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hello back again have finaly found the joseph rolph/rolfe which you guys found as robert not( joseph) and martha cooper back months ago/ i am now trying to find out when robert rolfe/rolph died and what of ? if he was born in the area? and what his trade may have been ? so i may put this one to...

In 1881 Mary Elizabeth Kruger is with her Dutch parents, George (a Bootmaker) and Mary, in St. George in the East, Middx. She is aged 9, born 1871 in St. George in the East. RG11/450 F.122 p.50 In June 1890 Mary Kruger marries Abraham Blankhart. (Poplar 1c/1139). I don't have that...

Would anyone be kind enough please to see if a Helen Cox was living with any others on the electoral registers? 1903 Islington South Many thanks Ewan

Hi all I was just wondering if anybody out there has a photograph of St Stephens Church Walworth. My hubby's grandparents were married there and as we have no wedding photos I thought it would be nice to include a photo of the church in my family tree. I have searched the internet and it...

Researching information for Henry David Mudd . Henry, also known better by Harry, was born in 1905 Fulham.With assitance from a workhouse in London, he immigrated to Canada in 1922 aboard the ship Montcaim.After arriving in Canada he made his way to Belleville Ontario , there he took residence at...

My name is Jim Goodin and I am currently researching my ancestor Edward Goodin born in Sussex (about 1762) and a convict aboard the First Fleet to Australia in 1788. Since it's still "Australia Day" in the UK I feel justified in posting this message at such a late hour Australian time:willy_nilly:...

Some London electoral rolls are now available on Ancestry. London Electoral Registers, 1835-1965 These appear to have been OCR scanned, so you may need to be inventive with search strategies. An initial search shows the usual sorts of errors by Ancestry in locating and describing...

Picking the great brains on here again. A friend has asked me for help in locating her grandfathers final resting place. There was a family dispute and her side of the family never got to go to the funeral nor knew where it took place. Her grandfather died Jul 1984 at Tower Hamlets Is...

In searching for my RODWAYs in Greater London, England, I have come across several other RODWAY families, who may or may not be related. I have census and other details for two families who seem to have been in the furniture-making and finishing business: James & Mary RODWAY, of St. Leonard's...

In the 1911 census my grandmother was working as a housemaid at 352 Oxford Street. The other members of the household were all assistants at a Drapery Outfitters and the head of the household was manageress - Drapery Outfitters. I can't find any shop at that address but Marshall and Snelgrove...

I am trying to trace William MacLeod who was General Merchant, trading MacLeod & Co in Coleman Street, London in 1841. He was registered bankrupt in 1842/3 and can find no further information on him from that point. I have a copy of a letter from his wife Ellen to Mountstuart Elphinstone dated...

hi is there anyone out there who has time to look at this family as i am now confused as to who is who? this may take some time !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! census RG10/259, RG11/232, RG12/227 in 1871 , j w wyatt married to sarah ann 1839? cant find a marriage, emily wyatt checked on bmd as 1865 st...

Does anyone have any information they could share on my Anquest ancestors? I have the following to date: Marriage of Petter Annquist to Jane Mars 8 Mar 1813, St George in the East, London Baptisms of: Maria Anquest 9 Oct 1814 Eliza Hanquist 10 Jul 1819 Both were at St Dunstan & All...

I was hoping someone could help make sense of a few burial records for the same man. I have a burial record from Ancestry that comes under Burials at St Pancras Chapel in 1904. It says: Dec 6 Willm S. Chivers Age 58 Abode: Walthamstow I also have a scan from the burial register page at...

Hello, is anyone researching the GAMBIER family from London? My line starts with a Thomas GAMBIER born 1783 who married Ann Bolton from Nantwich, Cheshire in 1819 and went on to have 14 children. One of them was William born 1830 and died 1900. He married Elizabeth Edwards in 1853 and the family...