on Tue, 20 Dec 2005 Jean Barrett wrote:
Susan does not strike me as a victorian name. I have been searching for
a 'Jean' bobbin for years but I know that I am unlikely to find one.
Victorians just did not call their daughters that
Dear Jean and all spiders,
I think there were Susans
Good morning All,
I took a quick look at the Susan' bobbin. The sale had ended by then
though. A couple of things struck me. The green colour was startling,
but I have one similar. But I cannot remember seeing a Coloured
inscribed bobbin. Also all the inscriptions I have seen have been in
Jean Barrett wrote:
I have been searching for a 'Jean' bobbin for years
but I know that I am unlikely to find one. Victorians just did not
call their daughters that. Jan is the nearest I can come up with.
I gave up looking for a Jean bobbin quite quickly when I realised that most
of us Jeans
Hello Jean
My gt gt gt grandmother, born in the 1790s was a Susan, and whilst
helping with indexing of the old birth registers at Medway Register
Office I've seen Susan a few times; not as common in the 1840s and 50s
as it was in the 1940s and 50s, but not particularly unusual. Jean
would
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From: Jean Barrett [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Lace Arachne lace@arachne.com
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 3:50 AM
Subject: [lace] Inscribed bobbins
Good morning All,
I took a quick look at the Susan' bobbin. The sale had ended by then
though. A couple of things struck me. The green colour
