Thrale history
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 | Brewery House bedroom 2024 In 2025, one half of Brewery House, 21 Park Street, was acquired by Omaze for its Million Pound House Draw. Valued at over £4.5 million, the restored Georgian townhouse, featuring the historic "Take Courage" ghost sign, was offered mortgage-free with £250,000 cash. Launched on 20 March 2025, the draw supported The King's Trust with a £1 million donation. | 5 Dec 2025 | |
 | Brewery House garden 2024 In 2025, one half of Brewery House, 21 Park Street, was acquired by Omaze for its Million Pound House Draw. Valued at over £4.5 million, the restored Georgian townhouse, featuring the historic "Take Courage" ghost sign, was offered mortgage-free with £250,000 cash. Launched on 20 March 2025, the draw supported The King's Trust with a £1 million donation. | 5 Dec 2025 | |
 | Brewery House lounge 2024 In 2025, one half of Brewery House, 21 Park Street, was acquired by Omaze for its Million Pound House Draw. Valued at over £4.5 million, the restored Georgian townhouse, featuring the historic "Take Courage" ghost sign, was offered mortgage-free with £250,000 cash. Launched on 20 March 2025, the draw supported The King's Trust with a £1 million donation. | 5 Dec 2025 | |
 | 'Brewery House' 2025 21-23 Park Street Southwark, London. | 5 Dec 2025 | |
 | Alfred Stanley TOBUTT driving licence | 1 Dec 2025 | |
 | Susannah Arabella THRALE | 30 Nov 2025 | |
 | Lady Letitia LADE After a Sir Joshua Reynolds painting | 30 Nov 2025 | |
 | Wicked Lady public house, Sandridge Pub sign circa 2000. | 22 Nov 2025 | |
 | Thrale brewhouse entrance, c1820. Artist: John Thomas Smith | 22 Nov 2025 | |
 | Cabinet from Samuel Johnson. The cabinet was presented to Hester Maria (Queeney) Thrale by Dr Samuel Johnson in July 1784 to hold the shells, fossils and minerals he intended to collect for her on his travels — though he twice, in 1772 and 1773, apologised for finding little. | 8 Nov 2025 | |
 | Streatham Park by Edward Walford Illustration from Old and New London by Edward Walford (Cassell, c 1880). | 1 Oct 2025 | |
 | Jack Abrahams | 1 Oct 2025 | |
 | Hester Lynch Thrale. Unknown Italian artist oil on canvas, 1785-1786 29 3/4 in. x 24 3/4 in. (756 mm x 629 mm), 1785-1786. | 1 Oct 2025 | |
 | Gabriel Mario Piozzi. 1793. Painting by George Dance. | 1 Oct 2025 | |
 | By John Singleton Copley, 1778. The traditional identification of the sitter as "Mrs Thrale", seems improbable compared with other portraits of that sitter. | 1 Oct 2025 | |
 | Cartoon of Henry Thrale, January 1776. From 'Macaronies, Characters, Caricatures' by Mary Darly. | 1 Oct 2025 | |
 | Henry Thrale c.1770-1780 by Francis Wheatley Oil on canvas. 90.5 x 71.1 cm | 1 Oct 2025 | |
 | 'According to Queeney' invitation. Invitation to 'According to Queeney' book signing and talk by author Beryl Bainbridge at Silver Moon Women's Bookshop on 26 September 2001. | 1 Oct 2025 | |
 | William Henry Lyttleton, 1772. By Sir Joshua Reynolds. | 1 Oct 2025 | |
 | William Alexander Ivory SMITH | 1 Oct 2025 |
Documents
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 | Gladys Mary POPE probate THRALE Gladys Mary of Alwen 11 The Parade Epsom Surrey widow died 7 October 1962 at Epsom and Ewell Cottage Hospital Epsom Probate London 6 February to The National Provincial Bank Limited. Effects £25977 4s. 4d. | 6 Dec 2025 | |
 | London passenger list Ship Andalucia Star from Buenos Aires, Argentina. First Class travel. Arriving in London on 4 June 1936. Proposed UK address: Woolgars Farm, S. Horlsey, Surrey | 6 Dec 2025 | |
 | Reginald Thomas THRALE probate THRALE Reginald Thomas of 15 Ashton Road, Luton, Bedfordshire died 16 October 1962 at Three Counties Hospital Stotford Bedfordshire. Administration Oxford 23 November to Edith May Thrale widow. Effects £700. | 6 Dec 2025 | |
 | Ralph Alwen THRALE probate THRALE Ralph Alwen of Gravel Pit Cottage, Putney Heath, London SW15 died 24 August 1960 at St. Pancras Hospital, London. Administration London 22 September to Marjorie Thrale widow. Effects £515 2s. 6d. | 6 Dec 2025 | |
 | Florence Emily Alwen THRALE probate THRALE Florence Emily Alwen of Flat 2 11 Heene Road Worthing spinster died 24 October 1958 at Rosemary Lodge Upton Street St. Leonard-on-Sea Administration (with Will) London 9 March to The National Provincial Bank Limited. Effects £13112 75. 6d. | 6 Dec 2025 | |
 | Peter THRALE probate 6 August. The Will of Peter Thrale late of Shirleyhurst Shirley near Croydon in the County of Surrey Gentleman who died 23 May 1890 at Shirleyhurst was proved at the Principal Registry by Ralph Thrale of Alwen Villa Coombe-road Croydon and Richard Alwen Thrale of 8 Wellesley - road Croydon Veterinary Surgeons the Sons and Elizabeth Alwen Thrale of Shirleyhurst Spinster the Daughter the Executors. Personal Estate £4,182 8s. | 6 Dec 2025 | |
 | Ralph Norman THRALE probate 1 November. The Will of Ralph Norman Thrale late of No Man's Land in the Parish of Sandridge in the County of Hertford Farmer who died 27 July 1876 at No Man's Land was proved at the Principal Registry by William Thrale of No Man's Land Farmer the Brother the sole Executor. Effects under £600. | 6 Dec 2025 | |
 | Sarah SIBLEY probate 15 November. The Will of Sarah Thrale (Wife of William Thrale) late of Wheathamstead in the County of Hertford deceased who died 27 August 1869 at Wheathamstead aforesaid was proved at the Principal Registry by the oaths of the said William Thrale of Wheathamstead aforesaid Farmer and William Smith of Plummers Farm in the Parish of Kimpton in the County aforesaid Farmer the Executors. Probate under certain Limitations. Effects under £3,000. | 5 Dec 2025 | |
 | Funeral announcement for Elizabeth Alwen THRALE in The Times on 11 May 1936 THRALE.—On May 7, 1936, at a nursing home at South Croydon. Elizabeth Alwen, eldest daughter of the late PETER THRALE of Shirley. Funeral at Addington Parish Church at 12 noon to-morrow (Tuesday). Flowers to Ebbutts, Ltd. High Street, Croydon. | 5 Dec 2025 | |
 | Birth announcement of son of Richard Alwen Thrale Times newspaper 1 February 1897 | 5 Dec 2025 | |
 | Peter Ralph Alwen Thrale obituary | 5 Dec 2025 | |
 | Jewish Chronicle - 2 January 1903 Mr. And Mrs. Jonaas Klatzow Portland Crescent, Leeds, with to THANK their relatives and friends for the numerous presents, telegrams and cablegrams received on their marriage. | 5 Dec 2025 | |
 | Marriage announcement : Jewish Chronicle, 6 December 1902 YULES : KLATZOW.- On the 16th of December at Ashville House, by the Rev. M. Abrahams, B.A., assisted by Revs. S. Diamond and S. Davidson, Leah, third daughter of Mr. And Mrs. L Yules of Portland-crescent, Leeds, to Jonaas Klatzow, Durban, Natal, South Africa. 6 December 1902 | 5 Dec 2025 | |
 | Sandridge 1726 map Map of "The Manor of Sandridge in 1726" from the Althorp papers, marked to show location of principal properties and areas. Small hatched area west of Cheapside Farm was part of St. Michael's parish, but gave access to Childwickbury and the lane to Harpenden. | 5 Dec 2025 | |
 | Sandridge c.1950 map Parish boundary map | 5 Dec 2025 | |
 | Relocation of the Summer House The Times, 25 Sept 1968 | 5 Dec 2025 | |
 | Account of Henry Thrale's mourning tablet at St Leonards Church Reprinted in Gentleman's Magazine in May 1784. | 5 Dec 2025 | |
 | Judgement on William Hindley. Old Bailey 25 February 1747, following theft from Ralph Thrale. Deported. Reference: t17470225-17. | 5 Dec 2025 | |
 | Leah Block death announcement. Jewish Chronicle 17 August 1984 p24:
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 | Advertisement for auction of William Thrale's possessions from The Maltings Farmhouse on 1 April 1898 Advertisement for auction of contents of Maltings Farmhouse on 1 April 1898, following the death of William Thrale. | 5 Dec 2025 |
Headstones
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 | Henry Thrale's memorial tablet Erected on Friday 20 September 1782. The monument is by Joseph Wilton R.A. who also made George III's coronation coach. The Latin inscription is by Dr. Samuel Johnson. | St Leonards Church | Located | 8 Nov 2025 | |
 | Hester Maria COTTON mourning tablet By Joseph Wilton, epitaph by Dr. Samuel Johnson. | St Leonards Church | 8 Nov 2025 | ||
 | Joseph and Rebecca ABRAHAMS née KOSKY headstone
| Edmonton Federation of Synagogues Cemetery Row S1. Grave 72. | Located |
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23 Sep 2025 |
 | Marks WELLS (ABRAHAMS) and Henrietta Sarah ABRAHAMS née WELLS headstone
[Hebrew translation]Po nikbar Rav Mordechai ben Yosef Niftar vav Adar 5709 lamed Tehei nafsho tzrurah b’tzror hachayim Here lies Mr. Mordechai son of Yosef Passed away on the 6th of Adar 5709 May his soul be bound in the bond of life.
[Hebrew translation]Po nikbarah Marat Sarah bat Rav Avraham Niftarah aleph Tevet 5740 Tehei nafshah tzrurah b’tzror hachayim Here lies Mrs. Sarah daughter of Mr. Avraham Passed away on the 1st of Tevet 5740 May her soul be bound in the bond of life.
 Sarah’s Hebrew inscription identifies her father simply as "Mr. Avraham" without the traditional "son of" to indicate her father’s Jewish lineage. This was because converts are traditionally described as being the “child of Avraham Avinu” (Abraham our patriarch) the first monotheist and the spiritual “father” of all who join the Jewish people, rather than the biological paternal ancestry. | Edmonton Federation of Synagogues Cemetery Row Y24. Grave: 06 & 07 | Located |
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23 Sep 2025 |
 | Headstone for Mary Sibley nee Thrale nee 1809-1882 and John Sibley 1809-1877 Sacred TO THE MEMORY OF JOHN SIBLEY WHO DIED AT GUSTARD WOOD APRIL 23RD 1877 AGED 68 YEARS "HIS END WAS PEACE" -------- ALSO OF MARY THE BELOVED WIFE OF THE ABOVE WHO DIED JULY 25TH 1882 AGED 73 YEARS SUFFER WE SHALL ALSO REIGN WITH HIM | St Helens Church | Located |
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22 Jul 2025 |
 | Headstone of John Munt 1771 - 1851 Sacred to the Memory of Mr John Munt who died April 21st 1851 Aged 80 years. | St Helens Church | Located |
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22 Jul 2025 |
 | Headstone of Thomas Thrale 1826-1886 and Elizabeth Thrale née Peacock 1827-1899 In loving memory of Thomas Thrale who departed this life December 1st 1886 aged 60 years Do not ask if we miss him there is such a vacant place can we ever forget that footstep and that dear familiar face. Elizabeth wife of the above departed July 1899 aged 72 years at rest. | St Helens Church | Located |
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22 Jul 2025 |
 | Norman Thrale 1830/1 - 1900 headstone In loving memory of NORMAN THRALE WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE MARCH 18th 1900 AGED 69 YEARS GRANT HIM THY ETERNAL REST (Restored 1998) | St Helens Church | Located | 22 Jul 2025 | |
 | John Gladstone MCLAGGAN headstone TREASURED MEMORIES OF A DEAR HUSBAND FATHER GRANDAD AND GREATGRANDAD JOHN GLADSTONE McLAGGAN DIED 16.12.1978 AGED 67 RIP. REUNITED WITH HIS BELOVED WIFE HAZEL ELSIE McLAGGAN A LOVING MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER AND GREAT GRANDMOTHER DIED 14.3.2018 AGED 95 | Foster Hill Road Cemetery (aka bedford Cemetery) E9-207 |
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10 Jun 2025 | |
 | Headstone of Richard Thrale and Mary Manfield Restored in 1960 by his descendants. | St Leonards Church |
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12 May 2025 | |
 | Headstone of Richard Thrale Adjoining to this side of the Tomb lies the Remains of Mr. RICHARD THRALE late of the Pound Farm Sandridge & Husband of the above MARY THRALE who Died Aug:.19th.1755 Aged 66 Years Restored in 1960 by his descendants. | St Leonards Church | Located | 12 May 2025 | |
 | End grave for Richard Thrale and Mary Manfield Restored in 1960 by his descendants. | St Leonards Church | Located |
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12 May 2025 |
 | Sophia Thrale's mourning tablet By John Flaxman at St Leonards Church, Streatham. | St Leonards Church | 5 May 2025 | ||
 | Memorial to Susannah Arabella Thrale and Thomas Arthur Bertie Mostyn. St Leonards Church, Streatham. | St Leonards Church |
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5 May 2025 | |
 | Thrale family burial vault St Leonards, Streatham. | St Leonards Church | Located | 5 May 2025 | |
 | Headstone for Henry Thrale Cox and Beatrice Alice Cox | St Leonards Church At the rear of St Leonard's Churchyard | Located |
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20 Apr 2025 |
 | John, Richard, John, Charles & Margaret (née Chaplin) THRALE mourning tablet, 1704 1704 mourning tablet for John Thrale, wife Margaret Thrale née Chaplin & sons Richard, John and Charles. Displayed the Thrale arms of a paly of ten or and gules impaling those of the Chaplin family, ermine on a chief indented azure, three griffins, heads erased or. This is the earliest known time that the arms of the family were monumentally displayed, having been adopted by John Thrale from the arms granted to the Threeles of Sussex. | St Albans Cathedral South transept. | Located |
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13 Apr 2025 |
 | William Alexander Ivory SMITH memorial | Buried at sea |
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23 Feb 2025 | |
 | Cleveland Augustus WILLIE headstone Grave thought to be in South London | Not yet located |
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30 Jan 2025 | |
 | Rebecca and Joseph ABRAHAMS 'book' memorial
| Edmonton Federation of Synagogues Cemetery XS. Row 01. Grave 72. | Located |
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30 Jan 2025 |
Histories
Videos
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 | BBC TV Arena: According to Beryl (2001). On 6 October 2001, BBC Television broadcast 'According to Beryl'. Their hour-long account of the family arrangement enjoyed by Samuel Johnson and the Thrale family of Streatham seen through the eyes of Beryl Bainbridge, author of the book on the same subject, According to Queeney.  We also have an account of the Bery Bainbridge book According to Queeney, upon which this TV programme about Queeney, Johnson and the Thrale family is based. |
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8 Nov 2025 |
Works
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 | Verses: "To my distant Lover fly" Hester Lynch Thrale née Salusbury. Thraliana. July 1779. | 2 Dec 2025 | |
| Verses: "Verses to absent Piozzi" Hester Lynch Thrale née Salusbury. Thraliana. 8 July 1788. | 2 Dec 2025 | |
| Verses: "Thrali gentil" Hester Lynch Thrale née Salusbury. Thraliana. 12 February 1771. In Thraliana she described it as a “little song” for her husband. Written when she was most infatuated with him. The poem expresses admiration and affection, reflecting the way Hester Thrale often wrote about him, praising his intelligence, wit and kindness. It was later also included in the 1781 collection Miscellanies in Prose and Verse. Although published anonymously, the poems in the volume are widely accepted as her work. | 2 Dec 2025 | |
| Verses: "Song for Herbert Lawrence" Hester Lynch Thrale née Salusbury. Thraliana. August 1778. In August 1777, Herbert Lawrence wrote a song dedicated to Hester Thrale. A year later, Hester wrote verses for Lawrence to put to music. | 2 Dec 2025 | |
 | Book: "Retrospection" Hester Lynch Thrale née Salusbury. 1801. | 24 Nov 2025 | |
| Book: "Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson" Hester Lynch Thrale née Salusbury. 25 March 1786. | 24 Nov 2025 | |
| Prologue: "Occasional Prologue" Hester Lynch Thrale née Salusbury. August 1788. Hester and her husband Gabriel Piozzi collaborated on an Occasional Prologue for the town’s amateur theatre. | 23 Nov 2025 | |
| Book: "Observations and reflections made in the course of a Journey through France, Italy and Germany" Hester Lynch Thrale née Salusbury. June 1789. | 23 Nov 2025 | |
| Book: "Letters to and from the late Samuel Johnson, LL.D Hester Lynch Thrale née Salusbury. Thraliana. March 1788. | 23 Nov 2025 | |
| Book: "Lydford Redivivus, or A Grandame’s Garrulity" Hester Lynch Thrale née Salusbury. 1815. Hester’s final work, completed in 1815 but never published, was a whimsical manuscript compiling hundreds of personal names—both British and foreign—together with their supposed origins, meanings, and historical anecdotes, all delivered in the chatty, digressive style of an affectionate grandmother entertaining her grandchildren. | 23 Nov 2025 | |
| Book: "The British Synonymy, or an Attempt to Regulate the Choice of Words in Familiar Conversation" Hester Lynch Thrale née Salusbury. April 1794. A lively two-volume guide to choosing exact and elegant words in polite discourse, it blends scholarship with anecdote and was dedicated to Dr Johnson’s memory. | 23 Nov 2025 | |
| Verses: "A Lady on April Fool Day" Hester Lynch Thrale née Salusbury. Thraliana. 1 April 1758. She wrote these verses in iambic tetrameter on 1 April 1758 at Streatham Park as a lighthearted and playful piece which pokes fun at the tradition of April Fool's Day and the gullible people who are easily fooled. | 23 Nov 2025 | |
| Verses: "To Miss Wynne on April Fool’s Day 1758" Hester Lynch Thrale née Salusbury. Thraliana. June 1777, written 1 April 1758. Addressed to Fanny Wynne (later Mrs Henry Soame). | 23 Nov 2025 | |
| Unpublished manuscript: "The Children's Book" Hester Thrale compiled an unpublished manuscript titled *The Children's Book* (also known as *The Children’s Book, or Family Book*) for her children between approximately 1767 and 1784. The original manuscript is preserved at Harvard University’s Houghton Library. | 23 Nov 2025 | |
| Verses: "First verses" Hester Lynch Thrale née Salusbury. Thraliana. Hester's account of her daughter, Queeney's first verses aged 12, with Hester's first verses at the same age. | 23 Nov 2025 | |
| Verses: "Verses on Samuel Johnson" Hester Lynch Thrale née Salusbury. Thraliana. 1 February 1781. The fourth manuscript volume of Thraliana has Bartolozzi's engraving of Johnson's head pasted inside its front cover, and two small disks of paper, pasted side by side on the first fly-leaf, minutely inscribed verses about Samuel Johnson, in the respective hands of Fanny Burney and Hester Thrale. | 23 Nov 2025 | |
| Verses: "Sarah Siddon's illness" Hester Lynch Thrale née Salusbury. Thraliana. 1 May 1778. In May 1778, Hester Thrale née Salusbury wrote these verses about the talented actress Sarah Siddons. | 23 Nov 2025 | |
| Verses: English translation of "J'aurai bientost quatre vingt ans" Hester Lynch Thrale née Salusbury. Thraliana. December 1778. Hester translated these French verses in to English. She was mistaken about the author. The poem “J’aurai bientost quatre vingt Ans” is a French poem written by the 17th-century poet François de Malherbe. It is a meditation on old age and death, and expresses the speaker’s acceptance of his own mortality. It was first published in Malherbe’s 1630 collection of poetry, “Œuvres complètes”. | 23 Nov 2025 | |
| Verses: "Pens" Hester Lynch Thrale née Salusbury. Thraliana. 30 July 1805. In 1805, Sophia Thrale sent her mother a gift of pens, to which her mother wrote some verses in response. | 23 Nov 2025 | |
| Verses: "Ode on the blessings of peace" Hester Lynch Thrale née Salusbury. Thraliana. 21 March 1778, December 1762. | 23 Nov 2025 |
Individuals
| ID | Last Name, Given Name(s) | Born/Christened | Location | Tree | Branch | Last Modified |
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| I1423 |
 Gladys Mary POPE |
UK Thrale family | 6 Dec 2025 | ||
| I133 |
Reginald Thomas THRALE |
b. 1 Oct 1906-31 Dec 1906 | Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England  | UK Thrale family | 6 Dec 2025 |
| I1025 |
Peter Ralph Alwen THRALE |
b. 1 Apr 1886-30 Jun 1886 | Croydon, Surrey, England | UK Thrale family | 6 Dec 2025 |
| I1397 |
Florence Emily Alwen THRALE |
b. 1 Jan 1883-31 Mar 1883 | Croydon, Surrey, England | UK Thrale family | 6 Dec 2025 |
| I998 |
Richard Alwen THRALE |
b. Dec 1849 | UK Thrale family | 6 Dec 2025 | |
| I1027 |
Elizabeth Alwen THRALE |
b. 1846 | Croydon, Surrey, England | UK Thrale family | 6 Dec 2025 |
| I999 |
Peter THRALE |
b. 1817 | Mitcham, Surrey, England | UK Thrale family | 6 Dec 2025 |
| I161 |
Ralph Norman THRALE |
b. 20 Apr 1803 | Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England | UK Thrale family | 6 Dec 2025 |
| I260 |
Sarah SIBLEY |
UK Thrale family | 5 Dec 2025 | ||
| I174 |
John South THRALE |
UK Thrale family | 5 Dec 2025 | ||
| I2332 |
T. B. S. MENZIES |
UK Thrale family | 5 Dec 2025 | ||
| I2331 |
Sophia Anne MENZIES |
UK Thrale family | 5 Dec 2025 | ||
| I45864 |
James Henry Thrale MARDALL |
b. 1899 | UK Thrale family | 5 Dec 2025 | |
| I2330 |
Unknown NUTT |
UK Thrale family | 4 Dec 2025 | ||
| I2329 |
Reginald GOODALL |
UK Thrale family | 4 Dec 2025 | ||
| I45969 |
Marjorie May GOODALL |
b. 1915 | Saint Neots, Huntingdonshire, England | UK Thrale family | 4 Dec 2025 |
| I2327 |
Doris THRALE |
b. Between 20 December 1911 and 19 January 1912 | UK Thrale family | 4 Dec 2025 | |
| I2328 |
Ivy THRALE |
b. Between 20 August 1914 and 19 September 1914 | UK Thrale family | 4 Dec 2025 | |
| I2326 |
Alice THRALE |
b. Between 20 July 1905 and 19 August 1905 | UK Thrale family | 4 Dec 2025 | |
| I1039 |
Lucy Jane POWELL |
UK Thrale family | 4 Dec 2025 |
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