Why she married in Ireland we do not know. On JAmelia Jane married George Bedford in Donnybrook, Dublin. The inn and brewery were owned by a widow, Emma Smeed, and it is probable that Amelia Jane cared for her employer’s four-year-old daughter Alice. In the 1861 census Amelia Jane can be found as a nursemaid at the Sun Inn and Brewery at Bridge Street in the historic market town of Godalming. In the 1851 census return the family can be found living at Hookley Lane in the village of Compton. She had been born in the hamlet of Binscombe to Henry and Jane Chandler. After such a dire year, we all need cheering up!Īmelia Jane was baptised on in St Nicholas, Compton, Surrey. However, due to the response to shared photographs of the model being stitched and its Christmas colours, we are releasing the sampler in time for Christmas 2020. The date caught our eye, as February 20 is Nicola’s birthday, and it was our original intention to release the sampler on that date in 2021. The use of only two colours, and such Christmassy colours, adds so much to its charm. pdf download by Hands Across the Sea Samplers.Īmelia Jane’s sampler stitched when she was 10 years old is such a cheery example of a child’s needlework. This sampler is brought to you as part of a series of “Little Gems” that are available as a.
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