THIS STONE WAS ERECTED BY THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH TO THE MEMORY OF JOHN BRANFORD WHO DIED MAY 16TH 1844 IN HIS 99TH YEAR. John Branford’s gravestone is…
Bigamy Blues – Part 3
Featured Image: Long Bridge over the River Derwent in the 1930s via Derbyshire Live (Continued from previous posts Bigamy Blues and Bigamy Blues Part 2) Records show that Reuben and…
Bigamy Blues – Part 2
(Continued from previous post – Bigamy Blues) Tragic Story The revelation that her new husband was actually a bigamist must have been very upsetting for Reuben Lamb’s new bride, Mary.…
Bigamy Blues
A while ago, while researching the Lamb family, I stumbled across a few newspaper articles regarding the trial and conviction of a family member for bigamy in 1947. Obviously I…
An Ebbans By Any Other Name
The Ebbans surname is not a particularly common one. Spelling is a relatively recent convention so I’m used to seeing names spelled in a variety of ways in records –…