BBC TV "WDYTYA?" Series 10 Episode 6 Alex Kingston

[Marmaduke 123]

I thought this was a fantastic episode, one of the best ever! There was some really good research involved, and it wasn't presented in a too heavy handed way as can sometimes be the case.

I also wondered how Eva had managed to marry into a prominent orthodox jewish family given her family background, which surely must have been well know in the locality.

And Alex was fabulous!

Off to do a bit of research of my own now hopefully to fill in some of the gaps!

Anne

[Spidermonkey]

Can anyone remember the names of Elizabeth's children?  I think they were Lewis, Eva (who marries ?Laurence Emmanuel), Sophia (who marries Alfred Morey) and .................?

[Spidermonkey]

by 1881, Sophia has been widowed and is livin at 58 Cochrane St with Eve and Lawrance

[andrewalston]

Sometimes, the census makes things very clear. Here's a detail from 1861 in Manchester (RG9/2948 FOL89 P33).

I wonder how the enumerator knew what the trade was?

[Spidermonkey]

Can anyone remember the names of Elizabeth's children?  I think they were Lewis, Eva (who marries ?Laurence Emmanuel), Sophia (who marries Alfred Morey) and .................?

Just checked on iplayer - Frances was the other child bn c. 1816.

[jan57]

 1891  Sophia  is  living  with  her  nephew Joseph Emmanuel,  at 63 Marylebone Lane  ,  there's a Sophia  Morey  death   in 1898  Fulham RD , born 1817

[genjan1953]

"I found it strange that only the son and the grand-daughter were mentioned in the will, no mention of her daughters." (Silvery)

I wondered about that too.  Her three daughters would have been just as economically disadvantaged, by virtue of being female, as her grand-daughter.  This was a fascinating episode and they cannot cover every loose end, I know, but there were rather a few too many facts uncovered which were left hanging in mid air, so to speak.  Methinks the programme would have to be extended to two hours to truly do justice to all the info gathered and satisfy us all here!    

[danuslave]

Did we see the whole Will?

[davidft]

Did we see the whole Will?

No we didn't

I think too many people are jumping to conclusions here which is ironic as on the other hand people accuse the programme of jumping to conclusions 

I think the programme is far more researched than we sometimes give credit for. alas it is sometimes sloppily put together which gives rise to all sorts of needless speculation.

Anyway, that said I enjoyed the programme especially learning about the photographing of the sound waves in WWI - we weren't taught that at school ! and Alex's wonderful reaction to finding out about the bawdier side of her family history