This website is maintained in loving memory of LOUISE GRACE McCULLOCH (1962-2022), linguist, social historian, traveller, "Abuela", and loving wife of Leslie William Huson. Louise was born in Surrey and grew up near to the town of Epsom. From an early age she had a passion for travel and an obvious talent for languages. After completing her education she spent many years living in Madrid and working as a bilingual secretary and translator. During these years she travelled widely throughout the world: eastern and western Europe, USA, Australia and the Far East. Returning from Madrid to live in England, Louise gained a First Class Honours Degree in Language Studies (specialising in Spanish, German, and Linguistics), and spent most of her later career as a teacher of Spanish. She owned a second home on the Spanish Costa Blanca for many years, and always loved Spain and everything Spanish. As well as being a talented linguist, speaking fluent Spanish and German, Louise was also a keen historian. During her historical researches, she discovered that her German-born great-great-great uncle ERNEST SEYD had sailed to America in 1849, and that he had written a journal describing his travels in America between 1849-1851. She discovered that this journal - titled "Memorandum uber Amerika" - had found its way into the archives of the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin. Visiting these archives in 2018, Louise found that the journal was handwritten in old-fashioned "Gothic" German, and was extremely difficult to read and decipher. She set herself the task of translating the journal into both English and Modern German, and her completed translation (titled "Memoir on America") is now also held in the archives of the University of Texas at Austin, alongside the original journal of her great-great-great uncle. Copies of Louise's translation can be requested by email at the address above. Louise lived her life to the full, travelling the world in a spirit of adventure and fascination. She is, and always will be, greatly loved and missed.