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My Gt-Grandfather William YOUNG was a policeman for over 25 yrs, in the
main guarding the main entrance of The British Museum, his wife Sarah (nee
Ixer) bore him six children, five of which survived. Her youngest Ellen aka
Nell b,1883 was brought up by an aunt due to Sarah's "Ilness" as it was
called.
Sarah aka "The Old Dutch" from "The Old Kent Rd" was a needlewoman or
dressmaker who spent many years in Workhouses & Leavesden Asylum with an
affliction akin to Alzheimers/Lunacy if family folklore is to be believed.
She would disappear for hours or days at a time, returning home with a
complete stranger in tow, many of whom were purported to be sailors or cab
drivers.
She died 1st June 1908 at Leavesden.
Her husband William retired to his sister's place in Suffolk in 1893 & was
killed falling from a speeding pony & trap in Nov 1901.
My mother, an inveterate hoarder died in 2002, it has taken me 6 yrs to
finally look at everything passed down to me. A large collection of books,
many on witchcraft & victorian herbal remedies included a bible carrying an
inscription dated 1887 by Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press Warehouse,
Amen Corner.
At the rear, between maps of Roman Empire & Travels of St Paul is a feint
message in pencil which I have trancribed thus:
"Dearest Will,
Forgive me. You were right.
Warren knew Netley tricked those poor souls for his physicke.
I may be next. I should have done for him in the riots.
Love to Nell
Sarah"
Would you like a copy of the scan?
Regards,
P F Young
main guarding the main entrance of The British Museum, his wife Sarah (nee
Ixer) bore him six children, five of which survived. Her youngest Ellen aka
Nell b,1883 was brought up by an aunt due to Sarah's "Ilness" as it was
called.
Sarah aka "The Old Dutch" from "The Old Kent Rd" was a needlewoman or
dressmaker who spent many years in Workhouses & Leavesden Asylum with an
affliction akin to Alzheimers/Lunacy if family folklore is to be believed.
She would disappear for hours or days at a time, returning home with a
complete stranger in tow, many of whom were purported to be sailors or cab
drivers.
She died 1st June 1908 at Leavesden.
Her husband William retired to his sister's place in Suffolk in 1893 & was
killed falling from a speeding pony & trap in Nov 1901.
My mother, an inveterate hoarder died in 2002, it has taken me 6 yrs to
finally look at everything passed down to me. A large collection of books,
many on witchcraft & victorian herbal remedies included a bible carrying an
inscription dated 1887 by Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press Warehouse,
Amen Corner.
At the rear, between maps of Roman Empire & Travels of St Paul is a feint
message in pencil which I have trancribed thus:
"Dearest Will,
Forgive me. You were right.
Warren knew Netley tricked those poor souls for his physicke.
I may be next. I should have done for him in the riots.
Love to Nell
Sarah"
Would you like a copy of the scan?
Regards,
P F Young
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