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looking for any decendants of the 'PEANUT' Larkin family from east london.

Karon,

As this thread is over a year old it might be better to send a message to Nigel - just click on his name

M

Good morning Nigel

I have just seen your post on Genes and I believe that my family may berelated to the Larkins through my dad's family. I believe Henry (Mackio) Larkin married Elizabeth Waghorn which is a family name on my dad's mum 's side.

I have seen 2 articles on the internet, one with a picture of them - I just clicked on Larkins Peanuts.

I remember an aunt of mine saying years ago in the 50's possibly that the Larkins were related to my grandmother, but now with the internet I can try to find out.

Margaret Blackwell

Margaret ... do read the post above yours. (It's in reply to a post that the poster then deleted.)

The post is 4 years old now ...

Hello Margaret,

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Hello Nigel,

Just came across your interest in the Larkins and I am a descendant of the Larkins. My grandmother Elizabeth Larkin was a sister of Henry Mackio Larkin and one of the shops they had in Freemasons Road was round the corner to Argyle Road where Elizabeth lived with her husband James Dennison and their 10 children. My mother used to tell us stories of the Larkins especially Mackio and she was very proud that he was the Peanut King. I know they had sweetshops and a particular story was when Mackio wanted to sell more of his chocolate covered raisins?, he advertised that he had lost a diamond ring in the mix and would give a reward to the finder of the ring. Obviously a great salesman! I believe there were also brothers who were costermongers and had a fruit stall and often would bring the produce round for storage to Argyle Road. They would sleep there as well so the 2 up, 2 down house must have been bursting at the seams. Hope this is of interest.

Regards, janice

Janice, as per the advice above, this is an old thread and it is unlikely that Nigel will return to it. If you click on his name you can send him a message, if he is still a member and GR has a current email for him he will be notified of the message :-)