After they retired
Here's a lovely picture which Venetia found in a drawer the other day. In 1922 Grampa H arranged a party for all the ladies who had worked at The Hall before the 14-18 war and who were then in retirement and still living in the village. From right to left, they are: Nanny Williams, Beatrice (housemaid 1898-1915), Mrs. Rooke (cook 1899-1912), Lucia (kitchenmaid 1910-1918), Betty (Lady H's maid 1904-1921)and one other we couldn't identify from the family albums.
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Oh, Hugh darling, I wish I'd known your family in those days. The farm is lovely but not nearly as impressive as The Hall must have been.
Hello Ams. Yes, I suppose it was impressive but what I remember most was that it was BLOODY cold.
Looking at some Bohon web info and stumbled on yours. Dr. Robert G. Bone past president of the University of Ill. @ Normal, Il., published a history of the Bone family in America in 1973. He had taught at Oxford and did some great research while there and he believes that our family originated from the St. Lo Bohon's and achieved a certified pedigree to this family per his book. Clear information returns us to Northern Ireland in the mid 1500's, though I question some of the assumptions prior to that time because of the unknown origin of the variation "Bone". Question, is the "de Mary" family French or Danish?
Dennis Bone
Thank you, Mr Bone, What you say is most interesting.
I'm afraid I have no further information about the de Mary family.
Family trees have varying degrees of authenticity and I am not sure what a "certified pedigree" is; I think over here this phrase would be used only by dog-breeders. Do you mean one contained in the official records of the College of Arms?
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