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Greetings.
I come in peace as a new Devonian member, looking for help and advice.
My 5th great grandfather was Charles Wilday (abt 1750-1808) , proprietor of the Shakespeare Tavern next to the New Theatre. His daughter Elizabeth married Patrick Fleischmann, a merchant from Amsterdam who was in turn my paternal 4th great grandfather.
Their son John Baptiste Fleischmann married in 1833 Mary Waddell, whose father William was proprietor of The Hen & Chickens just up the road, which makes William Waddell also my 4th great grandfather.
William married Sarah Ibberson, son of Christopher who was proprietor of the George and Blue Boar in Holborn. All of these families were connected through trade and commerce, principally as hoteliers, innkeepers, stagecoach owners, liquor merchants etc. There are quite a few other Birmingham families with close connections including the Copes, Izods, Stovins Amos and others.
Any help or advice regarding the best records to research the families would be welcome. Specifically, I think that Charles Wilday of the Shakespeare was married to a Mary Temple but I cant verify this.
Also I have very little information on William Waddells family history and predecessors. I think that he may have been the son of Thomas W and Mary Barnhard, but I cant verify this either.
Lastly the Ibbersons. I think that I am right in saying that one of his sons (possibly Henry) took over the Hen and Chickens, presumably when William Waddell died, but I have no record to prove this. Were the Ibbersons originally a Birmingham family?
Any help or clues on any of the above would be really welcome.
Finally I have in my possession various correspondence and documents which may be interest which I would be happy to share.
I attach by way of example copies of a letter sent by Elizabeth Fleischmann (Nee Wilday) to her sister Mary in 1803 at The New Hotel which by then was being run by their brother William.
I look forward to any and all clues, advice or information which may help.
Thanks in anticipation!
I come in peace as a new Devonian member, looking for help and advice.
My 5th great grandfather was Charles Wilday (abt 1750-1808) , proprietor of the Shakespeare Tavern next to the New Theatre. His daughter Elizabeth married Patrick Fleischmann, a merchant from Amsterdam who was in turn my paternal 4th great grandfather.
Their son John Baptiste Fleischmann married in 1833 Mary Waddell, whose father William was proprietor of The Hen & Chickens just up the road, which makes William Waddell also my 4th great grandfather.
William married Sarah Ibberson, son of Christopher who was proprietor of the George and Blue Boar in Holborn. All of these families were connected through trade and commerce, principally as hoteliers, innkeepers, stagecoach owners, liquor merchants etc. There are quite a few other Birmingham families with close connections including the Copes, Izods, Stovins Amos and others.
Any help or advice regarding the best records to research the families would be welcome. Specifically, I think that Charles Wilday of the Shakespeare was married to a Mary Temple but I cant verify this.
Also I have very little information on William Waddells family history and predecessors. I think that he may have been the son of Thomas W and Mary Barnhard, but I cant verify this either.
Lastly the Ibbersons. I think that I am right in saying that one of his sons (possibly Henry) took over the Hen and Chickens, presumably when William Waddell died, but I have no record to prove this. Were the Ibbersons originally a Birmingham family?
Any help or clues on any of the above would be really welcome.
Finally I have in my possession various correspondence and documents which may be interest which I would be happy to share.
I attach by way of example copies of a letter sent by Elizabeth Fleischmann (Nee Wilday) to her sister Mary in 1803 at The New Hotel which by then was being run by their brother William.
I look forward to any and all clues, advice or information which may help.
Thanks in anticipation!