I make that either 1760 or MDCCCLX. That fits better with the date on the piece of paper dated 1823. Andrew Rodger rodgera@audioio.com On 08/04/2015, at 6:23 PM, Bev via wrote: > > Have found a bible wrapped up in brown paper which I thought was a family > member of mine. Indirectly it is, but to my mother's brother. > > The Bible has the following written on the front board- John WINFIELD > Stanton by Dale April 20th 1862 and the publication date of the bible is > MDCCLX [1860] . The brown paper wrapper is actually a piece of paper from > Greenacres and the sticker says Mrs MITCHELL 210 Windermere Road 16/1/1823. > This is the address of my uncle's second wife-one of the older wood and iron > houses, and perhaps an original house, on the corner of Windermere and > Churchill I think. We called her Babs and this bible belongs to the MITCHELL > family. I know that she had a brother and 3 neices. Ring any bells out > there???? I certainly would like to give it back to the family.Bev > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOUTH-AFRICA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >