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[grangers14]

What numbers did you try?
Jo:)

[SRD]

What numbers did you try?
Jo:)

I can't remember, I just googled the name of the solicitors and tried the numbers that came up.

[grangers14]

When I looked I came across this

McQuillan Glasser & Waughman, 53 Quarry Street, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, ML3 7AH.
01698 200159

[SRD]

Thanks, although I think 'taking the High Road' might be a step too far. I did intend to contact other solicitors in Hitchin to see if they knew what had happened to Howe & Rake but you know what it is about the road to Hell....

[rosieb]

I have a Barralet family tree going back to the artist John James Barralet (1747-1815) and am very interested in all this fantastic information you've found. Are you Barralets? We had a 'Barralet Bash' in 2004 (and again in 2005 and 2007), when about 60 of us got together to meet long-lost cousins. Of the four brothers in the 19th century: John James III, Joseph, William and Thomas - my branch of the family is descended from William Barralet (1826-1914). We have quite a lot of info on the 4 brothers. Would be very interested to know where you fit in to our tree!

[SRD]

Hi rosieb: It's my wife who has Barralets in her family tree, her paternal grandmother was Lydia Grace Barralet. The info you see on this thread is pretty much all we know. We don't actually hold any original documentation (or copies of) just have info gleaned from various free sites as well as that supplied by the Staffies here. If you think you can link into the Joseph who we think was Lydia Grace's father and who appears (from later census records) to have been born in 1825 in Bethnal Green, then I'm sure my wife would be interested in knowing some more about the deeper recesses of her family. If that's Ok I'll PM my email address to you.

[rosieb]

I've checked our tree and have found a Grace Barralet (b 1874), daughter of Minnie Hanson and Joseph Barralet (1824-93)(older brother of William). According to our tree, Grace married EE Shorter and they had 2 children, Ivy and Donovan. Presumably one of those is a parent of your wife? My great aunt, Kitty Barralet, married Arthur Shorter. (I think he might have been EE's brother.) My parents concentrated just on the 'Barralet' name, so I have no further details of Ivy and Donovan's descendants.
My parents researched the tree when they retired in the late 80s and I've now computerised it with Family Tree Maker. We have a great deal of information, but cannot get further back than Joseph and William's grandfather, John James Barralet, who was a French-speaking watercolourist (probably Huguenot - there is much evidence for this), born in Dublin. He went to London, later returned to Dublin, then emigrated to Philadelphia, where he died in 1815. I'm now trying to research the French connection and have found a Martin Barralet (1608-1648) and his descendants - all born in Carpentras, France - but still can't find the elusive link with John James.

[rosieb]

Sorry SRD - just re-read your post. Fine to e-mail me. Interesting to find connection with our tree on this site!
We have lots of interesting information about the 4 brothers! Since our 2004 Barralet Bash, I've stayed in touch with several cousins who we'd never met before. I'm trying to keep the tree up-to-date, and am always grateful to have news of births, marriages and deaths, together with any interesting 'notes' that people would like to have recorded for future generations.

[SRD]

Indexed as William,
BARRALET Minnie of 88 Oakfield Rd, West Croydon, Surrey. Widow died 8 March 1921. Probate London 6 April to Kate Hanson Barralet spinster. Effects £833 9s.

Does that entry give an age for Minnie?

[Jimmy]

There is no age on that entry, but from Freebmd,

Deaths Mar 1921.
Barralet Minnie. 76. Croydon. 2a. 392.

[SRD]

Thanks Jimmy. I'm trying to pin Minnie down, firstly I'm starting off by trying to line up all of the Hanson females, with their births registered in the City of London in 1845, and seeing if I can tie them up with other census and register results in the hope that one of them will 'go missing' and thus provide a possible link to the Barralets.

The Barralets seem to have a penchant for nicknames so Minnie may have been any one of the dozen or so eligible females.

If it transpires that the 1881 census is accurate and that she was actually born 20 years earlier in Mile End I'm more stuck as FreeBMD doesn't carry birth info that early.

[SRD]

Thanks Jimmy, sorry to have been so thick, you've been very patient.

If it's Ok with rosieb this can be archived

[SRD]

No response from rosieb but I think we've sorted this one. Thanks everyone.

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