Surnames
Andrews
Barber
Barrett
Bell
Boon
Bowles
Burrell
Chapman
Claydon
Connor
Downes
Eggar
Ellis
Eycott
Gollop
Gunner
Law
McGeary
May
Martin
Mead
Mortimer
Norman
Poulter
Purvey
Simpson
Smith
Strutt
Synan
Taylor
Walker
Watson
Westwood
Woods
CAN
YOU HELP?
INTRODUCTION
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On this page are
some of the many uncertainties and mysteries
which remain in this family history. If you can provide any of the
answers
or point me in the right direction I would be very grateful.
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Photograph probably taken
at Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich
My
father has written on the back of this photograph:
'2 uncles with their father, Eycott I think'.
If the soldiers are
Eycotts, then the older man is not their father as He died in
1886.
There is also:
A reprint instruction:
' 26190 Premier Bust of old gent only - Finish'.
'Now Southport Rd'
'68 Station Rd Enlarge Old Man Bust only New Brown'
Station Road could be in Plumstead. It was renamed Southport
Road in the 1920s and is very close to
Downes Street, where the Downes family lived, and
Edward Eycott married Juliana Downes.
The
postcard post-dates 1902 as the back is divided to allow a
message to be written on the left. |

This is Edward
Eycott on his wedding day in 1903. The soldier on the left of the previous picture
appears be
an older Edward. However, Edward's service record shows
that he was in the Army Service Corps, but in the picture on the
left his cap bears a Royal Artillery cap badge. In both pictures
the badges of rank on the right sleeves appear to be identical.
Can anyone explain this?
Does anyone know
anything about them? And what was the date? Do the uniforms give
a clue?
See
Edward Eycott's page for the little I know about him |
John
Gollop , an Iron Founder and Engineer, married Emilia
Redmund. He worked in the Wellington Foundry in Finsbury. I have
seen references to Gollop and Redmund hinges, which are
apparently collectable. Can anyone tell me anything about this?
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The gentlemen above are in the Harrow
Inn, Abbey Wood. On the left is James Titchell, 2nd left is Arthur
Strutt. Arthur was married to Mabel Stiggers, but I am unable to
find any earlier records of Arthur or tie him in with my
known Strutts.
Also can you identify any of the other men?

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Amelia
Jane Boon was married to Major George Edwin T. Fulcher, an army
officer who served in India and who was an ARP officer in Hartlepool during WWII.
The family are first recorded in Hartlepool in 1917. Amelia died
there in 1940 and George in 1950. Does anyone know any more about the family or about the Major's
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My
Grandmother, Emily May,
was born at The Grange, Dummer in 1884, according to her birth
certificate. This seems unlikely, since she was the daughter of
a farm labourer, and the 1881 Census shows The Grange to have
been unoccupied at the time.
Can anybody help?
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Who are these men? |

The three ladies above are
inscribed 'Relations?' on the back. Anyone know them?
The woman in the centre
has been cut out and added to the picture, hence the different
lighting.
The Carte de Visite print I have was made from a copy
negative of the result, which accounts for the relatively poor
quality of the print. The fashions lead me to believe that the
photograph of the 2 outer women was taken in the 1890s, whilst
the unprinted back of the card suggests 1900 plus. The dress
worn by the woman in the centre could be of earlier vintage.
The photograph was
produced
by Henry Linn, 64 Powis Street and 36 Taylor Street, Woolwich,
who operated from these addresses between 1903, when he was only at 36
Taylor Street, and 1912 when he was at 64 Powis Street and 28
William Street, Woolwich. Since the photograph is a copy, this
only indicates when the composite picture was made.
Taylor Street is not
far from Crescent Road.
Walter Benjamin Strutt and Amelia Gollop
lived in Crescent Road, as did the Downes family |
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This
lady's name is Elda, and the picture was taken in Naples in
1945.
Is this the same
lady who wrote on the back of the picture of the baby
"
25.12.47 Letchworth. To Mr Boon with all my love Herbert
Spencer. Elda & Dave" A Herbert Spencer was born in the
Hitchin District in 1947, mother's surname Capobianco.
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This
letter was in with my father's family history documents,
although I know of no connection with Lennoxlove or the Baird
family.
My father
did, however, have a great love of horses and I wonder if this
is someone he remonstrated with about their treatment of a
horse.
It appears
to be dated 1938. I know what Lennoxlove is, but can anyone tell
me anything about the writer or recipient? |
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