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hi,

She died at  bushey cottage hospital in 1920. Her name appears on the war memorial but I cant find anything about her adult life. Is there anyone who is related or has photographs of her and her family.  It would be lovely to bring her story alive and commerate her.

thank you,

jackie

hi,

Julia Meadows (sparks) married James King in 1871 in st margarets Leicestershire.  I also saw there was an Isaac Sparks  who died in Lutterworth. I have just ordered Elizabeth`s marriage certificate to see who she has put down as her father. I have a feeling it is going to be blank, as I am starting to think that Julia was her mother and Elizabeth is the girl that is alone in the workhouse on the 1841 census and that it fits in with my great grandmother using Meadow Sparks on her marriage certificate.

Thank you for your help,

Regards,

Jackie

hi,

Thank you for your help. Emma was born in the workhouse in October 1857 and then by 1871 her mother Elizabeth had moved to Hertfordshire and married James Gray. She had Emma baptized in 1871and that's where she has put the father as Henry Sparks.

On your workhouse disc does it give any in depth information about why the persons had entered the workhouse.

regards,

Jackie

Hi everyone,

The exhibition at the Bushey Academy last August too commerate the start of WW1 has now been put into a book. If you would like to purchase a copy it is available from Bushey Museum that is open Thursday - Sunday, 11-4pm for £11.95 or it can be ordered via the museum`s web site for £15.95(including postage and packing).

This book by Dianne Payne, Coordinator of the Bushey First World War Commemoration Project, is about the men and women of Bushey & Oxhey who served abroad and on the Home Front during The Great War. It includes the 50 panels from the exhibition held at The Bushey Academy in August 2014, a selection of biographies of local servicemen who gave their lives for their country and chapters reflecting on the years before and after the war. With 100 pages and fully illustrated in colour and monochrome, it provides both a souvenir of the exhibition and a colourful and poignant record of the social history of Bushey and Oxhey during the period.

An excellent read as well as a good piece of social history. The autobiographies of the 370 soldiers that names are on the War Memorials in Bushey and Oxhey will be put online later this year on the Bushey during the great war web site.

This book would make a lovely Christmas present, please consider visiting the museum and see what else we have available in our shop.

Regards,

Jackie.

Hi Rootchatters, (Please look at my previous posting)

I have just had a big break through with my dad`s side of the family history. maddie if you are still awake, i have just found the link to William Augustus Ward  grandparents on his mother`s side.
 
1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Great Barlow Street, St Marylebone, Marylebone, London,

First name(s)   Last name   Relationship   Marital status   Gender   Age   Birth year   Occupation   Birth place   
Gus   Landon   Head   Married   Male   42   1849   Coster Monger   Marylebone   
Eliza   Landon   Wife   Married   Female   40   1851   -   Marylebone   
Elizabeth   Landon   Daughter   -   Female   11   1880   Scholar   Marylebone.   

9, Paradise Place, St Marylebone, Marylebone, London, 1901.

First name(s)   Last name   Relationship   Marital status   Gender   Age   Birth year   Occupation   Birth place   
Augustus   Landen   Head   Married   Male   54   1847   Costermonger   London, Middlesex, England   .
Catherine   Landen   Wife   Married   Female   45   1856   -   London, Middlesex, England.
Alfred   Landen   Son   Single   Male   21   1880   Labourer   London, Middlesex, England   
James   Landen   Son   Single   Male   14   1887   -   London, Middlesex, England   .

My grandfather was born at Paradise Place as recorded on his father`s army papers.

I have just purchased some certificates as well. William Ward aged 42 married Jessie Frost  on the 1st February in 1919.He gave his address as 65 Ashworth st, Marylebone and that he was a widower and his father was James Ward.(deceased). The wedding took place in the parish church of Oxhey and that Jessie lived at 7 Roseberry Road , Oxhey. This is strange as the road is actually in Bushey.

I also got William Augustus`s death certificate and that confirmed he was born in london in 1904.

I still cant find the death  date for Elizabeth,. William Augustus`s mother. Also why did William Ward come from London to Bushey to get married?

I now think that James Ward and John Ward, the father of Bridget Dorr(nee ward) who were both General dealers  are brothers and thats why Bridget was a  witness at William`s wedding to Elizabeth Landen.

It is so good to have a break through every now and then. There is still the  problem to solve of where was William, Elizabeth and their first child Bridget in 1901.

Look forward to hearing from you .

Regards,

jackie.