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