Samuel Fisher, Artist and Engraver

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Valda

You are hopefully correct in thinKing that this is not "my" Samuel. I get very confused with the districts in London.

There used to be a map online (Stanford's Map Of London Showing The Boundaries Of Parishes, Ecclesiastical Districts, And Poor Law Divisions 1877) but it has been taken down.

I will be sending for his death certificate in the New Year.. there are so many certificates that I need (want?).

Merry Christmas

Peter

[Valda]

Hi Peter


Try this map

http://maps.familysearch.org/

It covers all English counties. The Google map of 1851. An essential favourite to bookmark.


Merry Christmas


Valda

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Valda

That's brilliant!!!!

Well and truly bookmarked.

Peter

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My concern would be your Samuel Fisher didn't live or die in Poplar

Valda

You were quite right!

I have had a reply from the LMA.

The inquest was held in 1830

Peter

[Valda]

Hi Peter


In London unless it is a quite distinctive name there will always be others unrelated with the same or similar names, since the population of the city was so large.


Regards

Valda

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I have now received Samuel's death certificate. (ordered 17/1, received today).
He died on the 1st of March, 1851 age 45. Definitely the correct person. Address: 14 Pickard Street; Occupation: artist;  Informant: F.S Fisher (his son).

Peter

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Yesterday I received a re-scanned copy of Samuel's will.

It's certainly easier to read than their first attempt, but I think I will be monopolizing the deciphering board in the near future. 

Peter

[Valda]

Hi  Peter


If it helps The National Archives supplies 'A practical online tutorial Palaeography: reading old handwriting 1500 - 1800'

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/palaeography/default.htm

Some of this style of handwriting would still be in evidence when the PCC clerks copied the wills into the ledgers in the first half of the C19th.


Regards

Valda

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Yesterday I received a re-scanned copy of Samuel's will.

It's certainly easier to read than their first attempt, but I think I will be monopolizing the deciphering board in the near future. 

Peter

Peter
I had a look at the original part scan. It is only the fact that it is scan of a scan that is the problem. I could read a clean copy of that as easily as I can read this.

When you rescan the document scan it as a Grayscale, not a line image, if you have that facility on your scanner.