Maybe, but I've found that there's usually more than a grain of truth in the 'legends'. David Sent from my iPod On 6 Jun 2011, at 18:54, harvieandliz <hebarker@shaw.ca> wrote: > hi, I too had an ancestor who claimed to have "Rothschild" connections..something about a christening gown loaned from Rothschilds? This ancestor did work "in service' before marriage from age 15, and has been proven to work for various noteworthies..but? me thinks MY ancestor was stretching things abit. > liz of BC Canada > > On Jun 6, 2011, at 1:54 AM, David Roberts wrote: > >> My grandmother, Anna Sarah Maria BOND was born in Acton in 1870. Her mother >> died in 1885, when she was 15. She was, in her day, a good cook, and I have >> wondered how and where she learned these skills. She said that she worked >> for the Rothschild family, but I have no more detail. She was a housekeeper >> after her first husband died in 1901, and she remarried in 1905. Perhaps it >> was during this period that she may have worked for the Rothschilds. >> >> Does anyone know whether members of the Rothschild family lived in the >> Acton/Gunnersbury/Chiswick area at that time? >> >> Any information would be much appreciated. >> >> >> David Roberts >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> This mailing list works in parallel with the London surname interest list on the web at http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/london.html . Check for matching interests and add your own ! >> >> Any problems, please contact the List Admin: LONDON-admin@rootsweb.com >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LONDON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >