Hi Ron,
My grandfather was Alfred William
Passfield. He was born Sept 19 , 1888 in
London. I always remember something about
Lambeth as being where his family came from. My father is dead so I don't know what my great grandfather's name was , but I know that he was a Lighterman on the
Thames River. Family mythology has it that he died fairly young of some disease he picked up from some ship. My great grandmother married a gentleman named
Taylor who was also a Lighterman and sponsored my grandfather into the guild. Eventually the Passfields and tthe Taylors couldn't get along and most of the Passfields left. Some went to Australia , my grandfather emigrated to Canada in the early 20th century and Walter stayed in
London.
Does this connect with any of the history that you have?
Regards
Dave
Passfield