This letter from 1908 is an enquiry on my great-grandparents. Sophia Seaborne (Lock) kept in touch with Florence regularly. Knowing the...

Florence’s story is a long and complicated one. Her family history and what brought her to a children’s home in London (from Wales)...

Family William Seaborne was born on the 19th December 1872 in the picturesque town of Hay-On-Wye, Breconshire, Wales. William's parents,...

Joe Wade was involved at both Ladysmith and Colenso towards the end of 1899. Both were significant battles in the initial Boer offensive...

Charles ‘Percy’ Evans - Death of a Boy Soldier, Ypres, The Great War 1915

Here is a letter from Florence's employer complaining to the head of the Children's home in Bethnal Green 1907.

Here are a further series of documents regarding Florence Lock's admission to a children's home in London. The application information...

Sergeant Joe Wade in South Africa in Oct 1899 during the first weeks of the Anglo-Boer War

There is a lack of information and records on Joe Wade from his time in Ireland and his arrival in South Africa. There are probabilities...

On the 13th of September 1899 the Irish Manifesto was published and stated the following; The Government of the Transvaal being now...

In 1896 there were around 1,000 Irish living in the mining settlement of Johannesburg, including John MacBride who left Ireland in the...

In 1886 gold rich deposits at Langlaagte, Johannesburg in the Transvaal Region were uncovered leading to the Witwatersrand gold rush....

Joseph Wade was born on the 4th of August 1866 at White Hart, Stephenstown, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin.