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Europe / Re: local french newspapers near bordeaux / dax area plz 1972
« on: Monday 16 April 12 09:10 BST (UK)  »
The local French newspaper for Bordeaux and Dax is "Sud Ouest" :  http://www.sudouest.fr/
Unfortunately, their online archives begin in 1980 : http://www.sudouest.fr/arches/page2col.php?sk=archives.sk
You only can have a look at the first page (called "la Une") of which they sell a facsimile : http://unes-anniversaires.sudouest.fr/

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Durham Lookup Requests / Re: Robert Crossman 1804 Holy Island / Durham
« on: Sunday 15 April 12 16:57 BST (UK)  »
I write from France. I'm interested by English people wintering on the French Riviera between 1880 and 1914.
According to the land register of the town of  Frejus, Var, France, "James Crossman" built a villa in 1889 and sold it in 1895. This villa still exists and is called "Chateau Aurélien" or "Villa Aurélienne". A mark  "JHC/AD 1889" is engraved on a wall. I supposed they are the initials of the builder and of the architect. Could "JHC" mean "James Hiscutt Crossman" (1833-1899) ? Had a "James H. Crossman" belonging to this Crossman family built a villa on the French Riviera ?
Apart from the name on the land register and the initials engraved on a wall, I have no other information about this "James H. Crossman".
I also found an article about "James Hiscutt Crossman, of Hamilton Terrace, Regent's Park, London, director of the brewing firm of Mann, Crossman an Paulin" who died in Canes on April 1908 from injuries received in a car accident. Was he the son of James Hiscutt Crossman 1833-1899 ?
Thank you.

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