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Has anybody any ideas? Axbridge, Somerset c1813
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Sue | Report | 13 Aug 2005 16:07 |
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Sue | Report | 13 Aug 2005 16:08 |
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I have just found (online) a reference to my 4 x great grandfather, George TIVERS, transcribed from the Salisbury and Winchester Journal dated 9 August 1813. ' Lately died after a short illness, Mr George Tivers, master of a respectable academy at Axbridge, Somerset'. Would you think this meant he was a schoolmaster? Does anyone have any local knowledge as to where this 'respectable academy' might be/have been? The only school I can find in Axbridge by Googling is Axbridge First School. From the photo on their website it looks as though the building could be old enough. Any ideas where I can go from here to find out more? Sue xx |
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Merry | Report | 13 Aug 2005 16:44 |
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I looked at the photo too and I'm dubious that it's old enough, but you could email the school and ask! I think ''respectable acadamy'' would refer to a small school set up (possibly in his own home) for the middle classes. Definitely NOT for the working class children in the area!! Probably it would be for boys only, as you wouldn't have had a man teaching girls usually. ''respectable'' = euphamism for middle class!! ''acadamy'' = school, but not charity school or national school etc etc as those would be for the working classes. Your best bet might be to contact Axbridge library and find out about any books on the local history of the town, as a start point. Good Luck Merry |
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Sue | Report | 13 Aug 2005 18:28 |
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Thanks for your suggestions Merry. I hadn't thought about the library! I was so shocked to see his name when I googled, it must have been added recently. I have found his widow's will on Documents on Line and a mention of her in the A2A site. I think I will send for her will - she is the only family member who's listed on there. Maybe there was money in the family then (certainly isn't now!) - I wonder where it went! Perhaps it was George's school and run in their house - oh for a census of 1811! LOL Sue xx |
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