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WATERMEN AND LIGHTERMEN GREENWICH, LONDON
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Valerie | Report | 5 Feb 2004 23:36 |
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Looking for any descendents of watermen and lightermen who lived in GREENWICH, LONDON. Trying to find photos of boats, CORYS shipping.Any families pictured on the river THAMES. If your grandparents or great grandparents worked for CORY'S. Then please contact me. My grandfather WILLIAM, JAMES BOWEN ( BILL )worked for this company.His boat was called the RUFUS and it had a black diamond on the funnel.He died in 1921 from an accident on the THAMES.Would like to know more about this, but I don't know who to approach.Can anyone help. Also in my family of watermen are the HARRISONS, YOUNGS, TEASLES and of course BOWENS. Please get in touch no matter how little your info is. All these families lived in the GREENWICH, DEPTFORD,CHARLTON area. |
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Sandra | Report | 6 Feb 2004 01:04 |
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Hi Valerie I image you have already checked out this site but in case you haven't I will give you the address. It has a large section dealing with Watermen & Lightermen with pictures. http://www.parishregister(.)com/aboutstp(.)html Remove brackets. I don't think I have any relatives that plied that trade but I found the site interesting Good hunting Sandra in Ontario, Canada |
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Selena in South East London | Report | 6 Feb 2004 07:08 |
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Valerie, my grandfather worked as Asst Inspector of Flood Waters at Greenwich and died in the Dreadnought Seaman's Hospital (Greenwich). I will email you more info - very exciting. Selena |
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[email protected] | Report | 6 Feb 2004 13:33 |
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hi, Valerie, just incase this thread continues, my watermen are 'Cripps' from Richmond, Surrey Jennifer in Ontario, Canada |
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