I have to admit I wondered too about the description. Rather a different way to express the situation. Thanks for clarifying Hilery. Helen, also in Ontario, Canada On 03/06/2014 9:02 PM, Barb Ontario Canada wrote: > Thankyou for that explanation,Hilary; appreciate your answer !! > It was quite puzzling to me. > > Barb, Ontario, Canada. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Hilery McAlpine (gmail > Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 8:58 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ENG-WESTMORLAND] Carlisle Journal, BMD, 26 Jul 1845 (1) > > It means the Countess of Dunmore was recently widowed and the child is > fatherless. Posthumous meant that the father had died before the child was > born. At least that is my understanding of it. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Barb Ontario Canada > Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 8:21 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ENG-WESTMORLAND] Carlisle Journal, BMD, 26 Jul 1845 (1) > >>>>> The Countess of Dunmore was safely delivered of a posthumous daughter on >>>>> Saturday last, at the residence of Earl BRUCE, in Pall > Mall. Her ladyship and infant are progressing as favourably as can be > expected.<<<<<< > > Wonder what this meant ? "A posthumous daughter" would have indicated a > death of the child" and then it said that "Her ladyship and infant are > progressing as favourably as can be expected." > > Puzzled in Ontario, Canada ? OR,,,,,,,,,,did I read it wrong ???? > > Barb, Ontario, Canada. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Petra Mitchinson > Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 4:29 PM > To: Cumberland Mailing List ; Westmorland List > Subject: [ENG-WESTMORLAND] Carlisle Journal, BMD, 26 Jul 1845 (1) > > Saturday 26 Jul 1845 (p. 3, col. 7) > > > Birth. > > At Corkickle, on Saturday last, the 19th instant, the Lady of John > MACKINLAY, Esquire, of a son. > > The Countess of Dunmore was safely delivered of a posthumous daughter on > Saturday last, at the residence of Earl BRUCE, in Pall > Mall. Her ladyship and infant are progressing as favourably as can be > expected. > > > Marriages. > > At the Superintendent Registrar's Office, on the 21st instant, Mr. John > MOFFAT, baker, Green Row, Shaddongate, to Miss Catherine > HEWITSON, Stanwix. > > At Wigton, on the 24th inst., Mr. John TINDALL, grocer and spirit merchant, > to Martha, eldest daughter of the late Mr. Amos HAYTON, > of Wigton. > > At Penrith, on the 22nd, Mr. Richard SHAW, mason, to Miss Margaret ROBINSON. > > At Whitehaven, on Sunday last, Mr. Simeon WHAITE, blacksmith, to Miss > Catherine M'WEAN. > > At Workington, lately, Mr. John SAWYERS, shipwright, to Miss Hannah IRVING; > Mr. Henry WILTSHIRE, mariner, to Miss Mary THOMPSON, > dressmaker, all of Workington. > > At Cockermouth, on Saturday last, Mr. William NICHOLSON, tanner, to Miss > Sarah BROWN; same place, on Wednesday, the 23rd inst., by > the Rev. C. C. SOUTHEY, Mr. William HENDERSON, to Miss Sarah GIBSON, both of > The High, Setmurthy. > > At Kendal, since our last, Mr. Charles RANDALL, to Miss Mary HARRISON. > > At Manchester, on Sunday last, Mr. William STEPHENSON, bookbinder, late of > Kendal, to Betsy, eldest daughter of Mr. W. SCALES, clock > and watch maker, Kendal. > > WEDDING EXTRAORDINARY.-On the 9th inst., at St. Mary's Church, Swansea, by > the Rev. David GRIFFITHS, officiating minister, the Rev. > George Robinson THOMAS, of Charlinch, Somersetshire, to Miss Agnes NOTTIDGE, > of Brighton; also, at the same time and place, the Rev. > Lewis PRICE, of Preston, Dorsetshire, to Miss Harriet NOTTIDGE, of Brighton; > also, the Rev. William COBBE, of Bridgewater, to Miss > Clara NOTTIDGE, of Brighton. The brides, who are three sisters, wore very > strange and peculiar dresses for the occasion. Each had on > a white hat and black veil. They are followers of a certain fanatic, who > pretends to have received some wonderful testimony from the > Almighty, and predicts that the end of the world is at hand. He is now in > Swansea, and is, or rather has been, a clergyman of the > Established Church.-Welchman. > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > >