Conferences
West Middlesex FHS One Day Family History Event 2011
Our next one day event will take place at St Mary's Church Hall, Twickenham on
Saturday 24 September 2011, from 10.00 am to 4.30 pm. Entitled
Hatched, Matched and Despatched: Presenting the traditional customs of life and death in Victorian times, it will feature some well-known
faces from the world of family history, with a series of talks on the themes of birth, marriage and death in the 19th century.
| 9.30 am - 10.00 am | Registration |
| 10.00 am - 11.00 am | Queen Victoria's Kids - Ian Waller |
| 11.00 am - 11.30 am | Coffee/Tea |
| 11.30 am - 12.30 pm | The Foundling Hospital - John Caldicott |
| 12.30 pm - 2.00 pm | Lunch |
| 2.00 pm - 3.00 pm | Happy Ever After! - Ian Waller |
| 3.00 pm - 3.30 pm | Tea/Coffee |
| 3.30 pm - 4.30 pm | Undertaking the Inevitable - Dawn Trigg and Ian Smith |
Tickets for the day cost £10 and can be obtained by sending a cheque (payable to West Middlesex Family History Society) and a stamped,
addressed envelope to :
Mrs K.A. Dudman, 119 Coldershaw Road, Ealing, London W13 9DU
Lectures
Queen Victoria's Kids - Ian Waller
With the advent of Victoria's reign came the start of birth registration. Throughout the period although registering a birth was compulsory we
cannot always find them! Some were even fraudulent. Birth customs and cultures varied between the social classes of the time. Was the child ever
born????
The Foundling Hospital - John Caldicott
Established by Captain Thomas Coram in 1739, the Foundling Hospital was the first charitable institution in Britain for the maintenance and education
of abandoned and destitute babies and children. The cholera epdiemic, the industrial revolution and housing clearance for the railways further increased
poverty and destitution and an even greater need for the hospital right through the 19th century.
Happy Ever After! - Ian Waller
Marriage in the Victorian period was often more of a 'career move' than a romantic interlude. Many traditions existed depending upon social class
and many customs still remain today. Breakdowns were frequent and the consequences many. Was marriage always happy? I don't think so.
Undertaking the Inevitable - Dawn Trigg and Ian Smith
The company of Frederick W. Paine, Funeral Directors and Memorial Consultants was founded in 1884 and has a fascinating museum in Kingston
opposite the leaning telephone boxes. Dawn and Ian will take you through the life (or should it be death?) of an undertaker. Looking at types of
coffins, the furniture, gravestones and angels, horses, hearses and black plumes, motors and limousines, cremation, ceremony and top hats.
Styles may change but the ending is always in
Image left shows Eric Probert speaking at the 2009 Conference.
Previous one-day conferences held by the Society were:
Lateral Thinking - Another Angle 26 September 2009
Family History: Past, Present and Future 29 September 2007
The Poor Are Always With Us 10 September 2005
We seek 'em here, we seek 'em there 13 September 2003