I have checked out the entries the Haile Registers in the 1880s and all, with the exception of a couple, have been signed either by the Vicar of Haile or by other local vicars (such as the Vicar of Beckermet). The odd ones out were signed by a Samuel Barber in 1883 and he does not qualify his name with a title. I rather suspect Haile was too small a parish to have a curate. Mel ----- Original Message ----- From: "John & Jill Coulthard" <jjcoulthard@btinternet.com> To: <ENG-CUL-COPELAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 11:15 AM Subject: Re: [CUL-COP] Schoolboy Parson > Dear Dorothy, > > Unfortunately the only two Kitchins mentioned in the Famous Old Boys, Finlay > Lorimer and Charles, attended in the 1880s and so are much too recent to be > attached to this story. Tantalisingly, the extract gives no further > details of Dean Kitchin or his father but it would be interesting to know > who they were. Perhaps somebody has access to the Haile registers which > might contain the name of the curate at that time. > > Best wishes, > > Jill > > Do you know the name of Dean Kitchin's father? I ask because I have an > ancestor, Rev Thomas Kitchin(g) whose origins are still a mystery to me. > > > > Dorothy G > > New Zealand> > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >