Peter, In your search for Kerslakes did you come across any in Uplowman or Huntsham in the 1700s or earlier Thanks Paul ________________________________ From: Peter J Richardson via <devon@rootsweb.com> To: 'Brian Randell' <brian.randell@newcastle.ac.uk>; devon@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, 19 February 2015, 22:44 Subject: Re: [DEV] 1803 Barnstaple Census Hello Brian, -----Original Message----- From: devon-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:devon-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Brian Randell via Sent: 19 February 2015 21:33 To: Diana Trenchard Cc: DEVON@rootsweb.com; Brian Randell Subject: Re: [DEV] 1803 Barnstaple Census > I'd be interested to learn if there are any other extant Defence of the Realm Act listings for Devon. I am aware of a document called "Return of people age 18-45 liable to serve in Militia" dated 1817 (Devon Record Office reference 217/3/38). I do not know its exact coverage but I know that it covers Clayhidon, Cullompton, Hemyock, Silverton and Thorverton. I took notes of occurances of FARRANT and BOND in those parishes, and also KERSLAKE in Cullompton and Silverton and PLAYER in Silverton. Regards Peter ------------------------------------------ The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) and the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello Brian, -----Original Message----- From: devon-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:devon-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Brian Randell via Sent: 19 February 2015 21:33 To: Diana Trenchard Cc: DEVON@rootsweb.com; Brian Randell Subject: Re: [DEV] 1803 Barnstaple Census > I'd be interested to learn if there are any other extant Defence of the Realm Act listings for Devon. I am aware of a document called "Return of people age 18-45 liable to serve in Militia" dated 1817 (Devon Record Office reference 217/3/38). I do not know its exact coverage but I know that it covers Clayhidon, Cullompton, Hemyock, Silverton and Thorverton. I took notes of occurances of FARRANT and BOND in those parishes, and also KERSLAKE in Cullompton and Silverton and PLAYER in Silverton. Regards Peter

Hi Diana: Thanks for this correction. The source of my statement that the census was for “militia purposes” was TNA’ Discovery catalogue - http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/9137171c-14c6-4991-9481-55dd62af67a5 However your information trumps this. I have several other 1803 population listings in GENUKI/Devon, but I don’t think any of them are Defence of the Realm Act listings - see http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/DevonMisc/Pre-1841Census.html I’d be interested to learn if there are any other extant Defence of the Realm Act listings for Devon. Cheers Brian Randell PS A transcript of the 1803 Barnstaple census, kindly provided by Len Collum of DFHS, is now online in GENUKI/Devon. On 14 Feb 2015, at 23:36, Diana Trenchard <trenchar@icloud.com> wrote: > I'd like to make a small correction to Brian Randell's message re the Barnstaple 1803 census, which was listed as being "for Militia purposes". If indeed it was for Militia purposes then it would be for men aged 28 to 45 and not 15 to 60 as stated. Neither would it have included women. > > Instead it is far more likely to be the Lists/Returns required from every parish under the 1803 Defence of the Realm Act (43Geo3 c55, 11th June 1803). This Act was for men aged 15 to 60 and did require records of numbers of women since the latter would have been cleared from the coastal areas in case of invasion (plus boys under 15, the aged and the infirm). > > This latter Act was passed after the resumption of the French/Napoleonic Wars on 16th May after the year-long Peace of Amiens. > > There were similar Lists made from every parish in all UK counties in 1798 and 1803, plus Lists from only the coastal counties in 1801 (and from Dorset only, in 1797). It is possible that a search of the Archives may well reveal Lists from other Devon parishes that have been filed/misfiled under such heading as Napoleonic defences, Militia, Volunteers, or Levee en Masse. Very few parish Lists are believed to have have survived, with Buckinghamshire the only county known to have a complete 1803 record of all the men in all its parishes. > > With best wishes > > Diana Trenchard -- School of Computing Science, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK EMAIL = Brian.Randell@ncl.ac.uk PHONE = +44 191 208 7923 FAX = +44 191 208 8232 URL = http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/people/brian.randell

A Kerslake family came to Hampton, Ontario, Canada. Hampton was nearly all Bible Christians at that time. I don't have the family info right at my fingertips, but if you want me to send it along please e-mail me off list. Sher At 11:12 PM 19/02/2015 +0000, you wrote: >Hello Paul > >From: paul.hockie@talk21.com [mailto:paul.hockie@talk21.com] >Sent: 19 February 2015 22:54 >To: Peter J Richardson; devon@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [DEV] 1803 Barnstaple Census > > > In your search for Kerslakes did you come across any in Uplowman or > Huntsham in the 1700s or earlier > >My specific interest is in the John Kerslake who married Mary Cockram at >Silverton on 2nd June 1800. I am looking to see if I can establish a link >between the descendants of this couple and my 3xGt grandparents Mary Ann >Cochrane (born Silverton c.1816) and John Farrant whom she married at Lyme >Regis in 1837. I am trying to establish Mary Ann's parentage - I think her >father may be Sargeant Simon Cockram of Silverton who died at Waterloo in >1815, and I think that Simon's mother may have been the Mary that went on >to marry John Kerslake. > >I believe John Kerslake and Mary Cockram to have had three children, Anne, >Mary and Robert. I think Mary married Henry Player in Silverton in 1826 >(hence my interest in that name), whilst Robert became a blacksmith and >settled in Cullompton. I have drawn a blank so far on Anne. > >In addition to John (who I think lived c.1771-1841) there was a William >Kerslake living in Silverton who was blacksmith like Robert (John Kerslake >was a weaver), and speculatively I think both John and William may have >been sons of Freeman Kerslake (c.1742-1823) and Mary Mullings, but have >not traced the line any further back, my main interest in Silverton being >Cockrams. > >Regards >Peter > > >------------------------------------------ >The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon >( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) > and >the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) >List archive for Devon can be found at >http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >in the subject and the body of the message >Internal Virus Database is out of date. >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >Version: 8.5.455 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/5704 - Release Date: 03/25/13 >19:45:00

Hi Maureen: Thanks - I’ve added it in, ready for the next upload to the GENUKI/Devon server. Cheers Brian On 15 Feb 2015, at 09:53, Maureen Selley <maureen.selley1@homecall.co.uk> wrote: > Good morning Brian and Devon-L members, > > This source may be useful to add to Genuki-Devon, Brian. > > http://www.englandsimmigrants.com/ > > The introduction says: > > Welcome to England’s Immigrants 1330-1550, a fully-searchable database containing over 64,000 names of people known to have migrated to England during the period of the Hundred Years’ War and the Black Death, the Wars of the Roses and the Reformation.(continued) > > Put DEVON in the search box and 1,436 names are returned, showing nationality, date, Devon parish of residence and details of source documents. > > Regards, > Maureen Selley > Devon FHS 4019 > > > > > > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > www.avast.com > > -- School of Computing Science, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK EMAIL = Brian.Randell@ncl.ac.uk PHONE = +44 191 208 7923 FAX = +44 191 208 8232 URL = http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/people/brian.randell

Hi, thanks for this ......I have learned something today , I had no idea there was a Defence of the Realm Act of 1803 . I have been chasing a marine , b c 1797 in Buckinghamshire, who reappears in Kent at Chatham having signed on in 1821 aged 24 . Admittedly he was too late for the Napoleonic wars but ....And one of our own OPCs is chasing her soldier ancestor across hill and dale and county after county who married in 1800 in London and died in Gt Torrington in 1825. Did the DotRA oblige men of military age to join something ? militia , navy ? And thanks too for the clue from Buckinghamshire , a complete record .......sounds ace to me ..... life is hard . soften it with a cat \\\=^..^=/// ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diana Trenchard via" <devon@rootsweb.com> To: "DEVON@rootsweb.com" <devon@rootsweb.com> Cc: "Brian Randell" <brian.randell@newcastle.ac.uk> Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2015 11:36 PM Subject: Re: [DEV] 1803 Barnstaple Census > I'd like to make a small correction to Brian Randell's message re the > Barnstaple 1803 census, which was listed as being "for Militia purposes". > If indeed it was for Militia purposes then it would be for men aged 28 to > 45 and not 15 to 60 as stated. Neither would it have included women. > > Instead it is far more likely to be the Lists/Returns required from every > parish under the 1803 Defence of the Realm Act (43Geo3 c55, 11th June > 1803). This Act was for men aged 15 to 60 and did require records of > numbers of women since the latter would have been cleared from the coastal > areas in case of invasion (plus boys under 15, the aged and the infirm). > > This latter Act was passed after the resumption of the French/Napoleonic > Wars on 16th May after the year-long Peace of Amiens. > > There were similar Lists made from every parish in all UK counties in 1798 > and 1803, plus Lists from only the coastal counties in 1801 (and from > Dorset only, in 1797). It is possible that a search of the Archives may > well reveal Lists from other Devon parishes that have ben filed/misfiled > under such heading as Napoleonic defences, Militia, Volunteers, or Levee > en Masse. Very few parish Lists are believed to have have survived, with > Buckinghamshire the only county known to have a complete 1803 record of > all the men in all its parishes. > > With best wishes > > Diana Trenchard > ------------------------------------------ > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) > and > the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) > List archive for Devon can be found at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

Good morning Brian and Devon-L members, This source may be useful to add to Genuki-Devon, Brian. http://www.englandsimmigrants.com/ The introduction says: Welcome to England’s Immigrants 1330-1550, a fully-searchable database containing over 64,000 names of people known to have migrated to England during the period of the Hundred Years’ War and the Black Death, the Wars of the Roses and the Reformation.(continued) Put DEVON in the search box and 1,436 names are returned, showing nationality, date, Devon parish of residence and details of source documents. Regards, Maureen Selley Devon FHS 4019 --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com

I know that my father managed to get away with his age when he joined the army at start of World War 2. Said he was born in 1920 when he was actually born in 1922. I rather suspect he wasn't the only case, as checks were rather poor in the past. -------------------------------------------------- From: "Diana Trenchard via" <devon@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2015 11:36 PM To: "DEVON@rootsweb.com" <devon@rootsweb.com> Cc: "Brian Randell" <brian.randell@newcastle.ac.uk> Subject: Re: [DEV] 1803 Barnstaple Census > I'd like to make a small correction to Brian Randell's message re the > Barnstaple 1803 census, which was listed as being "for Militia purposes". > If indeed it was for Militia purposes then it would be for men aged 28 to > 45 and not 15 to 60 as stated. Neither would it have included women. > > Instead it is far more likely to be the Lists/Returns required from every > parish under the 1803 Defence of the Realm Act (43Geo3 c55, 11th June > 1803). This Act was for men aged 15 to 60 and did require records of > numbers of women since the latter would have been cleared from the coastal > areas in case of invasion (plus boys under 15, the aged and the infirm). > > This latter Act was passed after the resumption of the French/Napoleonic > Wars on 16th May after the year-long Peace of Amiens. > > There were similar Lists made from every parish in all UK counties in 1798 > and 1803, plus Lists from only the coastal counties in 1801 (and from > Dorset only, in 1797). It is possible that a search of the Archives may > well reveal Lists from other Devon parishes that have ben filed/misfiled > under such heading as Napoleonic defences, Militia, Volunteers, or Levee > en Masse. Very few parish Lists are believed to have have survived, with > Buckinghamshire the only county known to have a complete 1803 record of > all the men in all its parishes. > > With best wishes > > Diana Trenchard > ------------------------------------------ > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) > and > the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) > List archive for Devon can be found at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

I'd like to make a small correction to Brian Randell's message re the Barnstaple 1803 census, which was listed as being "for Militia purposes". If indeed it was for Militia purposes then it would be for men aged 28 to 45 and not 15 to 60 as stated. Neither would it have included women. Instead it is far more likely to be the Lists/Returns required from every parish under the 1803 Defence of the Realm Act (43Geo3 c55, 11th June 1803). This Act was for men aged 15 to 60 and did require records of numbers of women since the latter would have been cleared from the coastal areas in case of invasion (plus boys under 15, the aged and the infirm). This latter Act was passed after the resumption of the French/Napoleonic Wars on 16th May after the year-long Peace of Amiens. There were similar Lists made from every parish in all UK counties in 1798 and 1803, plus Lists from only the coastal counties in 1801 (and from Dorset only, in 1797). It is possible that a search of the Archives may well reveal Lists from other Devon parishes that have ben filed/misfiled under such heading as Napoleonic defences, Militia, Volunteers, or Levee en Masse. Very few parish Lists are believed to have have survived, with Buckinghamshire the only county known to have a complete 1803 record of all the men in all its parishes. With best wishes Diana Trenchard

Hi Bill: On 13 Feb 2015, at 13:47, Bill Dodds <noel1914@cantab.net> wrote: > Hi, > > I was wondering if any progress was made on the 1803 Barnstaple census. My interest is ancestor - Minard Eastman Isaac. > > Thanks > > Bill Dodds Here is a message I posted to Devon-L about this 1803 census back in 2012: > GENUKI/Devon has over the years obtained transcripts of almost all the very rare pre-1841 Devon census listings - see http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/DevonMisc/Pre-1841Census.html. > > Douglas Hancock has now kindly stepped forward and offered to transcribe the 1803 Barnstaple census, held at the North Devon Record Office. This, it turns out, is a large ( approx 70 page) document - which was "For militia purposes; arranged by streets, and distinguishes six classes: males under 15, between 15 and 60, and over 60, and the same for females" - and so is an unusually detailed pre-1841 census and would be a *very* useful addition to GENUKI/Devon. However the cost of obtaining an official photocopy would be great. And both Douglas and I live 300 miles or more from Devon and rarely get a chance to visit. > > So we are hoping that there is some kind soul on Devon-L who can take some time out of their next visit to NDRO and can use their digital camera to photograph the document for us. (The Devon Wills Project has benefitted hugely from the efforts of a volunteer, Ken Ozanne of Australia, who made several trips to the DRO Exeter, and took several thousand digital photographs, for us - so 70 photographs does not seem much to ask! :-) Unfortunately no-one stepped forward, so I’m cc’ing this reply to Devon-L in the hope that this time I’ll have better luck second time round. Cheers Brian Randell -- School of Computing Science, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK EMAIL = Brian.Randell@ncl.ac.uk PHONE = +44 191 208 7923 FAX = +44 191 208 8232 URL = http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/people/brian.randell

Hi, All, I am back searching for my Praters from Devon I would like some information on my Ancestor John Prater born ABT 1788 in Devon I would like to know who his parents are. He married in Elizabeth Disting 1810 in Egg Buckland Thank You All Margaret Australia --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com

It's all still there on https://www.thegazette.co.uk/ Go to that site, click on "All Notices" and enter the text you need to search on. HOWEVER - when I tried filtering by Notice Type, I couldn't get it to show the officers' commissions. Google may not be able to see inside the Gazette site. I didn't see a Gawtrey entry in the right period - but optical character recognition is notoriously bad for the earlier years. You may be better off with an Army List but ones for the earlier years are thin on the ground - the earliest I have found is for 1821 and that shows no Gawtrey as an **officer** anywhere in the Army. See p656 in https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=dgUcAQAAIAAJ Adrian On 11/02/2015 11:21, elizabeth howard via wrote: > Hi , once upon a time you could just google London Gazette and fill in the search boxes with name , approx date etc and come up with something. Now when I want to search for Army appointments it obstinately won`t mention them at all ; there used to be pages of military appts......now they are hidden !!!! John Gawtrey was in the 2nd Life Guards , and of Gt Torrington, and possibly dead by 1813 or 1831 , maybe father and son . I would like to confirm that he was in the 2nd Life Guards. > > > > > life is hard . soften it with a cat \\\=^..^=/// > ------------------------------------------ > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) > and > the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) > List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

I think the John Gawtrey who died in 1831 is the one listed in the "North Devon Yeomanry 1794-1924" as being Ld Rolle's Adjutant. There is the following death notice in the North Devon Journal 07 Apr 1831: "Suddenly, at Great Torrington, on Sunday last, Capt. Gawtrey, many years Adjutant of the North Devon Yeomanry Cavalry". I couldn't see anything on the FMP Military records searching on Gawtrey and Gautrey. Joy Langdon ----Original message---- >From : devon@rootsweb.com Date : 11/02/2015 - 11:21 (GMTST) To : devon@rootsweb.com Subject : [DEV] GAWTREY Hi , once upon a time you could just google London Gazette and fill in the search boxes with name , approx date etc and come up with something. Now when I want to search for Army appointments it obstinately won`t mention them at all ; there used to be pages of military appts......now they are hidden !!!! John Gawtrey was in the 2nd Life Guards , and of Gt Torrington, and possibly dead by 1813 or 1831 , maybe father and son . I would like to confirm that he was in the 2nd Life Guards. life is hard . soften it with a cat \\\=^..^=/// ------------------------------------------ The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) and the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi , once upon a time you could just google London Gazette and fill in the search boxes with name , approx date etc and come up with something. Now when I want to search for Army appointments it obstinately won`t mention them at all ; there used to be pages of military appts......now they are hidden !!!! John Gawtrey was in the 2nd Life Guards , and of Gt Torrington, and possibly dead by 1813 or 1831 , maybe father and son . I would like to confirm that he was in the 2nd Life Guards. life is hard . soften it with a cat \\\=^..^=///

Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 14:55:48 +1100 (AUS Eastern Daylight Time) From: "Margaret" <margaretrudland@optusnet.com.au> Subject: [DEV] John Prater To: <DEVON@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <54DAD2C4.000011.03448@CAROL-PC> Content-Type: Text/Plain;  charset="iso-8859-1" Hi, All, I am back searching for my Praters from Devon I would like some information on my Ancestor John Prater born ABT 1788 in Devon I would like to know who his parents are. He married in Elizabeth Disting 1810 in Egg Buckland Thank You All Margaret Australia Hi Margaretmarriage 9th Nov 1810 at Egg Buckland John PRATER & Elizabeth DESTING. Not from original document, no other details sorry.Is this your John? John PRATOR s/o John and Grace PRATOR bpt Plymton St Mary, Plymouth, 6th July 1788.Cheers, Luned, in Blaenavon

I believe that Susan EARLE d/o William EARLE and Mary HARRIS born 1839 at Okehampton died in Victoria, Australia 1880, aged 40 This Susan fits in with the above information. Regards Bev in Oz --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

The Royal Mail postcode finder (http://www.royalmail.com/find-a-postcode) finds one 40 Torrens Road in Brixton SW2 5BT and another in the East End between Leyton and West Ham, neither in Clerkenwell. You can find SW2 5BT on Google Maps and see number 40 on Street View, at the end of the road, two or three houses beyond the one with a blue Portaloo in the front garden. Most of Torrens Road is older terraced housing but number 40 looks 1920/30s, consistent with occupation during your 1942 date. But the house numbering may have changed at some time in the past. Regards - Martin Beavis -----Original Message----- From: paul.hockie@talk21.com via Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2015 12:28 AM To: liverpud ; ziggy beseler ; DEVON-L@rootsweb com Subject: Re: [DEV] Gagliardi/Alford Google will tell you Clerkenwell is north of the Thames and Brixton south. Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android From:"liverpud via" <devon@rootsweb.com> Date:Sun, 8 Feb, 2015 at 12:21 AM Subject:[DEV] Gagliardi/Alford Sure just google the address.... Best wishes, Edna - Ottawa -----Original Message----- From: ziggy beseler via Sent: Saturday, February 7, 2015 6:48 PM To: DEVON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [DEV] Gagliardi/Alford Hello List - Here is my question this fine winter Saturday eve - is the following address IN Clerkenwell? Alma Alford Gagliardi (address as of 27 Aug 1942) 40 Torrens Road Brixton Hill London SW2 Does the address still exist? That is, would I still be able to take a taxi to this address? Thanks so much - Lora in Wisconsin and not too cold (30s F) and not much snow (thank heavens!!) ------------------------------------------ The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) and the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------------------ The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) and the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Google will tell you Clerkenwell is north of the Thames and Brixton south. Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android From:"liverpud via" <devon@rootsweb.com> Date:Sun, 8 Feb, 2015 at 12:21 AM Subject:[DEV] Gagliardi/Alford Sure just google the address.... Best wishes, Edna - Ottawa -----Original Message----- From: ziggy beseler via Sent: Saturday, February 7, 2015 6:48 PM To: DEVON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [DEV] Gagliardi/Alford Hello List - Here is my question this fine winter Saturday eve - is the following address IN Clerkenwell? Alma Alford Gagliardi (address as of 27 Aug 1942) 40 Torrens Road Brixton Hill London SW2 Does the address still exist? That is, would I still be able to take a taxi to this address? Thanks so much - Lora in Wisconsin and not too cold (30s F) and not much snow (thank heavens!!) ------------------------------------------ The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) and the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks so much to everyone for answering my Torrens Road query! How kind of you all. My great grandmother's niece (Devon) was married to an Italian man who drowned on the Arandora Star during WWII - torpedoed by the Germans. This is where she/they lived - my roots (via my ggrandmother are in East Devon). Thank you thank you!!!!! Lora

Sure just google the address.... Best wishes, Edna - Ottawa -----Original Message----- From: ziggy beseler via Sent: Saturday, February 7, 2015 6:48 PM To: DEVON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [DEV] Gagliardi/Alford Hello List - Here is my question this fine winter Saturday eve - is the following address IN Clerkenwell? Alma Alford Gagliardi (address as of 27 Aug 1942) 40 Torrens Road Brixton Hill London SW2 Does the address still exist? That is, would I still be able to take a taxi to this address? Thanks so much - Lora in Wisconsin and not too cold (30s F) and not much snow (thank heavens!!)