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Happy New Year to all my Readers!
A Happy, Healthy, and Hearty New Year to all my readers. More Whitechapel murders, mayhem, and mania in in the next instalment in 2011! Part 5 of the Kray Twins’ Family History coming soon.
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The Family History of the Kray Twins Part 5: The London Tribe of Lamplighters
John Kray had gone to the house of George and Caroline Goulborn at 25 Coleharbour Street Bethnal Green, after the death of his Father and the collapse of his nuclear family. He shared the rooms with...
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2011 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 1,900 times in 2011. If it...
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Robbie William’s Farrell Family History
Robbie’s maternal Grandfather Jack Farrell was a big influence on his early life, but what is the family story behind the name? Hopefully this article will help explain some of that in the context of...
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Jamie Foreman’s Family Story; Part 1 Origins in Faversham, Kent
Most people will know Jamie from his many film roles as well as his menacing portrayal of Derek Branning in BBC’s Eastenders. His family history is equally dramatic, and is outlined here. Origins of...
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The Foreman Family History Part 2
Thomas Foreman 1838-1901 and Emily Louisa Miller 1848-1922 Soon after the family moved back down to Faversham, Thomas aged about 21 decided that his prospects would be better served in The Royal Navy...
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The Foreman Family History Part 3
Herbert Arthur Foreman 1870-1934 and Emma Watson 1873-1960 Thomas’s death must have had a profound affect on the family, he had struck out on his own after leaving the Navy and started a new life for...
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2012 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 2,500 views in 2012. If...
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The Family History of The Kray Twins Part 6: Continued Decline
After John died Elizabeth continued to bring in money for the family by dressing the hair of horses, a strange occupation by today’s standards, but highly in demand an age when horses were everywhere...
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The Family History of The Kray Twins Part 7: Mad Jimmy Kray
James William (Jimmy), the Grandfather of the Kray Twins had the chance of a reasonable start in life. His parents only had two children, although there were three children from his mother’s first...
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The Forgotten Twins of the Somme
Shortly before Remembrance Day 2012 I received a call from Derek Johnson at Meridian TV in the South of the UK. He had seen the Family Tree work I’d done for other presenters and wanted to know if I...
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Vanessa Cuddeford from ITV’s “The West Country Tonight” gets the Time...
Time Detectives’ Fame Spreads in The Media Having worked with “The Meridian Tonight” team on Fred Dinenage’s Family Tree, and found his ancestors fighting at Waterloo against Napoleon and another going...
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Time Detectives uncover Weatherman Simon Parkin’s Grandfather; The Underage...
Simon Parkin Having had some success with Fred Dinenage’s Family Tree, I was asked to see what I could find out for Simon Parkin, the Meridian Weatherman. There didn’t seem to be anything too...
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The Redknapp Family History Part 1; Origins, Redheaded Merchants on the Thames
Origins of the Redknapp Name The name Redknapp, (also spelled Redknap, Rednap and Rednup) is derived from the colour Red and the old English “cnaep” or “knap” meaning a hillock or brow of a hill, but...
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The Redknapp Family History Part 2; Blackwall Taverns, Smugglers, and Jewish...
Joseph Edward Redknap 1816 – 1850? - Sarah Pressman 1813 to 1882 Given That Harry Redknapp has been a very popular Manager of London football team Tottenham Hotspur, who have a high London Jewish...
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2013 in review
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The Redknapp Family History Part 3: The Dockers’ Tribe of London
The White Death, and the beginning of the end of the Watermen and Lightermen’s Tribe. Joseph Reuben was the couple’s only son to survive into adulthood. With his Father gone, and his Mother remarried...
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Danny Baker’s Family History, the Riddle of Windsor Riches to Poplar Rags
When I first looked at Danny Baker’s Family Tree, many years ago in 2005, Danny was overjoyed to learn that none of his ancestors were Royalty, he said on his morning radio Show: “Oh Paul McNeil! Thank...
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