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According to various census's from c1800 to c1900 all the 'Lara' men in the family were undertakers. They all came from and lived in east london mainly stepney area. Although it looks like a family business being handed down, I don't know the name of the business or exactly where it was, and it's driving me crazy!!!
The 1st one i can find listed as an undertaker is Phineas Lara c1798, then Joseph Lara c1826 & Daniel Lara c1827, then Phineas Lara c1849 any help would be appreciated

Jonesey, thank you i will

had a look at that site but to no avail, but thanks anyway

Hi,

Hope you won't mind me saying this but 'historical directories' is a very useful site, BUT, if you have not used it before - 29 minutes will not be enough time to explore.

The site is quite slow but, as I said before, very useful.

It takes quite a time to find your way around it and the images come up slowly - give it another go and I am sure you will come up with something useful

Dea x

Hi Christie,

Just had a quick look on 'Historical Directories' site and the 1882 Post Office - Part 2 -
Commercial + Professional Directory gave me a Lara, Jane Caroline (Mrs) - Undertaker. - note said "See Liquorish + Lara".

I searched through again and found "Liquorish + Lara" , Undertakers at 466 Kingsland Road. E.

I then looked for them on 1881 census and came up with this:

RG number: RG11 Piece: 292 Folio: 109 Page: 26


Reg. District: Hackney Sub District: West Hackney
Parish: Hackney Enum. District:
Ecclesiastical District: City/Municipal Borough:

Address: 466, Kingsland Rd, Hackney County: Middlesex


Name Relation Sex Age Birth
Year Occupation, Where Born

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LARA, Jane C Head F 53 1828 Undertaker Huntingdon
Huntingdonshire
LIQUORISH, Frederick T Son M 34 1847 Undertaker Kingsland
Middlesex
LIQUORISH, Caroline E Daughter F 34 1847 Holborn
Middlesex
LIQUORISH, Florence E Grand Daughter F 2 1879 Kingsland
Middlesex

..................

Haven't time to look further but if I have the correct one, you now have the name and location of the 'family business'

Perhaps you already have some of these names to prove the connection?

Dea x

Yes........... Jane Caroline is in fact the widow of Phineas c 1798 - she was 30 years his junior !!!

On the 1881 - Frederick is, in fact her son-in-law, married to her daughter Caroline Emily.

These are the marriage details if you do not already have them:


Marriages Sep 1857 (>99%)
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Johnson Sarah W London 1c 127
****Lara Phineas Joseph W London 1c 127
Lara Thomas Joseph W London 1c 127
****Paull Jane Caroline W. London 1c 127
Ridley James W London 1c 127

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Marriages Dec 1877 (>99%)
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Bulgin Job Hackney 1b 773
CHANDLER Amelia Tamer Hackney 1b 773
****Liquorish Frederick Thomas Hackney 1b 773
****Paull Caroline Emily Hackney 1b 773

Dea x

Hi Christie,

I see you have read the info - what do you think??

Dea x

bump for feedback please!

Dea x

Dea, what can i say your brilliant!!!!!
As i said in my pm im really confused as to who's who now and will have to start again as i have the right people but obviously not with the right partners. I may well need further help with who actually married who as some of the males seem to have had a few wives.

Christie,

I will be going off-line soon but you are very welcome to any help i can give.

I will be on-line again tomorrow!!!

Dea x

Hi Dea, Right here goes, from my gt gt grandad Daniel Lara c1827-1905 things start to go wrong i know he married edith beard and they had my gt grandad Albert 1882. Now with the new info i have i just dont no where i have gone wrong

Do you have his marriage cert -If so - please post ALL the details.

I will look again in the morning.

Dea x

Hi Jonesey, Yes thats what i have, i could'nt find siblings for the 1st marriage but have george, louisa & albert (my gt grandad) for the 2nd marriage

so far so good i have phineas with sarah mendes but i also have a jane blunsum with him

thank you jonesey for that info, i will work through it, i still cant find the marriage for phineas lara and jane blunsum?

Which Phineas is this ?? born c when??

Dea x

hi dea, 1798

ah i see so the child she had with paull must have married a liquorish and thats where the liquorish/lara undertakers occurrs

thank you both for the info i thought i was going mad

oh dear, i know nothing about a thomas joseph lara