Hello Bob, The best thing that the person who wrote to you can do, is to contact the Tadley & District History Society. By Post Tadley and District History Society, PO Box 7264, Tadley, Hampshire RG26 3FA. By Telephone 0118 981 6109 By E-mail tadshistory@googlemail.com Newsletter Editor & Membership Secretary Richard Brown They will be able to help I am sure. There are CRIPPS families living in Tadley that she could write to. I have been looking at the "Around Tadley people and places" book, have you got this Bob are there are HUTCHINS listed and photographs? Kind regards Barbara Lewis Mallyon Basingstoke, Hants. UK BarbaraMallyon@lewmal.co.uk List Admin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Hutchins" <bob@bobhutchins.me.uk> To: "Kingsclere Rootsweb" <eng-hampshire-kingsclere@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 11:45 PM Subject: [King] Effie Gertrude Cripps > Hello All, > > I have pasted below an edited version of an email (I have added > notes in > brackets and blocked a few words), I received today by a chap > researching the history of his house and was wondering if anybody > could > help him. I can pass on his email address off list. > > Effie's first marriage was to a Charles Kite who I believe was born > in > Gravesend and died in 1917 Belgium, they appear to have been > resident in > the Basingstoke area at that time. Effie possibly had another child > after his death before marrying a Herbert J Saunders in 1927 > probably in > Tadley. > > Bob > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > "I stumbled across your excellent site whilst researching the > previous > ocupants of our house. We bought our house **** Cottage in Tadley > in > October 2006 from the '***' family. They purchased it from the > estate > of the late Mrs Effie Saunders (born Effie Cripps) Her father was > John > Cripps of Tadley. (Actually George Saunders - Bob) > > Effie was born in ***** Cottage circa 1890 (Aug 1890 - Bob) and died > in > the cottage circa 1990/1991 (Jun 1991 - Bob) having lived at the > same > address for 101 years! Her mother Fanny Monger worked as a > governess at > Fairlawn House and the family were well known in the local area. > > Our house was built around 1667 and I hope to trace it's occupants > back > that far. In meantime I am very intersted in the life of Effie > Cripps as > she lived there for so long and i'm led to believe was a real local > character. I have heard storys of how each summer she'd cut her > grass > with a sythe and lean on the gate and give apples to local children. > I > would love to have known what she looked like, but have yet to find > any > pictures of her, although I believe that the Basinsgtoke Gazette may > have one of her 100th Birthday. If you are able to help at all with > any > information I would be really grateful."- > > Genealogy Web Database > http://www.bobhutchins.me.uk