WANMER - Individuals
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Wedron J Wanmer
Mentioned in a court case in La Salle Michigan in 1916, details of which can be found at http://outmangenealogy.org/docs/articles/whoutman_supremecourt.html
Lucy Wanmer
Information discovered on various websites shows that this woman was a midget who was also an educator in Kent during the 1800's.
From: www.showhistory.com/midgets2.html :
Wanmer, Lucy (born England 1856. Died 1927.) "The Little Woman of Peckham"
From http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/Dw/Dwarfs.html :
WANMER (Lucy,) 2ft 6in, weight 45lbs, Exhibited in London, 1801, at the age of forty-five.
From Rootsweb :
From: "Charles Henrywood"
Subject: Lucy WANMER - "The Little Woman of Peckham"
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 21:16:39 -0000
Listers might remember my
posting a request for information on Local
History Societies which covered Peckham. I'm still after that data but,
in the meantime, have received the following from the Southwark Local
Studies Library. I'm posting it just in case it might jog someone's
memory.
Given that Lucy WANMER was
a mere 32 inches tall and had suffered the
indignity of having been put on public display because of her size she
must have been a remarkable lady to have run a "successful and strict
school" at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries. I believe she
is a
relative but, even if she is not, I'd still want to know more about her.
Seasons Greetings to one and all.
Charles
NEATH Sth Wales
"Dear Charles Henrywood
Thank you for your enquiry concerning Lucy Wanmer
There is information on her
in W H Blanch's The parish of Camberwell,
1875. In summary it says she is buried in St Giles's churchyard
(Peckham
was a hamlet of the ancient parish of St Giles, Camberwell); she was
born in
the mid-18th century and lived her youth in Tunbridge Wells; she ran a
school at Peckham which was successful and strict; she attended Grove
Chapel
and was honoured by a funeral sermon there at her death in 1821
I hope this information is of interest
Yours sincerely
Len Reilly
Local Studies Librarian
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