Mother of Robert Dempster Pretty Certainly, someone from the top layer of society. Fairly quickly, Brown uncovered a piece of metal, which he correctly identified as a ships rivet; he therefore deduced that he had a ship burial on his hands. Robert Pretty was born when Edith was 47 years old; he was the only child of Edith and Frank Pretty. Sadly, the building and museum were closed when we got there and all we could do was peer through the window, but we wandered among the mounds and she told me the history of the place. And the travel and trade! These were fierce people. The Dig, is a historical drama film that revolves around the discovery of the Anglo-Saxon ship burial site at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk, England. He inherited his familys property after both of his parents died. Last Updated on 10th November 2021 by Mike@bitaboutbritain. These trees can change over time as users edit, remove, or otherwise modify the data in their trees. Flowers . Robert Pretty was born when Edith was 47 years old; he was the only child of Edith and Frank Pretty. 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Theres a third room at the house, with an exhibition about the dig in 1939 though, frankly, I found the layout irritating and was eager to move on. Your email address will not be published. But what happened to. The author John Preston is the nephew of Peggy Piggot and so some of his decriptions of characters and happenings would have been from her stories. Ralph Fiennes as working-class Basil Brown,an amateur astronomer and self-taught archaeologist, in The Dig, which is due to be released later this month. If you dont already know, the treasure of Sutton Hoo is a ship burial which dates from the early 7th century and, when it was found in 1939, it forced a profound revision of our appreciation of the early Anglo-Saxons in Britain. He oversees the provision of behavioral feeding services through the Department of Pediatric Psychology and Neuropsychology, including inpatient, outpatient, and intensive treatment. It was likely inspired by the fact that Peggy Piggott's 1936 marriage to Stuart Piggott (portrayed by Ben Chaplin in the film) eventually ended in divorce in 1954. 1922 Michigan, USA. Mrs Pretty wasnt the first person to investigate we know about graverobbers and antiquarians digging in the 16th and 19th centuries, and there are reports that in 1860 a lot of iron screw bolts were found. UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 Preview. Robert Eugene Demster was born on month day 1929, at birth place, to Lewis Everett Demster and Elsie Helen Demster (born Stoltz). Edith Pretty died in 1942 at age 59 following a stroke. But I think Im missing something here about the ghost ships they actually buried the ships, right? This aspect also ties together in you a Moon sign and a rising sign that are very different. But at the age of 47, much to her amazement, came the happy distraction of pregnancy. During her travels, she witnessed several excavations. One group seems to comprise a man and two women; one of the women has been beheaded with her skull placed between her knees. Lundine JP, Dempster R, Carpenito K, Miller-Tate H, Burdo-Hartman W, Halpin E, Khalid O. Companion to portrait of his mother Mrs Edith Pretty. Thanks for your interesting post:). III and Elizabeth Dempster Husband of Elizabeth Hannah Dempster Father of Elizabeth Dempster and Edith Pretty Brother of John Dempster and Louisa Hovey. referenced. Pretty was born at Elland, Yorkshire on 1 August 1883, the younger of two daughters of Robert and Elizabeth Dempster. Worldwide interest in Sutton Hoo and its treasures was renewed in 2021, when the film The Dig was issued on Netflix. Bizarrely, there is a report in the Ipswich Journal of a dig that took place in 1860 which says that, One of these mounds was recently opened, when a considerable number (nearly two bushels) of iron screw bolts were found, all of which were sent to the blacksmith to be converted into horse shoes! Crawford, and husband and wife archaeologists Stuart and Peggy Piggott. A story worth telling via a fabulous Hollywood/British movie or documentary. Difficult. Fearsome, haunting and spine-tingling, it demands that you imagine the man who may have worn it, and picture what he and his world were like. She married soldier Frank Pretty in 1926, then purchased the more than 500-acre Sutton. In 1922 she became one of Englands first women magistrates, and was even invited to stand for Parliament in the safe Conservative seat of Northwich. To get better results, add more information such as Birth Info, Death Info and Locationeven a guess will help. Yes, Ive heard of that book it sounds fascinating. Bornin Chelsea, Greater Londonon 7 Sep 1930to Frank Prettyand Edith May Dempster. LIV Golf rebel Talor Gooch laments losing almost half his prize money from the Saudi-funded tour's inaugural event Down Under after the Australian taxman took 47% of his $6m cheque, Former St Louis Cardinals star and legendary broadcaster Mike Shannon dies aged 83 - as owner Bill DeWitt Jr leads tributes honouring to the two-time World Series champion for his 'unbridled passion for the game', Was $5m bank heist an MI5 plot to seize stolen photos of Princess Margaret having sex with a gangster? It was Roberts birth, so swiftly followed by Franks illness and death, and her own developing ill health, which appear to have pushed the mounds to the back of her mind. Thank you for a thoroughly absorbing read. Lol (My writing has got to be my priority for a while, so my posts arent too often.)