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Old 13-08-19, 12:56
crawfie crawfie is offline
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i was quite interested in the beginning of this as OH's GGF was also a tailor from Sweden who came to London sometime in the 1880's. On the 1891 census he is actually living just around the corner from Alfred Lidman. In WDYTYA talk, it is quite possible that they knew each other! However I would question the validity of the statement that Alfred worked in Savile Row. If you look at the census in that area for 1891, the majority of people have Tailor as a profession ,and also according to the Electoral Rolls for 1898 Alfred had a workshop attached to his premises - would he have needed that if he worked somewhere else? I am however envious of her finding where Alfred came from - apart from a birthplace of St Petersburg, OH's GGF is a complete mystery.
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