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Starr’s Hotel in Finsbury Square

Starr’s Hotel in Finsbury Square

by paul.a.ricketts@gmail.com | Nov 17, 2021 | The Muller Family

Louis Muller’s Starr’s Hotel highlighted in the north of Finsbury Square from an old 1873 OS Map We believe that Jakob Louis Muller arrived in the Holburn District of London in the 1860s, after which he took a job as a waiter. He had emigrated from Baden...
The Ricketts Connection to the Tolpuddle Martyrs

The Ricketts Connection to the Tolpuddle Martyrs

by paul.a.ricketts@gmail.com | Feb 18, 2021 | The Ricketts Family

There’s an old story that our Ricketts lineage had a connection to the Tolpuddle Martyrs. But the Martyrs story is well documented and told many times, and there’s no mention of any Ricketts’. So, if there is a connection it’s more by...
Cornelius Warren Burright, ‘Hero’ of the Battle of Pleasant Hill

Cornelius Warren Burright, ‘Hero’ of the Battle of Pleasant Hill

by paul.a.ricketts@gmail.com | Aug 16, 2020 | The Burright Family

Cornelius Warren Burright was the son of Orrin Burright and the grandson of Cornelius Burright. He was born in Van Wert County, Ohio in 1842. By 1861 Cornelius had moved to Iowa, where he enlisted as a volunteer in ‘G’ company of the 14th Iowa Volunteer...
Gasoline, Texas and the Gasoline Cotton Gin

Gasoline, Texas and the Gasoline Cotton Gin

by paul.a.ricketts@gmail.com | Jul 13, 2020 | Places, The Avera Family

Gasoline, Texas doesn’t sound like the most attractive place to live, but in the early 1900s, the Tracy family returned to this community three times after moving to other towns in Oklahoma, Texas, and Arizona. So, why was this Texas town named Gasoline, what...
The Mullers in Easebourne Street – Notes from my Mum

The Mullers in Easebourne Street – Notes from my Mum

by paul.a.ricketts@gmail.com | Feb 18, 2020 | The Muller Family

17 Easebourne Street, in Easebourne, Sussex is an ancient wattle and daub, timber-framed building. It was a fixture of my childhood and remains a major touchstone in our family history. This was where my grandparents (on the Muller side) lived. It was where my brother...
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