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I wonder if you can help or direct me to a suitable archive to expand on my mother's history.

As a child of about 4 she was taken in by John and Elizabeth Marshall of Sandfield House in Headingley (in 1913 I believe) after her mother died of the 'flu. She grew up with Vera and Cedric Marshall and I have been able to establish details of the family from the 1901 and 1911 Census pages but from there it all goes dry.

My mother spoke a lot about a family - I believe related - which had 11 daughters and one son and I think they may also have been related to the Marshalls. At the time Mum was there - up until about 1922, Sandfield was apparently quite a large estate and some of the family and servants lived in the lodge and on the estate. There was an eccentric "Great Aunt Alice".

Cedric Marshall was something of an inventor and I have uncovered a published paper and a patent but the story goes that he eventually blew himself up while experimenting with a "new explosive".

He was still alive in 1929 so I suspect the explosion occurred in the 1930's - is there a local newspaper that might have records? I have no idea where my mother, Margaret Robinson (known to us as Margot, the name on her marriage certificate is Margot Isabel Mason-Robinson) went to school but she was a qualified secretary and was at some stage engaged to a lecturer at Leeds University.

Hoping someone may have time and interest to help me.

Martin Woodhall
Christchurch, New Zealand
Email: woodhalls@paradise.net.nz



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I wondered if any of your readers could help with my family tree research.

My great grandfather, Archie Durham had 2 sisters (Clara and Agueda) who lived at 63 Ash Grove in Headingley cum Burley in 1901. CIara was a teacher, born in 1879. Agueda was born in 1871. I can find no further information about Clara or Agueda.

If anyone has any further information about Clara or Agueda, I would be very grateful.

I can be contacted email or at 8 Brandon Way, Birchington, Kent, CT7 9XE

Any help would be most appreciated.


Lisa Pittock
Email: lisa.pittock@googlemail.com

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