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Subject: Re: [GLS] English man in Brazil 1873??
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 02:03:58 GMT

Lisa,

There was a war, fought against Paraguay from 1865 to 1870. As a mason your
Arthur may have plyed his trade in Brazil for some years (to repair war damage).

Just my thoughts,

Regards


Kevin Ettery

> Can anyone come up with a plausible reason why my Arthur Herridge of
> Bristol and his wife Sarah Wride, also of Bristol, may have been in
> Brazil for the birth of their eldest child about 1873 and then return to
> Bristol before their second was born about 1878? Arthur was listed in
> 1881 as a mason, so I am guessing it wasn't work that took him so far
> from home. Was there a war on or transportation to Brazil at this time?
> All ideas welcome.
> Regards
> Lisa Feasey (nee Derrett)
>
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