Many thanks Michael for your extremely sad but very interesting post and research, I would have been curious about her also. Really appreciate all your newspaper extracts, give a glimpse into how our ancestors lived. Marie Kent, UK >From The Pall Mall Gazette ( London, England ), Friday, April 23, 1875; Issue 3176. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has at length succeeded in putting an end to the proceedings of Mrs. CHANTRELL , who has been twice convicted of starving dogs and cats on her premises at Rottingdean. Having obtained the necessary authority from the Court of Chancery, the officers of the society took possession of Mrs. CHANTRELL's premises, and all but two of the emaciated animals were poisoned. This is NOT connected to our research, but, being curious about this lady, we have discovered that she was an Oil & Watercolours Artist, maiden names Mary Elizabeth DEAR. On the 1861 census she was visiting Robt. D. CHANTRELL at 7, Park Place, Camberwell, Surrey.> *************************************** Send your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM AWAY** superfluous old messages in replies. List Admin can be contacted at: [email protected] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message