Item MFP/14/10 - Letter from Mrs Jane Pontey at Kirkheaton to Jane Munby at Scarborough

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MFP/14/10

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Letter from Mrs Jane Pontey at Kirkheaton to Jane Munby at Scarborough

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  • 9 August 1837 (Creation)

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(c1800 - present)

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Joseph Munby, solicitor, was the son of Joseph Munby and Jane Pearson. He was born in 1804.. In 1827, he married Caroline Eleanor Forth . They had seven children:

  • Arthur Munby b. c1829
  • John Forth. Munby b. c1832
  • George Frederick Woodhouse Munby b. c 1834
  • Frederick J. Munby b. c1838
  • Joseph Munby b. c1840
  • Caroline Munby b. c1844
  • Edward C. Munby b c1846

Frederick Munby and his wife, Elizabeth, had two children:
-Beatrice b. c1867
-John Cecil bc1876

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Henry Pontey’s return from Liverpool; her aunt’s serious illness (leeches applied). Mr Pontey’s will was to be proved and valued. She herself would move when she could sell her furniture. Asks if Jane is to staying Scarborough all the summer and whether John was with her. They might live in her house if she was able to go to Liverpool, but she knew Jane disliked Kirkheaton.

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  • English

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