Who When Where

Some of the Admission entries I saw noted "Has a bad leg". At first I thought it said "He's a bad egg".

I thought I'd located an ancestor in the Mint Street Register on Ancestry. This register is a goldmine for anyone with an ancestor in this workhouse. In many cases the Admission notes for each inmate contain home addresses, occupation, martial status, and specific reason for admission. The notes als...

I think the last time Ancestry/Fold3 offered free access was Memorial Day weekend 2021. That was Ancestry.com (not Ancestry UK).

jonwarrn wrote: ↑08 Nov 2023, 08:34 Is there a birth reg for him in London?

Given his aunt's maiden name was Murray this looks like a possibility:

Births Dec 1892
Islington
Henry Murray
1b See D/50

I have experience with lengthy CEF records, so I know right where to go for the "good" stuff.

Norfolk Nan will be interested in card image #619 -- the Assigned Pay card. Payable To Whom: Mrs C Lee, 110 Alexandria Road, Upper Holloway, North London. Rate: $20 So it looks like his family relationship is to John Lee's wife Caroline. That would make sense, as an Islington workhouse record listed...

The 33rd Battalion recruited and was mobilized in London, Ontario.

Did he definitely enlist in London (England), or could it have been London, Ontario? What CEF regiment did he enlist with?

My friend has a 2 x great-uncle from Blackburn who emigrated to the USA in 1910. During WW1 he enlisted with the CEF...in London, Ontario.

Perhaps focus on additional newspaper reports (1881 onwards) to add to the John Lee factual timeline. Disregard that LT article, if I were you. The report below sadly concerns a fatality. John Lee, driver of the omnibus, hit an elderly lady who died. John Lee gives his evidence at the Islington Coro...

He was probably born in Ireland - and baptised or registered under his unmarried mother's maiden name. Whatever name that might be. Another mystery for you to solve. Ireland civil registration for births didn't begin until 1864. So depending on his birth year, you could be looking at either Church o...