Last week I met with Katrine Smith, the Cemetery Officer for Teignbridge District Council. She very kindly, and with great enthusiasm, showed me the records that are held on the Teignmouth Old Cemetery. We looked at the fascinating old map of the burial plots and looked up the records of Leah Laforgue, the first personContinue reading “Cemetery Records”
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Leah Laforgue
Born in 1861, Leah Lee has been described as “a black-eyed, chestnut-haired Devonshire beauty”. She was the daughter of Samuel Lee, a well-to-do draper of Teignmouth, and his wife, also named Leah. Her story is quite extraordinary. – a young Victorian woman who left the small town of Teignmouth and England to become governessContinue reading “Leah Laforgue”
Teignmouth Old Cemetery 