Part 2 of my brick wall surname - STREET Thomas STREET was son of William STREET and Elizabeth (notknown), born c 1727 (where?). Tom died in 1796 and had property at Knightsbridge (inherited from his father) and at New Bond Street. He married Sarah (notknown), place and date of marriage not known. Information re date of birth/place of baptism (assuming they were baptised) not known, but likely to have been in the London/Middlesex/?Surrey area, as a notice in the Evening Post following his death said he was "upwards of 40 years confectioner to the King", and I have found mention of him in "Officers of the Royal Household" in 1756 Groom of the Confectionery, and 1762 1st Yeoman of the Confectionery (from British History Online www.british-history.ac.uk/ ). While he died at his house at Knightsbridge, his will gives his address as "of St James's Palace". Both Thomas and Sarah are buried at Chiswick. I do not know how many children they had, but only four are mentioned in Thomas and Sarah's respective wills: (1) Thomas George STREET (c 1763-1845) TGS ran a newspaper in the Strand. He married at least three times: (1) Mary FROST (nee ARCHER); (2) Jane Douglas GARDINER; (3) Jane Catherine FRANKLIN. There were children from all marriages. I have a copy of his will and details of all his marriages. He is buried at Tower Hamlets. (2) Ann STREET (c 1772-1839). Ann married Richard JELLICO in 1786 at St Andrew Holborn. Neither Ann nor Richard left a will and I have details of their eight children. Richard died at Westminster in 1807 and Ann died at Lambeth and is buried there. (3) George STREET (c 1775-1826) George apparently joined the military. He married Sophia Eliza MORTON in 1799 at St Mary, Lambeth, and there appear to have been no children. George died in 1826 at Chelsea and is buried at Chiswick. (4) Sarah Jane STREET (c 1782-1830). She married (1) William EVANS (d 1807) and (2) William SIMS (d September 1830). There were children from both marriages. Sarah Jane died in January 1830 at Camberwell and is buried at Chiswick. My questions: (1) would Thomas have been likely to have served an apprenticeship as a confectioner? I haven't located his name in the online indexes (2) would Royal Archives be likely to have any information about Thomas, especially any biographical information? (3) can anyone offer any suggestions as to how I can find details of Thomas's birth/marriage/baptisms of his children ? Alison :-) Sydney Australia -----------------------------
My brick wall. I'm searching for the marriage of Richard Spall & Ann Richards in the years of 1832 to 1838,they lived in the Islington / London area.Please feel free to go offline. I've tried many surname [Spall] variations without any results. Les Australia