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“The Steward and his wife” – a family story

27/10/2017 By Moya Sharp 3 Comments

The photographs in this story were kindly supplied by Catherine and George’s Granddaughter, Jan Hale. This photo shows Kate Davis in a nurse uniform outside her private hospital in either 1898 or 1899. The occasion was Jan’s mother Dorothy’s, 4th or 5th birthday. She is the little dark-haired girl in the front row, 4th from […]

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