The Hampshire Family Historian | Volume 51 No.1 | June 2024

Local Group Programmes

Electoral rolls, With names of eligible voters for each address and number of years there. School records, Log books, Teacher’s registrations, Can be a wealth of information about

children and families particularly if they lived longer periods in one place. Inland revenue, There is a valuation office survey – IR58 – Middlesex.

WW1 records, These include war memorials, roll of honour, photographs, gravestones, Commonwealth war graves commission, soldiers who died in the Great War, Silver War badge, War diaries, Medal cards, Service & pension records, Absent voters list, Representative medical records of Servicemen, red cross volunteers, Friends of the Ambulance Service Quakers, This way of life has been documented and there are several useful books. 1939 Register, This very useful tool is now searchable for information of people living at an address during WW2. Some records are still closed as persons still living. 1941 Farm Survey, Four forms were filled in by farmers to provide information to government. Context, Don’t forget the Political, Economic, history to add substance to your family history. There is a wealth of reading material for topics such as, Wars, The fight for Irish home rule, Electoral Reforms, the General strike, the Depression, Health reforms, NHS, Education reforms, Comprehensive schools, Welfare and Old age pensions, Social Housing, Clothes and Food. Not forgetting Innovation and Leisure attitude changes that were previously unimaginable in 1900. (March) Members evening – Discussion of our ancestors’ occupations Alan – Family occupations showed up an uncertain link back to Black Beard, the pirate, Arthritis that inhibited physical work, and a butcher who supplied meat to the Navy at Clarence Yard. Alan shared photographs. Brian - Octavius Morgan was an architect with a colourful life. He studied at Sidney Art School, then moved to Canada, Denver, and Colorado. Went gold prospecting in Los Angeles. He was noted for some significant buildings in LA, sewage facilities in UK and then back to San Francisco to research buildings after a major earthquake. Judith – told us the history of Calico from the 1700s and her family members involved in wild weaving, importing, dying, and Pattern Design and copying. In earlier times Calico garments with embroidery were very sought after until its decline in the 19C. Penny - GGGfather was fostered in Totnes. Rumours of Cowboy skills but in 1871 he was a stoker in the Navy. At only 4ft8in it is interesting how he got into the Navy! He worked on HMS invincible and left by purchase in 1874. He then went on to do 9 years as a Fireman in London gaining commendations and disciplinary records. Richard – told us about Ada Green, an 11 year old orphan in Middlesex in 1871. After locating 7 letters, Birth and Death Certificates a picture emerged of admissions and discharges to and from an orphanage, since Ada Green was 7yrs. After her father and mother died. Ada, and brother Alfred, went to the George Muller orphanage. Bristol from 1867. The letters expanded on the family, their means, and circumstances, income and that Ada was deaf. She became a Print Colourer. Kate – GGGGrandfather, Lewis Philips, came to London in the early 1900s. His daughters processed Ostrich Feathers. During the 1900s, ostrich feathers, imported from South Africa to

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