This letter was written by my Grandfather. George Edward Lines, almost certainly in 1914, when he is working at Schweizerische Lokomotiv- und Maschinenfabrik , and before July, as Arnold Freeman is as yet unmarried.I have left out some of what Grandpa called “padding”. I was sorry those few flowers I sent in the envelope turned… Continue reading George Lines letter from Bellagio
Month: August 2016
Famous Freemans
My Great Aunt, Mary Lines, daughter of Joseph Lines, married Ralph Freeman at St Olave, Stoke Newington, Hackney, on the 14th of July 1908.Ralf Freeman’s father, George James Freeman died on 6th of April 1908, shortly before the wedding. George James Freeman (~1853 – 1908) George James Freeman, born about 1853, was the son of… Continue reading Famous Freemans
John Robert Box
John Robert Box was my Great Grandfather. He was Born on 17 August 1849 at 21, Upper Charles St, Clerkenwell, and died Died on 17 June 1926 at Lynwood, Emsworth , Hampshire aged 76. School He went to Highgate School, which was known in those days as Roger Cholmeley School, after is founder, Sir Roger Cholmeley. He was a pupil from… Continue reading John Robert Box
From Hotel Mittelhauser in Cologne – 14th August 1913
My Grandfather wrote from the Hotel Mittelhauser in Cologne on 14th August 1913. Embed from Getty Images This is probably the right hotel. (Note that it does not show up on the published page – but click the link to see it) Hôtel Mittelhäuser Cöln. Fernsprecher No 611 Cöln, den 14 August 1913 Am… Continue reading From Hotel Mittelhauser in Cologne – 14th August 1913
Farming at Grove Farm, Box, Wiltshire
My Grandparents moved into Grove Farm, at Box in Wiltshire some time after the First World War. As they married on 19th August 1922, and Grandpa was discharged from the army on 8th April 1919, it is quite likely that he moved to the farm before 1922. Grove Farm Grove Farm is a Grade II… Continue reading Farming at Grove Farm, Box, Wiltshire
George Edward Lines
George Edward Lines was my Grandfather. He was the son of Joseph Lines and Jane (née Fitzhenry).A poetic summary of his life can be found in ‘Ode to a Nonagenarian‘He was a prolific letter writer, and I have inherited some of the ones he wrote, which I have used to piece together some of his… Continue reading George Edward Lines