Dear David, If you go to Arachne's archives, you will find further information via correspondence of our members about Gabrielle Pond: _http://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/index.html_ (http://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/index.html) Put "Gabrielle Pond" in the search box. Helen Bell in the US, daughter of Liz Ligeti in Australia, wrote a lovely tribute to _Lace@Arachne_ (mailto:Lace@Arachne) about Pond on July 12, 2000. If you would like to read Pond's book "An Introduction to Lace", here is the information for ordering it from InterLibrary Loan: Author: Gabrielle Pond Publisher: Garnstone Press 1973 76 pages 0-85511-340-5 It seems (to me) the tribute bobbin should read "Gabrielle Pond", since that is what she put on her book! Your original correspondence, with "DeMestre", confused me. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center ---------------------------------------------------------- In a message dated 2/1/2011 11:33:15 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, dccoll...@ncable.net.au writes:
Dear Friends, Well, what a fascinating history I have found on our Gabrielle DeMestre POND. For your interest, despite being born in Kensington, London in 1903 & dying on 2000 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Gabrielle was a direct descendant of a very early Australian Convict as follows:- - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
