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From: "Peter Wright" <>
Subject: Re: whittlesey
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 15:02:09 +0100


Hi Bruce,

Whittlesey was in the Isle of Ely when I lived there in the 1950s. I am not
sure exactly when it became Cambridgeshire but it would have been 1960s or
later.

I never heard of any tradition re gravestones

Regards

Peter Wright

Bruce wote:
>Looking for wills for my Rudd family before 1850, having no luck finding
>anything before 1850, was Whittlesey not in the Isle of ely before that?
>
>Also, all the first born sons are buried without any headstones, while
>the rest of the family have headstones. They were blacksmiths, is this a
>local tradition?
>
>Thanks
>Bruce Rudd
>
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