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From: "Sue Rowe" <>
Subject: SINGLETON, JOHNSON,WEBBER in Ipswich 1800s
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 20:27:57 +0930


Hello

Many thanks for that wonderful information. I will get out my records and see if anyone matches up. One thing that does stand out is that one of the Johnsons lived at 30 Borough Road. My grandmother was born at 20 Borough Road, so it wouldn't be surprising if her first marriage to a Johnson was in fact to her neighbour's son whom she grew up with.

So I have definitely got something to work with, from what you have sent me.

Many thanks once again for taking the trouble to reply. It is so valuable.

Best regards Sue R (Darwin, Australia)

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Subject: Singleton in Ipswich in 1844


Dear Sue,

Perhaps someone with a more up-to-date Directory for Suffolk can give you more recent information concerning your families of later residency in Ipswich.

From Whites 1844 Suffolk (title for a county directory, one of my main sources of information for Suffolk, thank you) there are these listings for Singleton in Ipswich

Singleton, Mr. Thomas, St. Helen's St. [page 95]

Under Shopkeepers [p. 113]

Singleton, George, St. Margaret's grn
Singleton Wm., Upper Orwell street

Wheelwrights [p. 116]
Singleton, George, jun. and Wm. St. Margaret's green



These listings in a directory were frequently people who had some standing in the community or were in business. Agricultural laborers and such were not listed (and that eliminated my folks around Saxmundham, until one became a beer seller in later years).

Here are some Johnson listings for Ipswich, 1844

Johnson, Edward Amond, governor, County gaol

Johnson, Mr. James, Norwich road

Johnson, Mr. Stephen, 30 Borough rd.

[Mr. generally indicated some standing in the community.]

No listings for Webber.

Should you have friends in London (or in Ipswich) with some free time, ask the one in London to go to the Guildhall Library near St. Paul's and find some other later directories for Suffolk. Of course, the county record office in Ipswich (and perhaps the county library also) has some later directories. White was not the only one who compiled these directories. The copy which I have is an excellent gazetteer for the whole county--and I picked it up a LONG time ago at a remainder table on Charing Cross road. Just lucky!

I tried a google.com search for David and Charles [publishers] but only got something about the London Book Fair which was held in March. Perhaps D&C don't have a website.

E.W.Wallace
In California

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