Hello Everybody, I have just found a memorial inscription on the grave of my Great Granduncle, It is inscribed,2"This stone is erected In memory of my beloved son JOHN JAMES READ who died 20- 3- 1857 aged 20. Professor of the violin." Could anybody advise me on how I could find out more information about him, would there be any books with information regarding musicians in SOUTHAMPTON for that time. Thank you, Syd Hockey.
Hello Everybody, I have just found a memorial inscription on the grave of my Great Granduncle, It is inscribed,"This stone is erected In memory of my beloved son JOHN JAMES READ who died 20- 3- 1857 aged 20.Professor of the violin." Could anybody advise me on how I could find out more information about him, would there be any books with information regarding musicians in SOUTHAMPTON for that time. Thank you, Syd Hockey.
Hi Sid and all You will have seen how helpful and prompt the people at Southampton Local Studies Library are, so it would be well worth contacting them I should think. From the tender age of your Gt Granduncle, only 20 when he died in 1857, it doesn't seem likely that he was a 'professor' in the sense that we now know it, ie a lecturer at a university, so it might mean he was simply a teacher, who may or may not have been associated with an educational establishment. On the other hand he might have been a genius. You will let us know what you find out from Southampton Library or eslewhere, won't you? Cheers, Dave Jacobs =============== At 16:03 02/12/2004, Syd and Judy Hockey wrote: >Hello Everybody, > I have just found a memorial inscription on the > grave of my Great Granduncle, It is inscribed,2"This stone is erected In > memory of my beloved son JOHN JAMES READ who died 20- 3- 1857 aged 20. >Professor of the violin." Could anybody advise me on how I could find out >more information about him, would there be any books with information >regarding musicians in SOUTHAMPTON for that time. > Thank you, > Syd Hockey. > > >============================== >Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for >ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx