Whitby, The Peart Children 1891
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The Pearts' eldest daughter Amelia (17) holds her baby brother, George; the twins take a rather damp seat on the seaweedy rock, and Jennie and Tom watch the photographer put them all in the frame for posterity. Michael Yates's wife Marion tells us that Amelia later married Tom Eglon, one of her relatives.

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I have such happy memories of my early years when as a schoolboy I along with many of my friends walked up and down the Promenade at Penzance of a Sunday evening in pursuit of girls. Even in the blackout during the Second World War we still put in an appearance. At the time I was a choirboy at St John's Church, Penzance and attended both morning and evening services. During the summer months a Sunday afternoon ...see more
This is the Peart family. Amelia the eldest aged 17 holds her baby brother George. Next to her on the rock is Robert Leadley Peart and at her side is Robert's twin Matthew. Next to Matthew is Jane (known as Ginny) and then Tom. Ginny was born 18th September 1884 and was six years old in this photograph. Robert (on the rock) was drowned aged 20 on 19th July 1908 after being swept overboard at St Petersburg. George was ...see more