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Well done everyone! Someone should direct Olivia Colman to this thread.....and the researchers and producers of WDYTYA!
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Maggie, yes, Doncler would work as a Dutch name, there was a large Dutch presence.
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I found a small mention on BNA - it seems there was a case in chancery regarding Seraphina's will. It was in a list of cases outstanding from September 1880 that had not been dealt with in the 15 years preceeding that date. Interestingly the case was Hunter v. Andrews - I wonder if it has anything to do with Charlotte Hunter.
The article is in Reynolds Newspaper, Sunday 17 Dec 1882 on page 4 - Notices to correspondents top of column 2. I haven't been able to find anything else on this chancery case. |
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I was looking on the National Archives website for clues but nothing so far. However, there was another Chancery case involving Harriet Elizabeth Slessor and Louisa Girardot.
http://discovery.nationalarchives.go...ils/r/C9052187 |
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Just a note that Louisa Girardot's maiden name was Bristow (which we already knew). This is mentioned in her will.
Another Chancery case: http://discovery.nationalarchives.go...ils/r/C9584925 Last edited by ElizabethHerts; 13-07-18 at 09:05. |
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Ooh found something. Charlotte's father was Dunbar James Hunter who died in Ceylon in 1806. His will is on Ancestry and he leaves everything to his daughter Charlotte, and £50 to Charlotte's mother Seraphina Doncler, and names his mother and brother as her guardians
He names William Andrews a Executor. There is then a further paragraph detailing (I think) the reasons for the dispute to Chancery. https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interacti...&usePUBJs=true |
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Great find, Crawfie!
Lt. Col. Dunbar James Hunter Born Edinburgh 1773; Major in 19th Foot 4 November 1795; brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 1 January 1801; Lieutenant-Colonel 14 February 1804; superseded May 1804; retired June 1804.
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Brilliant work everyone! Especially Crawfie!
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