https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/02/10/another-favourite-blog/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Thu, 16 Feb 2023 13:19:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/02/10/another-favourite-blog/#comment-1501792 Thu, 16 Feb 2023 13:19:05 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=194702#comment-1501792 Thank you GA, my great grandfather was born at an address in Bermondsey Street and his mother, Elizabeth Russell who was a widow, had a greengrocery stall in the market in the street. Great grandfather was illegitimate as his mother,as a widow, had a fling with a shipwright, Samuel Denton, who was much younger than her but, luckily for me, he did go with her to register the birth of the baby so I know who he was. My great grandfather became known by both of his parent’s names, Samuel Denton Russell and the name of the shipwright was also part of my father’s name so, although I always thought my family name was Russell I have discovered that it never was which is a very strange feeling. Genealogy can be very complicated at times and what our ancestors told us about themselves can be extremely misleading !!

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