BRACERS Record Detail for 135595
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BR thanks her for her reminiscences of Kirkby Lonsdale and wonders if she is the granddaughter of "Herbert Rix, a Unitarian".
In dictation the surname looks like Lechmere-Olsted, but when typed it became Lechmere-Oertel . Presumably Edith Russell, the typist of the letter, took a closer look at the surname. See the dictated copy at record 12664.
She is probably Margaret Haywood Lechmere (1882–1969), who married a German, F.A. Oertel (1862–1942), in 1903.
BR TO MARGARET H. LECHMERE-OERTEL, 2 SEPT. 1953
BRACERS 135595. TLS. McMaster
Proofread by K. Blackwell
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41 Queen’s Road
Richmond
Surrey1
2 September, 1953.
Dear Mrs. Lechmere-Oertel,2
Thank you for your interesting letter. I am glad to hear your reminiscences of Kirkby Lonsdale. I used to know a Herbert Rix, a Unitarian. I wonder whether he was your grandfather.
Yours truly,
<signed> Russell
