S. Kirtland

[Nifty1]

Could anybody please help me in determining the identity of Shareholder  Kirtland S. who was present at meeting of Slough Friends of Labour Loan Society held at Floral Arms. Report at  mid to bottom left of page.

http://www.sloughhistoryonline.org.uk/asset_arena/image/original/sl/ol/sl-ol-slough_observer26091891043609-e-00-000.jpg

[avm228]

Mr Kirtland isn't given an initial in the report is he? In contrast to those either side of him in the list, namely E. Herbert and S. Neal.

[Nifty1]

I am not sure. I had some difficuty in deciding who was who.
Upon looking again, I think you are probably right.

What could be infered (or implied) by the lack of a initial?

[avm228]

What could be infered (or implied) by the lack of a initial?

That he was the only shareholder named Kirtland and so there was no need for any initials to distinguish him from any other Mr Kirtland.

[lizdb]

I agree, no initial for Kirtland

I wonder if he is Thomas, the greengrocer, RG 12 1012 115 2

He,s about the only Kirtland I can see in that area in 1891 (+ his teenage sons)


I don't think there is any significance of lack of initial, several of the people on the list don't have initials, do they.

[avm228]

Or William Kirtland, a 54 yr old blacksmith born Penn, Bucks.  RG12/1135/51/38.

[Nifty1]

This could be a bit of a breakthrough for me.

I was aware that there was a William K who was probably senior to Thomas, (Father) who at one stage of his career was a cabman. Could you please post more info on William, I am not able to use refs supplied. Is he somehow inked to earlier generations of Kirtland's fro Charlton on Ottmoor?

[avm228]

This is William's household in 1891:

1891 census:  RG12/1135/51/38
2 Alpha St, Slough (civil parish Upton cum Chalvey)

William KIRTLAND Head Mar 54 Blacksmith Bucks Penn
Sarah Ann do Wife Mar 49 Tailoress Oxon, Henley-on-Thames

They're at the same address in 1881 (free to search) with an Irish-born boarder named Benjamin Slater but no children with them: RG11/1460/24/44.

[avm228]

Is he somehow inked to earlier generations of Kirtland's fro Charlton on Ottmoor?

I've no personal knowledge of his ancestry or that of any other Kirtlands, I'm afraid