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I second Great Hermitage Street. On Page 10 of the register:


Thank you bethanyyd96, that backs up what fiddlerslass said!

That didn’t take long did it…thank you xxx

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Could be Great Hermitage Street.
Thank you fiddlerslass, I wondered that too, but on
https://www.maps.thehunthouse.com/Streets/New_to_Old_Abolished_London_Street_Names.htm#G
It says that Great Hermitage Street was called Russell’s Buildings pre 1912 😬

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G meaning Great?
That’s what I am thinking

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London and Middlesex / Help with street name please
« on: Today at 19:03 »
I am having trouble locating a certain London street from the 1700’s.
I have scoured old maps of the area but cannot find anything that might be the street I am looking for.
The street in question is recorded in the baptism entry of John Rowland, son of William and Elizabeth Rowland in the “London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812”, for 7th July 1737 at St George in the East, Tower Hamlets.
It is abbreviated to what looks like G Her Street.
I looked on www.maps.thehunthouse.com but it hasn’t really lead me anywhere.
I will add a screen shot.
Does anyone have any ideas please?

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The Common Room / Re: Change of name in Victorian times…how easy?
« on: Tuesday 20 February 24 17:29 GMT (UK)  »
Anyone is free to use whatever name they want - even today.

I can't think of any occasion a person at that time would be required to produce a birth, or marriage, certificate.
Thank you Antony MMM .
So it’s quite possible then, that my gt gt grandfather was a bigamist then. I didn’t think that it would have been as “strict” back then. Thank you for the confirmation.

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The Common Room / Change of name in Victorian times…how easy?
« on: Tuesday 20 February 24 17:19 GMT (UK)  »
I am wondering how easy it would have been to change your name in the 1800’s.
My reason for asking this is that I think that my gt grandfather FJF may have done just this in c1879.
He appears in records with the name that I know him as FJF and the same occupation, that is in, census returns, births and marriage records of his children and two of his his and marriage certificates. (He had 4 “wives”) on his married certs his father’s name (FF) and occupation are given.
There are no records for him in the name I know him as before 1879.
This other chap FJH has the same two first names and same profession as my chap. Father has same first names F and profession. I found this on the baptism and marriage certificate for FJH.
FJH has records census, baptism and marriage up until 1879, then he disappears.
FJF abandoned his first “wife”, for whom there is no record of marriage but 4 children and “married” my gt gt grandmother, again for whom there is no record of marriage and one child.
Now…I have DNA matches to descendants of the children from his two “marriages” under the name FJF…and have just discovered DNA matches to the descendants of two the children of FJH. These matches place the descendants of both FJF and FJH at the same level of relationship to me.
So…to my original question. How easy would it have been for someone to change his identity back then? These days, we need our birth and marriage certificates to prove who we are. Would it have been easier, back then, to get away without these documents…or get forgeries, if needed?



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The Common Room / Re: Abbreviation NGM on baptism records
« on: Monday 05 February 24 13:33 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you too to farmeroman and heywood  :-*

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The Common Room / Re: Abbreviation NGM on baptism records
« on: Monday 05 February 24 13:31 GMT (UK)  »
The Glamorgan militia was in West Sussex in 1805. But it was Royal, and not north or south.
Thank you Wexflyer  :-*

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The Common Room / Re: Abbreviation NGM on baptism records
« on: Monday 05 February 24 13:31 GMT (UK)  »
I have a traveller family baptism with the abbreviation NGM after the parents names.
Does anyone have any idea what this stands for please?

Steyning Parish Register Colour images
( N: H: M: )
(N: Hants Militia)


1804
Mary Dr of Evan and Ann Williams
"( Glarmorgan Militia )" [sic] (as spelt),
( G: M: )
p.20 of Register.
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1804
Elizabeth Dr of Thomas & Mary Whittington
N:th Gr M:a
p.21. N looks to be North?
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Added:
The Glamorgan militia was in West Sussex in 1805. But it was Royal, and not north or south.

A pdf online also says the Glamorgan Militia became the Royal Glamorgan Militia 1804.

2nd Add (Pdf source):
Part 2: The Militia
By Lieutenant General J. P. Riley CB DSO PhD MA FRHistS

Thank you BushInn 1746. That gives me another angle to look at. I read that the RNGM (Royal North Glouc Reg) was originally the NGM until King George 3 granted them the Royal title in 1795. So you would probably expect to see RNGM, but I will follow both ideas and see what I come up with.

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