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Looking for the rich/price family

Talk about coincidence - I have finally discovered that Dolben Street was renamed that in 1911 before then it was George Street. I then searched the 1911 census for George Street - as far as I can see there are a lot of people living singly (separate census forms) at the same addresses. One or two have put lodger so I am wondering if they were like bedsits? I am still trying to find a Rochester House.
By coincidence I clicked on the wrong George street and found a Charles Edward Rich of 49 Camberwell Green.

Janice
 
A search of the 1901 census for George Street and a "walk" down it do not show a Rochester House but some "houses" eg number 51 have over 40 people listed all with different names so it suggests some kind of lodging place. In 1911 there is a similar patter but there is also a set of buildings listed as "Chester Buildings" - I wondered if this might be from Rochester?

Janice
 
I know this does not find the Rich family but Lilian Gertrude's baptism (6th June 1897 at St Saviour's Southwark) lists the address of the family as "Rochester House" and then something I cannot read.
Lilian Baptism.jpg
Janice
 
so now we have lillians baptism thank you janice.....all we need now is for someone to claim this wonderful history of the family...

lyn
 
time to bump up this thread folks...i still have all this wonderful family history waiting for someone to claim it....fingers crossed

lyn
 
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