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William Humphrey – Keeper of horses
By Christine Swan
When I began top publish this blog, I made the decision to tell everybody’s story, despite how unremarkable that may appear. He was my great great grandfather, so I have a vested interest in his story, but, what is interesting from a social historian’s point of view is that I have a complete set of census records for him which provide a checkpoint for every ten years of his life.
This week, my husband attended a family funeral in Hadstock, just a few miles away in North Essex. The churchyard is full of his family, with a surname of various spellings, and he met with the school friends of his youth, who remained in the village for their entire lives. Such is the way sometimes of tight-knit rural communities.
During the nineteenth century, horses were the mainstay of agriculture. For ploughing and transport, they were vital for heavy work in rural areas. As I have documented previously, my maternal grandmother’s family came from Helions Bumpstead, a small village close to Haverhill. Other members of her family lived in Castle Camps, a short distance away, but in the county of Cambridgeshire. Today, this remains a rural district, with wide open fields covering the landscape.
The Humphrey menfolk were agricultural labourers, and the women worked in trades and crafts such as making bonnets and clothing. In 1871, my great grandfather, Charles, and his wife Martha, were living with his father in law Stephen Malyon, in Helions Bumpstead. Just a few years later, Charles moved with the family, along with Stephen, closer to London – Walthamstow first, and then Leyton from about 1877. Upon researching the route, the family would most likely have travelled through Epping Forest and would not have passed through any major cities and would most likely have completed the forty-five mile journey by horse and cart. Stephen died in 1875, and was buried in Queen’s Road cemetery. At that time, Leyton was still quite a rural area.
As a tip to other amateur genealogists, prepare to be fluid in your acceptance of the spelling of a surname. My grandmother used Humphreys, but her father used Humphrey. His father used Humphry, and I have seen two different spellings on one marriage record – one from the curate, and one from the groom. As long as it sounded correct, it seems that phonetic spelling, of any combination, was accepted.
Charles’s father, William Humphrey, was born in 1828 and remained living on the Essex – Cambridgeshire border for his entire life. Researching Essex parish records, the same family names appear again and again. People were born, married and died all within a few square miles, and doubtless did not have the means to travel further afield.
St Andrews Church, Helions Bumpstead
In 1841, William was thirteen years old and living with his parents, Thomas and Mary, and four other siblings, at Boarded Barn Farm. Although William was not listed as having an occupation, it is likely that he too worked as an agricultural labourer. I believe that the location is the current Board Barn Farm, on Camps Road. They lived with another family, the Mynotts, in the same location.
William married Mary Mizen in 1848 when he was twenty years old and his bride was nineteen. Mary’s occupation was a braider, which was a role carried out at home, weaving together straw to make a braid used for the manufacture of straw bonnets and hats. Charles, my great grandfather, was born in 1850, and in the 1851 census, Mary had graduated to the role of bonnet maker which would have provided a supplementary income to the family. Tragedy struck when in 1855, aged just twenty seven years, Mary died.
William Humphrey marries Mary Mizen in 1848
William was now widowed with two very young children but still needing to work. The 1861 census provided the solution that William found. His niece, Ann Mizen, was his eighteen year old housekeeper. Young Charles, now eleven years old, was also working as an agricultural labourer and William, for the first time, is listed as a horse keeper.
A horse keeper and a housekeeper in 1861
One year later, William found love again and married Rebecca Barber, one year his junior. Rebecca is listed as a spinster when she married aged thirty three which would have been unusually late in the nineteenth century, The 1871 census provides an intriguing insight. Henry Barber is listed as William’s step son which implies that Henry was Rebecca’s illegitimate son. The couple also had four more children – my great grandfather Charles’s half siblings.
William marries again in 1862
One more child, daughter Edith, had arrived by 1881, and in 1891, the family appear to have moved closer to Castle Camps. The couple were living in a property with four rooms – relative luxury compared to the cramped conditions experienced by my London ancestors in the same census. They had one grandchild staying with them when the census was taken, little Ada, aged eight.
In 1901, William and Rebecca, now in their seventies, had moved into Castle Camps village. Aged seventy three, William was still listed as a “horse keeper of farm”. At this point, William would have been working with agricultural horses for forty years. These were most probably the gigantic shire horses, essential powerhouses of agricultural machinery, pulling heavy ploughs and other equipment. These gentle giants were William’s charges. I would like to believe that he understood them, cared for them – even loved them.
Shire horse By Garth Newton, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9121987
William died in 1912, aged eighty four years, four years after his wife Rebecca. He was living in Linton but was buried in Castle Camps.
The Humphreys were very much part of the nineteenth century community of this little corner of the border between Essex, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire. The shire horses may have gone, but, in the time of rising fuel prices, maybe there will be horse keepers again?
#ancestry #FamilyHistory #genealogy #history #localHistory -
William Humphrey – Keeper of horses
By Christine Swan
When I began top publish this blog, I made the decision to tell everybody’s story, despite how unremarkable that may appear. He was my great great grandfather, so I have a vested interest in his story, but, what is interesting from a social historian’s point of view is that I have a complete set of census records for him which provide a checkpoint for every ten years of his life.
This week, my husband attended a family funeral in Hadstock, just a few miles away in North Essex. The churchyard is full of his family, with a surname of various spellings, and he met with the school friends of his youth, who remained in the village for their entire lives. Such is the way sometimes of tight-knit rural communities.
During the nineteenth century, horses were the mainstay of agriculture. For ploughing and transport, they were vital for heavy work in rural areas. As I have documented previously, my maternal grandmother’s family came from Helions Bumpstead, a small village close to Haverhill. Other members of her family lived in Castle Camps, a short distance away, but in the county of Cambridgeshire. Today, this remains a rural district, with wide open fields covering the landscape.
The Humphrey menfolk were agricultural labourers, and the women worked in trades and crafts such as making bonnets and clothing. In 1871, my great grandfather, Charles, and his wife Martha, were living with his father in law Stephen Malyon, in Helions Bumpstead. Just a few years later, Charles moved with the family, along with Stephen, closer to London – Walthamstow first, and then Leyton from about 1877. Upon researching the route, the family would most likely have travelled through Epping Forest and would not have passed through any major cities and would most likely have completed the forty-five mile journey by horse and cart. Stephen died in 1875, and was buried in Queen’s Road cemetery. At that time, Leyton was still quite a rural area.
As a tip to other amateur genealogists, prepare to be fluid in your acceptance of the spelling of a surname. My grandmother used Humphreys, but her father used Humphrey. His father used Humphry, and I have seen two different spellings on one marriage record – one from the curate, and one from the groom. As long as it sounded correct, it seems that phonetic spelling, of any combination, was accepted.
Charles’s father, William Humphrey, was born in 1828 and remained living on the Essex – Cambridgeshire border for his entire life. Researching Essex parish records, the same family names appear again and again. People were born, married and died all within a few square miles, and doubtless did not have the means to travel further afield.
St Andrews Church, Helions Bumpstead
In 1841, William was thirteen years old and living with his parents, Thomas and Mary, and four other siblings, at Boarded Barn Farm. Although William was not listed as having an occupation, it is likely that he too worked as an agricultural labourer. I believe that the location is the current Board Barn Farm, on Camps Road. They lived with another family, the Mynotts, in the same location.
William married Mary Mizen in 1848 when he was twenty years old and his bride was nineteen. Mary’s occupation was a braider, which was a role carried out at home, weaving together straw to make a braid used for the manufacture of straw bonnets and hats. Charles, my great grandfather, was born in 1850, and in the 1851 census, Mary had graduated to the role of bonnet maker which would have provided a supplementary income to the family. Tragedy struck when in 1855, aged just twenty seven years, Mary died.
William Humphrey marries Mary Mizen in 1848
William was now widowed with two very young children but still needing to work. The 1861 census provided the solution that William found. His niece, Ann Mizen, was his eighteen year old housekeeper. Young Charles, now eleven years old, was also working as an agricultural labourer and William, for the first time, is listed as a horse keeper.
A horse keeper and a housekeeper in 1861
One year later, William found love again and married Rebecca Barber, one year his junior. Rebecca is listed as a spinster when she married aged thirty three which would have been unusually late in the nineteenth century, The 1871 census provides an intriguing insight. Henry Barber is listed as William’s step son which implies that Henry was Rebecca’s illegitimate son. The couple also had four more children – my great grandfather Charles’s half siblings.
William marries again in 1862
One more child, daughter Edith, had arrived by 1881, and in 1891, the family appear to have moved closer to Castle Camps. The couple were living in a property with four rooms – relative luxury compared to the cramped conditions experienced by my London ancestors in the same census. They had one grandchild staying with them when the census was taken, little Ada, aged eight.
In 1901, William and Rebecca, now in their seventies, had moved into Castle Camps village. Aged seventy three, William was still listed as a “horse keeper of farm”. At this point, William would have been working with agricultural horses for forty years. These were most probably the gigantic shire horses, essential powerhouses of agricultural machinery, pulling heavy ploughs and other equipment. These gentle giants were William’s charges. I would like to believe that he understood them, cared for them – even loved them.
Shire horse By Garth Newton, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9121987
William died in 1912, aged eighty four years, four years after his wife Rebecca. He was living in Linton but was buried in Castle Camps.
The Humphreys were very much part of the nineteenth century community of this little corner of the border between Essex, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire. The shire horses may have gone, but, in the time of rising fuel prices, maybe there will be horse keepers again?
#ancestry #FamilyHistory #genealogy #history #localHistory -
William Humphrey – Keeper of horses
By Christine Swan
When I began top publish this blog, I made the decision to tell everybody’s story, despite how unremarkable that may appear. He was my great great grandfather, so I have a vested interest in his story, but, what is interesting from a social historian’s point of view is that I have a complete set of census records for him which provide a checkpoint for every ten years of his life.
This week, my husband attended a family funeral in Hadstock, just a few miles away in North Essex. The churchyard is full of his family, with a surname of various spellings, and he met with the school friends of his youth, who remained in the village for their entire lives. Such is the way sometimes of tight-knit rural communities.
During the nineteenth century, horses were the mainstay of agriculture. For ploughing and transport, they were vital for heavy work in rural areas. As I have documented previously, my maternal grandmother’s family came from Helions Bumpstead, a small village close to Haverhill. Other members of her family lived in Castle Camps, a short distance away, but in the county of Cambridgeshire. Today, this remains a rural district, with wide open fields covering the landscape.
The Humphrey menfolk were agricultural labourers, and the women worked in trades and crafts such as making bonnets and clothing. In 1871, my great grandfather, Charles, and his wife Martha, were living with his father in law Stephen Malyon, in Helions Bumpstead. Just a few years later, Charles moved with the family, along with Stephen, closer to London – Walthamstow first, and then Leyton from about 1877. Upon researching the route, the family would most likely have travelled through Epping Forest and would not have passed through any major cities and would most likely have completed the forty-five mile journey by horse and cart. Stephen died in 1875, and was buried in Queen’s Road cemetery. At that time, Leyton was still quite a rural area.
As a tip to other amateur genealogists, prepare to be fluid in your acceptance of the spelling of a surname. My grandmother used Humphreys, but her father used Humphrey. His father used Humphry, and I have seen two different spellings on one marriage record – one from the curate, and one from the groom. As long as it sounded correct, it seems that phonetic spelling, of any combination, was accepted.
Charles’s father, William Humphrey, was born in 1828 and remained living on the Essex – Cambridgeshire border for his entire life. Researching Essex parish records, the same family names appear again and again. People were born, married and died all within a few square miles, and doubtless did not have the means to travel further afield.
St Andrews Church, Helions Bumpstead
In 1841, William was thirteen years old and living with his parents, Thomas and Mary, and four other siblings, at Boarded Barn Farm. Although William was not listed as having an occupation, it is likely that he too worked as an agricultural labourer. I believe that the location is the current Board Barn Farm, on Camps Road. They lived with another family, the Mynotts, in the same location.
William married Mary Mizen in 1848 when he was twenty years old and his bride was nineteen. Mary’s occupation was a braider, which was a role carried out at home, weaving together straw to make a braid used for the manufacture of straw bonnets and hats. Charles, my great grandfather, was born in 1850, and in the 1851 census, Mary had graduated to the role of bonnet maker which would have provided a supplementary income to the family. Tragedy struck when in 1855, aged just twenty seven years, Mary died.
William Humphrey marries Mary Mizen in 1848
William was now widowed with two very young children but still needing to work. The 1861 census provided the solution that William found. His niece, Ann Mizen, was his eighteen year old housekeeper. Young Charles, now eleven years old, was also working as an agricultural labourer and William, for the first time, is listed as a horse keeper.
A horse keeper and a housekeeper in 1861
One year later, William found love again and married Rebecca Barber, one year his junior. Rebecca is listed as a spinster when she married aged thirty three which would have been unusually late in the nineteenth century, The 1871 census provides an intriguing insight. Henry Barber is listed as William’s step son which implies that Henry was Rebecca’s illegitimate son. The couple also had four more children – my great grandfather Charles’s half siblings.
William marries again in 1862
One more child, daughter Edith, had arrived by 1881, and in 1891, the family appear to have moved closer to Castle Camps. The couple were living in a property with four rooms – relative luxury compared to the cramped conditions experienced by my London ancestors in the same census. They had one grandchild staying with them when the census was taken, little Ada, aged eight.
In 1901, William and Rebecca, now in their seventies, had moved into Castle Camps village. Aged seventy three, William was still listed as a “horse keeper of farm”. At this point, William would have been working with agricultural horses for forty years. These were most probably the gigantic shire horses, essential powerhouses of agricultural machinery, pulling heavy ploughs and other equipment. These gentle giants were William’s charges. I would like to believe that he understood them, cared for them – even loved them.
Shire horse By Garth Newton, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9121987
William died in 1912, aged eighty four years, four years after his wife Rebecca. He was living in Linton but was buried in Castle Camps.
The Humphreys were very much part of the nineteenth century community of this little corner of the border between Essex, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire. The shire horses may have gone, but, in the time of rising fuel prices, maybe there will be horse keepers again?
#ancestry #FamilyHistory #genealogy #history #localHistory -
William Humphrey – Keeper of horses
By Christine Swan
When I began top publish this blog, I made the decision to tell everybody’s story, despite how unremarkable that may appear. He was my great great grandfather, so I have a vested interest in his story, but, what is interesting from a social historian’s point of view is that I have a complete set of census records for him which provide a checkpoint for every ten years of his life.
This week, my husband attended a family funeral in Hadstock, just a few miles away in North Essex. The churchyard is full of his family, with a surname of various spellings, and he met with the school friends of his youth, who remained in the village for their entire lives. Such is the way sometimes of tight-knit rural communities.
During the nineteenth century, horses were the mainstay of agriculture. For ploughing and transport, they were vital for heavy work in rural areas. As I have documented previously, my maternal grandmother’s family came from Helions Bumpstead, a small village close to Haverhill. Other members of her family lived in Castle Camps, a short distance away, but in the county of Cambridgeshire. Today, this remains a rural district, with wide open fields covering the landscape.
The Humphrey menfolk were agricultural labourers, and the women worked in trades and crafts such as making bonnets and clothing. In 1871, my great grandfather, Charles, and his wife Martha, were living with his father in law Stephen Malyon, in Helions Bumpstead. Just a few years later, Charles moved with the family, along with Stephen, closer to London – Walthamstow first, and then Leyton from about 1877. Upon researching the route, the family would most likely have travelled through Epping Forest and would not have passed through any major cities and would most likely have completed the forty-five mile journey by horse and cart. Stephen died in 1875, and was buried in Queen’s Road cemetery. At that time, Leyton was still quite a rural area.
As a tip to other amateur genealogists, prepare to be fluid in your acceptance of the spelling of a surname. My grandmother used Humphreys, but her father used Humphrey. His father used Humphry, and I have seen two different spellings on one marriage record – one from the curate, and one from the groom. As long as it sounded correct, it seems that phonetic spelling, of any combination, was accepted.
Charles’s father, William Humphrey, was born in 1828 and remained living on the Essex – Cambridgeshire border for his entire life. Researching Essex parish records, the same family names appear again and again. People were born, married and died all within a few square miles, and doubtless did not have the means to travel further afield.
St Andrews Church, Helions Bumpstead
In 1841, William was thirteen years old and living with his parents, Thomas and Mary, and four other siblings, at Boarded Barn Farm. Although William was not listed as having an occupation, it is likely that he too worked as an agricultural labourer. I believe that the location is the current Board Barn Farm, on Camps Road. They lived with another family, the Mynotts, in the same location.
William married Mary Mizen in 1848 when he was twenty years old and his bride was nineteen. Mary’s occupation was a braider, which was a role carried out at home, weaving together straw to make a braid used for the manufacture of straw bonnets and hats. Charles, my great grandfather, was born in 1850, and in the 1851 census, Mary had graduated to the role of bonnet maker which would have provided a supplementary income to the family. Tragedy struck when in 1855, aged just twenty seven years, Mary died.
William Humphrey marries Mary Mizen in 1848
William was now widowed with two very young children but still needing to work. The 1861 census provided the solution that William found. His niece, Ann Mizen, was his eighteen year old housekeeper. Young Charles, now eleven years old, was also working as an agricultural labourer and William, for the first time, is listed as a horse keeper.
A horse keeper and a housekeeper in 1861
One year later, William found love again and married Rebecca Barber, one year his junior. Rebecca is listed as a spinster when she married aged thirty three which would have been unusually late in the nineteenth century, The 1871 census provides an intriguing insight. Henry Barber is listed as William’s step son which implies that Henry was Rebecca’s illegitimate son. The couple also had four more children – my great grandfather Charles’s half siblings.
William marries again in 1862
One more child, daughter Edith, had arrived by 1881, and in 1891, the family appear to have moved closer to Castle Camps. The couple were living in a property with four rooms – relative luxury compared to the cramped conditions experienced by my London ancestors in the same census. They had one grandchild staying with them when the census was taken, little Ada, aged eight.
In 1901, William and Rebecca, now in their seventies, had moved into Castle Camps village. Aged seventy three, William was still listed as a “horse keeper of farm”. At this point, William would have been working with agricultural horses for forty years. These were most probably the gigantic shire horses, essential powerhouses of agricultural machinery, pulling heavy ploughs and other equipment. These gentle giants were William’s charges. I would like to believe that he understood them, cared for them – even loved them.
Shire horse By Garth Newton, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9121987
William died in 1912, aged eighty four years, four years after his wife Rebecca. He was living in Linton but was buried in Castle Camps.
The Humphreys were very much part of the nineteenth century community of this little corner of the border between Essex, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire. The shire horses may have gone, but, in the time of rising fuel prices, maybe there will be horse keepers again?
#ancestry #FamilyHistory #genealogy #history #localHistory -
The restaurants of old Forest Lake | Community https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/37272/ #ElsieVogel #ForestLakeAreaHistory #FrankAndEvaWagner #LocalHistory #WallysHamburgerShop #Wyoming #WyomingDining #WyomingFood #WyomingGroceryStores #WyomingRestaurants
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The restaurants of old Forest Lake | Community https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/37272/ #ElsieVogel #ForestLakeAreaHistory #FrankAndEvaWagner #LocalHistory #WallysHamburgerShop #Wyoming #WyomingDining #WyomingFood #WyomingGroceryStores #WyomingRestaurants
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The restaurants of old Forest Lake | Community https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/37272/ #ElsieVogel #ForestLakeAreaHistory #FrankAndEvaWagner #LocalHistory #WallysHamburgerShop #Wyoming #WyomingDining #WyomingFood #WyomingGroceryStores #WyomingRestaurants
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Main Street, Looking South, Union City, PA. Postcard
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#UnionCityPA #PennsylvaniaHistory #MainStreetUSA #VintagePostcard #LocalHistory #Ephemera #Postcards -
Main Street, Looking South, Union City, PA. Postcard
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#UnionCityPA #PennsylvaniaHistory #MainStreetUSA #VintagePostcard #LocalHistory #Ephemera #Postcards -
Main Street, Looking South, Union City, PA. Postcard
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#UnionCityPA #PennsylvaniaHistory #MainStreetUSA #VintagePostcard #LocalHistory #Ephemera #Postcards -
Main Street, Looking South, Union City, PA. Postcard
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Islington medieval fair sets stage for future cultural hub ahead of London Museum opening
Islington Council and London Museum have collaborated with a medieval fair to bring wider attention to the borough.…
#London #Britain #UnitedKingdom #UK #GB #England #Headlines #News #Europe #EU #Islington #Arts&Culture #Fair #IslingtonCouncil #localhistory #LondonMuseum
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https://www.europesays.com/gbr/london/31450/ Islington medieval fair sets stage for future cultural hub ahead of London Museum opening #Arts&Culture #Fair #Islington #IslingtonCouncil #LocalHistory #London #LondonMuseum
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On this day in 1722, Grace Connolly MacLoghlin died, reputedly killed by a 'dobhar-chú' water monster. The Journals show a carving of the monster on her gravestone at Conwal, Co. Leitrim: https://tinyurl.com/macl1722
Learn about the Journals at https://MemsDead.com
#OTD #Genealogy #IrishGenealogy #LocalHistory #IrishLocalHistory #Leitrim
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On this day in 1722, Grace Connolly MacLoghlin died, reputedly killed by a 'dobhar-chú' water monster. The Journals show a carving of the monster on her gravestone at Conwal, Co. Leitrim: https://tinyurl.com/macl1722
Learn about the Journals at https://MemsDead.com
#OTD #Genealogy #IrishGenealogy #LocalHistory #IrishLocalHistory #Leitrim
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On this day in 1722, Grace Connolly MacLoghlin died, reputedly killed by a 'dobhar-chú' water monster. The Journals show a carving of the monster on her gravestone at Conwal, Co. Leitrim: https://tinyurl.com/macl1722
Learn about the Journals at https://MemsDead.com
#OTD #Genealogy #IrishGenealogy #LocalHistory #IrishLocalHistory #Leitrim
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Hurtle Potter carted timber by bullock team around Morphett Vale, then watched both his daughters marry into the district's other wood-carting families.
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Hurtle Potter carted timber by bullock team around Morphett Vale, then watched both his daughters marry into the district's other wood-carting families.
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Hurtle Potter carted timber by bullock team around Morphett Vale, then watched both his daughters marry into the district's other wood-carting families.
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Hurtle Potter carted timber by bullock team around Morphett Vale, then watched both his daughters marry into the district's other wood-carting families.
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This summer I found a group of amateur archaeologists who were working in a local cemetery preserving information about our ancestors.
#History #Genealogy #Community #LocalHistory
https://billhulet.substack.com/p/preserving-our-history-one-grave
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This summer I found a group of amateur archaeologists who were working in a local cemetery preserving information about our ancestors.
#History #Genealogy #Community #LocalHistory
https://billhulet.substack.com/p/preserving-our-history-one-grave
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This summer I found a group of amateur archaeologists who were working in a local cemetery preserving information about our ancestors.
#History #Genealogy #Community #LocalHistory
https://billhulet.substack.com/p/preserving-our-history-one-grave
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This summer I found a group of amateur archaeologists who were working in a local cemetery preserving information about our ancestors.
#History #Genealogy #Community #LocalHistory
https://billhulet.substack.com/p/preserving-our-history-one-grave
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Camels in LA? Inside the military’s wild experiment
Camels in LA? Yeah, they were a thing! Josie Huang talks to Cato Hernández. Los Angeles County has…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #camelcorp #camels #culvercity #LocalHistory #LosAngelesQuartermasterDepot #Science #U.S.Army #wilmingtondrumbarracks
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The Most Iconic Breakfast Restaurant in Every State https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/3978/ #beignet #CaféDuMonde #ClassicSouthernBreakfast #egg #FamousDish #HoleInTheWallDiner #LocalHistory #longevity #MostIconicBreakfastRestaurant #NewOrleans #reputation #SignatureBreakfastDish #state #tuscaloosa #waysider #WestVirginia #WestVirginiaDining #WestVirginiaFood #WestVirginiaGroceryStores #WestVirginiaRestaurants
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The Most Iconic Breakfast Restaurant in Every State https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/3978/ #beignet #CaféDuMonde #ClassicSouthernBreakfast #egg #FamousDish #HoleInTheWallDiner #LocalHistory #longevity #MostIconicBreakfastRestaurant #NewOrleans #reputation #SignatureBreakfastDish #state #tuscaloosa #waysider #WestVirginia #WestVirginiaDining #WestVirginiaFood #WestVirginiaGroceryStores #WestVirginiaRestaurants
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The Most Iconic Breakfast Restaurant in Every State https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/3978/ #beignet #CaféDuMonde #ClassicSouthernBreakfast #egg #FamousDish #HoleInTheWallDiner #LocalHistory #longevity #MostIconicBreakfastRestaurant #NewOrleans #reputation #SignatureBreakfastDish #state #tuscaloosa #waysider #WestVirginia #WestVirginiaDining #WestVirginiaFood #WestVirginiaGroceryStores #WestVirginiaRestaurants
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How well do you know your area? Find out…
“If we want to fully appreciate where we live, we must know about its local history.” So said…
#London #Britain #UnitedKingdom #UK #GB #England #Headlines #News #Europe #EU #Ealing #Acton #DrJonathanOates #Greenford #Hanwell #history #Libraries #library #localhistory #Northolt #Perivale #Southall
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An aside here to explain my dating of the shopping parade (Brigstock Parade) mentioned in my idli writeup. There is no obvious date anywhere on the facade. My evidence comes from a set of street directories established by Jesse Ward in 1874 and published most years thereafter until 1939; the data were generally gathered in the December prior to the date of the edition.
Brigstock Parade is absent from the 1929 directory, but appears in the 1932 edition. There was no 1931 edition, and I can’t tell you if it was in the 1930 edition, because the relevant page is missing from the copy I photographed at the Museum of Croydon. I also can’t tell you what was at Bawarchi’s location in 1932, because the parade runs round a corner and I think the shops at this end must have been listed under the side road (Brigstock Road), which I didn’t photograph because I was actually researching the main road (London Road).
Jesse Ward died in 1914, “in his 80th year”, which means he was 79 at the time (though he died on 12 April and Ancestry.com says he was born in May 1834, so he got very close to 80). He’s buried in Queens Road Cemetery, Croydon, with a monument consisting of a broken-off pillar; this signifies being cut off in one’s prime.
I hope, like Jesse Ward, I’m still in my prime when I reach 80.
The photos below show (a) Jesse Ward’s grave and (b) Brigstock Parade as it was in 2019 (they have since built another storey on top of it: https://maps.app.goo.gl/RaCw5UqhxyWgWuVp8 )
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An aside here to explain my dating of the shopping parade (Brigstock Parade) mentioned in my idli writeup. There is no obvious date anywhere on the facade. My evidence comes from a set of street directories established by Jesse Ward in 1874 and published most years thereafter until 1939; the data were generally gathered in the December prior to the date of the edition.
Brigstock Parade is absent from the 1929 directory, but appears in the 1932 edition. There was no 1931 edition, and I can’t tell you if it was in the 1930 edition, because the relevant page is missing from the copy I photographed at the Museum of Croydon. I also can’t tell you what was at Bawarchi’s location in 1932, because the parade runs round a corner and I think the shops at this end must have been listed under the side road (Brigstock Road), which I didn’t photograph because I was actually researching the main road (London Road).
Jesse Ward died in 1914, “in his 80th year”, which means he was 79 at the time (though he died on 12 April and Ancestry.com says he was born in May 1834, so he got very close to 80). He’s buried in Queens Road Cemetery, Croydon, with a monument consisting of a broken-off pillar; this signifies being cut off in one’s prime.
I hope, like Jesse Ward, I’m still in my prime when I reach 80.
The photos below show (a) Jesse Ward’s grave and (b) Brigstock Parade as it was in 2019 (they have since built another storey on top of it: https://maps.app.goo.gl/RaCw5UqhxyWgWuVp8 )
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An aside here to explain my dating of the shopping parade (Brigstock Parade) mentioned in my idli writeup. There is no obvious date anywhere on the facade. My evidence comes from a set of street directories established by Jesse Ward in 1874 and published most years thereafter until 1939; the data were generally gathered in the December prior to the date of the edition.
Brigstock Parade is absent from the 1929 directory, but appears in the 1932 edition. There was no 1931 edition, and I can’t tell you if it was in the 1930 edition, because the relevant page is missing from the copy I photographed at the Museum of Croydon. I also can’t tell you what was at Bawarchi’s location in 1932, because the parade runs round a corner and I think the shops at this end must have been listed under the side road (Brigstock Road), which I didn’t photograph because I was actually researching the main road (London Road).
Jesse Ward died in 1914, “in his 80th year”, which means he was 79 at the time (though he died on 12 April and Ancestry.com says he was born in May 1834, so he got very close to 80). He’s buried in Queens Road Cemetery, Croydon, with a monument consisting of a broken-off pillar; this signifies being cut off in one’s prime.
I hope, like Jesse Ward, I’m still in my prime when I reach 80.
The photos below show (a) Jesse Ward’s grave and (b) Brigstock Parade as it was in 2019 (they have since built another storey on top of it: https://maps.app.goo.gl/RaCw5UqhxyWgWuVp8 )
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An aside here to explain my dating of the shopping parade (Brigstock Parade) mentioned in my idli writeup. There is no obvious date anywhere on the facade. My evidence comes from a set of street directories established by Jesse Ward in 1874 and published most years thereafter until 1939; the data were generally gathered in the December prior to the date of the edition.
Brigstock Parade is absent from the 1929 directory, but appears in the 1932 edition. There was no 1931 edition, and I can’t tell you if it was in the 1930 edition, because the relevant page is missing from the copy I photographed at the Museum of Croydon. I also can’t tell you what was at Bawarchi’s location in 1932, because the parade runs round a corner and I think the shops at this end must have been listed under the side road (Brigstock Road), which I didn’t photograph because I was actually researching the main road (London Road).
Jesse Ward died in 1914, “in his 80th year”, which means he was 79 at the time (though he died on 12 April and Ancestry.com says he was born in May 1834, so he got very close to 80). He’s buried in Queens Road Cemetery, Croydon, with a monument consisting of a broken-off pillar; this signifies being cut off in one’s prime.
I hope, like Jesse Ward, I’m still in my prime when I reach 80.
The photos below show (a) Jesse Ward’s grave and (b) Brigstock Parade as it was in 2019 (they have since built another storey on top of it: https://maps.app.goo.gl/RaCw5UqhxyWgWuVp8 )
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Remember Creighton University basketball coach Tony Barone https://www.rawchili.com/5089934/ #basketball #BasketballCoach #Chicago #coach #CollegeSports #contract #CreightonBluejaysMen #CreightonUniversity #CU #HardWorker #LocalHistory #MichaelKelly #morrison #moser #MtCarmel #ncaa #NCAABasketball #NCAAB #reputation #sport #team #TonyBarone #tournament
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Remember Creighton University basketball coach Tony Barone https://www.rawchili.com/5089934/ #basketball #BasketballCoach #Chicago #coach #CollegeSports #contract #CreightonBluejaysMen #CreightonUniversity #CU #HardWorker #LocalHistory #MichaelKelly #morrison #moser #MtCarmel #ncaa #NCAABasketball #NCAAB #reputation #sport #team #TonyBarone #tournament
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went down a serious rabbit hole this afternoon reading the local(ish) newspaper from 1875
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went down a serious rabbit hole this afternoon reading the local(ish) newspaper from 1875
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went down a serious rabbit hole this afternoon reading the local(ish) newspaper from 1875
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went down a serious rabbit hole this afternoon reading the local(ish) newspaper from 1875
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Major Thomas O'Halloran arrived in South Australia in 1838 as a retired army officer, became the colony's first commissioner of police, and spent decades as the driving force behind the church he built for the settlers of Hurtle Vale, Happy Valley, and O'Halloran Hill. The government told him the neighbourhood was too thinly populated to justify funding. He built it anyway.
https://www.fieldstobarrels.com/posts/christ-church-ohalloran-hill/
#SouthAustralianHistory #LocalHistory #SouthAustralia #Reynella #AustralianHistory
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Major Thomas O'Halloran arrived in South Australia in 1838 as a retired army officer, became the colony's first commissioner of police, and spent decades as the driving force behind the church he built for the settlers of Hurtle Vale, Happy Valley, and O'Halloran Hill. The government told him the neighbourhood was too thinly populated to justify funding. He built it anyway.
https://www.fieldstobarrels.com/posts/christ-church-ohalloran-hill/
#SouthAustralianHistory #LocalHistory #SouthAustralia #Reynella #AustralianHistory
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Major Thomas O'Halloran arrived in South Australia in 1838 as a retired army officer, became the colony's first commissioner of police, and spent decades as the driving force behind the church he built for the settlers of Hurtle Vale, Happy Valley, and O'Halloran Hill. The government told him the neighbourhood was too thinly populated to justify funding. He built it anyway.
https://www.fieldstobarrels.com/posts/christ-church-ohalloran-hill/
#SouthAustralianHistory #LocalHistory #SouthAustralia #Reynella #AustralianHistory
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Major Thomas O'Halloran arrived in South Australia in 1838 as a retired army officer, became the colony's first commissioner of police, and spent decades as the driving force behind the church he built for the settlers of Hurtle Vale, Happy Valley, and O'Halloran Hill. The government told him the neighbourhood was too thinly populated to justify funding. He built it anyway.
https://www.fieldstobarrels.com/posts/christ-church-ohalloran-hill/
#SouthAustralianHistory #LocalHistory #SouthAustralia #Reynella #AustralianHistory
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In April 1831 Captain Collet Barker sailed the Isabella into the mouth of the Onkaparinga, camped in the horseshoe bend where Noarlunga would later stand, and climbed toward Mount Lofty through the country that would become Morphett Vale, Happy Valley, Coromandel Valley and Clarendon. A fortnight later he was dead, speared at the Murray Mouth — remembered since by a cairn on Witton Bluff, above the very spot where his South Australian story began.
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In April 1831 Captain Collet Barker sailed the Isabella into the mouth of the Onkaparinga, camped in the horseshoe bend where Noarlunga would later stand, and climbed toward Mount Lofty through the country that would become Morphett Vale, Happy Valley, Coromandel Valley and Clarendon. A fortnight later he was dead, speared at the Murray Mouth — remembered since by a cairn on Witton Bluff, above the very spot where his South Australian story began.
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In April 1831 Captain Collet Barker sailed the Isabella into the mouth of the Onkaparinga, camped in the horseshoe bend where Noarlunga would later stand, and climbed toward Mount Lofty through the country that would become Morphett Vale, Happy Valley, Coromandel Valley and Clarendon. A fortnight later he was dead, speared at the Murray Mouth — remembered since by a cairn on Witton Bluff, above the very spot where his South Australian story began.
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In April 1831 Captain Collet Barker sailed the Isabella into the mouth of the Onkaparinga, camped in the horseshoe bend where Noarlunga would later stand, and climbed toward Mount Lofty through the country that would become Morphett Vale, Happy Valley, Coromandel Valley and Clarendon. A fortnight later he was dead, speared at the Murray Mouth — remembered since by a cairn on Witton Bluff, above the very spot where his South Australian story began.
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Architect Howard E. Jones designed San Bernardino’s historic courthouse and more – San Bernardino Sun
The history of the Inland Empire is filled with interesting pioneers and noted personalities who made huge impacts…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Artsanddesign #Arts #ArtsAndDesign #California #Design #Entertainment #inlandempire #LocalHistory #localnews #LosAngelesCounty #sanbernardino #sanbernardinocounty #Topstories
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Frage an die Biernerds und -Kenner hier, vor allem aus dem Raum Hannover. Da gibt's ja ein paar, glaube ich.
Auf alten Fotos fand ich Bierflaschen wie die hier angehängte. Ich hab' kurz gesucht, Wikipedia bietet https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brauerei_W%C3%BClfel was passen würde, denn das war in Norddeuschland und einige der Personen bei dem fotografierten Ereignis hatten Beziehungen nach Hannover.
Allerdings wird dort ein "Schlossherr Pils" erwähnt. Also frag' ich mich, ob ich besser die Wikipedia-Daten aktualisiere und das Bild bei den Commons reintue, oder das ganze als unbedeutend und irrelevant ignoriere.Falls also jemand was über das Sortiment der Brauerei weiss oder noch Unterlagen hat oder jemanden kennt der da vielleicht was hat wär' ich über Informationen dankbar.
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Frage an die Biernerds und -Kenner hier, vor allem aus dem Raum Hannover. Da gibt's ja ein paar, glaube ich.
Auf alten Fotos fand ich Bierflaschen wie die hier angehängte. Ich hab' kurz gesucht, Wikipedia bietet https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brauerei_W%C3%BClfel was passen würde, denn das war in Norddeuschland und einige der Personen bei dem fotografierten Ereignis hatten Beziehungen nach Hannover.
Allerdings wird dort ein "Schlossherr Pils" erwähnt. Also frag' ich mich, ob ich besser die Wikipedia-Daten aktualisiere und das Bild bei den Commons reintue, oder das ganze als unbedeutend und irrelevant ignoriere.Falls also jemand was über das Sortiment der Brauerei weiss oder noch Unterlagen hat oder jemanden kennt der da vielleicht was hat wär' ich über Informationen dankbar.
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Frage an die Biernerds und -Kenner hier, vor allem aus dem Raum Hannover. Da gibt's ja ein paar, glaube ich.
Auf alten Fotos fand ich Bierflaschen wie die hier angehängte. Ich hab' kurz gesucht, Wikipedia bietet https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brauerei_W%C3%BClfel was passen würde, denn das war in Norddeuschland und einige der Personen bei dem fotografierten Ereignis hatten Beziehungen nach Hannover.
Allerdings wird dort ein "Schlossherr Pils" erwähnt. Also frag' ich mich, ob ich besser die Wikipedia-Daten aktualisiere und das Bild bei den Commons reintue, oder das ganze als unbedeutend und irrelevant ignoriere.Falls also jemand was über das Sortiment der Brauerei weiss oder noch Unterlagen hat oder jemanden kennt der da vielleicht was hat wär' ich über Informationen dankbar.
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Frage an die Biernerds und -Kenner hier, vor allem aus dem Raum Hannover. Da gibt's ja ein paar, glaube ich.
Auf alten Fotos fand ich Bierflaschen wie die hier angehängte. Ich hab' kurz gesucht, Wikipedia bietet https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brauerei_W%C3%BClfel was passen würde, denn das war in Norddeuschland und einige der Personen bei dem fotografierten Ereignis hatten Beziehungen nach Hannover.
Allerdings wird dort ein "Schlossherr Pils" erwähnt. Also frag' ich mich, ob ich besser die Wikipedia-Daten aktualisiere und das Bild bei den Commons reintue, oder das ganze als unbedeutend und irrelevant ignoriere.Falls also jemand was über das Sortiment der Brauerei weiss oder noch Unterlagen hat oder jemanden kennt der da vielleicht was hat wär' ich über Informationen dankbar.
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James Bailey Bassett and his wife opened Willunga's first private school at Buckland House in 1847, and by 1862 had added a purpose-built schoolroom next door. Two buildings, one family, and forty years of teaching that outlasted them both.
https://www.fieldstobarrels.com/posts/bassett-schools-willunga/#SouthAustralianHistory #AdelaideHills #Willunga #McLarenVale #LocalHistory #SouthAustralia #Willunga #TroveNewspapers #OldPostcards #AustralianHistory
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A block on Aldinga's Old Coach Road passed from the family who founded the township to three generations of blacksmiths — the Pengillys, then John Noah Crisp — who kept the district's horses shod and its coaches built for the best part of a century.
https://www.fieldstobarrels.com/posts/aldinga-blacksmith/#Aldinga #SouthAustralia #FleurieuPeninsula #McLarenVale #LocalHistory #SAHistory #HistoricPhotography #OnkaparingaHistory #ColonialHistory #AustralianHistory #HeritagePhotography #PioneerHistory
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Publican, brewer, mill-builder, and Member of Parliament — Alexander Anderson founded the township of Morphett Vale and ran the emu hotel for six years. His feud with the Reynells ran for over a decade, ending when the district rallied to drive him from the magistracy months before his death in 1862.
https://www.fieldstobarrels.com/posts/alexander_anderson/
#SouthAustralia #FleurieuPeninsula #LocalHistory #SAHistory #OnkaparingaHistory #ColonialHistory #AustralianHistory #HeritagePhotography #PioneerHistory
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Publican, brewer, mill-builder, and Member of Parliament — Alexander Anderson founded the township of Morphett Vale and ran the emu hotel for six years. His feud with the Reynells ran for over a decade, ending when the district rallied to drive him from the magistracy months before his death in 1862.
https://www.fieldstobarrels.com/posts/alexander_anderson/
#SouthAustralia #FleurieuPeninsula #LocalHistory #SAHistory #OnkaparingaHistory #ColonialHistory #AustralianHistory #HeritagePhotography #PioneerHistory
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Publican, brewer, mill-builder, and Member of Parliament — Alexander Anderson founded the township of Morphett Vale and ran the emu hotel for six years. His feud with the Reynells ran for over a decade, ending when the district rallied to drive him from the magistracy months before his death in 1862.
https://www.fieldstobarrels.com/posts/alexander_anderson/
#SouthAustralia #FleurieuPeninsula #LocalHistory #SAHistory #OnkaparingaHistory #ColonialHistory #AustralianHistory #HeritagePhotography #PioneerHistory
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Publican, brewer, mill-builder, and Member of Parliament — Alexander Anderson founded the township of Morphett Vale and ran the emu hotel for six years. His feud with the Reynells ran for over a decade, ending when the district rallied to drive him from the magistracy months before his death in 1862.
https://www.fieldstobarrels.com/posts/alexander_anderson/
#SouthAustralia #FleurieuPeninsula #LocalHistory #SAHistory #OnkaparingaHistory #ColonialHistory #AustralianHistory #HeritagePhotography #PioneerHistory
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The political history of Squamish. The list of Squamish Council members dating back to the 1940s didn’t exist in one place so I created it.
https://www.johnfrench.ca/post/squamish-council-complete-history
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The political history of Squamish. The list of Squamish Council members dating back to the 1940s didn’t exist in one place so I created it.
https://www.johnfrench.ca/post/squamish-council-complete-history
#sqpoli #localhistory