Genealogy Chat

sorry just realised before you posted 2nd post whilst idly daydreaming that i am a "herbert" cos i didnt twig you meant that street.lol
dont know if its the camel one as i havent been there and havent looked on google yet
been trying to find herberts burial place in silvertown but as he was put in a paupers grave ,im told, i can find no record of it
some things rmain a mystery
vivienne

had another thought bob
if you live near by could you pop in and ask greatgrandad Herbert how he managed to keep a wife and another woman and all the kids in one house AND all on the pay of a carman?No wonder hes in a paupers grave!
many thanks if your able to
vivienne

All my Smiths came from that area.I also came from West Ham, Annie

Cornish Sue -
Yes at present only an address search is available.
They will just send the address you ask for -
no checking available!
so you have to be sure of what you want -
no refunds either!!

Christine

oh its so lurverly to be "threadjacked "sometimes as
you get so much info coming in that you can use at a later date
thanks folks for using this one

HI Grannie
smiths in west ham are nearly as good as wood
ha ,poet i knew it
wood is so hard to track in west ham and surrounding area
oh dear this gets worse as wood is where i started from to get to the the herbert
viviene

Viviene,I have Woods in my tree but they came from Heybridge Maldon and Bromley by Bow.A good friend of mine that i went to school with was a Wood from West Ham and his dad was also born West Ham in 1917. Annie


Just to add I had another good friend that i went around with who i worked with.She was a West Ham Wood and she came from a big family and her dads brother also lived around the corner and he had 3 children.I also had Woods that lived a couple of doors from me when i was growing up.Come to think of it the name Wood was common in West Ham lol Annie

this thread just gets better!

Christine x

grannie annie
Dont you find that when trying to trace woods that you,ve got to seperate them from the forests?
Sorry that was awful.
Mother was born in Eastern avenue wanstead
And grandad wood her dad was born in the walthamstow in 1914 one of a twin.
He went on to become head mortician at hackney hospital,i wouldnt fancy that job but he seemed to love it and was proud of it as he,d worked his way up from porter.used to scare me silly as a child with stories about it.
His parents just made it up the aisle before they were born, bet g grandma had a job covering those little buns up in the wedding dress!!


back to the original subject for the mo.
do i get the all the people at that address even if there are say 4/5 families there living in different rooms
or do i have to specify the names im after
thanks
vivienne

I was born in Stratford (West Ham registration district) and I've been to Street annd Glastonbury. Can I join your club? lol

I didn't know any Woods when I lived in Leyton apart from one but she was from Jamaica.

course you can join the club janet and welome .
vivienne