Genealogy Chat

nudge for Natalie in Hants. Hope it helps

Great findings ! Now, can any one find my great uncle arthur ? Only kiddin'. Just wanted to mark the thread Happy Easter everyone ! Joan

Thank you for adding this. How sad that they were institutionalised for so long and Nerissa was buried in such a simple grave. Reigate/Redhill are neighboroughing towns - I don't know where the borders are but it was definitely her grave. Thanks Claire

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerissa_Bowes-Lyon says When Nerissa was 22 and Katherine was 15, ***they were removed from their family home and placed in the Royal Earlswood Hospital in Surrey - where Nerissa spent the next 46 years.*** The sisters reportedly had the mental age of six and were largely unable to speak. Three of the Bowes-Lyon sisters' cousins were institutionalized as well, all classified as mentally disturbed: Idonea, Etheldreda, and Rosemary Fane. Nerissa Bowes-Lyon was buried in Redhill, Surrey.

Nerissa Bowes-Lyon is buried in a churchyard in Reigate, Surrey! I found her grave last week whilst looking for my birth grandmother's grave. I noticed the surname and posted details on another thread at the time. It is a very small, simple headstone - no sign of grandeur at all. I wonder how she ended up in Reigate? Claire

Winston Leonard Churchill born at Woodstock 12.12.1874 married St. George, Hanover Square 12.09.1908 Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill 33/Clementine Ogilvy Hozier 23 Then he was President of the Board of Trade. Death 24.01.1965 age 90 at Kensington as a Statesman. I bought a book at the bootsale yesterday Debrett's guide to Tracing Your Family Tree and there is a copy of all 3 certificates in the book. I know Winston is buried in Oxford near where he was born. Irene

Yep.

Karl Marx? Olde Crone

Another interesting one here from 1881: Frank MILES Head U Male 28 Nottingham, England Artist Oscar WILDE Boarder U Male 24 Dublin Literature (Author) Jane LARGE Serv M Female 43 Kent, England Housekeeper John LARGE Visitor Male 13 London, Middlesex, England Apprentice To Shoemaker Robert FLETCHER Visitor U Male 22 London, Middlesex, England Printer Source Information: Dwelling 1 Tite Street Census Place London, Middlesex, England According to Wikipedia, Wilde and Miles were lovers.

Guess who this is, from the 1881 census: Karl WASS Head M Male 68 (F), Germany Author Political Economy Jenny WASS Wife M Female 66 Germany Elain WASS Daur U Female 26 St Pancras, Middlesex, England Helen DENNICH Serv U Female 57 (F), Germany General Servant Source Information: Dwelling 41 Maitland Pk Rd Census Place London, Middlesex, England

Mary Oooops! Sorry! Always thought it was her sisters, Rose and thingy, who were 'put away'. (Surely the names are Glamis, not Glennis???!!!) Olde Crone

Nerissa and Katherine Bowes-Lyon were her nieces, not her sisters.

Ah yes! The Queen Mum's two embarrassingly simple sisters, who were locked in the Attic for most of their lives.....we had all forgotten about them, hadn't we? Olde Crone.

also from 1881 Name: Charles Robert Darwin Age: 72 Estimated birth year: abt 1809 Relation: Head Gender: Male Where Born: Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England Civil parish: Downe County/Island: Kent Country: England Street address: Cudham Rd Downe House Condition as to marriage: Married Education: Employment status: View image Occupation: M.A.,L.L.D. (Cambs) F.R.S. J.P.

how come its easier to find a famous person that our own ancestors lol

i'm bored again!! Name: Florence Nightingale Birth Date: abt 1820 Year of Registration: 1910 Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep Age at death: 90 District: St George Hanover Square County: London, Surrey Volume: 1a Page: 204

thats the one tom lol i remember his place of birth being woodstock

Winston: Winston (Master) Churchill Age: 6 Estimated birth year: abt 1875 Relation: Son Household: View other family members Family and neighbors: View neighbors Gender: Male Where Born: Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England Civil parish: St James County/Island: London Country: England Street address: 29 St James's Place Education: Employment status: View image Occupation: Scholar Source information: RG12/128 Registration district: Westminster Sub registration district: Berwick Street ED, institution, or vessel: 16 Folio: 75 Page: 38 (click to see others on page) GSU Number: 1341029 View Original Record View original image

...and the queen Mum mum 1901 Arthur Barson abt 1878 Garboldisham, Norfolk, England Servant Walden St Paul Hertfordshire Wellie Beavis abt 1883 Sidmouth, Devon, England Servant Walden St Paul Hertfordshire Claude George Bowes Lyon abt 1855 Knightsbridge, London, England Head Walden St Paul Hertfordshire Elizabeth Angelia Bowes Lyon abt 1900 St Pauls Walden, Hertfordshire, England Daughter Walden St Paul Hertfordshire Ford Glennis Cecilia Nina Bowes Lyon abt 1863 Belgrave, London, England Wife Walden St Paul Hertfordshire Lady Glennis Mary Frances Bowes Lyon abt 1884 Scotland Daughter Walden St Paul Hertfordshire Michal Claude Bowes Lyon abt 1894 St Pauls Walden, Hertfordshire, England Son Walden St Paul Hertfordshire Rose Constance Bowes Lyon abt 1891 Hamburg, Surrey, England Daughter Walden St Paul Hertfordshire Herbert Michael Graham abt 1885 Stutton, Suffolk, England Servant Walden St Paul Hertfordshire Annie Harley Knight abt 1871 Seagrave, Leicestershire, England Servant Walden St Paul Hertfordshire Clara Knight abt 1879 St Pauls Walden, Hertfordshire, England Servant Walden St Paul Hertfordshire Hettie Lingley abt 1876 Groton, Suffolk, England Servant Walden St Paul Hertfordshire Florence Lucas abt 1885 Barnet, Hertfordshire, England Servant Walden St Paul Hertfordshire Horace Moorser abt 1881 Hadlow, Kent, England Servant Walden St Paul Hertfordshire Margueriete Rodier abt 1871 French, France Servant Walden St Paul Hertfordshire Helen Searby abt 1867 Brixton, London, England Servant Walden St Paul Hertfordshire Ethel Taylor abt 1876 Sittingbourne, Hampshire, England Servant Walden St Paul Hertfordshire Laura Bror Vacher abt 1882 French, France Servant Walden St Paul Hertfordshire Hedwig Wolters abt 1877 German, Germany Servant Walden St Paul Hertfordshire address - The Bury fhaters ocupation Ag lab, no , sorry, landowner!

If've found Winston before: Just a min...