Thomas & Elizabeth Radge: a mystery in a casket
In December 2018, a decorative box and two papers relating to members of the Radge family came up for auction at Christie’s London, part of the large collection of Eric […]
In December 2018, a decorative box and two papers relating to members of the Radge family came up for auction at Christie’s London, part of the large collection of Eric […]
When Enoch Radge signed his name as a witness to the marriage of his brother in law in 1764, he became the first to record his name Radge.
This is a post I intended to write in 2018, the centenary of the Armistice, to commemorate the life of G Milburn Radge who died on 26 November in France […]
Moving back a further generation, George Radge’s (1807-1869) father was another William. It seems Radge parents had a very small pool of names to choose from! The period immediately before […]
We left George Radge and his family in 1851, living in one of Hull’s numerous courts. But, unusually, son Thomas also appears on another census record in 1851: with his […]
I was delighted to be contacted last year (2016) by a lady who had bought an embroidery sampler from an antiques shop in Pickering. It had been worked by ‘E […]
Born in Hull on 26 June 1807, George Radge (father of William) was baptised on 4 February 1808 at Holy Trinity, Hull (the main parish church). His parents were William […]
William Radge’s early life was spent in Hull. He was the first child of George Radge and Christiana (nee Pickering), born in Hull in April 1831. His siblings were George […]
TEMPERANCE GALA AT GUISBROUGH [sic] FOUNDATION STONE CEREMONY News report on the laying of the foundation stone for the new Temperance Hall. Guisbro’ by Mrs Chaloner (wife of Admiral Chaloner, […]