http://jimwinegar.wordpress.com/2010/07/01/our-visit-to-lincolnshire-horncastle/ My Search for Ancestors Mon, 13 May 2013 20:53:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://jimwinegar.wordpress.com/2010/07/01/our-visit-to-lincolnshire-horncastle/#comment-64 Sun, 18 Jul 2010 23:33:44 +0000 http://jimwinegar.wordpress.com/?p=2038#comment-64 Hi there. I am sooooo excited to read all about your trip and research. It’s fantasic! I am a descendent of Absalom Would Stephenson (who settled in Liverpool)and who was a tailor. His adverts are in the local newspaper of the time (the Liverpool Mercury)- where he reports that he makes corsets! He lived near to another brother (Charles), who was also a tailor and advertised extensively. I think your pictures are fantastic and have certainly filled in a few gaps. It tickles me that one Henry Stephenson was born in 1666 (the year of the Great Fire of London) – a particularly noteable event in British history (recorded contemporaneously in diaries by Samuel Pepys). Anyway, I’m starting to waffle on – so I’ll simply say ‘thanks’ for uploading this info. It’s a real treat. Liverpool will welcome you if you ever pay the city a visit (the street where Absalom lived and worked for a while, still exists)! sincerely Diane Francis

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