John, Historical Directories has Kelly's 1916 which shows Bushloe House occupied by Mrs Owston. http://www.historicaldirectories.org/hd/ Assuming Harvey Ingram Owston Solicitors are connected to Owston the solicitor of Bushloe House - maybe they could help? http://www.harveyingram.com/ Good luck!! Maggie > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:12:12 +0000 (GMT) > From: JOHN RILEY <john.riley29@btopenworld.com> > Subject: Re: [LEI] Bushloe House > To: Leicestershire FHS <LEICESTERSHIRE-PLUS@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <7278.44627.qm@web86706.mail.ird.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Thanks for that, Janet. > > I wonder if the "Mrs G." referred to on the postcard was Mr Gunning's wife > (perhaps they looked after the house while the Owstons owned it?). I see from > searching on the internet that Hiram Owston died in 1905 aged 75; so I > wonder who was actually living there in 1916? > > Looking further, I see there is a contact e-mail address for a descendant of > the Owston family, which I will try! > > Best wishes, > John > http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/i/l/Margaret-A-Silver/ Please copy your reply to ozdais@hotmail.com as AOL does not receive mail from all ISP's!! Thanks </HTML>