Who Do You Think You Are?

‘A CORONER’S INQUEST REVEALED MARY’S TRAGIC STORY’

Finding a black sheep in the family tree can be enthralling, but it can also be shocking. Desperate times often led to measures that seem astonishing today. Here WDYTYA? Magazine reader Helen Dann tells the story of her great great aunt, who was an unmarried mother in the late Victorian era. Her extreme actions show the terrible pressure that many women faced.

MY BRICK WALL

Whenever my mum spoke about her grandmothers she always described Granny Bunting as the fun, jolly one and Granny Wood

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