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Old 12-06-20, 16:19
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Originally Posted by Merry View Post
I missed yesterday!

11 Jun 1772, the marriage of my 4xg-grandparents, George Cox and Dorothy Crane at Child Okeford, Dorset.

About 35 years ago a cousin of mine died and left me a personal possession to be chosen from a list. I chose a mourning ring, in part because I'd never seen one before and also because I guessed it wouldn't have been his, but perhaps belonged to his mother. It turned out to date from the 1790s and belonged to Dorothy Crane, commemorating the deaths of two of her sons, includng her first-born who had died in South Africa aged 23.

So, that was a surprise, though at the time I didn't know who Dorothy was. About ten years later my home was burgled and amongst other things my jewellery was stolen, but this ring wasn't in the jewellery box, so I still have it.
Thats lucky, Merry. Obviously meant to be.
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