Saturday, 26 January 2013

GUNDREDA DE GOURNAY (c1093-1154) AND THE ABBEY AT BYLAND

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Amongst my Gurney ancestors, Hugh de Gournay came over to England with William the Conqueror in 1066. By then he was already an impo...
Saturday, 19 January 2013

JOHN COOPER GOTCH (1772-1852) AND THE BAFFLING BANK BREAK-IN

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Kettering in Northamptonshire is sometimes called The Town That Gotch Built. The Gotch family were prominent in the town for 150 years,...
Saturday, 12 January 2013

WILLIAM HENRY ANGAS (1781-1832) AND THE SEAMEN’S MISSIONS

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Woody Allen has a stand-up routine about a bullet in his protagonist’s pocket saving his life by deflecting a Bible falling from an upp...
Saturday, 5 January 2013

WILLIAM HENRY ANGAS (1781-1832) AND THE POCKET HYMNAL

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My 3x great uncle Rev Joseph Angus made his mark in the Baptist world. He trained for the church at Edinburgh University and Stepney ...
Saturday, 29 December 2012

WILLIAM BRODIE GURNEY (1777-1855) AND THE YOUTH’S MAGAZINE

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If you’re thinking of making any New Year resolutions, it might be a good time for me to share this illustration - The Reformation - fr...
Saturday, 22 December 2012

HENRIETTA PATTERSON (1737-1824) AND THE GIFT OF A TURBOT

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Henrietta Patterson and Thomas Collins, aunt and uncle of my 3x great grandmother, were married on 19 th November 1761. Mr Collins, ac...
Saturday, 15 December 2012

WILLIAM HENRY GURNEY SALTER (1837-1928) AND THE VELLUM BIRTHDAY CARD

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A couple of days ago, 13 th December 2012, was the 175 th anniversary of the birthday of my great grandfather William Henry Gurney Salte...
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Saturday, 8 December 2012

FREDERICK REYNER (1852-1915) AND THE BRICK KILN BED

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My great great uncle Frederick ran Reyner’s Ltd in Ashton under Lyne, at first with his brother Joseph and then after Joseph’s death i...