Not Far From Stonehouse is Standish

Composite c1955
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A very short distance from Stonehouse is the tiny hamlet of Standish. Both these places have an unusual connection to my family.

Firstly from my great grandparents' time in the early 1800s to the later part of the nineteenth century.

My mother's maiden name was Agg, her mother's maiden name was Denman. It was Mr and Mrs Denman who lived for some years in a well built two storey house in Standish, a photo of which my mother kept all her life, which is now handed down to me.

Sadly my wife of 39 years passed away in 1993. I married  another fine lady in 1995, and we took a trip back to England that year for me to meet her parents who had recently moved from Sussex to Stonehouse near Gloucester. While there I became curious to try to find the very house that my great grandparents had lived in. I used the original photgraph for comparison. Within an hour I found the house, had the opportunity to speak to the current owner and had a few photographs taken of myself outside the front porch.

We also went to St. Nicholas' Church in Standish  where we found confirmation that both my great grandparents attended that church for some years. It's quite a coincidence that I should have the opportunity to find this old house that once belonged to  my ancestors. Naturally I am very proud to have the christian name of Denman.
It truly is a small world !!!

Maurice Denman Lalonde