‘CAIN’S SACRIFICE WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN’
Feb 11, 2020
2 minutes
There was a hint of snow in the air on 6 February 1881 when Cain Mayer left his wife Ellen and their large family at home, and set off to begin his night shift at Chatterley Whitfield Colliery in Staffordshire.
Cain was Ann Simcock’s 2x great grandfather. “He’s the first ancestor who I feel that I’ve really got to know,” Ann explains, “and his is such a
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