Who Do You Think You Are? : Larry Lamb
I wasn’t planning to blog about this (was so knackered last week that I just couldn’t manage it after the Seb Coe episode, and thought tonight would be the same). Read more
Archive for August, 2011
Aug 31
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Stones: North Leith burial ground
I recently found Vast Public Indifference via a link from Boston 1775 (it was a bumper day for finding blogs that make me realize how far I have to go), and this post reminded me that I own a copy of Stones by Betty Willsher and Doreen Hunter. Read more
“I guess we looked pretty elegant”: Augusta and family in Waterbury at the turn of the 20th century
The Hylanders (line 77) on the 1900 US Census. Click to enlarge
December 17, 1963: To continue with the story of my life – After getting my new sewing machine I made many dresses and earned quite a lot of money. Read more
Sparkly tiaras and top hats, 1934
Molly (on the right) with (l-r) Babs, Janette and Ella, 1934
A baby, a canary and a Singer sewing machine: part eight of Augusta’s memoir
In Waterbury we started our life together in a small way with an apartment John had found for $8 a month. Read more
Who Do You Think You Are? : June Brown
Tonight was the first episode of Series Eight of WDYTYA?, about June Brown. Read more
Part seven: Augusta falls in love, gets married and goes to Coney Island
Splash: Coney Island, 1905. From Shorpy Historic Photo Archive, http://www.shorpy.com
“My first venture was to buy a pair of stockings”: part six of Augusta Parsons Hylander’s account
Here is an opportunity for detective work (and speculation): Augusta refers to Ellis Island several times, but as far as I can gather, her arrival in America predated the 1892 opening of the immigration station there by a year or so. Read more
