Category Archives: Londors

The Londors family in the first half of the 19th century

My mother, Joyce Alma Robb nee Londors (born 1933), is the daughter of George John Londors (1896 – 1960) and Minnie Louisa Roe (1902 – 1987). Here’s a rather poor reproduction of a photograph taken at my grandparents’ wedding in … Continue reading

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1911 census: the Londors family

In 1911 George John Londors, my mother’s father, was 14 years old and living with his parents at 1 Victoria Terrace, Barking. His father, also George, was 47 and was employed as a gravedigger at the City of London Cemetery … Continue reading

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Cousins reunited thanks to this blog

My mother, Joyce Alma Londors (born in East Ham, 1933) is the daughter of George John Londors (1897-1960) and Minnie Louisa Roe (1902-1987). George John Londors was the son of another George Londors (born in Barkingside, 1864) and Sarah Young … Continue reading

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Four generations of the Londors family

Tracing the Londors family – the ancestors of my grandfather George John Londors, born 1897 – has been made difficult by differences in the spelling of this unusual surname. In different census records, the name is spelt as Landers, Lenders, … Continue reading

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Confirmation of Roe and Londors connections

Until now I’ve been a little tentative about linking ‘my’ Roes with the line that I described in my earlier posts about the Roes, Blanches and Holdsworths. Today I received confirmation that I’m on the right track.  Firstly, I received … Continue reading

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