Dear Clifford, Thank you for your email. I am writing off list because, I suppose, my query about Ernest and Cuthbert Vaux is a little unusual. On the website "Sunderland Soldiers" Ernest gives his place of education as "The college for the blind sons of Gentlemen" which was, and still is, in Worcester, though its name has changed. Indeed, he is shown as being at the school, aged 16 in the 1881 Census, and he is listed (although with only the initial E) in the list of students who went to the College. The entry above him is "Vaux, C.), and I believe this to be Cuthbert, but have no proof. My interest, as the College they went to is celebrating its 150th anniversary next year, is to try to discover why they went to the College. The co-founder and first Headmaster was a Robert Hugh Blair who came from Co. Durham, and the second headmaster, Samuel Strong Forster, came from Durham City, where his mother was a spirit merchant. In the first twenty years of the College, sighted boys were encouraged to have their education there for two reasons: First, as Braille had not been adopted as the best medium for blind people, and there were as many as sixteen different forms of embossed type which were available (but only Braille could be written as well as read), and remarkably few books were available in any of the formats, sighted youngsters were needed to help the blind students. Secondly, much of the pressure of guiding and other ways that blind people needed some sight available to make life more interesting. So my reason for posing the problem was to try and ascertain whether it was Ernest's brother, Cuthbert, who went to the school, and which of the links was the reason for their going to a school so far away from their home. Sorry to have gone on a bit, but I hope it is not uninteresting. David Scott. -----Original Message----- From: CliffordAlls via - Email Address: northumbria@rootsweb.com Sent On: 22/03/2015 00:29 Sent To: northumbria@rootsweb.com - Email Address: northumbria@rootsweb.com subject: Re: [NMB] Cuthbert and Ernest Vaux There is a mass of information about the VAUX family at http://ghgraham.org/cuthbertvaux1813.html This is a free genealogical site run by a man in Florida called George Graham. You can browse the family structure by using the hyperlinks there and by reference to the site index. This site began when George was inspired by his connection to the THOMPSON shipbuilding family on the Wear. It has expanded far beyond that now but at its core is a marvellous resource for Northumbrian genealogy. George welcomes pictures, so if anyone has some to share with him I am sure he would be delighted. His contact details are on the home page. Clifford Allison. .. Please quote the minimum necessary to put your reply on context. Please introduce yourself at the top of every post. The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message