Please can anyone help? I am trying to find who was living at 10 Fairlee Road, Newport, IOW in 1917, has any one a street directory for that time? Thank you, Ann

Just a word of caution about house numbers - I read somewhere that a lot of renumbering went on to provide the modern pattern of odd numbers up one side, even numbers down the other.   Previously they went sequentially up one side and down the other. My mother's family were at number 30 in 1925 and when I looked at the 1881 census the family were in number 25 of the same street.  Until I read about renumbering,  I thought they must have moved but  when I obtained an old plan of the street and tried numbering in both ways, number 25 using sequential numbering and number 30 using odd/even were the same house. Regards, Joy ________________________________ From: Ann Ryder <delann@southbourneway.freeserve.co.uk> To: Isle-of-Wight@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, 16 November, 2009 13:02:36 Subject: [IoW] 10 Fairlee Road, Newport Please can anyone help? I am trying to find who was living at 10 Fairlee Road, Newport, IOW in 1917, has any one a street directory for that time? Thank you, Ann ************************************** You can contact the Isle of Wight List Administrator by emailing: Isle-of-Wight-Admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ISLE-OF-WIGHT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

So true - and as I mentioned in my reply the other day, addresses in Fairlee Road were originally based on terrace names. The same thing has happened with my own house - originally known as no.4 Norfolk Terrace, and now known as no.19 Xxxxxx Road. It's quite sad that many of the old terrace names have been lost. Some are lucky enough to have been built with the name carved into the brick or stonework, but if they weren't they are easily forgotten over time. Kate -----Original Message----- From: isle-of-wight-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:isle-of-wight-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Joy Langdon Sent: 20 November 2009 09:39 To: Ann Ryder; Isle-of-Wight@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IoW] 10 Fairlee Road, Newport Just a word of caution about house numbers - I read somewhere that a lot of renumbering went on to provide the modern pattern of odd numbers up one side, even numbers down the other.   Previously they went sequentially up one side and down the other. My mother's family were at number 30 in 1925 and when I looked at the 1881 census the family were in number 25 of the same street.  Until I read about renumbering,  I thought they must have moved but  when I obtained an old plan of the street and tried numbering in both ways, number 25 using sequential numbering and number 30 using odd/even were the same house. Regards, Joy

Ann, I checked the spring 1920 Electoral Register and found the following people listed at 10 Fairlee Road, Newport ((North Ward, Part 1): Harriet Elizabeth KEMP (743 husband's occupation) Percy Hugh KEMP (745 resident) Thomas James KEMP (747 resident) The information in brackets is the alphabetical enrty number and persons qualification to vote in parliamentary elections. There may be other Electoral Registers closer to 1917 in the Record Office or Newport Library that somone on the Island could check for you. Gordon Childs ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann Ryder" <delann@southbourneway.freeserve.co.uk> To: <Isle-of-Wight@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 1:02 PM Subject: [IoW] 10 Fairlee Road, Newport > Please can anyone help? I am trying to find who was living at 10 Fairlee > Road, Newport, IOW in 1917, > > has any one a street directory for that time? > > Thank you, > > Ann > > > > > > ************************************** > You can contact the Isle of Wight List Administrator by emailing: > Isle-of-Wight-Admin@rootsweb.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ISLE-OF-WIGHT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Thank you to all who did a look up, and for the useful hints & tips. Thank you Gordon, I did look at the Record office site to see what they held in the way of Electoral Register, but you have come up with the same name I was given for the1911directory, I haven't come across this name in the family, perhaps the bride worked for him! Thank again to you all. Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gordon Childs" <gordon@childsweb.net> To: "Ann Ryder" <delann@southbourneway.freeserve.co.uk>; <Isle-of-Wight@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 9:59 AM Subject: Re: [IoW] 10 Fairlee Road, Newport > > Ann, > > I checked the spring 1920 Electoral Register and found the following > people listed at 10 Fairlee Road, Newport ((North Ward, Part 1): > > Harriet Elizabeth KEMP (743 husband's occupation) > Percy Hugh KEMP (745 resident) > Thomas James KEMP (747 resident) > > The information in brackets is the alphabetical enrty number and persons > qualification to vote in parliamentary elections. > > There may be other Electoral Registers closer to 1917 in the Record Office > or Newport Library that somone on the Island could check for you. > > Gordon Childs > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ann Ryder" <delann@southbourneway.freeserve.co.uk> > To: <Isle-of-Wight@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 1:02 PM > Subject: [IoW] 10 Fairlee Road, Newport > > >> Please can anyone help? I am trying to find who was living at 10 Fairlee >> Road, Newport, IOW in 1917, >> >> has any one a street directory for that time? >> >> Thank you, >> >> Ann >> >> >> >> >> >> ************************************** >> You can contact the Isle of Wight List Administrator by emailing: >> Isle-of-Wight-Admin@rootsweb.com >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ISLE-OF-WIGHT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > >