Posts Tagged ‘apprenticeships’
Report into the conduct of the apprentice Joseph Coles
I have finally managed to find some time to transcribe some of the documents I photographed on my recent visit to the Somerset Record Office in Taunton. The first is a report into the conduct of my 4 × great grandfather Joseph Coles as an apprentice to the tinsmith George Adcock. The report was provided to the Committee of the Somersetshire Society in London by John Moore—a copy of which was written into the minutes of the committee meeting held at Albion House on Monday, 15 March 1819 (Somersetshire Society, 1819, March 15).
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Searching for Benjamin Coles’ family
I have recently been corresponding with a newly discovered cousin. Our common ancestors are Benjamin Coles and his wife Elizabeth. Robyn is descended from Henry Boyde Coles, Benjamin and Elizabeth’s firstborn, while I’m descended from Henry’s younger brother Joseph.
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People: Benjamin Coles (c.1767-1815), Elizabeth Adam (1772-1849), Henry Boyde Coles (c.1797-1861), Joseph Coles (c.1798-1869)
Places: London, Mells, Middlesex, Somerset, St Martin in the Fields
The apprenticing of Joseph Coles
A couple of weeks ago I googled my 4 × great grandfather Joseph Coles and was pleasantly surprised to see an entry in the results that looked suspiciously like a reference to an article in a scholarly journal. Following the link proved my suspicions correct but unfortunately the full-text of the article (Keane, 1975) was not available to me online without paying a hefty fee. Luckily my local university library held the journal in print format so I was not inconvenienced too much.
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People: Benjamin Coles (c.1767-1815), Joseph Coles (c.1798-1869)
Places: London, Mells, Somerset