Ruth A. Symes

Ruth A. Symes

Published: Practical Family History, April 2006

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When I first found out that three of my ancestors drowned in separate incidents - in the same piece of water, the Leeds-Liverpool Canal in Wigan, Lancashire, I was rather shocked at the macabre coincidence and determined to find out more. Read the rest of this entry »

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Ruth A. Symes

Published: Your Family Tree Magazine, August 2006

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I have known this old Lancashire washing song ever since I was a child.

It was passed down to me by my mother who told me that my great-grandmother, Mary Wilkinson (nee Knowles), had taught it to her when she was very young. Read the rest of this entry »

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