Elizabeth
Remington c1890 |
Elizabeth
Remmington of Frettenham married Edward Broughton of Edgefield
on 14th December 1830 and emigrated with him to Ontario in the
1830s. Elizabeth was the brother of William Remmington and his
wife Christain, and William wrote many letters to her and her
husband from Frettenham. The village of Frettenham is further
south than Edgefield - closer to Spixworth, where John Broughton
had the forge from 1838 to the 1850s. There were various links
between Edgefield and the district of St Faiths in which both
Frettenham and Spixworth are situated - the Remmington and Coe
families being two of them. Elizabeth must have been a tough
lady to raise six children from nothing in early 19th century
Canada. Note the size of her hands in the photograph on the
left - although obviously arthritic by the time the picture
was taken, they must have been pretty powerful when Elizabeth
was in her prime. |
