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I must admit to having lost the actual gravestone now. I know more or less where it is, it is just the narrowing it down. I have been back walking the dog two or three times over the seasons holidays, all to no avail. It is a well orderly cemetery, so looking it up should be easy, but.....!!!

This is purely a bit of self indulgence really, but it piqued my interest, now I am embarrassed. Thanks all who have replied, but I now need to re-find the stone, write the details down and go from there. This now becomes an obsession to the extent that I am wearing the poor dogs legs down.

Lady Di,    I did my mothers family tree a number of years ago. During the seemingly impenetrable details pertaining to the research, I discovered many, many spelling errors, writing errors, print errors, mainly by those recordists that should have known better, but hindsight is a wonderful thing.

Blinkered as I no doubt was by the Seward name during research some years back now, I found this other Seward somewhere in the official records. Assuming Cravan was a misspelling of Garvan, mere mention of a Elizabeth Alice on the birth certificate, plus, like you, not being conversant with London at all, I assumed the link was within my family........ alas I was again in error. I currently flagellate myself myself on the hour with a slipper made of steel...... to assume in family history is the road to perdition....

I do hope I have not upset, or caused unnecessary time wasting on my behalf in this confusing Seward saga to anyone. I like to think that out of it all, I now have some degree of accuracy and confirmation in my familial history. For that, I thank each and every one of the contributors to my quest, thank you.

Trish 1120,   I am certainly trying hard to keep all this in one piece, however, I return to a copy birth certificate I have here.....   

Reviewing my original findings from years back, I had found a Thomas Daniel Seward born c.1825. He was married to a Fanny (late Brady), formerly (Davis).    He was a cabinetmaker.
They had a child Elizabeth Alice Seward 13.11.1852 in Shoreditch.  They resided at 5, Craven Street.

The address is so logical, 5,Craven Street, Hoxton, Newtown Mddlesx to not be part of the Seward clan. Names that sort of relate, geographical reasoning, missing fathers etc.......  the entire situation is so confusing....!!!!  So near, yet....!!

Oooh!!!  I really don't know what to think.   However, I wonder if any of the numerous off-springs of Edward would have any more information?   I will try and pick one  at random and see where it leads. It does seem possible that the Bethnal Green cabman is likely but why wasn't he on the birth certificate if so, even if he was dead?

Help!!!!

Lady Di,     To be honest I have to answer no to both questions. To excuse me from not doing so is an embarrassment to me. I had limited resources back in the early 2000's, and the cost of obtaining copy certificates etc, put a certain strain on my capabilities. I had masses of interest, but the costs were too  high. Now, I have resumed the search upon retirement, the costs are still all encompassing, but I also have to contend with this shut down business. I was planning on utilising the local library services for access to records, but until they re-open, who knows. It would appear that computers are the last thing on their minds.......  It is intensely frustrating as you can imagine.