Newspaper Article

Date December 1900
Place Totnes, Devon, England
Description Lavinia Foss lost her handbag, which contained a large sum of money and a cheque for E E Langdon, at Totnes Market

Narrative

E E Langdon is either Lavinia's sister-in-law Eliza Elizabeth Langdon (née Foss), or her niece, Eliza's daughter, Emily Eltrude Langdon.

Source References

  1. Western Times
      • Date: 10 December 1900
      • Page: Page 2
      • Citation:

        A farmer's wife - Mrs Foss, of Ashwell, Diptford - sustained a serious loss on Saturday. She left her stall to go to a butcher's, and while away found she had lost her purse which contained £6 in gold, a quantity of silver, and a cheque for £10.

  2. Totnes Weekly Times
      • Date: 15 December 1900
      • Page: Page 5
      • Citation:

        A serious loss was experienced by Mrs. P. R. Foss of Ashwell, Diptford, a farmer's wife, who regularly attends the Totnes Market. She left her stall to go to a butcher's in the Market, and there discovered that her handbag had disappeared. This contained a cheque for £10 drawn on Holt's Bank in favour of E. E. Langdon, £6 in gold, and a quantity of silver.