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Offline Richard Knott

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Re: Thomas Hardy programme on BBC1 ..
« Reply #18 on: Friday 14 November 08 21:57 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: Tony Payne on Monday 15 September 08 22:24 BST (UK)
My great-grandfather's brother was married to Thomas Hardy's cousin's widow

Blimey Tony, I'm surprised we haven't met at family weddings: my great-great-great-grandfather, Robert Mather Watson, was married to Emma Hardy's aunt (before marrying my great-great-great-grandmother). He even gets a mention in her diary:
http://www.hardysociety.org/pdfs/Notes%20and%20Queries%20Summer%202007.pdf

My daughter (who, along with most Rootschatters' children, is studying him for A2) seems strangely unimpressed.

Richard

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Offline Tony Payne

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Re: Thomas Hardy programme on BBC1 ..
« Reply #19 on: Thursday 04 December 08 20:23 GMT (UK) »
Sorry only just read this...
It is a small world, and I would love to explore the hardy link with my family further, even though it's not a blood link.
I am researching the following families:
Hurst / Payne - Leicestershire / Warwickshire / Worcestershire
Toon(e) - Leicestershire
Batchelor / Foster - Warwickshire / Northamptonshire
Hardy - Dorset

My web site has the family tree showing.  I am researching primarily the Payne, Hurst, Foster and Batchelor lines in the Midlands.

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