Women

The story of our female ancestors when the historical records don’t help

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The sister Farndales of Tidkinhow with Barker children - Willie B, Dorothy F, Mary F, Mary B, Kate F, Grace F, Margaret B, John B - about 1910

 

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The historical record is not properly representative of our female ancestors. As a historian it is important to found our narrative on the evidence which exists. However by reflecting on the existing evidence, and applying a fresh analysis, we can recover the story of the Farndale women, even though the underlying evidence has not recorded everything they did

 

Fourteenth century – see Nicholaus de Farndale and Alicia …

See also the five powerful mums in genealogy of the Wars of the Roses

 

 

 

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