by Karen | Feb 24, 2020 | Biographies, Mariners
I came across several photos of a Captain Foote in the online catalogue of the Nelson Provincial Museum of New Zealand. After some initial research it was clear Captain Foote was Alexander Bedward Foote, whose family I had recently been researching in various...
by Karen | Feb 22, 2020 | Ephemera, Social History
Sifting through a folder at the archives, you have a general idea of the contents but you don’t know what interesting items you may find that pique your interest. These invoices from 1909, in a file of administrative papers, are typical of the period with their...
by Karen | Feb 12, 2020 | Biographies, Family History, Social History
William Henry Capes (1823 – 1897), merchant’s clerk, shopkeeper, lay-reader, and schoolteacher was baptised on 2 February 1823 at St. Peter’s Church, Manchester, England. He was the son of William Capes, a wealthy auctioneer of Manchester and his second wife...
