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From: Don Carter <>
Subject: Re: Ancient Lines of Genealogy
Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 09:27:58 +0100
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On Tue, 31 May 2005 18:02:48 +0000 (UTC), "Chris Dickinson"
<> wrote:


>Dear Roy,
>
>What class position should I take on my g-g-grandfather, George
>Davenport? He was a humble silk threwster .... and his father a weaver ...
>so by your standards, honest, dirty handed and working all hours to keep his
>family from starvation.
>
>But he founded what became one of Britain's biggest textile companies
>(Wardle & Davenport). Has he become an idle member of the upper classes?
>
>Should I feel proud of him or disgusted by him?
>
>Yours
>Confused of Hove
>
>
Disgustingly proud?

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