Pear Tree Cottage, Sharnbrook, 1912 (now 97 High Street) [Z1306/100/10/1]
Sunday 18th October 1914: Belgian refugees continue to be welcomed in Bedfordshire. A family named Everard arrived in
Sharnbrook today where they have been lodged at Pear Tree Cottage with Miss Mary Christine Hutchison until an empty house can be found for them. Monsieur Everard was a tanner with a large
business at Augarde, near Louvain.
He owned a considerable amount of property which has all been burned, with the
exception of a few cottages at Antwerp.
Several of his friends have been killed and the women and children dreadfully
mutilated. He is accompanied by his wife, his son, his sister, and their maid
Hortense. Another son is now living in Dorset with his two children.
Hortense has brothers fighting with the Belgian Army, but has not heard from
them since the outbreak of war. Monsieur Everard junior is being given English
lessons by Mr John Edward Prince Evans.
Source: St Peter’s Sharnbrook Parish Record Book, pp.56-57
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