Dear Liz and Peter I was so sorry to hear of the loss of Linda, and send sincere condolences to all her family Jean Oz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marlene Cox" <marmelade_ca@yahoo.co.uk> To: <Trivvies@yahoogroups.co.uk>; <gen-trivia-eng@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 8:00 PM Subject: Re: [TRIVVIES] Sad news of Peter's sister > Liz and Peter, > > For Linda's parents, for you, and for all her family, > and friends who knew Linda you have my sympathy, > But for Linda, the welcome of the peace that she now has. > Hope all of you find solace in this writing. > Marlene > > “Death is nothing at all. It does not count. I have only > slipped away into the next room. Nothing has happened. > Everything remains exactly as it was. I am I, and you > are you. and the old life that we lived so fondly > together is untouched, unchanged. > Whatever we were to each other, that we are still. > Call me by the old familiar name. Speak of me in > the easy way which you always used. Put no difference > into your tone. > Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow. Laugh as we > always laughed at the little jokes that we enjoyed > together. Play, smile, think of me, pray for me. > Let my name be ever the household word that it always > was. Let it be spoken without an effort, without the > ghost of a shadow upon it. Life means all that it ever > meant. It is the same as it ever was. > There is absolute and unbroken continuity. > What is this death but a negligible accident? > Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight? > I am but waiting for you, for an interval, somewhere very > near, just round the corner. All is well." > > by Henry Scott Holland. > [from Inspiration Peak] > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > From: Liz Graydon <liz_graydon@yahoo.co.uk> > Subject: [Trivvies] Sad news of Peter's sister > Date: Friday, 19 September, 2008, 10:28 AM > > It is with a very sad heart that I bring you the news > that Peter's sister passed away yesterday evening. > It was a very peaceful, albeit drug induced, ending > surrounded by her family and marks the ending of > a 5 year battle with cancer. > > > > > > > > > "IS THE SUBJECT LINE STILL RELEVANT? > If not, PLEASE change it." > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GEN-TRIVIA-ENG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thank You for the birthday messages ... Jean in Perth Oz. Dave,Pam and Nikki, ........ June in Vancouver; Jim in Caledon [yes I am hoping to Go Girl Go~ from now on]. Maria & Andy and Phoebe; .....Caroline and John; ... Val, Glennis and Rock, .... also Johno, Mary and Cathy; Maggie; ...Di; ...Jean in USA; ...Gwen and Nick and ... Edna and Wendy on Vancouver Island Hugs Marlene

Transcribed by Barb Baker. Geo. <Old Christmas Day is 5th. Jan. I think.> WIGAN ORACLE AND DAILY ADVERTISER Thursday January 16, 1800 / DIED. DIED. On old Christmas Day, MR. T. DAVIS, sadler, of Broomyard, in the ?5th year of his age. It is singular, that his father, an uncle, two of his cousins, and his nephew, all died on the anniversary of the same day.

Transcribed by Barb Baker. Geo. <wondering if there were any multiple births among them> WIGAN ORACLE AND DAILY ADVERTISER Thursday January 16, 1800 / BIRTHS. On Monday se'nnight, the Lady of THOMAS WYBERGH, Esq., the Clerk of the Peace for the West Riding of Yorkshire, of a son, at his house in Linton Spring, near Wetherby, being her twelfth child in thirteen years.

Transcribed by Emily Smith. Geo. Carlisle Patriot Friday, April 9th, 1880 THOSE WHO ARE WANTING NEW CLOTHES FOR THEIR B O Y S WILL FIND THE LARGEST AND BEST SELECTION AT WILSON, JESPERS, & CO., ENGLISH STREET, Next Door to the Journal Office. N.B.—And not only the Largest and Best, but the Cheapest Stock in the City. -- Emily Smith

Transcribed by Emily Smith. Geo. Carlisle Patriot Friday, April 9th, 1880 THE POOR MAN'S FRIEND. DR. ROBERTS'S OINTMENT. This valuable Ointment (as originally prepared by G.L. ROBERTS, M.D.) is confidently recommended to the Public as an unfailing remedy for Wounds of every description—Scalds, Chilblains, Scorbutic Eruptions, Burns, Sore and Inflamed Eyes, &c. Sold in pots at 1s 1½d, 2s 9d, 11s, and 22s each. Sold wholesale by the Proprietors, BEACH & BARNICOTT, Bridport; and retail by all respectable chemists. N.B.—The use of either Dr. ROBERTS'S Alterative Pills, or his celebrated Anti-Scorbutic Drops, in conjunction with the Ointment, is strongly recommended. See Pamphlet with Testimonials, forwarded post free. -- Emily Smith

Transcribed by Emily Smith. Geo. Carlisle Patriot Friday, April 9th, 1880 THE CARLISLE FARMERS' MUTUAL MANURE & TRADING COY. (LIMITED) has taken on Lease the Extensive WORKS lately occupied by Messrs TOWILL'S CUMBRIAN MANURE WORKS' COMPANY, which are fitted up with all the Latest Improvements in machinery, and are in full working order. The very Best MANURES are made, and Sold at the Lowest Possible Prices and with Liberal Discounts. S E E P R I C E L I S T S. All Communications must be addressed, "The Secretary, 9, Old Post Office Court, Carlisle." EDW. L. IRVING, Secretary. CHARLES VYNNE, Manager. This Company has been formed by Farmers, and the Profits of the Business will be divided amongst them according to their Shares. -- Emily Smith

Transcribed by Emily Smith. Geo. Carlisle Patriot Friday, April 9th, 1880 In consequence of spurious imitations of L E A A N D P E R R I N S S A U C E, which are calculated to deceive the Public, Lea and Perrins have adopted a NEW LABEL, bearing their signature, L E A A N D P E R R I N S which is placed on every bottle of WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE and without which none is genuine. Sold Wholesale by the Proprietors, Worcester; Crosse and Blackwell, London; and Export Oilmen generally. Retail, by dealers in sauces throughout the World. -- Emily Smith

Transcribed by Emily Smith. Geo. Carlisle Patriot Friday, April 9th, 1880 D I N N E F O R D' S M A G N E S I A. For over Forty Years the medical Profession have approved of this pure Solution as the best remedy for Acidity of the Stomach, heartburn, Headache, Gout, and indigestion; and as the safest aperient for delicate Constitutions, ladies, Children, and Infants. SOLD BY CHEMISTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. CAUTION.—See that "DINNEFORD & Co.," is on every Bottle and Label. -- Emily Smith

Transcribed by Emily Smith. Geo. Carlisle Patriot Friday, April 9th, 1880 MICHAEL DONNELLY, BILL POSTER & ADVERTISING AGENT 8, Friars' Court, Devonshire Street, CARLISLE. (Opposite the General Post Office.) (Member of the United Kingdom Bill Posting Association). A good supply of Boards kept for use. -- Emily Smith

Lovely to get some happy news... Bet you are so excited............lot's of baby sitting?. Congratulations to proud mum and Dad ......you as well. Wendy Did you send a picture? I don't seem to be getting any lately > > Grandma Pat & Grandad Shaun !! Seems WEIRD !!! > > Pat.xxx :o)) > A Maid of Kent > > > Congratulations Nanny Pat and Grandad Shaun .... > Sorry for the delay but was away yesterday and this > morning. > Hope Sophy soon feels well and 100% fit so she can > really enjoy her little son along with the proud Dad > So Big Congratulations to Sophy and Sean and little Caleb > and both Families > Marlene > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > From: > "PJK :o))" <patinkent@yahoo.co.uk> > Tuesday, 16 September, 2008 8:03 PM > > Caleb Antony. He was born by emergency caesarean at 9:19am > this morning & weighed in at 7lb 7oz. He is > the spit of Sophy when she was born - dark hair & snub nose. > Not the shock of ginger hair like his Daddy that we expected !! > > Sophy had the c section cos Caleb was breach - something > they didn't know, apparently - & tried to come out bum first. > But, he was sitting on his foot & unfortunately, his foot is > a bit wonky. They reckon it should straighten out by itself > over the next few days. > > > > > > > > "IS THE SUBJECT LINE STILL RELEVANT? > If not, PLEASE change it." > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GEN-TRIVIA-ENG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.169 / Virus Database: 270.6.21/1675 - Release Date: > 16/09/2008 19:06 > > > "IS THE SUBJECT LINE STILL RELEVANT? > If not, PLEASE change it." > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GEN-TRIVIA-ENG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Liz and Peter, For Linda's parents, for you, and for all her family, and friends who knew Linda you have my sympathy, But for Linda, the welcome of the peace that she now has. Hope all of you find solace in this writing. Marlene “Death is nothing at all. It does not count. I have only slipped away into the next room. Nothing has happened. Everything remains exactly as it was. I am I, and you are you. and the old life that we lived so fondly together is untouched, unchanged. Whatever we were to each other, that we are still. Call me by the old familiar name. Speak of me in the easy way which you always used. Put no difference into your tone. Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow. Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes that we enjoyed together. Play, smile, think of me, pray for me. Let my name be ever the household word that it always was. Let it be spoken without an effort, without the ghost of a shadow upon it. Life means all that it ever meant. It is the same as it ever was. There is absolute and unbroken continuity. What is this death but a negligible accident? Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight? I am but waiting for you, for an interval, somewhere very near, just round the corner. All is well." by Henry Scott Holland. [from Inspiration Peak] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: Liz Graydon <liz_graydon@yahoo.co.uk> Subject: [Trivvies] Sad news of Peter's sister Date: Friday, 19 September, 2008, 10:28 AM It is with a very sad heart that I bring you the news that Peter's sister passed away yesterday evening. It was a very peaceful, albeit drug induced, ending surrounded by her family and marks the ending of a 5 year battle with cancer.

Thank you Howard. I appreciate the comment. Since Booker was a black slave and the son of a black slave it is likely he was given the surname of the slave owner. John -----Original Message----- From: gen-trivia-eng-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:gen-trivia-eng-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Howard Fuller Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 2:30 AM To: gen-trivia-eng@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TRIVVIES] Booker Taliaferro Washington That's an interesting name 'Taliaferro'. It's Italian and should be 'Tagliaferro'. It means 'a cutter of iron' or 'strong mans'. It also comes in French as 'Taillefer'. And in English it can be found as 'Telfer' and 'Telford'. (Thomas Telford was a Scottish engineer, famous for his canals and bridges.) Howard John Donaldson wrote: > The person I have chosen to write about is Booker Taliaferro Washington. <snip> "IS THE SUBJECT LINE STILL RELEVANT? If not, PLEASE change it." ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GEN-TRIVIA-ENG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

That's an interesting name 'Taliaferro'. It's Italian and should be 'Tagliaferro'. It means 'a cutter of iron' or 'strong mans'. It also comes in French as 'Taillefer'. And in English it can be found as 'Telfer' and 'Telford'. (Thomas Telford was a Scottish engineer, famous for his canals and bridges.) Howard John Donaldson wrote: > The person I have chosen to write about is Booker Taliaferro Washington. <snip>

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CLAIRE! Hope you enjoyed your day. Hugs, Gwen. Hope your birthday is memorable,Claire. Jean USA --- On Wed, 9/17/08, Dave Cox <bumblestum@ntlworld.com> wrote: From: Dave Cox <bumblestum@ntlworld.com> Subject: [TRIVVIES] Birthday reminder for tomorrow (18th) To: gen-trivia-eng@rootsweb.com Date: Wednesday, September 17, 2008, 12:03 PM This young lady hails from New Zealand Happy Happy Birthday Claire Lots of Love and Hugs Dave, Pam and Nikki "IS THE SUBJECT LINE STILL RELEVANT? If not, PLEASE change it." ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GEN-TRIVIA-ENG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message "IS THE SUBJECT LINE STILL RELEVANT? If not, PLEASE change it." ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GEN-TRIVIA-ENG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARLENE!! Hope you enjoyed your day. Hugs, Gwen & Nick. > Happy Birthday Marlene! > > Wishing you a wonderful day. > > Best wishes from, June > > > "IS THE SUBJECT LINE STILL RELEVANT? > If not, PLEASE change it." > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GEN-TRIVIA-ENG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

The person have chosen to write about today is Booker Taliaferro Washington. Booker T. Washington was born a slave but through a number of fortunate steps, including the American Civil War which resulted in the freeing of the slaves, he was able to do much toward providing education for many hundreds of blacks. He founded the Tuskegee Negro Normal Institute and was able to attract substantial sums of money for his endeavours from wealthy conservative whites so that he was able to provide a basic education for many young blacks. He had to compromise on some things he considered non-essential to the Blacks development into a political and economic force in America by considering the vote and other civil liberties to be further than he was prepared to try to take his race. Others were not as willing to compromise and Washington fell out of favour with some of his fellow Black activists. The biography below was the shortest I could find. It is well worth the five minutes it takes to read. For those who would wish to learn more about this man I suggest the following readings: http://www.nps.gov/archive/bowa/btwbio.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booker_T._Washington http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart6.html#06a http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=luVPIW9_bukC&dq=Booker+T.+Washington& printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=5zccKdHvyn&sig=n6N6MAq6PM4WMDrr0Lm9Mfrr-b w&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=9&ct=result (This is Washington's autobiography, Up from Slavery. It is a long read, but is worth it if you are interested.) http://www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/washington_b.htm Booker Taliaferro was born a mulatto slave in Franklin Country on 5th April, 1856. His father was an unknown white man and his mother, the slave of James Burroughs, a small farmer in Virginia. Later, his mother married the slave, Washington Ferguson. When Booker entered school he took the name of his stepfather and became known as Booker T. Washington. After the Civil War the family moved to Malden, West Virginia. Ferguson worked in the salt mines and at the age of nine Booker found employment as a salt-packer. A year later he became a coal miner (1866-68) before going to work as a houseboy for the wife of Lewis Ruffner, the owner of the mines. She encouraged Booker to continue his education and in 1872 he entered the Hampton Agricultural Institute. The principal of the institute was Samuel Armstrong, an opponent of slavery who had been commander of African American troops during the Civil War. Armstrong believed that it was important that the freed slaves received a practical education. Armstrong was impressed with Washington and arranged for his tuition to be paid for by a wealthy white man. Armstrong became Washington's mentor. Washington described Armstrong in his autobiography as "a great man - the noblest rarest human being it has ever been my privilege to meet". Armstrong's views of the development of character and morality and the importance of providing African Americans with a practical education had a lasting impact on Washington's own philosophy. After graduating from the Hampton Agricultural Institute in 1875 Washington returned to Malden and found work with a local school. After a spell as a student at Wayland Seminary in 1878 he was employed by Samuel Armstrong to teach in a program for Native Americans. In 1880, Lewis Adams, a black political leader in Macon County, agreed to help two white Democratic Party candidates, William Foster and Arthur Brooks, to win a local election in return for the building of a Negro school in the area. Both men were elected and they then used their influence to secure approval for the building of the Tuskegee Institute. Samuel Armstrong, principal of the successful Hampton Agricultural Institute, was asked to recommend a white teacher to take charge of this school. However, he suggested that it would be a good idea to employ Washington instead. The Tuskegee Negro Normal Institute was opened on the 4th July, 1888. The school was originally a shanty building owned by the local church. The school only received funding of $2,000 a year and this was only enough to pay the staff. Eventually Washington was able to borrow money from the treasurer of the Hampton Agricultural Institute to purchase an abandoned plantation on the outskirts of Tuskegee and built his own school. The school taught academic subjects but emphasized a practical education. This included farming, carpentry, brickmaking, shoemaking, printing and cabinetmaking. This enabled students to become involved in the building of a new school. Students worked long-hours, arising at five in the morning and finishing at nine-thirty at night. By 1888 the school owned 540 acres of land and had over 400 students. Washington was able to attract good teachers to his school such as Olivia Davidson , who was appointed assistant principal, and Adella Logan. Washington's conservative leadership of the school made it acceptable to the white-controlled Macon County. He did not believe that blacks should campaign for the vote, and claimed that blacks needed to prove their loyalty to the United States by working hard without complaint before being granted their political rights. Southern whites, who had previously been against the education of African Americans, supported Washington's ideas as they saw them as means of encouraging them to accept their inferior economic and social status. This resulted in white businessmen such as Andrew Carnegie and Collis Huntington donating large sums of money to his school. In September, 1895, Washington became a national figure when his speech at the opening of the Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta was widely reported by the country's newspapers. Washington's conservative views made him popular with white politicians who were keen that he should become the new leader of the African American population. To help him in this President William McKinley visited the Tuskegee Institute and praised Washington's achievements. In 1901, President Theodore Roosevelt invited Washington to visit him in the White House. To southern whites this was going too far. One editor wrote: "With our long-matured views on the subject of social intercourse between blacks and whites, the least we can say now is that we deplore the President's taste, and we distrust his wisdom." Washington now spent most of his time on the lecture circuit. His African American critics who objected to the way Washington argued that it was the role of blacks to serve whites, and that those black leaders who demanded social equality were political extremists. In 1900 Washington helped establish the National Negro Business League. Washington, who served as president, ensured that the organization concentrated on commercial issues and paid no attention to questions of African American civil rights. To Washington, the opportunity to earn a living and acquire property was more important than the right to vote. Like those who helped fund the Tuskegee Institute, Washington was highly critical of the emerging trade union movement in the United States. Washington worked closely with Thomas Fortune, the owner of the New York Age. He regularly supplied Fortune with news stories and editorials favourable to himself. When the newspaper got into financial difficulties, Washington became secretly one of its principal stockholders. Washington's autobiography was published in The Outlook magazine and was eventually published as Up From Slavery in 1901. His critics argued that the views expressed in his books, articles and lectures were essentially the prevailing views of white Americans. In 1903 William Du Bois joined the attack on Washington with his essay on his work in The Soul of Black Folks. Washington retaliated with criticisms of Du Bois and his Niagara Movement. The two men also clashed over the establishment of the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NAACP) in 1909. The following year, William Du Bois and twenty-two other prominent African Americans signed a statement claiming: "We are compelled to point out that Mr. Washington's large financial responsibilities have made him dependent on the rich charitable public and that, for this reason, he has for years been compelled to tell, not the whole truth, but that part of it which certain powerful interests in America wish to appear as the whole truth." Although he now had a large number of critics, Washington continued to be consulted by powerful white politicians and had a say in the African American appointments made by Theodore Roosevelt (1901-09) and William H. Taft (1909-13). Booker Taliaferro Washington was taken ill and entered St. Luke's Hospital, New York City, on 5th November, 1915. Suffering from arteriosclerosis he was warned that he did not have long to live. He decided to travel to Tuskegee where he died on 14th November. Over 8,000 people attended his funeral held in the Tuskegee Institute Chapel.

Happy Birthday to Marlene and Claire for the 18th Hugs Val xx

A very Happy Birthday to you Clair. We hope you have a day to remember. Kindest Regards Johno, Mary and Cathy

Wishing you a wonderfully Happy Birthday Marlene and many more to come in the future. Hope you received the cards. Kindest Regards Johno, Mary and Cathy