Tag: Kate’s backstory

Posted on 27 May 202227 May 2022

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Dauntsey House, Kate’s ancestral home

Kate DeWitt was born Catherine Gorham in 1903 in Dauntsey House. At least, that’s the story. There really is a Dauntsey House. It’s the manor house for the Dauntsey Park estate in northern Wiltshire, and it’s been around for a very long time in one form or another. Real History According to British History Online,…

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Posted on 1 April 20221 July 2022

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Kate’s Songbook: Chapter 1

Like most well-born girls at the beginning of the 20th century, Kate DeWitt (Our Heroine) had an education in music. She learned to sing “appropriate” songs and to play an instrument (she chose piano because there was one in her house already). The piano-playing didn’t go so well — Kate couldn’t read music. (Actually, she…

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