Progress in the following subjects in 2008 has been summarised under the following headings:

Vists to Places of Interest
Family History
Brecht One-Name Study
Naval History: Sinking of SS Britannia 1941
Local History: Find the Lady!

Because of the responses we received from the web site and also Genes Reunited, a new format for the Progress Report was adopted in 2008:

Visits to Places of Interest

Visits 2008

Family History

Silk Weavers named Collier

Silk Weavers named Collier

The descendants of Arthur and Eliza (Marjoram) Hunt

Arthur & Eliza (Marjoram) Hunt

Other Names

Progress with Other Names in 2008:

Bower
Bradbook
Collier
Eustace - see Hunt above
Farrow
Gardner
Hayes
Holbrook
Marjoram - also see Hunt above
Peryer/Perrier
Ransom(e)
Saunders
Seabourn
Smith (Essex)
Smith (Surrey)
Walland

Other Names

Brecht One Name Study

Brecht One Name Study

Naval History

Research into Sinking of the S S Britannia

Sinking of the S S Britannia

Local History

Find the Lady! (who kept a Victorian Calling Book in Lymington)

Research into People/Places in the Lymington area:

People

Castle
Cornwallis-West
Fitzpatrick
Fluder
Meyrick
Sheepshanks
Shrubb
Symonds

 

Places

Boldre Grange
Hinton Admiral

Find the Lady! Progress 2008

Found the Lady!?

On a visit to the Hampshire Record Office in Winchester, I obtained additional information that points to Mary (Fawcett) Murray being the best candidate to be the Victorian Lady who kept the Calling Book, so far:

Mary (Fawcett) Murray

Colin Bower
15 December 2008