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Category Archives: Parker
Thomas Windle Esquire of Mile End Old Town
In the last post I wrote about the family of Richard Eykin Windle, a London surgeon and apothecary at the turn of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, who acted as executor of the will of my 5 x great grandmother … Continue reading
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Who were the Windles?
My 5 x great grandmother Elizabeth Holdsworth née Gibson died on 1st March 1809 at the age of 76 and was buried a week later in the churchyard of St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney. In her last will and … Continue reading
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William Holdsworth: cordwainer or carrier?
In my timeline for the Holdsworth siblings, the last date I listed for my great-great-great-grandfather, William Holdsworth, was 1806, when his youngest child Sarah was born and when, according to the records of Little Alie Street Baptist Meeting, he was … Continue reading
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Sarah Holdsworth and Thomas Parker
In the last post, I suggested that the Sarah Holdsworth who married Thomas Parker in Stepney in 1821 was the daughter of William Holdsworth, rather than – as had previously been thought – his brother John (both of them were, … Continue reading
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The Holdsworth siblings: a timeline
In the last post I shared some new discoveries about Edward Porter (d. 1799), the first husband of Sarah Holdsworth, and in an earlier post I reported what I’d learned from the will and burial wishes of Sarah’s mother Elizabeth … Continue reading
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Edward Porter, a plumber in 18th century Mile End
Last week I wrote about the will of my 5 x great grandmother, Elizabeth Holdsworth, and her burial in the family vault at St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney. Elizabeth’s will mentions a number of her children, including her daughter … Continue reading
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