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From: Eve McLaughlin <>
Subject: Re: [UK-W&H] Charles Street, Westminster
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 14:49:00 +0100
In-Reply-To: <LPBBLCJABNFMADFGNJLEMEOLDGAA.simon@jf1sher.freeserve.co.uk>


In message <>,
Simon Fisher <> writes
>I am new to the list, forgive me if you've already seen this email but I
>sent the
>original to the list without being subscribed therefore not sure if you have
>seen this.
>
>Wonder if SKS could help.
>
>I have a small piece of paper left by my ancestors that states my
>GGrandfather
>(don't laugh!!) William SMITH was born 26 February 1852 in Charles Street,
>Westminster and baptised at St Margarets, Westminster.
>
>The only William SMITH in the indices of the FRC that I could find from
>around
>the area was in the district of St Martin in the Field.
>I ordered the cert and the birth date on the cert matches the above but to
>my
>surprise it stated William was born in a Workhouse,

The Workhouse of St Martin's was in Castle St. There are births
registers from 1848-57, regs of children 1819-55, admission and
discgarge 1824-70 and other papers at the London Metropolitan Archives.
>St Martin's in the
>Field.
Castle to Charles is a possible mistake of memory.
--
Eve McLaughlin

Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians
Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society

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