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26-09-13, 07:19
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It seems to me that they are starting to scrape the barrel a bit. As said, why all that on Cody if John Simpson already knew that he probably wasn't his real great grandfather? Wasn't as if it was a revelation to him. That spoiler alert of Shona's seems to say it all, I didn't read it until after the programme. Enjoyable episode entertainment wise but not much genealogy.
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26-09-13, 07:24
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This is the 1881 census entry for the King family (which was shown on the programme):
1881 census I was annoyed at all the assumptions made about Edward King, how sad it was that his wife left him and he was all alone and ill, etc. We don't know how he behaved to her!
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26-09-13, 07:32
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And this must be Lela's parents, with granddaughter Lizzie (Liese) in 1881:
1881 census Davis family 3 Brompton Road, Kensington, London John Davis Head Mar 59 Foreman Livery Stables Blackmans Yard, born Huntingdon Caroline Do Wife M 56 Tooting Surrey Lizzie King Grand Child 7 Edgware Rd London Esther Phillips Unm 20 Domestic Servant Chelsea Middx I thought they said on the programme that Lela's family owned the stables? "Foreman" sounds more as though he was employed there.
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26-09-13, 07:39
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Here are two of the children in 1891 with (presumably) Lela's sister:
1891 census 10 Gwalior Rd, Putney Caroline Sutton Head Wid 44 Dressmaker St George Hanover Sq Lizzie C Sutton Daur 14 Chelsea SW Lily C M King Niece S 17 Dressmaker Chelsea SW Vivian G King Nephew 8 Brighton Sussex
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26-09-13, 07:44
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And here is Sam Cody in 1891, apparently with his first wife:
1891 census 26 Porten Road, Hammersmith John Heanley Head M 47 Cab Driver Ireland Annie Do Wife M 51 Holland S F Cody Jun Boarder M 24 Actor & Manager USA Texas Mrs Do Do M 19 Actress Canada Toronto Mary Cooper Boarder M 20 Actress London
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26-09-13, 08:05
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The Cody family in 1901
http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/78...l=ReturnRecord 31 Catherine Street, Macclesfield Samuel Franklin Cody, Baron Hartley, head, 40, author and actor, b Texas, USA Lila Marie Cody, wife, 40, actress, b Spain, Madrid Samuel Frank Leslie Cody, son, 5, born Switzerland, Basle Last edited by Shona; 26-09-13 at 09:07.
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26-09-13, 08:07
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Some info on the Queen's Head pub. The Kings were there as far back as 1851.
http://pubshistory.com/LondonPubs/Ch...eensHead.shtml
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26-09-13, 08:14
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26-09-13, 09:07
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Humph.
Article from the Daily Telegraph from 2007, which covers much of what was in last night's episode. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/mot...n-Simpson.html Feel cheated!
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26-09-13, 09:26
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Apart from John Simpson's autobiography, there is masses of info on Samuel Cody, his first wife Maud and Lela and her family in a book titled:
A Pair of Shootists - The Wild West Story of SF Cody and Maud Lee. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=5...ed=0CDQQ6AEwBA
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