Sydenham Town Forum

Steve , I'm glad I have been some help. Thank you for forenames you supplied and the address where Hermann lived, it is great putting real names to those mentioned in the diary From Richard Fritz Hammer’s Marriage certificate dated 24/01/1916 his father is named as Charles Richard Hammer a metal m ...

Hello, I have just been reading your post about a Julius Grim, A distant relative was Ludwig Holthusen who was a wine merchant. I found the following article in the London Gazette August 28 1894 NOTICE is hereby given, that the Partnership heretofore subsisting between us the undersigned, Julius ...

Hello Steve, Thankyou for the information and photo. The address of Ludwig Holthusen came from The Times, Wednesday, Mar 23, 1927; pg. 1; Issue 44537; col A Deaths Holthusen on March 21 1927 in a nursing home, Margarethe Holthusen, the dearly beloved wife of Ludwig Holthusen 17, Bishopsthorpe –road, ...

I was interested in this query about the German Consul as I am at the moment reading a diary written by my grandmother about her early childhood. Her name was Hilde Holthusen, she had three sisters and one brother, her parents were Ludwig and Margaretue and lived in 17 Bishopsthorpe Road, Sydenham ...