Tara, Further to my posting re Lewin Jeremiah BLAXALL, I have just re-discovered a snippet that he was Christened 11 September 1823 in Eyke, Suffolk and his parents were Lewin Jeremiah BLAXALL & Marianne WOLTON who married in Eyke, Suffolk 23 Jan 1823. Regards Geoff NWKentFHS #3593 All Mail protected by Norton AntiVirus 2002 =========================== ----- Original Message ----- From: "Geoff Lewin Blaxall, Hextable, Kent, UK. < http://GeoffBlaxall.tripod.com >" <Geoff-Blaxall@beeb.net> To: <BLAXALL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 12:17 AM Subject: Re: Blaxalls as Sugar merchants? > Hi Tara, > I've found one of my notebooks and am transcribing info for you & Sam, but > it's taking longer than I expected. > > Meanwhile, this query of yours sounds like Lewin Jeremiah BLAXALL. > > According to the 1881 Census he was 57, unmarried, listed as a grocer at 25 > (NOT 45 ! ) New Ormond St (NOT Great ! ) with a manager, 3 assistants, a > housekeeper & a > house maid - all living-in. > The Census shows no house numbers above 25, but at No 23 is a Home for 30 > infirm ladies plus 9 staff & at No 22 is the Lady Superintendent plus 21 > staff - so they were big houses. > > Now we need to be careful with street names and numbers as one of the first > actions of the newly formed London County Council ( LCC ) in conjunction > with the Post Office from 1888 onwards was not only to get rid of duplicated > street names throughout the LCC area by wholesale re-naming, but also > re-numbering ALL streets such that the lowest number was closest to the > nearest Postal Delivery Office. > Thus 25 New Ormond Street in 1881 could well have become 45 Great Ormond > Street by 1890 !! > > Thanks for solving a problem for me as I couldn't find any trace of New > Ormond St on any maps and I assumed it had disappeared under re-development > but I can't believe Lewin Jeremiah would have relocated lock, stock & barrel > from New Ormond St to Great Ormond Street so I can confidently believe that > it was a street re-naming ! > > As to the business name Blaxall, Son & Company, the "Son" bit *cannot* be > Lewin Jeremiah's son as he was unmarried so I guess his Dad ( Also Lewin > Jeremiah ) put up some capital for the business so he was the "Blaxall" and > Lewin Jeremiah junior was the "Son". > Amazing what one can string together from "snippets" !! > Thanks ! > > Geoff > NWKentFHS #3593 > All Mail protected by Norton AntiVirus 2002 > =========================== > > Have come across a database on the internet, listing Sugar Refiners & > > Sugarbakers - > > > > http://www.mawer.clara.net/sugarbb.html > > > > There is a Blaxall listed although no first name: - Blaxall, Son & Co > > (merchants), 45, Great Ormond Street, London. Source was detailed as the > > 1890, Post Office Directory. > > > > Any ideas who this may have been? > > > > Tara > ======================================= > > > >