Hi Bruce, In the 1851 Sunderland Directory there are 85 schools listed including that of Joseph Speciall at 3 Villiers Street. The school is not there in the 1858 Directory. Stan Mapstone On 25 September 2010 04:41, Bruce Dodd <bmdodd@rogers.com> wrote: > Hi, Listers > > My grandfather was educated at Speciall's Academy on Villiers Street, > Sunderland, which he left at the end of 1850 to serve an apprenticeship > to a druggist and chemist. > > I've been looking through an 1897 book titled "/Dr Cowan and the Grange > School/".  As well as a description of the school, the book recounts how > a group of 38 boys and 4 masters went bathing at the beach at Hendon in > October, 1845.  Three boys and one master, a Mr Speciall, were drowned > in what seems to have been a sudden undertow. > > Speciall isn't a common name in my experience.  Can any lister tell me > anything about Speciall's Academy, and say whether there was more than > one Mr Speciall involved in these two schools? > > Thank you, > > Bruce Dodd, > Ottawa, ON > > -- > I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. > We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. > SPAMfighter has removed 182 of my spam emails to date. > Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len > > The Professional version does not have this message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Bruce, In the 1841 Census a William Speciall, age 28, and a R(b)t. Speciall, age 17, were schoolmasters in Stockton. It was Robert who drowned Deaths Dec 1845 SPECIALL Robert Styles Sunderland 24 151 In the 1861 Census Joseph Speciall was at 30 Villiers Street. Stan Mapstone On 25 September 2010 08:56, Stan Mapstone <stanmapstone@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Bruce, > In the 1851 Sunderland Directory there are 85 schools listed including > that of Joseph Speciall at 3 Villiers Street. The school is not there > in the 1858 Directory. > > Stan Mapstone > > On 25 September 2010 04:41, Bruce Dodd <bmdodd@rogers.com> wrote: >> Hi, Listers >> >> My grandfather was educated at Speciall's Academy on Villiers Street, >> Sunderland, which he left at the end of 1850 to serve an apprenticeship >> to a druggist and chemist. >> >> I've been looking through an 1897 book titled "/Dr Cowan and the Grange >> School/".  As well as a description of the school, the book recounts how >> a group of 38 boys and 4 masters went bathing at the beach at Hendon in >> October, 1845.  Three boys and one master, a Mr Speciall, were drowned >> in what seems to have been a sudden undertow. >> >> Speciall isn't a common name in my experience.  Can any lister tell me >> anything about Speciall's Academy, and say whether there was more than >> one Mr Speciall involved in these two schools? >> >> Thank you, >> >> Bruce Dodd, >> Ottawa, ON >> >> -- >> I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. >> We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. >> SPAMfighter has removed 182 of my spam emails to date. >> Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len >> >> The Professional version does not have this message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >