Kate wrote: > > "Renia" wrote in message news:kmu62l$bfn$1@speranza.aioe.org... > > On 10/05/2013 04:59, Kate wrote: >> > >> >> There is an item in the Insolvents section London Gazette, May 1825 Page >> 869, (pointed out by skp) naming a Sydney Ward Simpson, he was a >> Bookseller, >> Moor (Mour) Street, Soho. >> I have no idea if this was my Sydney but if the information I have about >> his >> death May 21, 1826 Sierra Leone is correct it leaves a pretty narrow >> timeline. > > > Double Christian names were not very common during this period, so I > would guess this is your particular Sydney Ward Simpson, especially as > he was a bookseller like other members of his family. > > If he was publicly named as a bankrupt, then you probably have the > reason why he left England, though by the time the notice was published, > he may already have left the country to prevent being chased by his > creditors. > > People were dropping like flies in Sierra Leone at this time. He was > probably one of them. > > > This was always a possible reason why he might have left the country when > the item was first pointed out to me but this was not a poor family it seems > quite possible his creditors would have been dealt with. He could have felt > ashamed of course but it still leaves us in the dark. > > I think I will just put Sydney to bed and move on to something equally as > hard, like one of my 5xgt grandparents, there are some you just have to let > go. > > I thank you all for your input, always good to have your ideas and one > learns a little more with each search. > > Regards, Kate > (Sydney, Australia) > This was always a possible reason when the item was first pointed out to me > but this was not a poor family You don't necessarily have to be poor to be bankrupt. You merely have to have less money than you owe. FWIW. Cheryl