German Pork Butchers in Britain

[GeorginaO]

Fascinating I recently found this article referring to my Grandmother and her father  http://s40local.co.uk/chesterfield-1915/

In town a crowd of mostly women attacked the market stall of a Mr Haag, a German pork butcher, terrifying his daughter who was running it, and then laid siege to his shop in Glumangate. Ironically, Mr Haag was a naturalised British citizen of long standing and his son had joined the British army.

 

[Histres]

Dear GeorginaO,
Thank you very much for sending me the link with the description of the attacks of Georg Haag's shops. They were looted despite he was a naturalised British subject and his son fighting in the British Army. The article is a good source and perfectly fits in and augments my research. Meanwhile I have also found out that your great-grandfather was elected treasurer in the Chesterfield Pork Butchers' Association (1895, 1897; Source: Sue Gibbons, German Pork Butchers in Britain, Anglo-German Family History Society Publications, Maidenhead 2001, pp. 26, 27, 30).
Perhaps you can find out more about him in Chesterfield's Town Archive and in local business directories of the time, e.g. the addresses of his shops or also old adverts in the newspaper.
Regards
Histres

[GeorginaO]

Yes thank you very much!

[Histres]

Sorry GeorginaO,
In one of my previous posts I mentioned the talk I once gave at Surrey University. There is a mishap in my post: The talk took place in 2009 and not in 2019!

Regards
Histres

[GeorginaO]

Haha I saw that I thought maybe you were a time traveller !!

[meyerp1]

Hi Bryan,

I've stumbled into your post from last year and I'd be really interested to read more on what you know of the Meyer's both from Wellingborough and Northampton. I'm a descendant of them (more from Northampton) but ironically work 2 doors down from where they had one of their shops in Wellingborough.

Thanks in advance.

Phil

[sugarbakers]

Phil, welcome to RootsChat.
I have a lot of info for you, but first you need to reply to this message <i>twice</i> so that you can send/receive private messages and we can arrange things. (The forum rules say you have to have made 3 posts before you can PM)
Bryan

[meyerp1]

Great, thanks for your prompt response Bryan, much appreciated.
Phil

[meyerp1]

My second reply!

Cheers

Phil