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Calling All Brits!!
Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 1:58 am
by Fist and Faith
My wife was looking up my father's geneology, and a great-great... was born in Southwark, Surrey, England, in 1615. Ralph Chapman. Anybody from that area?
Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 4:53 am
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I would love to hear you pronounce Southwark Fist.
Well, these days it's just a borough of London. In 1615 it was a town on the opposite bank of the Thames, at the south end of London bridge.
I've been there, although it was pretty industrial at the time. Apparently the area is undergoing some renovation these days.
--A
Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 8:33 am
by Iolanthe
Really? Where'd she find him then? Not on Ancestry - no baptism as far as I can see. Pronounced "Suthak" by the way. The "ak" not pronounced as in "at" mind, more like you would pronounce "uh?" Like Southwell in Nottinghamshire that is pronounced "Suthll". At one time that side of the river was one big bawdy house. Could be the inspiration for The Shades in TP's books. I have interests in Southwark, but not until the 1750s. And, I came here to get away from genealogy!
Edited to add: Fist, Alogy, not Ology by the way.
Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 10:53 am
by Fist and Faith
You know, I had Alogy first, but thought it looked wrong, and changed it to Ology.
Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 4:13 pm
by Iolanthe
Fist and Faith wrote:You know, I had Alogy first, but thought it looked wrong, and changed it to Ology.
I'll believe you, thousands wouldnt.
Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 6:26 pm
by Fist and Faith
Because biology, psychology, sociology, zoology, astrology, numerology, cosmology,,, Genealogy??? Heh. Must've been an American invented that word.
Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2013 5:40 am
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Iolanthe wrote:At one time that side of the river was one big bawdy house.
Largely controlled by the church IIRC.
--A