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Earls Court Tavern, 123 Earls Court Road SW5

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Earls Court Tavern, 123 Earls Court Road SW5 - G Carpenter (see alternative image) name over the left door, circa 1910               No doubt this is G Carpenter at the doorway - circa 1910

Earls Court Tavern, 123 Earls Court Road SW5 - G Carpenter (see alternative image) name over the left door, circa 1910

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The following entries are in this format:

Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.

1869/Thomas Preddy/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1881/Thomas Preddy/Licensed Victualler/59/Hackland, Dorset/Census ****
1881/Elizabeth Preddy/Wife/60/Eastcombe, Gloucester/Census
1881/George T Preddy/Son, Gentleman/23/Kensington, Middlesex/Census
1881/Sam Preddy/Son, Barman/18/Kensington, Middlesex/Census
1881/Florence Preddy/Daughter/22/Kensington, Middlesex/Census
1881/Sarah Holman/General Servant/40/Kensington, Middlesex/Census

1882/Thomas Preddy/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1884/Thomas Preddy/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1891/Mrs Emily Louisa Cooke/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1895/Edward Henry Page & Son/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1899/Tom William Ballard/../../../Post Office Directory ****

My genealogy research has turned up another ancestor, George Carpenter, this time at the Earl's Court Tavern. I found this postcard in the family archives. ***

1910/George Carpenter/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1915/George Carpenter/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1921/Henry William Turner/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1934/Augustus Charles Taylor/../../../Kellys Directory ****

1938/Augustus Charles Taylor/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1944/Augustus Charles Taylor/../../../Post Office Directory ****



*** Provided By Giles Hearn

**** Provided By Kevan

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