Charles Emery – A Potted History
From the Observer, Aug 10, 1907 A QUEENSTOWN PIONEER An old pioneer of the state is Mr. Charles Emery, of Queenstown, who was born in Kentish Town, London, on December…
Charles Leak – A Potted History
Charles Leak was born on the 12th April 1834, the son of Christopher Leak (born 1808) and Frances Milner, who were married on August 3 rd 1833, in York. Nothing…
John H.D. Warneke, a potted history
JOHN HELMUTH DAVID WARNEKE (1881-1954) OLIVE PEARL SMITH (1886-1930) Great grandparents of Clancy James Paternal grandparents of Christine James John Helmuth David Warneke was born on September 9th, 1881, in…
1948 Eva wishes for a boy
This warm Australian Sunday afternoon has to a great degree, been spent reading through letters written by my Great-Aunt Eva some sixty years ago from her home in Leicester to…
Feb 1950 Eva receives a food parcel
“Your letter followed by a parcel of varied meats, five tins and one of dripping. Thank you very much. Let us hope we get a change of government we shall…
Was Muriel really a Lees?
This text is an excerpt from a document written by Barbara Betts, outlining the history of the Lees-Betts family. This idea that Muriel was not Lees by birth is considered…
Sep 1950 – Paying the book bill
“My house is large rooms full and walls covered with pictures and large photographs. I shall reduce it all by degrees. I can imagine your children being the Imps they…
March 1952 – A letter from Eva Lees
I am sorry I have not been able to write for some weeks no or send any books, but I put three rolls of physic papers in the post. They…
Robert James Lees Centenary
ROBERT JAMES LEES was born at Hinckley, in Leicestershire. on 12th August, 1849, and showed psychic gifts in early infancy. It is the lot of some men to be best…
The International Physic Gazette – 1931
ROBERT JAMES LEES, one of the most gifted and highly respected authors of Spiritualistic works of classical repute, passed-on to the higher stage of life at Leicester, on January 10,…
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