My pioneering cousin mary selina share jones

Dear Simon, The history of Pitman shorthand told by Angeline Wilcox in the July edition of Best of British (Write on Time) evoked so many memories. I was amazed to learn that Isaac Pitman actually cre

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QMargaret Woodhall (née Smithson), born c1827 Liverpool (according to the 1851 census), was the sister of my great grandfather, James Murray Smithson, born c1835 in Edinburgh. Their father was William

We’ve got a really close-knit family. My relationship with my parents has always been really good. Now I hold up my parents as models of how to raise my own children. My children are really young at t