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Richard Land (Trafalgar veteran) and Mary Rookes

The Opening Engagement at Trafalgar; H.M.S. 'Royal Sovereign' raking the stern of the Spanish flagship 'Santa Ana'. James W...
Silvanus Trevail Architect and Mayor of Truro

Truro : Lemon Street cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Lewis Clarke - geograph.org.uk/p/4611928 Silvanus Trevail , architect (1851–1903) The phrase, ...
Squire Day and Sarah Hobbs

St Mary's Church, Hitchin cc-by-sa/2.0 - © John Lucas - geograph.org.uk/p/989956 Squire Day (bap. 28 May 1797 in Ickleford , Hertf...
William Ball and Sarah Jane Tubb

St Mary's Portsea cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Basher Eyre - geograph.org.uk/p/692863 William Ball (b. 1806), Bachelor, married Sarah Jane Tubb...
Michael Kritzer and Maria Agatha Hall

Interior of the Catholic parish church of St. Johann , Donaueschingen , Baden, Germany. H.Helmlechner , CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Common...
Thomas Parsons Bridle and Elizabeth Wills

East Devon : Countryside Scenery cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Lewis Clarke - geograph.org.uk/p/4625599 Looking out across the East Devon countryside...
William White and Ann Francis

All Saints' Church, Mattishall, Norfolk William White (bap. 20 Jul 1806 at St Margaret, Garvestone), only child, son of Jacob White and...

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