The work is primarily a family history written with the descendants of Albert Octavius Child and his wife Sarah Martha Rutledge in mind.
The primary families researched are Child, Clulow, Frend, Rutledge, Palmer and Branham.
Considerable information is included on Octavius Child and his wife Isabella Keiskamma Frend. Also, William Clulow a solicitor from Macclesfield and London , William Child, a dyer in London, Captain Albert Frend of the 55th Westmoreland and Samuel Crawford Rutledge of Hawkins and Knox County, Tennessee are discussed in detail.
The Child residence at Crescent Grove in Clapham, London borough of Lambeth, England is detailed.
Each of the children of Albert and Sarah have a separate section with their descendants listed.
The book contains over 200 photographs of the family. Some date to the mid-1850's and are only available in this work.
The book is fully indexed with a list of photos with page numbers.