Help please with road name

[wifeywebb]

JenB

Thanks fro clarifying that - it makes sense now.

Paula

[JenB]

Thanks fro clarifying that - it makes sense now.

I only wish I could make a sensible contribution to the problem of the road name 

[dobfarm]

Looks like fairmile road tooting

[MonicaL]

Hi All

I checked the electoral rolls (1898-1900) this morning for the Wandsworth area and no joy unfortunately on the street name. Nor any success on the street name index 

Closest I could see was a Franche Court Road but house numbering tailed off in the high 90s and we have no.153 on christening entry.

Monica

[pethC]

Just wondering why Trevelyan Road 'doesn't fit 'particularly when the Birth cert of another sib gives that address.......

There certainly was a no 153  Trevelyan road in at least later census returns including 1911,( the 1891 has many named not numbered houses, but it was certainly a longish street).

Interestingly in some the handwriting entries the first part of Trevelyan often looks like Frenchie, but the capital letter also looks like the T of Tooting.Looking at an old A to Z  not many streets, apart from Franciscan street look long enough for a no 153!
Chris

[JenB]

With the eye of faith I could make out 'Trevelian' in the first (original) entry.
Possibly the person who copied it out to create the second entry simply couldn't read it, and made a stab in the dark at it, resulting in what we see.

Jennifer

[wifeywebb]

Monica, many thanks for looking at the electoral rolls.

Chris & Jennifer, I'm certainly curious as to Trevelyn Road. Maybe.......... I can kind of see it.

I've been back and checked the 1891 and the 1901, but both are a no go. (Visiting in 1891 and moved to Godalming by 1901.)

So, not sure where to go with this one now. I think I'll keep looking in the registers to see if it crops up again!!

Paula

[MonicaL]

Now why didn't I check for Trevelyan Road yesterday!

I have now and unfortunately no number 153 shows on the electoral roll between 1898-1900 as is the way with these things sometimes 

I can't check before 1898 as books covering Tooting for the period before are no longer available due to WW2 damage.

Monica

[wifeywebb]

Hi Monica,

That really is so kind of you to check again!! I guess it will be "one of those", unless I strike lucky while looking at the baptisms.

Paula