searchmyancestry – Ruth A. Symes
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by Ruth A. Symes [After a family visit this summer to Gawthorpe Hall, home of Rachel Kay-Shuttleworth featured here, I was reminded of my article published in Who Do You Think you Are? Magazine (2013)] Link to buy my books Amazon.co.uk: Ruth A Symes: books, biography, latest update Woman Sewing By Window (1871), by Vincent Van... Continue Reading →
My latest article on why our ancestors named their children the way they did, will be out in July 2025's edition of the online Discover Your Ancestors periodical !By subscriptionhttps://discoveryourancestors.co.uk/ War Memorial to children killed by German bombs which fell on Upper North Street School, Poplar, London, 1917. This shows the typical simple names for... Continue Reading →
by Ruth A. Symes Link to buy my books Amazon.co.uk: Ruth A Symes: books, biography, latest update Franz Winterhalter, Queen Victoria wearing a floral crown of orange blossom (1847). Via Wikimedia Commons [This article was first published in Family Tree Magazine UK in 2011] Kate Middleton's wedding bouquet follows royal tradition by including a sprig of... Continue Reading →
searchmyancestry - Ruth A. Symes 