Forum: The Victorian Period - (1837-1901) though this could run from 1832

One aspect of the 10 year census is seeing how the families moved around (or not at all in some cases) following work opportunities and post 1911 I've started to research the Electoral Registers in the local records office. Not being land owners seems to be a limitation way back, the...

on purchasing our property recently we were sorting out the garage when i found a box containing some stone jars and a stone hot water bottle with screw opening in top. when did these cease to be made. can anybody offer any sugestion to time i know they were about in victorian times. thank you.

Hi Folks My ancestors all appear to come from a small part of Essex. This area is bounded on the North by a line from Colchester across to the coast, on the South by a line from Chelmsford to Maldon and East no farther than Braintree. I want to find out more about this region in Victorian...

Can anyone help with information on Brampton Barracks (Kent) around the 1841 period. My third greatgrandfather was identified on the 1841 census as being here as a soldier aged 15; although i have a feeling he might only have been thirteen at the time. Thanks

In 1858 one of my ancestors (whose credentials are somewhat suspect) tried to get a degree by special exam from a Scottish university. He was turned down because he was possibly associated with the exhibition in Kahn's Museum. Kahn's was apparently an anatomical museum in Oxford Street,...

This website may be of interest: http://www.victorianturkishbath.org/_000HOME/HOMEPAGE.htm

Hi all I'm fascinated by the clothing worn by our ancestors in Victorian times but know very little about it other than what I've seen on telly in period dramas, which strangely enough considering my obsession with history, I very rarely enjoy (an exception being Cranford which was brilliant). ...

Hello. I am wondering how unusual it was to have step-daughters bearing their father's children. I'm afraid that my family tree is a bit twisted! I never imagined that this would happen in Victorian England but my ggggrandmother (Jane Wildman b.1840) was once listed as a step-daughter to William...

Hello All, I am seeking some help in clarifying a place name. William Hebblethwaite is listed in the 1861 Census living with his son in Preston, Lancashire, aged 66 and recorded as a former farmer. No problems there, I am, however, having troubles with his birth place. He is listed as being...

My gr.grandfather's 2 eldest sons were born in the Cape of Good Hope and I am wondering why he would have been there and how would I find out if that was where he married. I have tried the S.A. site with no luck. Does anyone know what was happening around 1845 - 1852 that he would have been out...

Hi I'm new here and like many newbies, here 'cos I'm stuck. Any help would be appreciated. I have a Gt Gmother with the maiden name of Chummings born Melbourne Australia 1859. I have an 1881 census entry for her in St Mary Church, Devon and a marriage to Charles Algate in Newton Abbott later...

I am researching my grandfather's history. I have a medal he was awarded when serving in 4th Btn King's Royal Rifles Corps in India. It is dated 1891 (N.E.Frontier). Where could I look to find any information re. his service in India, his date of discharge, anything?

My great great grandfather served as a recruiting sergeant in the Cumbrian Regiment in Ireland. The regiment were over there in the 1870/1880s. Why would they have been there. The family moved back to Cumbria by the time my maternal grandmother's father was born in 1887/1888. My great great...

consider me morbid, but i find these rituals fascinating. the colours of clothing worn over the 2 and a half year mourning period. ( wife losing husband) is just one example, also the mourning jewellery etc.

Would a soldier have been allowed to take a wife while on Garrison duty? I have an ancestor identified as being with the 40th Regiment of Foot in Australia, which sailed from Cork Ireland 1859 aboard HMS Vulcan. Children born 1859,1860,1862 and I'm trying to ascertain whether his wife would've...

Can any help or point me in the right direction ... |bowdown| My husband grandfather left a silver medal from the above war... There is no ribbon attached to it The following information is enscribed on the edged.... 5246 DR C. Pryror DR C/3 RA. dated on back 1878-79-80. picture on back...

After a wedding when the husband and wife returned home, the woman would throw warm penny coins from the bedroom window on a shovel, the local children gathered below, would scramble to collect the coins. This was practiced in York when my Dad was a child (20s/30s), does anyone know if this...

I have several cases, mostly Victorian but going into the 1930s, where a lady is shown as a Widow, but there appears to be no trace of the husband's death. In one case I am quite certain that in the 1861 Census I have found both husband and wife. The wife is shown as a Widow, while the husband...

Hello, I wonder if anyone can help me with this. I've chosen this thread/topic as my ancestor was of this time. Ellen Mary Hitchens was born in about 1802 in Burnley, Lancashire. I believe, as I've searched the IGI that her parents were: William Hitchens and Betty (maiden name...