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Tag: Banfield

What’s in a name

Julia Lane? (c.1840–1925): Illiterate but resilient, she rose from famine-era Ireland to hardship in London, through her inner strength and determination

Natalie Mayhew 🌐 Migration & Emigration, πŸ” Mysteries & Brick Walls, England, Ireland, Poverty, Hardship & Resilience, Women's Lives April 20, 2025June 24, 2026 17 Minutes

Smokes, skies, and simple pleasures

Black and white photo of an elderly bricklayer at work

Charlie Mayhew (1902-1969) one man's quest to escape the mundane confines of a working-class life

Natalie Mayhew England, Poverty, Hardship & Resilience February 29, 2024June 24, 2026 14 Minutes

He Answered the Call

Alfred John Payne (1899-1916) He was a son, a brother, and an underage soldier of WW1

Natalie Mayhew Childhood & Family Life, Continental Europe, πŸ‘₯ Beyond the Family Tree, England, First World War July 16, 2022June 24, 2026 8 Minutes

The Tooting years

Postcard image of a man with two young boys walking along a seaside promenade in 1936

Peter Mayhew (1929-1980): an unconventional family history begins in 20th century Tooting

Natalie Mayhew Childhood & Family Life, England, Second World War December 30, 2021June 24, 2026 6 Minutes

Funny Where Life Took Them
Some of the surnames on this site β€” click one to find stories behind it

Bailey Baker Banfield Banfield aka Wackrill Barrett Baynes Booth Bovill Bowes-Lyon Brevoort Bristow Brock Carson Chaldecott Collingwood Conway-Gordon Coolidge Cooper Cotton Courtauld Daley Dibben Dowman Down Earle Finch Fitzgerald Gordon Hall Harvey Hill Irving Kirby Krug Lane? Levens Mayhew Mayo Napier Obee Payne Poulton Rose Saumarez Sheldrake Todd Twohey Wackrill Whetten

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