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Mrs Susannah Cleminshaw to Lydia Becker

Catalogue reference: 9/28/A/50

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This record is about the Mrs Susannah Cleminshaw to Lydia Becker dating from 2 Mar 1887.

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9/28/A/50

Title

Mrs Susannah Cleminshaw to Lydia Becker

Date

2 Mar 1887

Description

Becker had asked Cleminshaw for information respecting their ancestors. Susannah Cleminshaw was the daughter of Elizabeth Wroe (who was married to Edward Stephens). Susannah's sister Mary, married James Duncuft, and their daughter married HL Becker, Lydia's father. She gives a list of her mother's brothers and sisters in the order in which they came. Her grandfather, Thomas Wroe and Duncuft were partners in large cotton mills at West Haughton and were the first in Lancashire to use steam power in their mills. Consequence their mills were burnt down.

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London University: London School of Economics, The Women's Library
Former department reference

ALC/5301

Language

English

Physical description

1 item

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/f9899324-60fa-4276-ab18-46f80282307d/

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150 records

Within the fonds: 9/28

Autograph Letter Collection: Becker Collection

76 records

Within the file: 9/28/A

Letters written by Lydia Becker 1836-1890; Letters written to Lydia Becker 1853-1890;...

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Mrs Susannah Cleminshaw to Lydia Becker