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    1. [ BRAD] Thank you for the help- re Illingworth
    2. Mike & Lori Mitchell
    3. G'day Everyone, I would just like thank Judy and Tom Lundeen, Jan Perkins Jennifer Penner and Wendy for the help with Illingworths' and Mitchells'. I took Judy and Tom's advice and looked up the information on an extraordinary man called Sir Isaac Holden..grandfather to Marion Illingworth Mitchell nee Illingworth... The information can been seen by searching on google and checking out what it listed...Isaac Holden+Oakworth Included in the material from 1873 - 1876 was a letter written to Sir Isaac Holden from his grand daughter Marion Illingworth in Lucerne, Switzerland prior to her marriage in 1881 to Tom Mitchell... The quote below is from the Bradford University page where I found a catalogue of what material was handed over. "Sir Isaac Holden (1807-1897) was an important Bradford wool manufacturer, who also built wool combing mills in France. He later developed an interest in politics, and was Liberal MP for Knaresborough from 1865-68. In 1971 the Library, now the J.B. Priestley Library, was given a collection of personal correspondence and papers relating to Holden and his family. These materials, which date from the 1840s to the 1890s, offer considerable insights for researchers into social themes, politics and the technical aspects of the wool industry." What a full life he lead.. Kind regards Lori Mitchell

    06/20/2003 02:02:12