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Messages - Mary B

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London and Middlesex / Re: WALLIS of Blackwall
« on: Friday 23 April 10 21:16 BST (UK)  »
Hi.
The area of Blackwall was/ is in the County Borough of Poplar in the East End of London.

The County Borough of Poplar was changed to the Borough of Tower Hamlets
some years ago.

The East India and West India's docks were built many years after your family
the left area.

They could have boarded their ship in the River Thames which could have been accessed via a boat by any boatman plying his trade along the Thames.

The area of Poplar was bombed during WW2 and loss of life was high.

And starting around 1948 a high percentage of  the residents opted to move out and away from the area--many to the areas in Essex--others Emigrated.


Bea

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London & Middlesex Lookup Requests / Re: Harry Pyne Poplar , 1861
« on: Friday 16 April 10 19:07 BST (UK)  »
In reference to Dingle Lane, in Poplar east end of London

It appears that several of my relatives lived in Dingle Lane
and other areas of Poplar.

Would add that the area had a large population of people from all
over England and Ireland---perhaps due to the available work
in the local docks.

Happy to exchange family research regarding my Pine/Pyne families
in Poplar (now Tower Hamlets)

MARY

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London & Middlesex Lookup Requests / Re: Harry Pyne Poplar , 1861
« on: Thursday 15 April 10 17:17 BST (UK)  »
One of my parents had a cousin who married into a Pine or Pyne Family in the
Poplar Area ( Now Tower Hamlets) East End of London the late 1850's.

The above referenced cousin's first name was Bridget--and very possible that
Bridget's family originated in Ireland.

Would add that many many Irish Families left Ireland from 1850 and on, due the the Irish Famine and settled in either the  East End of London or Liverpool.

Mary

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London & Middlesex Lookup Requests / Re: Henry John Beamish
« on: Thursday 24 December 09 00:35 GMT (UK)  »
 

Over the years my grandparents often spoke of a BEAMISH family who lived in
the Poplar area of London.

Would add that many many Irish families starting around the 1850's made their
way from Ireland to the East End of London-----in order to find work in the local
docks.

Then some time after WW2 ended the County of Poplar was changed to the County of Tower Hamlets.

And after WW2 ended  the population of the East End of London started to move out and away from their specific area of the East End of London, the majority opted to
make the move to Essex---and many opted to Emigrate.

Mary


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London & Middlesex Completed Lookup Requests / Re: SHADWELL
« on: Sunday 06 September 09 01:01 BST (UK)  »
Ordnance Road was located in Canning Town-within the then County Borough of West Ham.

It appears that Ordnance Road and surrounding areas were  bombed during WW2 and  some of the houses demolished and or badly damaged and demolished at the end of WW2.

Then in the 1970's  the County Borough of West Ham merged with the adjoining Borough of East Ham to become the one Borough of Newham.


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Essex Completed Lookup Requests / Re: Josiah Goodman and Annie Gallivin
« on: Monday 27 July 09 18:02 BST (UK)  »
Hello Neil.

The area of Stratford in the early 1800's was included as part of Essex, then some time later became part of the County Borough of West Ham.

Then after WW2 the Borough of West Ham merged with the adjoining Borough of East Ham--to become the one County Borough of Newham.

The Borough of Newham has an excellent website pertaining to family research.

To locate the above referenced website log on to the official  County Borough of
Newham's website.

 Mary-B

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London & Middlesex Lookup Requests / Re: Elizabeth Sullivan
« on: Friday 08 May 09 04:37 BST (UK)  »
Hello Matt.
It is very possible that  your Elizabeth Sullivan and Florence Donovan were of the Catholic Faith--and you might want to contact the Catholic History Society in London--they have excellent records and are very helpful.

I would add that Florence was very much a first name for Irish men and very often was shortened to Flurry.

Mary

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London & Middlesex Completed Lookup Requests / Re: MacDermott Family
« on: Wednesday 15 April 09 16:24 BST (UK)  »
My McDermott Great Grandparents were living in Poplar in the 1800's, and Poplar was slap up against Limehouse, and by the late 1800's they had moved from Poplar to Canning Town  within the County Borough of the then West Ham.

It appears that  when the new Royal Group of docks were built in the Custom House- Wolwich area in the Borough of  the then West Ham, now the Borough of Newham large numbers of both Limehouse and Poplar residents made the move to many areas in West Ham to find work in the new docks and in the many many new factories that were also built close to the new docks in the Silvertown area.

My McDermott's originated in Southern Ireland.


Mary


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Leitrim / Re: McDermott - Carrick on Shannon
« on: Saturday 31 January 09 17:18 GMT (UK)  »
I am researching a McDermott Family in County Roscommon, and McDermott is a very very common name in County Roscommon, plus one of my long ago McDermott's also joined the Connaught Rangers as a very young lad in the 1850's  and served with his regiment the 88th Connaught Rangers in  Ireland, England and India.

Peter McDermott retired from the 88th Connaught Rangers and settled in London with his family.

The 88th Connaught Rangers were disbanded in the 1920's at the time of the
partition in Ireland, and the records of this very famous regiment are now kept
in  Ireland.


Mary.



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