Hi Josie William 1770 marriage to Jane Louisa East was his second ,He married her in Woodchurch 17/10/1806 Mary Wood died on 26/04/1822 ,so did William divorce Mary The plot thickens Regards Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Josie Mackie" <josie.mackie@tesco.net> To: <eng-ken-woodchurch@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 1:15 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-KEN-WOODCHURCH] William Bourne 1744-1824 > Dear Bob, > Thank you. Curiouser and curiouser! > Some time ago Derek Wells kindly sent me some Bourne information. > Accordingly to this, the marriage between William Bourne and Eleanor > Evernden did take place, on October 16 1770, but it was to William Bourne, > son of Thomas and Elizabeth Bourne, Thomas being the elder brother of > George > Bourne, father of 'my' William. So the two of them were cousins. I do not > know where the marriage took place: Newington records have been published > by > the Folkestone Family History Society apparently, but I do not have them. > The 'other' William Bourne, the one who married Jane Louisa East in 1806, > was another cousin, the son of John Bourne (married Grace), the younger > brother of Thomas and our George, according to both Derek and Ken. > If only they'd thought of their descendants two hundred years later and > named them Ezekiel, Nebuchadnezzer and .........whatever! > best wishes, > Josie > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-KEN-WOODCHURCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >