The Diary of Nathaniel Bryceson (Part 8)

[deb usa]

SNAP!!! 

[Ruskie]

 

So what to make of the fact that Nathaniel lived in the garret in Richmond Buildings before moving to the room vacated by the Marshalls? This has just opened up more questions .... 

[deb usa]

Maybe the Vaggs hid him there 

[Ruskie]

It is sad that Granny Shepard spent her last days in the Workhouse Infirmary. I can't help feeling that her life went downwards and she was born in better circumstances. I also can't help wondering if Nat rather abandoned her at the end. 

Carole

Gee not sure Carole. A 25 year old lad looking after his 80 year old Granny? That would have been a hard ask ...   We don't know about her health/ailments - it may have been beyond Nat to take care of her ...  

[Ruskie]

Yes I can see the evil Vaggs imprisoning the damsel Nathaniel in the garret. 

[Ruskie]

I wonder if we can determine which of the rooms in Richmond Buildings the Vaggs lived in? Is there anyone listed as living in the garret in any census?

[deb usa]

Here are the Vaggs in 1841 ...

Possible for NB in 1841: (this is also just a couple pages before we find Matthew Ward ,…his soon to be step-dad)
Richmond buildings
Richard VAGG, Tailor BIC
Catherine Vagg.
NATHANIEL  "  , 13
 NO  other record of a Nathaniel Vagg born circa 1827.

Would they have been on the top floor ? Was Nat alone in the garret or were the Vaggs living there too?

hummmm This is 1841 though , so maybe Nat was relegated there as there was no room at #9

[Ruskie]

Is a garret the same as an attic?

It's hard to say whereabouts in Richmond Buildings each family lived when the address is simply Richmond Buildings. Would the enumerator have started at the top of the building or the bottom, or perhaps there was no order to it?

[snowyw]

It's the room under the roof - like under the gables.