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Topic: Autobiographies of Working People 1820-1920 - perhaps one of yours? (Read 2413 times)
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coombs
RootsChat Aristocrat
Posts: 1260
Thomas Roberts & Mary Ann Walder 1864 Marriage
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Hi
I have a Liza Picard book about life in Victorian London 1840-1870. This was a peak time for my London ancestors.
Ben
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Researching:
LONDON, Coombs, Roberts, Auber, Helsdon, Fradine, Morin, Goodacre
DORSET/SOMERSET Coombs, pre 1780s.
NORFOLK Helsdon, Riches, Harbord, Palding
KENT Roberts, Goodacre
SUSSEX Walder, Boniface, Dinnage, Standen, Lee, Botten, Wickham.
SUFFOLK Titshall, Frost, Fairweather, Mayhew, Archer, Eade, Scarfe.
DURHAM Stewart, Musgrave, Wilson, Forster.
SCOTLAND Stewart in Selkirk 1700s.
ESSEX Cornwell, Stock, Quilter, Lawrence, Whale, Clift.
OXON Edgington, Smith, Inkpen, Snell, Batten, Brain.
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MarieC
RootsChat Marquessate
Posts: 3300
In Queensland, Oz
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Thanks silvery
I need to get hold of one or two of those Liza Picard books - particularly the one on Victorian London!
MarieC
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Martins in London and Wales, Lockwoods in Yorkshire, Hartleys in London, Lichfield and Brighton, Hubands and Smiths in Ireland, Bentleys in London and Yorkshire, Denhams in Somerset, Scoles in London, Meyers in London, Cooks in Northumberland
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failsafe
RootsChat Senior
Posts: 439
Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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Couple of books (might not fit in the time frame, but are a good read)
Forgive me if you know of them already.
They are:-
'Years of Grace: a biographical story of rural England 1893-1973' , Phyllis Crossfield, Hallamshire Press,
Sheffield, 1994.
Benjamin Rushton: Handloom Weaver & Chartist' (1785-1853), John H Hargreaves, Halifax, 2006.
'Mill Girl: my diary of Eliza Helsted, Manchester 1842-1843', Sue Reid, Scholastic, 2002. (NB this is fiction based upon the same format as Mary Barton [Elizabeth Gaskell], Hard Times [Charles Dickens], Sybil [Benjimin Disreali] etc
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Social History.
Labour & Trade Union History.
Whittaker's - Manchester.
Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get.
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coombs
RootsChat Aristocrat
Posts: 1260
Thomas Roberts & Mary Ann Walder 1864 Marriage
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Hi
The Liza Picard one is very informative and helpful. It has a few images in the centre pages and one is an 1851 map of London.
Ben
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Researching:
LONDON, Coombs, Roberts, Auber, Helsdon, Fradine, Morin, Goodacre
DORSET/SOMERSET Coombs, pre 1780s.
NORFOLK Helsdon, Riches, Harbord, Palding
KENT Roberts, Goodacre
SUSSEX Walder, Boniface, Dinnage, Standen, Lee, Botten, Wickham.
SUFFOLK Titshall, Frost, Fairweather, Mayhew, Archer, Eade, Scarfe.
DURHAM Stewart, Musgrave, Wilson, Forster.
SCOTLAND Stewart in Selkirk 1700s.
ESSEX Cornwell, Stock, Quilter, Lawrence, Whale, Clift.
OXON Edgington, Smith, Inkpen, Snell, Batten, Brain.
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buddha
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Posts: 192
Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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Hi, I too am in to the social history side of genealogy and am intersted in wages, clothes, pastimes etc etc. I have been recommended a book called a source book of social history by J Turrall (Turrell). Also out of print. I have tried various sources wth no luck, so if anyone knows where I could get it I would be very pleased, Many thanks Pat.
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SHEFFIELD: hobson, bacon, pashley, sharman, brook(s) brooke(s), wilford, slingsby, lee, flint, fowlston(e), Foulston(e), wheatley, taylor, ward.
RAVENSTONEDALE/KENDAL: udall
MALTON: udall, ruddock, hudson
WOLVERHAMPTON/STOKE ON TRENT: brook(s), brooke(s)
DONCASTER: slingsby, bagshaw, steph(v)enson, scofield, foster, pashley, stanley.
DERBY: lee
BRADFORD: wilford
ROTHERHAM: straw, frost, shaw, higgins, fowlston(e), foulston(e), flint, pashley, hobson
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kerryb
RootsChat Marquessate
Posts: 11961
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Hi Pat
Have you tried www.abebooks.co.uk
Kerry
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Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.ukSearching for my family - Baldwin - Sussex, Middlesex, Cork, Pilbeam - Sussex, Harmer - Sussex, Terry - Surrey, Kent, Rhoades - Lincs, Roffey - Surrey, Traies - Devon & Middlesex & many many more to be found on my website .... www.kerrysfamilyhistory.co.uk |
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buddha
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Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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Hi Kerry, I have now and found one in America, thanks very much, Regards Pat
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SHEFFIELD: hobson, bacon, pashley, sharman, brook(s) brooke(s), wilford, slingsby, lee, flint, fowlston(e), Foulston(e), wheatley, taylor, ward.
RAVENSTONEDALE/KENDAL: udall
MALTON: udall, ruddock, hudson
WOLVERHAMPTON/STOKE ON TRENT: brook(s), brooke(s)
DONCASTER: slingsby, bagshaw, steph(v)enson, scofield, foster, pashley, stanley.
DERBY: lee
BRADFORD: wilford
ROTHERHAM: straw, frost, shaw, higgins, fowlston(e), foulston(e), flint, pashley, hobson
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kerryb
RootsChat Marquessate
Posts: 11961
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Pleasure, one of favourite sites for rare and second hand books. 
Glad you found a copy.
Kerry
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Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.ukSearching for my family - Baldwin - Sussex, Middlesex, Cork, Pilbeam - Sussex, Harmer - Sussex, Terry - Surrey, Kent, Rhoades - Lincs, Roffey - Surrey, Traies - Devon & Middlesex & many many more to be found on my website .... www.kerrysfamilyhistory.co.uk |
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LizzieW
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Posts: 3281
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Winifred Foley - General Maid, b. 1914 Brierley, Forest of Dean, Father a Miner
She became quite famous and wrote about half a dozen books. She died earlier this year. See obituary:
http://www.rootschat.com/links/06oe/
Lizzie
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BENSON- Dalton in Furness (Ulverston) and Hull
BETTISON - Derbys
BOULTON - Dalton-in-Furness and surrounding areas
BRAND - Lincs
COCKETT - Lincs, Yorks, Lancs
DA COSTA (or variants) - Spain or Portugal, London (Middx), ?Hull
GILCHRIST - Scotland, Lincs
HINGLEY - Derbys/Yorks
MANN - Sussex, Kent, Herts
MUMBY - Lincolnshire and Hull
PEMBERTON - Ches, Lancashire
STANTON - Lincs
ROBINSON - Lincs
WHITTAKER/WHITAKER - Ches/Lancs
WRIGHT- Bethnal Green
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buddha
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Posts: 192
Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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Hi Lizzie, That sounds very interesting, must try and get a copy, many thanks Pat
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SHEFFIELD: hobson, bacon, pashley, sharman, brook(s) brooke(s), wilford, slingsby, lee, flint, fowlston(e), Foulston(e), wheatley, taylor, ward.
RAVENSTONEDALE/KENDAL: udall
MALTON: udall, ruddock, hudson
WOLVERHAMPTON/STOKE ON TRENT: brook(s), brooke(s)
DONCASTER: slingsby, bagshaw, steph(v)enson, scofield, foster, pashley, stanley.
DERBY: lee
BRADFORD: wilford
ROTHERHAM: straw, frost, shaw, higgins, fowlston(e), foulston(e), flint, pashley, hobson
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Trees
RootsChat Aristocrat
Posts: 2305
Can't see the wood for the !!!
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Having found this thread I have got the book out of our local library so far it is keeping me away from moving dust around the house and endless piles of ironing. I think it is a great insight into the occupations we find on the censuses. .
I would like to also add the autobiography of a lady who was born in 1903 up in the crowded back to back courts of Birmingham "The Girl from Hockley by Kathleen DAYUS Virgo Press 2006 It kept me enthralled and full of memories of the things my mother told be about her childhood just a few streets away although mum was born 10 years later. It tells of life with all the warts and joys.
Thank you for pointing me in the direction of useful Toil
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