Tag Archives: Dummer

Advent Calendar door number 10

Posted on December 10, 2015 by Jackie Dinnis

So today we open door number 10 of our Advent Calendar. I love this photograph of my great-grandmother, Agnes (centre) with two of her daughters, Rose (left) and Olive (right) taken at the door to their home in 1924. They … Continue reading →

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A Door From Down South

Posted on December 5, 2015 by Jackie Dinnis

Here is the Advent Calendar door for today. The home of my great-grandmother, Agnes Maffey (Cleeve) and one of her daughters, Olive Cleeve who we met at her front door a couple of days ago. This house is in Dummer, … Continue reading →

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My ancestors in the news – Grace Cleeve

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Jackie Dinnis

My grand-aunt, Grace Cleeve was once involved in an accident which became the subject of a newspaper article. It sounds serious but I never remember hearing about it from my father or his family. I believe she fully recovered from … Continue reading →

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Dora Ashbolt – her later years

Posted on January 30, 2014 by Jackie Dinnis

As we read in the previous post Dora Doswell married Frederick Ashbolt in 1932. She was 24 years old, and the couple had a few happy years together before Dora sadly died in 1941, aged 32. This was obviously a very … Continue reading →

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Edith Cleeve – the early years

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Jackie Dinnis

Edith was the eldest of the Cleeve sisters, born on the 29th of March 1886 in the small village of Dummer, Hampshire. The next information comes from the 1891 England Census, when Edith is five years old. She is living with … Continue reading →

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Daughters of Dummer

Posted on January 2, 2014 by Jackie Dinnis

As this is my first post since before Christmas I would like to begin by wishing everyone a very, very Happy New Year and I hope 2014 will be a peaceful, fulfilling and gentle year and that it will bring you all … Continue reading →

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