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My maternal great grandfather John William MORRIS was born on 5 July 1855 at Grove Street, Camden Town, London,UK, which was in the Parish of St Pancras. He became a driver of horse drawn London buses and hansom cabs. He had three brothers, Thomas Frederick, Arthur and William, and one sister Emma Eliza. John William lived through the transitional period from horse drawn vehicles to motorised ones, and reputedly owned one of the first horseless hansom cabs. That is one of the early London taxis. My father can remember John William visiting his daughter and grandchildren in his bright shiny new taxi cab in the early 1900's. Do you have family connections either with John William or with drivers of early London taxi cabs? If so I would love to hear from you.
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