Before getting back to the Portland branch of the family for the foreseeable future, I have been sweeping up a bit with George's Cranborne clan, and trying to trace connections to legends. Reportedly, one of his brothers traveled in the U.S. with Harry Houdini, and another brother married a widow who was a nurse with Florence Nightingale. After a lot of work, I haven't come up with anything solid to report yet, but I am hoping something will connect later to all the research put in today. I finally found a list of all the nurses that were in the Crimea with F.N., without travelling to the National Archives at Kew, so I am onto something there. As for the Houdini legend - heaven knows whether there will be any mention of an Adams from England in any of the historical records, but there was absolutely nothing online. That might be a task I could interest a young relation in: reading all the books they can find on Houdini and reporting back on his traveling companions.
Significantly, I found two more siblings of George's that we did not have in the accounts from Grandma. One of them, Thomas, turns out to have been a Brewer and Beer Retailer, which will please many in the family now; and yet another Caroline has appeared, then disappeared. The last trace of her was in the 1861 census as an 18 year-old still at home. There is no marriage or death record to be found on her yet.
Significantly, I found two more siblings of George's that we did not have in the accounts from Grandma. One of them, Thomas, turns out to have been a Brewer and Beer Retailer, which will please many in the family now; and yet another Caroline has appeared, then disappeared. The last trace of her was in the 1861 census as an 18 year-old still at home. There is no marriage or death record to be found on her yet.
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