War One

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(1917) A Letter Home…

Posted on February 16, 2014 by

A letter home; grandfather to his mother in Merrickville, Ontario.  The journal says that they traveled to England in 1916.  She and her daughter (Beatrice) must have gone home at some point. Leaving grandfather to remain in England. He must … Continue reading →

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