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The Cowkeeper's Wish

A genealogical journey through poverty, war and love

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“Already the authors of a well-received family memoir, sisters Kasaboski and den Hartog meet this challenge head-on. … Throughout, the prose is graceful, the research meticulous.” Canada’s History Magazine

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Perth Avenue, Toronto, in WW1
Part 2: Home children Walter and Maria, a genealogical case study
Part 1: Myrtle, Blanche and Walter, a genealogical case study
South Africa, Australia, and The Cowkeeper’s Wish
Part 6: Ellen Shelley conclusion
Book Review: The Cowkeeper’s Wish
Part 5: Ellen Shelley, George Smith and the Great War
Part 4: Ellen Shelley and the power of women
Part 3: Ellen Shelley and the Lying-In Hospital
Part 2: Ellen Shelley, the undertaker’s daughter

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1830s-1913: In Darkest London
1914-1920: The Noise of War
1919-1930s: The Forest City
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The elusive Ellen, discovered in the Stone Asylum casebook at the London Metropolitan Archives (City of London). This image appears with their permission.