Hello Lorraine, I have history on some of the Bakers from Woodchurch, although my branch of the family left sometime after the 1881 census. I don't recall seeing any mention of William Patrick Baker, although William Baker is a very common combination for the area. There were also Bakers living closeby in Ebony and Bethersden etc. William Baker (1784-1867) was a farmer and the 1841 Census has him at Great Engham. I understand that this place/area has gone through a variety of name changes eg Engham Manor and Hengehurst. More local people may be able to put me right on this. Best wishes Liz Shoosmith (nee Baker) Lorraine wrote: > Hi All, > > My maternal family originated from Woodchurch and I can trace some of them > back to the early nineteenth century but I am really interested in my > Grandmothers era from 1906 in Woodchurch. Her name was Annie Elizabeth Prior > and she was born in the Gate House at Henghurst House - which I believe was > demolished just before WW2 - as her father worked for the Schreiber family. > Sadly her father died 5 months after Annie was born and her mother (Annie > Elizabeth Prior nee Cackett) and brother William Edwin Prior and sister > Winnifred Ethel Pryer had to leave residence. I know the children lived with > their grandparents John & Ann Pryor (nee Burden) for a while as their mother > had taken up with a traveller called William Patrick Baker but at some stage > their mum came back and stole the children out of the grandparents garden > and they ended up living in Tunbridge Wells (appx 1910). > > What I would like to know is can I get any info on Henghurst House & the > Schriebers and why they left Woodchurch. > > Also my GGG uncle William Edwin Pryer/Pryor/Prior died in The Asylum, > Chartham in 1924. I can find him on the 1991 census but not on the 1901 > census and would like to know why and at what age he was sectioned. > > If anyone out there has any info on > Prior/Pryer/Pryor/Baker/Burden/Schreiber/Cackett I would love to hear from > you. > > many thanks > > Lorraine - waiting in anticipation!!!!!! > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > >

Sorry, Jon, I did, of course, mean Jon, not John!!! Josie