James Francis Cagney Jr. was an American actor and dancer, both on stage and in film. Known for his consistently energetic performances, distinctive vocal style, and deadpan comic timing, he won acclaim and major awards for a wide variety of performances.
Born in Cummertrees, Dumfries, Scotland on 25th May 1855, Lady Florence Douglas was the daughter of Caroline Margaret Clayton (1821-1904) and Archibald Douglas (16 April 1818 - 6 August 1858), 8th Marquess of Queensberry.
‘Purse’ or ‘handbag’ or ‘pouch’
Thomas Horn, Jr., known as "Tom", was born in 1860 to Thomas S. Horn, Sr. and Mary Ann Maricha on their family farm in rural northeastern Missouri.
Australia Day is the official national day of Australia. Celebrated annually on 26 January, it marks the anniversary of the 1788 arrival of the First Fleet of British ships at Port Jackson, New South Wales and the raising of the Flag of Great Britain at Sydney Cove by Governor Arthur Phillip.
Halloween’s origins date back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain ( sow-in). The Celts, who lived 2,000 years ago in the area that is now Ireland, the United Kingdom and northern France, who celebrated their new year on 1st of November.
Farmington, New Mexico 1933. Leon Trabuco was a Mexican millionaire. He believed he could use the Great Depression of the United States to increase his fortune.
“The watch through Matt Hranek’s lens is much more than a time-telling device; it’s a vehicle through which the men in A Man and His Watch tell their tales of achievement, love, and loss” —Benjamin Clymer, founder and executive editor of Hodinkee
Hardcover: 256 pages - Publisher: Pitch Publishing Ltd (September 2017) ISBN-10: 1785312820 -ISBN-13: 978-1785312823 - RRP: £17.99
Kate Barker was born in Arizona Clark in Ash Grove, Missouri 0n the 8th October 1873 and her family called her ‘Arrie’. In 1892 she married George Barker, in Lawrence County, Missouri. The couple had four sons - Herman (1893-1927), Lloyd (1897- 1949), Arthur (1899 -1939) and Fred (1901-1935).