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Cemetery revisit and a great surprise
A few weeks ago I had a wander around the cemetery in my village St Frichoux. I wanted to try and find the graves (or rather tombs) of the old house owners. Some names and dates. In France they generally have these great big stone and marble graves, several metres high, sometimes very ornate, marble…
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House Owner Timeline 1769 – 2016
Here’s a timeline of the owners I have discovered so far. There are 11, but I’m sure there are others that I still haven’t unearthed. As the house was passed on by succession, I have listed the elder of the children that received the house by inheritance. In fact, although the surnames change, it’s the same…
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Some house history, 1900-2016
I’ve been meaning to at least jot down some of the history of the house, or at least some of the facts and indeed, some of the fiction. This is just a draft really, jotting down some of the things I’ve heard, so that I can put everything together in a timeline later on. I’ll…