Seward Stuff...

[Arranroots]

Hi Borley Manor - welcome to Rootschat! 

I missed your initial comments, mainly because your choice of title is a wee bit misleading (or it was to start with!)

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[Borley Manor]

what else do you know about John Seward?
could this be him and his family?

1891 5 Adpar St. Paddington

John Seward      48   Park Keeper              born  Hackney
Emma   (wife)     41                                             Shoreditch
Sarah   (dau)     18                                              Wales
Alice     (dau)      13                                             Ireland
James  (son)       10                                            Woolwich
Joseph (son)      5                                               Paddington

He certainly got arround - maybe was a soldier

Quite possibly he was a soldier, he may also be another red herring though. The trouble is, that there are so many offshoots of the same family it appears.

For example.   I have a Thomas Daniel Seward and wife Fanny late Brady, formerly Davis, who have a child Elizabeth Alice Seward in 1852 and registered not far away at Shoreditch, now, she later gives birth, illegitimatly, to my Great Grandfather, Edward Thomas Seward at Bethnal Green Workhouse in 1870. I can virtually follow on from there up to the present in a direct manner, that is to say, without side shoots.
My earlier comments from a post on here show a John Cornelius Seward being born in 1843, somehow an Elizabeth is mentioned as either an aunt or some relation or other, so it all starts to fragment at that point.
I am given to believe that the Thomas and or, the John was very religious, so the soldier thing may be a misnomer, who knows.
The whole family eventually ends up near and in Hammersmith/Fulham and Kensington, not a stones throw from Paddington, hence the clawlike interest I have..

It has started to do my head in a bit now after a couple of days, going backwards is not my way it would seem just at present..

[Borley Manor]

Hi Borley Manor - welcome to Rootschat! 

I missed your initial comments, mainly because your choice of title is a wee bit misleading (or it was to start with!)

Why not take some time to read through the threads on the Beginners' board?  Don't be offended - there is all sorts of useful stuff on there.  Then go on to How to Use Rootschat for tips on how best to use this site.

We find that people find this site through search engines, so even the old threads are useful - often we find they are resurrected when someone who is related, or who has specialised knowledge, is able to contribute.

We do rely on Rootschatters to keep their information up to date, so updating email addresses is useful if you want to be informed of replies in years to come.

I hope you enjoy using Rootschat and if there's anything we can do to help, please ask.

Kind regards, Arranroots 

    You are quite right of course, my enthusiasm took over in place of sensibility. My initial stumbling onto this site and finding a contact (Stuart679), detailing my possible ancestors was too much, too quick. The number of replies also took my breath away and I haven't really slept properly ever since, (two nights at least).
I will do as you say and learn a bit instead of trying to run, it's difficult though..