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While checking out some Lee families looking for a connection to me I came across Hannah Lee, said to be born 1861 in London, England. Her parents were: Sarah Weston BIRTH 30 JUN 1837, Wiltshire, England; DEATH MAR 1864, Camberwell, London, England; in Childbirth and Aaron Lee BIRTH 25 APR 1841...

Somehow I am connected to two Swiss watchmaking families and a woman who jumped out of a London window onto a spiked fence when she discovered her husband had fathered a child with a showgirl from the Hippodrome. [insert GULP where appropriate] Although families are convinced about the...

This fellow, some sort of Silk Weaver, married Esther Kemp as Mr Holtyer, others suggest his surname is Holtzer or similar- including me: FreeBMD Marriages Jun 1852 Holtyer George Harvey; Guildford 2a 44 Kemp Esther; Guildford 2a 44 Then he appears in the 1861 England Census as George...

I am quite confused about a group of families with surnames Thompson, Hunt or Hind, and Wathen, who have some children born post 1837, so they can be searched for in the BMD records, but the rest arrived pre-BMD. Both sets of people are mixed across various trees and websites and I need new eyes...

I have a William Lawrence, one of many in my family tree for whom I cannot find a definite Baptism nor set of parents. His descendants share DNA with me which I obtained through my paternal GM born Gertrude Lawrence, 1873 Staffordshire. This is the information I have for the current William...

This person is proving elusive and I wonder if she really DID come from Nova Scotia, or went there shortly after birth and thought she had been born there. My information on her is: Marriage FreeBMD Marriages Jun 1889 HUGHES Sarah Elizabeth to Williamson Robert Raglan at Colchester...

hi, I have a Mary Hummerstone who married a John Waldron (Baker) in 1832, St Pancras. On every single census she stated her birth as Epping, Essex the dates/ages vary a little putting her birth between 1800-1814. There is another Mary Ann hummerstone born 1801/2 in Theydon Garnon, who goes on...

When I was exploring the adventures of Paul Henry Bartlett (and wife Shirley Iris P nee Lord, after they emigrated from London to Australia, I came across a Stanley James Bartlett, Policeman) who lived near them shortly after they arrived (possibly with a wife or sister Janice Mae Bartlett- a...

Over years, streets have changed their names for various reasons, which does not make it very easy to work out where they were on contemporary maps. :rolleyes: Although this is just for London, this website is extremely useful for those of us whose ancestors lived in the Big Smoke and who were...

daughter of Joseph Broughton Harrison and Elizabeth Harwood, born Kings Cross/St Pancras area of London Jun 1871. In 1881 the family are in Islington, her parents and brother are back in St Pancras in 1891 but Harriet is not there ... sister Emily is married, brother William is boarding in...

The Historic Hospital Admission Records Project (HHARP) evolved from the 'Small and Special' website which was based on records of the Great Ormond Street Hospital. HHARP now includes records of other children's hospitals in London and Glasgow: London Great Ormond Street Hospital, 1852-1914...