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My brother is the last of this Touchard branch and as he does not have a son my thoughts turned to the future of our family name. This lead me to wonder about the past, the history of our family name. </div> <div> My father was the youngest son of George TOUCHARD and Caroline FORSBREY, born in Shoreditch, <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id38.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="LondonChurches"><U><U>London </U></U></A></FONT>- March 31, 1913. He enlisted in the Navy during World War II and met my mother when his ship docked in Immingham, Lincolnshire. After the war he married and decided he liked Lincolnshire, so they settled in my mother's home town and raised a family. </div> <div> Due to the geographical distances and poor communications after the war, our Lincolnshire family had little to do with the London based family and so my extended family has always been a mystery to me.... When a little girl I would sometimes stay with my dad's two sisters for brief vacations in London, I met my immediate uncle and cousins but did not learn much about the family. My father unfortunately died suddenly from a heart attack in 1971 and I was busy raising my son, moving around the country with my husband. </div> <div> Nowadays I have more leisure to delve into the family past and I has been wonderful to discover I have family members living in England. I have also discovered TOUCHARDS all over the globe and contacted one or two Hopefully that number will grow. </div> <div> So in this section of the TOUCHARD webpage I will share, with those interested, my personal research. This will need constant updating as I learn more and more, especially starting with knowing so little.... </div> <div> I began with the Latter Day Saints database, my mom kindly visited the local Morman Church in Grimsby, Lincolnshire. My mother found: George TOUCHARD married to Caroline Jane FORSBREY at the Parish Church of Saint Jude, Bethnal Green on January 18, 1900. He was 25, batchelor, occupation Tobacconist. They had the following children: </div> <div> Louisa Caroline [Lou] (born 8th August 1900-198?) - 5 Henley Bldgs., Bethnal Green </div> <div> George Joseph (born 18th January 1902- died 8th July 1982) - Bethnal Green </div> <div> Charles Ernest (born 20th December 1903-died 20th November 1922) - 2 Mary Ann's Place, Shoreditch </div> <div> Gladys Violet (born 3rd September 1906-199?) - Shoreditch </div> <div> Edward (1908-1908) - Shoreditch </div> <div> Albert Edward (born March 31st 1913-died May 9th 1971)- Shoreditch. </div> <div> <A HREF="id34.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bethnal Green"><U><U>Bethnal Green</U></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > and </FONT><A HREF="id53.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Shoreditch"><U><U>Shoreditch</U></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > are now under the authority of Hackney Borough. They have a website: </FONT></div> <div> <U>Hackney Archives Department</U><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> 43 De Beauvoir Road </div> <div> London N1 5SQ </div> <div> www.hackney.gov.uk </div> <div> My father always told me our family was Huguenot, that his great grandmother was a <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id42.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lace"><U><U>lacemaker</U></U></A></FONT> </div> <div> She could not read or write English and would pay the women who worked pieces of lace for her by scoring marks on a drum. His mother, Caroline - inherited a printing business. Other family tidbits where that his eldest brother, George Joseph was Mayor of Shoreditch in 1952. </div> <div> There is a group of flats (apartments) on Chart Street, named for George - (example: WRIGHT, ANNE FLAT 26 TOUCHARD HOUSE CHART STREET London N1 6DB 0171 253 5667). Gladys worked as a stenographer for Cunard Lines, she never married. Lou worked in a tobbaconist business and married Bob Tyson. They had a little girl, I may have been told her name but I do not remember what it was. I saw a photograph of her and asked about her, my aunt told me the little girl was riding her bicycle one day and was killed. </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >That was the extent of my family knowledge. My mother contacted Olive Young, who is member of the London Huguenot Society and has been researching our family name for many years. I continue scouring the World Wide Web for information about </FONT><A HREF="id34.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bethnal Green"><U><U>Bethnal Green</U></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >, </FONT><A HREF="id53.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Shoreditch"><U><U>Shoreditch</U></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > and the </FONT><A HREF="id51.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="PrintTrade"><U><U>printing trade</U></U></A><U>.</U><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> In September 2000, there was a major break through - I enquired on Rootsweb about a TOUCHARD bulletinboard entry and Brian responded to me. Suddenly I had living relatives! </div> <div> Brian told me about my second cousin, Pam and that he and Olive were related to me. Brian has given me extensive information and Pam sent me birth and marriage certificates from Bethnal Green and Shoreditch. Pam and I exchanged family photos and e-mails. </div> <div> Talking to my mother and my fist cousin, Gracie (her parents were George Joseph TOUCHARD and Grace) I have learnt that my grandfather and my aunt Lou worked in the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#262626" FACE="Arial" >Tobacco</FONT> retail trade (shop name unknown at this time) my father worked there before he joined the Navy. They said the shop supplied cigars to Winston Churchill, delivered by taxi-cab. </div> <div> The family first lived in Bethnal Green and my grandfather (George Sr.) has his occupation listed as Tobbaconist Assistant on his marriage certificate and the births of Louisa in 1900. Then on the birth certificate of George Jr. in 1902 his occupation is Printer's Warehousman. He had the same occupation in 1903 but the family has moved to 2 Mary Ann's Place in Shoreditch. My dad told me that his mom owned and ran a <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id51.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="PrintTrade"><U><U>print shop/bookbinding business</U></U></A></FONT>. Gran Caroline once told my mother that she too was descended from Huguenots. </div> <div> My father would assist his mom by delivery the flyers printed in the basement of their Shoreditch home on his roller-skates after school finished. I learnt that the family held wonderful parties where the wine flowed and music abounded. My father played piano, never used sheet music and could carry a tune with no problems. </div> <div> In 1906 on Glady's birth certificate George Senior's occupation is Commercial Clerk and remains through the birth of Edward (who only lived 13 days) and my father (Albert) born in 1913. </div> <div> By 1922 on the death certificate of Charles Ernest the address is 4 Market Street, Finsbury Market, Shoreditch. I do not have a death certificate for George Sr. yet, he died in 1934 based on the information that my dad related that his father died of a heart attack when my dad was twenty-one year's old. </div> <div> Pam sent me the death certificate from my grandmother, Caroline. She died in 1958 at age 89. She was living in Hackney (London E5) with Lou and is described as widow of Geroge Touchard, Printer's Clerk. </div> <div> Brian gave me a complete tree and the possibility that my ancestors may have come from Tours in the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><U>Loire Valley</U></FONT>, France. There are still many TOUCHARDS in Sarthe, Le Mans and the Loire (Central) Area of France. </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>