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The Time Detective
A Genealogically Led History of Dorset Buttony (80 pages)
A Genealogically Led History of Dorset Buttony (80 pages)
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80 Page PDF File - The author’s 3rd great grandmother, Caroline Case (1798-1847), is a descendant of the ‘Case’ family who set up and operated a significant cottage industry in Dorset manufacturing buttons, colloquially known as ‘Dorset Buttony’. The documentary evidence proves the family’s involvement back to Peter Case (1695-1761), however, there’s a widely shared mythology that suggests Peter’s grandfather, Abraham Case, was the progenitor of the industry in Dorset. In fact, no trace of this individual has been found, and certainly no proof that he was involved in the Dorset button manufacturing industry. This paper, as well as exploring the Case family role in Dorset buttony, attempts to answer the question of whether or not Abraham Case actually existed and, if he did, whether he played the pivotal role that many sources claim for him.
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