Family in the Funeral Trade. The Grovers of Ealing
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- Author(s) Sanderson, Eileen
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2017
- Pages 118pp; illus
- Publisher The author?
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- Name Guildhall Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode EC2P 2EJ
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Based on the writer's dissertation [title unknown], Diploma in History of the Family & Genealogy, Centre for Extra Mural Studies, Birkbeck College, 1991. Chapters include: 'The undertaking trade and burial of the poor, 1650-1830'; 'The funeral business as a family tradition'; 'Work and organisation of the Grover funeral business'; 'The Grover family as undertakers'; 'The Victorian funeral and the undertaking business, 1830-1900'. Appendices include 'Business transactions of J & F Grover, 1847-1855'; 'Funerals arranged by J & F Grover, 1847-1855'; 'People who were arranging funerals at J & F Grover, 1847-1855'. Includes Grover family tree