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London and Middlesex / Re: A Sugar Refiner in Tower Hamlets originating from Hanover, Germany
« on: Thursday 04 April 24 14:44 BST (UK)  »
Yes, standard German naming pattern for that time ... sons given two forenames, the first after their father, the second the one by which they were commonly known.
A lot of movement of sugar refinery employees ... there were some 25 locations in England, and 8 in Scotland, where sugar was refined. The Liverpool refineries attracted many men from London and from Greenock, whilst the port attracted them from all over, especially Hull, with the hope of passage to America.
A number of sugarhouses in Liverpool, though Henry Tate's, in Love Lane, did not become Tate & Lyle until 1921.

www.mawer.clara.net/locations.html
www.mawer.clara.net/loc-liverpool.html

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London and Middlesex / Re: A Sugar Refiner in Tower Hamlets originating from Hanover, Germany
« on: Thursday 04 April 24 10:02 BST (UK)  »
kiwilou, welcome to Rootschat.

Interesting to see if those Priggens were related, and exactly where they came from in Germany ... Hanover is too large an area.
Note that I also have Jacob's probate summary on the website ... was it the Chapman family that you connect to, by any chance?

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Other Countries / Re: Ludwig Nikolaus Behn ( country Surinam)
« on: Saturday 23 March 24 22:07 GMT (UK)  »
Have you tried this at TNA ...

Reference:   CO 278
Title:   Colonial Office and Predecessors: Surinam Original Correspondence, etc.
Description:   
This series includes correspondence, entry books, shipping returns, accounts and population returns (1811) relating to Surinam.
Date:   1667-1832

... and ... considerable info regarding Suriname Civil Registration on FamilySearch.

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Other Countries / Re: Ludwig Nikolaus Behn ( country Surinam)
« on: Saturday 23 March 24 12:12 GMT (UK)  »
Behn- West Derby/ Germany

Does this point to sugar refining, I wonder?

I have basic details of John / John Frederick / Stanley, sugar workers / brokers, 1827 through to 1911, in Liverpool, on my database, and also much earlier references to Jurgen Behn 1721 and J J Behn 1799, both Hamburg.
Your Ludwig emigrating to Surinam from Hamburg may be connected, sugar being the main produce of Surinam since 1700, and Hamburg the centre of German sugar refining at the time.

www.mawer.clara.net/sugarbbae.html

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The Common Room / Re: London Land Tax records
« on: Saturday 17 February 24 16:21 GMT (UK)  »
It would appear that the rate had been set at 4s. Each property was given a 'multiplier' depending upon its size and usage  ... that's the number to the left.
So, the ordinary dwellings had a multiplier of 3, therefore they paid 12s; your Joseph had a multiplier of 6, so he paid £1 4s.

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The Common Room / Re: London Land Tax records
« on: Saturday 17 February 24 15:45 GMT (UK)  »
£1 4s rate paid. Twice the amount paid for an ordinary dwelling in that area, as the number to the left signifies, so probably a somewhat larger house.

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Yorkshire (West Riding) Lookup Requests / Re: Where was Row, near Huddersfield?
« on: Saturday 10 February 24 19:28 GMT (UK)  »
FamilySearch gives a number of locations ...

4 Feb 1776
Birth ... High Flatts
Birth ... Pontefract

26 Dec 1779
Burial ... Paddock
Burial ... Pontefract

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The Common Room / Re: Accessing Historic Newspapers - Which is Better, BNA or FindMyPast?
« on: Tuesday 19 December 23 12:33 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: martin hooper on Tuesday 19 December 23 11:30 GMT (UK)
I don't use BNA, only FindMyPast. I have found hundreds of newspaper articles for people on my tree over the years. In some cases giving clues that break down brick walls. It's the main reason I continue my FindMyPast subscription.

Fully agree .... I use FindMyPast regularly for info for my website ... I would, however, advise that it takes some time to get used to the new search page; the choices are many, and quite often the more vague you can be the better.

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Northamptonshire Lookup Requests / Re: Thurning PRs - Hall
« on: Tuesday 05 December 23 18:41 GMT (UK)  »
William bpt 6 Sep 1778
Sarah bpt 18 Feb 1781
John bpt 29 Feb 1784
Edmund bpt 5 Aug 1787
Edward bpt 9 Dec 1792

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