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London & Middlesex Lookup Requests / Is my William Archer connected to Marie Lloyds grandfather William Henry Archer?
« on: Friday 07 August 15 13:44 BST (UK)  »
I know this is a very strange question, but I am curious if I could be related to Marie Lloyd.

Her mother was Matilda Mary Caroline Archer, from Bethnal Green, daughter of William Henry Archer.

In my family history I have a lot of members of the Archer family, including a William, John and Emerson Archer, originally in the 1780's from Enfield.  Emersons family moved to St James, Clerkenwell in the 1820s, not that far from where Marie Lloyd was born on the City Road in Clerkenwell.

I know its remote, but can anyone help me find a connection.

Many thanks

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London & Middlesex Lookup Requests / Prize fighting and the London Gymnastic Society - Percy Circus, Clerkenwell
« on: Monday 31 March 14 11:39 BST (UK)  »
I wonder if any one can help me - I am training to be a London Guide and have to prepare a couple of talks on Percy Circus and Lloyd Square.

I have read in part of my research about a brutal prize fight that took place close to Percy Circus in Jan 1819 and can not find any details about it, despite contacting the Islington History Society and googling different items.  I understand also from part of my research that the London Gymnastic Society was also established in the area around 1826.  Again I can not find any information about it.

Another place I am looking for information about is Lloyds Square in the same area. 

If anyone can help with either of these or knows of any 'quirky' information about Percy Circus or Lloyds Square then I would be very grateful

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London & Middlesex Lookup Requests / Was Jeremiah Henry Collins a criminal?
« on: Thursday 06 March 14 12:01 GMT (UK)  »
I wonder if anyone can help me discover if Jeremiah (also known as Henry) was a criminal - my reason for asking is that I have recently discovered that there is housing in St Pancras in the early 1800's that was one of the few in the area that housed 'ex prisoners'. He was born in the Marylebone/St Pancras area around 1798, yet married at St George the Martyr, near Marechalsea Prison in Southwark, before returning to St Pancras.  He was clearly abit of a rebel as he named his youngest son John Francis after the person who attempted to assassinate Queen Victoria.

I have always wondered why he would have got married in Southwark, to return to St Pancras. Was he a criminal returning to a place where ex prisoners were accepted or was his father John Collins a criminal and he was living close to the prison.

Any help would be very much appreciated.

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London and Middlesex / Anyone know where Herbert Henry Asquith lived on the Liverpool Road, Islington?
« on: Tuesday 18 February 14 19:22 GMT (UK)  »
I know this is not really a family history topic, but I am researching the history of the Liverpool Road in Islington, and read today that Herbert Asquith lived down the road as a teenager but can't find where.  I do however know that he was a parishioner at the Union Chapel at Upper Street, Islington.

If anyone has any interesting facts or stories on the Liverpool Road it would be great to hear.

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London and Middlesex / Job description for watchmakers in Islington - 1870s
« on: Monday 11 November 13 17:51 GMT (UK)  »
Does anyone have a 'job description' for a watchmaker in Islington - one of my ancestors was from a family of watchmakers, living in Packington St in the 1870's/80's - I would like to know what the job entailed.

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London and Middlesex / What is Phthisis Pulmonalis as this is what one of my ancestors died of?
« on: Monday 11 November 13 16:38 GMT (UK)  »
What would have caused it, as my female ancestor died at the age of 32 years old?

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Armed Forces / Honorary Artillery Company Coat of Arms on Gate
« on: Wednesday 30 October 13 17:49 GMT (UK)  »
I am doing a project on the Honorary Artillery Company on City Road in London - can anyone explain to me the Coat of Arms on the gate, which appears to be an armoured arm, coming out of white wings with a red cross on, and holding a spear? Also the white feather on the coat of arms. Any assistance about the HAC would be very much appreciated - architect etc etc. Many thanks in advance.

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The Common Room / Firsts in Islington and Clerkenwell - can you name any?
« on: Monday 21 October 13 18:56 BST (UK)  »
I am doing a project on 'firsts in Islington and Clerkenwell', I have a few but looking for more suggestions. For example, I know it was the first to host the Crufts Dog Show, and first to have a Polish Major, first to introduce piped water and first to introduce the 20 mph speed limit. 

Can anyone name any more?

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London & Middlesex Lookup Requests / Robert Goddard from Islington - more information
« on: Tuesday 15 October 13 22:58 BST (UK)  »
I am looking for information about Robert William Goddard and his son Robert Henry Goddard, watchmakers in Islington. 

I would like to find the marriage of Robert William Goddard to Jane - it must be between the 1851 and 1861 census as they had a 3 year old child by 1861.

Robert Henry Goddard became a comedian after the 1891 census - I have yet to find any information where he performed.

Is it true there was a theatre/cinema at the corner of Packington Street where they lived - and if so it is possible Robert performed here?

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