A branch of LEG, LEGG family tree genealogy. From William, a shepherd, bringing up his family in the rural depths of Dorset to his son John who sought a new life in London as a policeman in Deptford. And the intriguing `mystery` of the name LEGG-ROLLS... should the family name really be ROLLS, Ralls or Rawles? see also https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/tree/5645319/recent
1881
Now living at No.47 Prince St., Deptford - John Legg is 47 still a Police Constable, wife Ellen is 43, their eldest child Silvey 20 is a Housemaid, William 18 is a Labourer in an Ironworks. Robert 15 is an Apprentice Engineer and Turner, John 13 is a Messenger in a Carpet warehouse, George, 10 and Ellen 7 are scholars and George Bray who lodges with the family is a retired Wheelwright at 69.
The Police station, Prince street, Deptford
The nearby Baroque church of St Pauls Deptford built in the early 1700s - the younger children of John and Ellen may have been christened here.
