The boisterous, Victorian star of the stage
GARCÍA, Félix
Famous Flamenco dancer and Picasso’s muse
DODD, George
The French Polisher
BATES, Beatrice Miriam
b.1881 - d.1933 - A Grieving Wife Intro Much of the story of Beatrice is a result of information given to us by a living relative; in which we discover...
FRANCIS, Amelia
The mysterious case of the Widow and the Decorator – The mystery of a lady who left home and was never seen again. Only years later was she found to have died in Epsom with a different name.
PARKYNS, Ann
b.1874 - d.1914 Early Life Ann Parkyns was born Ann Rebecca Witherington, in the March Quarter of 1874. Her birth was registered in Bethnal Green. Ann was named after her...
CASSAN, John Sheffield
The Hollywood film star’s brother.
FLYNN, James David
b.1873 - d.1917 Intro The burial register has James' burial as 7th April 1917 age 44. This gives an approximate year of birth as 1873. 1870s I found and confirmed...
BARFORD, Maria Celia
b.1863 - d.1918 1860s Marian (or Maria) Celia Barford was born in Brixton in the first quarter of 1863 to Frederick Sayer Barford, aged 39, and his 31 year old...
SKULL, Mark
b. 1857 - d.1915 - A Victorian Murder Case Intro For a brief, but intense period, Mark Skull found himself an unwilling player in a classic Victorian murder case and...
HARDWICK, Dorothy
b.1888 - d.1910 Early Life Dorothy Betty Hardwick was born in Cheltenham on 17 February 1888, the second child of Walter Henry Hardwick and Sarah Mary West. They had married...