I got the wrong decade in my posting below. The "school" would have been operating in the early to mid 1860's. Ellen Fletcher was widowed in 1861. Sincere apologies if I have confused or inconvenienced anyone. regards, Norman Jessup Sydney -------- Original Message -------- Subject: "School" in Camden Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2010 15:16:11 +1000 From: Norman Jessup <njessup@tpg.com.au> To: Middlesex_County_UK@rootsweb.com Apologies I wonder if someone with access to a trades directory or suchlike could help me with a brick wall. I'm trying to confirm that an Ellen Fletcher ran a "school' at 49 College Street West (now part of College Place), Camden, in the early or mid 1850s. She was widowed in 1851 and a newspaper report 1867 tells of a widowed Mrs Fletcher acting as informal foster parent of a small boy belonging to an unmarried couple nearby. They used the name Redpath or Redmayne. The report concerns a magistrates hearing brought by Mrs Fletcher complaining that the agreed maintenance payments have not been honoured. Mrs Fletcher says she was running a school at the time. The boy is possibly my GG-Grandfather (later know as Thomas Redmayne) but I cannot identify him in either the 1861 or 1871 census returns. Thanks and regards Norman Jessup