First an apology to email subscribers of this blog. About a week ago you’ll all have received an unfinished and inaccurate version of this post. I clicked ‘Print’ instead of ‘Preview’ and Whoops…….unfortunately the deed was done! I deleted the … Continue reading
Here’s a very quick post – something I’ve just ‘woken up’ to! I’d just started work on the first of my ‘Mecham family’ blogs when I suddenly realised something glaringly obvious about Fanny Yates that hadn’t dawned on me before. … Continue reading
Click here for ‘The story of Frances (Fanny) Harriet Yates and her family – Part 1‘ For those who’ve already read Part 1 of Fanny’s Story, the next few paragraphs provide background family events that occurred between the censuses of … Continue reading
Just in case Frances Harriet Yates really is my great great grandmother, I’d like to run through her family’s story one more time. This blog has so far focused on providing evidence – certificates, records etc. posted to prove the … Continue reading
In my last post I promised my next job was to retell just the simple story of Frances (Fanny) Harriet Yates and her family without the distraction of evidence being presented all the time. I thought it would be an … Continue reading
I eventually found a Fanny Yates with a connection to my family living in Manor Street, Chelsea in 1861. Would I be able to find records of her parents, her family and perhaps her Will, or anything that would further … Continue reading
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![Samuel Mecham Freedom of the City 1769 Source Citation: London Metropolitan Archive; Reference Number: COL/CHD/FR/02/1036-1042. Source Information: Ancestry.com. London, England, Freedom of the City Admission Papers, 1681-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Freedom admissions papers, 1681 – 1925. London, England: London Metropolitan Archives. COL/CHD/FR/02.](https://fannysfamily.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/samuel-mecham-f-o-city.jpg "Samuel Mecham Freedom of the City Admission 1769")
Samuel Mecham Freedom of the City Admission 1769
![George Mecham Freedom of the City Admission 1760. Source Citation: London Metropolitan Archive; Reference Number: COL/CHD/FR/02/0955-0962. Source Information: Ancestry.com. London, England, Freedom of the City Admission Papers, 1681-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Freedom admissions papers, 1681 – 1925. London, England: London Metropolitan Archives. COL/CHD/FR/02.](https://fannysfamily.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/george-mecham-freedom-of-the-city.jpg "George Mecham Freedom of the City Admission 1760")
George Mecham Freedom of the City Admission 1760
Priscilla Jane Yates née Mecham
E C Yates Birth Certificate
Great Aunt Connie's Wedding Day
Marriage Certificate of Edward Cavendish Yates & Priscilla Jane Mecham 1873
Frances Harriet Yates Baptism Record 1828
1841 England Census for Fanny Yates. St Giles in the Field.
1851 England Census for Fanny Yates. Middlesex, Chelsea South
1861 England Census for Fanny Yates. Middlesex, Chelsea South
1871 England Census for Fanny Yates. London, Chelsea South
1881 England Census for Fanny Yates. London, Chelsea South
1891 England Census for Fanny Yates. London, Chelsea South
Frances Harriett Yates Probate Record 1892
Cordwainer statue by Alma Boyes on Watling Street, City of London. Photo by Oxyman. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordwainer
Baptism of the Yates family from 1810 - 1815
George and Sophia Yates Marriage 1809
