Re: TYRER families born in London
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Re: TYRER families born in London
Debra Buchanan 6/26/05
Dear Debra
Thank you for your note.I was very interested to read about the work that is going on to link various Tyrer families.
I knew that my 4 x great grandfather Henry Tyrer had died on 5 February 1851 of asthma (8 months certified) at the age of 75 years.He was a widower, his wife Charlotte died in 1840, and his daughter Charlotte Luson Neale registered the death.I did not realise that Henry had been buried in Bunhill Fields although I know that he was linked in some way to the Luson and Hewling families who were non conformist.
I have no further information about Henry's parentage.Although he lived in Clerkenwell he was not born there and I had been planning to start looking at the parish registers for neighbouring parishes.Co-incidentally someone who knew that I was working on the Tyrer family had spotted a will for Thomas Tyrer watchmaker of St Pancras and sent me an e:mail about it last week.I have not had a chance to follow up the reference and would be grateful for any information that you can give.
One of Henry's grandsons, Henry George, was born in St Pancras, although he was baptised in St Mary's Islington in 1828. I gather from your note that Thomas was either Henry's father or uncle and this enables me to go back another generation.
I came across the name of a Thomas Tyrer quite early on in my research although I did not know how he tied into the family tree.In 1782 he patented in London something called the duplex-escapement which was used during the first 3 decades of the 19th century in high grade watches.It sounds like he may well be Henry's uncle/father.
I was very intrigued to hear about John Liston and would appreciate more details.
Henry had two sons.The elder, my 3 x greatgrandfather was a watch maker/jeweller and went to live in Liverpool around 1830.The younger, Henry John, remained in London and his occupation is shown as a book binder in the 1861 census.
I am afraid that I have received far more information from you than I am able to return.However, I think that it is more than likely that my Tyrers are linked to the other London families.
Can I help the project in anyway?I now only work three days a week and I have more free time in which to visit the London Metropolitan Archives.As mentioned I had already been thinking of doing this to help my own researches.I was planning to start with the registers for St Pancras but I can cover other parishes as well.
I shall look forward to hearing from you.
Maureen
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Re: TYRER families born in London
Debra Buchanan 6/29/05