The History of Checkers (Draughts)

182 Pages·2009·6.19 MB·English

by  Govert Westerveld

The History of Checkers
(Draughts)

Govert Westerveld

2013
The History of Checkers (Draughts)

Impreso en España – Printed in Spain

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© Govert Westerveld, 2013
Barrio Nuevo, 12-1, 30540 Blanca (Murcia) Spain

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DEDICATION

I dedicate this work to the eminent Dutch checker
historian, Gerard Bakker

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INDEX:

Biography of William Shelley Branch V

Foreword in my draughts-history book of 1997, XI
revised by Ken Whyld

The confusing history of draughts (checkers) XXI

The History of Draughts of 1
William Shelley Branch,

Bibliography 135

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WILLIAM SHELLEY
BRANCH,

AND HIS SPANISH
ORIGIN OF THE GAME

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Biography of William Shelley Branch.

1
William Shelley Branch was born in Hastings , Sussex on 4th
July 1854. He was the son of William Branch and Elizabeth
Shelley (born c 1826, Lewes). Elizabeth Shelley had married
William Branch in Lewes in 1853 [marriage registered in
Lewes during the third quarter of 1853]. The newly-weds
moved to Hastings, where Mrs Elizabeth Branch started a
dressmaking business.

William Shelley Branch

1 http://www.photohistory-sussex.co.uk/LewesPhotgrsAB.htm

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