Sounds like a good idea, Maggie. I'll try that. Thanks. John ----- Original Message ---- From: "Halfajigsaw@aol.com" <Halfajigsaw@aol.com> To: leicestershire-plus@rootsweb.com Cc: john.riley29@btopenworld.com Sent: Saturday, 29 March, 2008 8:16:08 AM Subject: Re: Bushloe House 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