‘My wife … who is Mary’s great granddaughter would like to thank you for writing this & for all the work you have done to keep Mary’s memory alive.’ (a relative).
BAUERMEISTER, Johanna Amanda Louise
b.1857 - d.1923 We know very little about Johanna. We know that she was a teacher or governess; that she was born in Germany in the 1850s; and that she...
BEECH, Thomas
b.1863-d.1908 Beginnings Thomas was born on 10th July 1863 at Tubby’s Alley, Scotland Green, Tottenham. He was the third of eight children born to Thomas Beech, a labourer, and his...
JONES, Thomas
b.1878-d.1908 Early days Thomas was born on 25th January 1871 at 14 Verulam Street in Holborn. His parents were Henry Jones, a former cattle drover, and his wife Keziah Tadgell...
BERRY, Henry
A really interesting read, one of lost years and of a mysterious family death
ALDER, Sarah
b.1844-d.1912 (With thanks to family member Alan Stewart who produced the first draft of this story, to which I have added very little.) Sarah’s family Sarah was born Sarah Mary...
KLESENDORF, Alfred George
b.1861-d.1913 Alfred was born in London in 1861, to John William Klesendorf, a waiter, and his wife Mary Willgoose. History of the Klesendorfs: Great-grandfather Joakim The origins of the Klesendorf...
OLIVER, Caroline
b. 1857-d.1909 Caroline was born Caroline Ann Harwood 0n 19 July 1857 at 11 Bridgewater Street, Somers Town, London, the daughter of Edward Reuben Harwood, a lithographic printer, and his...
