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26th August 1922. Georgette Jeanne Pesquet married Salvatore Muscat in Paris. This was recorded as an Anglo-French marriage. Georgette’s parents…
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15th July 1850. Bridget Cannon arrived in New York. She was 10 years old. An Irish emigrant, she had voyaged…
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