Germans in London

[KGarrad]

The demise of the (British) East India Company was largely due to the Indian Mutiny (or First Indian War of Independence).

The brother of my 4xGreat Grandfather was there!
He was a Vet, and hid in a cellar whilst a massacre happened.

[Siely]

The demise of the (British) East India Company was largely due to the Indian Mutiny (or First Indian War of Independence).

The brother of my 4xGreat Grandfather was there!
He was a Vet, and hid in a cellar whilst a massacre happened.

I recently found out that my gg-grandparents ran a clothing business near the old London docks and most of their customers were mariners. Second hand clothing was called "slop" and sellers "slopsellers"

[coombs]

I once read a blog about a London born William Weidhofft, born in Soho in 1828. I think he was a businessman of German descent on his father's side. He was the same age as my William Thomas Coombs also born 1828 in Soho. Wm Coombs was of Dorset blood though, and likely never knew Weidhofft.