Comments on: Gadsdons of Brushfield St

By: JOHN GADSDON

JOHN GADSDON — Tue, 06 Mar 2018 14:07:17 +0000

Im a Gadsdon and my family are out of Hoxton , My Dad’s name is John Gadsdon and his dad was John Gadsdon . I have a uncle Richard Gadsdon , My late Uncle was George Gadsdon.

When I was young we lived in wellington way Bow .

But moved to Hoxton in about 1978

By: Derek O'Neil

Derek O'Neil — Sat, 29 Oct 2016 20:50:42 +0000

I have just discovered Peter Gadsdon’s article and I was wondering if I might be related to him. My mother was a Gadsdon and her father’s name was Robert. They lived at 97 Wellington Row, Bethnal Green, a second cousin still lives at that address. I live in Halifax, Nova Scotia and have met a Gadsdon here who was Scottish.

By: Judy Buckley

Judy Buckley — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 19:31:00 +0000

I was looking at your site to learn about the silk workers in Spitalfields because I am descended from Andrew Sollicoffre from St Gallen in Switzerland who was described as a Dyer in 1754 and a Mariner in 1758, but died before his 16 year old son was apprenticed to a Cabinet Maker in 1774.

They lived in Spitalfields and my 5xgt grandmother Judith Esther Sollicoffre gave birth to her babies at the Lying in Hospital in Holborn. The girl born in 1754 was my 4xgt grandmother who married Robert Overton in 1780.

I has taken me years of research to uncover this much, but scans of the manuscript records of the lying in hospital can now be seen on Ancestry!

Now I shall be watching your Spitalfields website for mention of any Swiss residents in the eighteenth century. I am also wondering what connection (if any) there was between silk workers and William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland, who was the President of the Lying In Hospital. I know he had a Swiss tutor, who stayed in his home after he grew up, but I’d love to now why he (and his duchess) recommended my ancestor to the hospital, where she had her keep and delivery free of any charges.

By: Jill Hickmott

Jill Hickmott — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 20:53:56 +0000

Hi Peter.
I’ve learnt so much more about the roots of the Gadsdon family by reading your great article
Joseph George Gadsdon( b1850 – d1903) Cabinet Maker from Bethnal Green was my Great Grandfather. The NZ Peter Gadsdon is my second cousin. I have in my possession a photograph of a Victorian advertising poster relating to the Coach Builders in Brushfield Street.
I was very interested to see the photograph of the Trade Journal My husband is decended from Brown Bros of Great Eastern Steet, they produced a similar Trade Journal for their cars and bicycles about 1900.
I will certainly make a visit to Crispin Street, when I am next in the East End. My cousin lives in Wellington Row in the house that Robert and Caroline Gadsdon brought up their 15 + children in the early 1900’s

By: Peter Holforfd

Peter Holforfd — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 20:08:35 +0000

Makes you wonder how many descendants of Spitalfields silk weavers there are. Like Peter I had no idea that my ancestors were among them until doing the family history. Another great article.

By: Bob Carey

Bob Carey — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 16:03:29 +0000

Excellent article! I look forward to my daily Spitalfields Life. I hope to visit the area next year to learn more of my Huguenot family, mostly silk weavers and my Carey line who were umbrella makers. Keep up the good work!

By: Grantshire

Grantshire — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 09:10:30 +0000

I really enjoyed this article – family history and local history rolled into one, as it should be!