Tag: Family history

• Benjamin Gaffe – Huguenot silk weaver of Bethnal Green

  

  By Christine Swan The Gaffe family have proved to be a bit of an enigma for me I am fairly certain that Claude Gaffe was born in France but, despite subscribing to, and searching, a French ancestry site, I am no nearer to solving the puzzle. When Claude died in Canterbury in 1718, his burial…

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  September 5, 2025

  Days past, Family history

  ancestry, Bethnal Green, Family history, genealogy, history, London