december 22nd 1904 beatrice to florence verstage

margate, kent to godalming, surrey

103 miles

the message

"Dear Flo

Hope you will have a very Happy time this Xmas.

With love from 

Beatrice"

the sender

There are no clues to who Beatrice was or what her relationship to Florence Verstage was.

the recipient

Florence Verstage (1879-1958) was the daughter of John William Verstage (1846-1918) and Ann Rippen (1851-1931). John was a grocer by trade.

Florence did not marry and she did not appear to have a profession. In 1911 she was living with her parents and in 1939 she was with her unmarried brother Herbert William Verstage (1886-1952), a rent collector and property manager. Florence and Herbert were two of seven children, one of whom, Arthur Halcrow Verstage (1875-1969) achieved some success as an architect within the Arts and Crafts movement.

See also

the tree

the places

Margate, Kent

Godalming, Surrey

what the card says to us

The picture is entitled "Winter Days" and is a painting by "Professor Van Hier" aka Gioacchino Hierschel de Minerbi who pained many pictures for postcards. 

The card itself is a simple Christmas card.