Archive for May, 2009

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Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

Mary Ann Whatmore (nee Dyson) and the Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet, Sheffield

Sometimes genealogical research turns into a debunking of long held family myths – the famous surgeon who turns out to have been a country vet, the disinherited son whose family were actually paupers and the treasured photo of great great granddad which is actually a picture of Lord Kitchener. This post pursues the tale which […]

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Monday, May 4th, 2009

William Whatmore - Steward of the Strangers’ Home for Asiatics, Limehouse

I was intrigued when I found a William Whatmore in the 1911 census who was described as ‘ pensioned from Asiatic Home’, and I decided to investigate further.
William Whatmore was born on 26 February 1838 at Paddington and was baptised on 11 March at St James’ Church. His parents were a John Whatmore, (born about […]

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Friday, May 1st, 2009

Jemima Watmore (1787 - 1852) of Kinlet and Worcester

Jemima is not a common name in our family. The International Genealogical Index of the Mormon Church lists only 7 in the British Isles:
Jemima Watmore baptised 11 September 1787 Middleton Scriven, Shropshire
Jemima Whatmore baptised 8 June 1794 Ringley, Lancashire
Jemima Watmore baptised 17 May 1804 Ludlow, Shropshire
Jemima Watmore baptised 29 October 1818  Spa Fields, Lady Huntingdon’s,   […]

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