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Topic: 1900's Institute of Mining Engineers (Read 136 times)
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Hackstaple
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There are a couple of possibilities here. Farrell has an Irish origin so he may have been born and lived there previously. Secondly, he may have been working overseas for a long period. The interesting mining areas at that time were South Africa, Australia and Montana. If he was ambitious he may have been in those areas rather than just coal and iron in the UK.
His residence, Hampstead, was not near any significant mining so he may have been retired at age 50 and so wealthy. For wealthy, think South Africa - gold, diamonds or Australia - gold, opals.
Just guessing you understand.
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Southern or Southan [Hereford , Monmouthshire & Glos], Jenkins, Meredith and Morgan [Monmouthshire and Glos.], Murrill, Damary, Damry, Ray, Lawrence [all Middx. & London], Nethway from Kenn or Yatton. Also Riley and Lyons in South Africa. Any census information included in this post is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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corinne
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My great grandfather called himself a mining engineer at one point. Think it was stretching the truth a bit to imply any sort of qualification. What he really was was a bit of an adventurer, who ended up in Kimberley around 1880 (when diamonds were big), New Zealand (when gold mining was going strong) and probably in Victoria, Australia early 1860's when gold mines were just opening up there. We searched for any evidence of training that would lead to him calling himself this, and at one point thought he might have studied in Germany, but I think it really was just a self-given title for someone interested in the business of mining. Time frame for my ggf involved in mining was 1860's to about 1900.
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Thank you to both of you. Your replies have set me thinking. I do know that Thomas Farrell was retired in Hampsted and that he also had a country house in Sussex. They obviously had a lot of money then, so maybe he was in South Africa for a bit. Thanks
