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5th November 2010, 01:46 AM
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More followup
While doing more of my own family research I found a newspaper article for Jul 4, 1951 about a Bagshaw Family Reunion in Sunderland, Ontario, Canada. Under a photo of all those in attendance was this statement: “ First member of the Bagshaw family to come to Canada was William, a horse-soldier who fought under Wellington at Waterloo.”
I realize you can't believe everything you read in a newspaper, however it does coincide with what my grandparents told me about the sword-that it had been used in the Battle of Waterloo. William Bagshaw had emigrated to Canada in 1817 when he was 44. He settled near Sunderland. |
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22nd October 2011, 08:26 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: NC, U.S.A.
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Ebay sword...
Here's another like the above. (Sorry, moderators. Tried but failed to cut/paste pics).
It's completed eBay auction # 190586365141 Beaut of a sword, but I suspect the grip or possibly the whole hilt replaced?? Wish I had had the $ to bid on this one- 
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