In researching my paternal Ludlam line, I found it interesting to note that my forebears were either ‘in service’, served customers easy to follow. The furthest back I can get on this line before I hit a brick wall is to William Ludlam. In the 1841 Census he is described as a labourer living whether in shops or pubs, or served in the Army.
I have been fortunate in that my father had an unusual surname which made it quite with his wife, Ann, and seven children at Wollaton Lodge in Nottinghamshire. Unfortunately, he died two years later of erysipelas, a skin infection, and on his death
