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Hi there

Firstly i hope im putting this in the right section but apologies if not and i will put in correct section if advised.

I am hoping someone can help me find out where my ancestors business might have been and what it might have been called.

My 2x great grandfather has been listed on my great grandmothers wedding certificate as being a laundry proprieter.  He has previously been listed on census's as being a laundryman master . My mum  vaguely remembers that there was a laundry business in the family but doesn't know who inherited it etc.

How would i find the business and where it would have been?

My 2x great grandfather was called Henry Carter and it was 1910 when he had a business.

His family moved around the Banstead street, Astbury Road and Ivydale Rd are in Peckham throughout his and his  daughters life.

Im really unsure as to how to find this out so any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

wow, thanks so much for your info and help everyone. Thats great.

Im gonna use this info with Emma Holmes to order her marriage certificate and see if betsy is a witness for her and wether thomas is listed as her father.

Also the thomas ryland info is fantastic, im not quite sure what to order first to see if it links in correctly.

Any suggestions on what would be best to order first? I wonder if betsy is registered under a different surname at birth??

Once again, huge thanks!

Hi all,

firstly thanks for the welcome and thanks for your answers.

I have looked at the following queries and got myself even more confused as the info i have doesnt pinpoint a definete family/birthname.


She says her birth place is Surrey Rotherhithe in 1911 and 1901 so there is no change there.
She is consistent with her age in all census too.

She married in 1888 which is the correct entry as found by JonathanC and she was 19 and a Spinster.

I did consider illegitimate but she states her father as Thomas Ryland  but also has an Emma Ryland signing as a witness with a George Daniels.

I cannot place her in a census prior to her marriage as there isnt a Thomas with an Emma in West Ham, Essex.

I have found a Thomas Ryland (A Coal agent) with a Betsy Ryland in 1871 census in Liverpool, and then with her mother in 1881 under Rylance.

Thomas is not there in 1881 but i cannot place him anywhere down south in West Ham to prove the link with his job to her future husbands job as a Gas Stoker.
Also there is not Emma Ryland in that family.

Im soo confused and was hoping this name might have shed some light.