Archive for August, 2009
Eliza Rose Ferridge, b.1858
To Hannah Ferridge, deceased, on 28 December 1858 at 12 Granby’s Buildings, Lambeth, a daughter, Eliza Rose Ferridge.
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People: Eliza Rose Ferridge (1858- ), Hannah Jays (c.1820-1858)
Places: Lambeth, Surrey
Elizabeth Coles, d.1849
Elizabeth Coles, widow of Benjamin Coles, clerk with the East India Company, died of old age at 2 Hawthorndean Place, Limehouse on November 7, 1849, aged 77 years.
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People: Elizabeth Adam (1772-1849), Mary Amelia Coe (c.1787–c.1877)
Places: Limehouse, Middlesex, Poplar
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