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  1. EmmaB84

    Severalls Mental Hospital, Colchester

    Hi, i'm not sure where to post this as it's also about surnames not just the facility. Alfred Cecil Palmer (my great granduncle) was a Staff Sergeant major. In 1909 at age 29 he married a 17 year old Polly Eveline Reynolds. In 1939, I found that Polly E Palmer in Severalls Mental Hospital...
  2. EmmaB84

    Wakeling Birmingham silversmiths

    Hi, Would there be any way of finding what company or companies my ancestor worked in? It said he was a pencil case maker (gilt) in the silversmith industry. (3rd great granduncle) Alfred Wakeling, born in Birmingham 1863-1914. It seems the Wakelings all stayed in the same area and are buried...
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