I know that in the 1850's the area to the west of West Ham was known as "Rob Roy Town" and that the west ham information on historical sites only say "was for a short time" and "reason unknown"
A friend and myself are researching this as part of his tree and we have an idea.
I know that the society of odd fellows had a lodge nearby in Stratford which used the same name.
We have the opinion that there is a connection to Scotland and the Scottish workers who came down and helped build the Eastern Railway
The whole area was open fields and marsh, but it could have been a temporary settlement for the workers.
I have had this in a line in my tree, where he was a bricklayer in Suffolk and the address on the 1861 census has never existed, except the name of the farm area he was in.
This could be the same case
Can anyone tell be the content of
Essex Herald Essex, England
21 Nov 1843
ANNIVERSARY OP THE ROB ROY LODGE OF ODD FELLOWS
A friend and myself are researching this as part of his tree and we have an idea.
I know that the society of odd fellows had a lodge nearby in Stratford which used the same name.
We have the opinion that there is a connection to Scotland and the Scottish workers who came down and helped build the Eastern Railway
The whole area was open fields and marsh, but it could have been a temporary settlement for the workers.
I have had this in a line in my tree, where he was a bricklayer in Suffolk and the address on the 1861 census has never existed, except the name of the farm area he was in.
This could be the same case
Can anyone tell be the content of
Essex Herald Essex, England
21 Nov 1843
ANNIVERSARY OP THE ROB ROY LODGE OF ODD FELLOWS
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