Fanny Peters was born in 1864 in the small town of Storrington, Sussex. She moved to Bedford in 1890 to take up the parlour maid position to Lady Elizabeth Howard and her husband, Sir Frederick...
Rowland was born on 2nd March 1822 in Bedford and was one of the eight children of Joseph Hill and Susanna née Woodward. Susanna and Joseph were married on 26th November 1804 at St. Paul’s...
John Miller, the eldest son of Joseph, a stonemason, and Ann, was born in Woburn in 1790. He was christened at the Old Church of Saint Mary, Woburn, on 12th December 1790. John and his...
The Rev. John Robert Turing was born in 1826 in Java. His christening took place on 29 January 1826 at Macao, China. He was the son of John Robert Turing of Rotterdam and Jean Stewart...
The Rev. Edward Porter was born on the 19th July 1810 at Sherborne, Dorset, and was one of the six sons of Benjamin Coombs Porter, a grocer (1782-1816) and Rebecca, née Long (1772-1821). By the...
Antonio Tacchi was born in 1784 at Bellagio on Lake Como, Lombardy in northern Italy. He was probably one of the many Italians who migrated to England in the early 1800s. Antonio settled in Bedford...
William Blower was born in 1802 at Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire, and was the son of Mary (1772-1835) and Samuel Blower (1777-1844).Samuel ran his own business as a lace dealer. From a young age William enjoyed...
Richard Clarabut and his brother, Alfred Bouchier Clarabut were two of the eight children of John Stone Clarabut and Mary Blaxland (née Love). John and Mary were both born at Sandwich, Kent and were married...
William and Emma were born at Litchurch, Derbyshire. William lived at 106 High Street and Emma lived at 71 Nelson Street. They both went to St. Andrew’s School, Litchurch. It is most likely that William...
John James Chapman was born on the 10th January 1790 at Hungerford, Berkshire. He was the son of Captain Thomas Chapman and Mary (née Lowndes). Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries John James Chapman’s ancestors...