Thank you, great work! Suzannah Margate Local & Family History --- On Sat, 12/3/11, Joan Leary <joan.leary@ntlworld.com> wrote: > From: Joan Leary <joan.leary@ntlworld.com> > Subject: [Isle-of-Thanet] Pearson > To: isle-of-thanet@rootsweb.com > Date: Saturday, 12 March, 2011, 15:52 > Hi, > > Found on igi family search-new site > > > > 1)      Joseph William Pearson to Helen > Elizabeth Gill 22/05/1875 London > both single at time of marriage > > 2)      Joseph William Pearson to Helen > Elizabeth Gill 28/05/1875 British > Embassy Paris France both single at time of marriage. > > > > Why two I don't know, I cannot find a record anywhere > else. > > > > > > Regards Joan. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ISLE-OF-THANET-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message >

Hi, Found on igi family search-new site 1) Joseph William Pearson to Helen Elizabeth Gill 22/05/1875 London both single at time of marriage 2) Joseph William Pearson to Helen Elizabeth Gill 28/05/1875 British Embassy Paris France both single at time of marriage. Why two I don't know, I cannot find a record anywhere else. Regards Joan.

On 12/03/2011 10:02, Anne Peat wrote: > The gaps from 1646-1660 were, of course, because this was during the Commonwealth period under Oliver Cromwell, when marriages were no longer the business of the church, but took place before JP. > Early civil registration :-)) > > Anne > > On 11 Mar 2011, at 21:44, Barbara Callcott wrote: > >> Cowper's Canterbury Marriage Licences (published in 1892) are now digitised and >> searcheable online at archive.org >> There are only a few gaps notably 1646 to 1660. Bridegrooms >> alphabetically listed and brides and other names indexed at end each volume. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ISLE-OF-THANET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > Are these early civil marriages recorded and are they available for us to search? I need a marriage about 1657. Lis

Thank you so much for publicising these, Barbara. I have found quite a few Jordan/Jourdan/ Jorden entries who may or may not be connected to my Thanet families. Several hours of happy browsing ahead, I think! Anne On 11 Mar 2011, at 21:44, Barbara Callcott wrote: > Cowper's Canterbury Marriage Licences (published in 1892) are now digitised and > searcheable online at archive.org > > 1568 to 1618 is at http://www.archive.org/details/canterburymarria01cant > 1619 to 1660 is at http://www.archive.org/details/canterburymarria02cant > Easy to download by right clicking on "pdf" and then choosing "save link as". > The pdf is then readable AND searcheable on your own computer. >

On 12 Mar 2011, at 08:57, Lis Palmer wrote: > On 12/03/2011 10:02, Anne Peat wrote: >> The gaps from 1646-1660 were, of course, because this was during the Commonwealth period under Oliver Cromwell, when marriages were no longer the business of the church, but took place before JP. >> Early civil registration :-)) >> >> > Are these early civil marriages recorded and are they available for us > to search? > I need a marriage about 1657. > Lis > I'm not sure many of them survive, Lis. A Google search came up with a document on Marriage Registration > http://www.chessvalley-u3a.org.uk/fam%20hist/Handouts/PARISH%20REGISTERS%20-%20PRESENTATION%20NOTES.doc with this information: > During the period known as the Commonwealth 1649-53, records were poor and during Oliver Cromwell’s Protectorate officers, called ‘Parish Registers’, were appointed to record events in Civil Registers. Marriages were to take place before a Justice of the Peace and it actually became illegal to marry in church. > > After Charles II was restored to the throne in 1660, these marriages were legalised in retrospect although some clergy refused to accept this and forced a second marriage in church or simply branded the children illegitimate. > > The ‘Parish Registers’ were dismissed and some clergy confiscated the Civil Registers and destroyed them. This is known as the Commonwealth gap to family history researchers. You would have to enquire in the Record office for the area you are interested in, to see if any of the Commonwealth registers escaped destruction, or whether any marriages were entered retrospectively. Apparently children of 'commonwealth marriages' were often baptised as 'alias' (surname) to imply they were considered by the clergy to be illegitimate, since their parents didn't marry in church. HTH Anne

The gaps from 1646-1660 were, of course, because this was during the Commonwealth period under Oliver Cromwell, when marriages were no longer the business of the church, but took place before JP. Early civil registration :-)) Anne On 11 Mar 2011, at 21:44, Barbara Callcott wrote: > Cowper's Canterbury Marriage Licences (published in 1892) are now digitised and > searcheable online at archive.org > There are only a few gaps notably 1646 to 1660. Bridegrooms > alphabetically listed and brides and other names indexed at end each volume.

Cowper's Canterbury Marriage Licences (published in 1892) are now digitised and searcheable online at archive.org 1568 to 1618 is at http://www.archive.org/details/canterburymarria01cant 1619 to 1660 is at http://www.archive.org/details/canterburymarria02cant Easy to download by right clicking on "pdf" and then choosing "save link as". The pdf is then readable AND searcheable on your own computer. Cowper transcribed & summarised the marriage licences held at CCA so includes many Thanet people. His introductions explain how he did it & his abbreviations. There are only a few gaps notably 1646 to 1660. Bridegrooms alphabetically listed and brides and other names indexed at end each volume. Cowper includes occupation & parents & bondsmans names & in my experience the transcriptions are quite reliable. Issue of a licence does not guarantee the marriage actually took place. Licence for marriage usually needed if: 1. either party lived outside the parish where the ceremony would take place 2. banns had not been read 3. special consent required eg one or both parties underage 4. one of the parties had previously been married within last 12 months ie recent widows or widowerall the best Barbara Callcott

The 1911 census shows that they had been married 35 years & didn't have any children.   We think that Helen Elizabeth Pearson could have been born Helen Elizabeth GILL Sept Qtr 1837. Lambeth 4 154.  Father a Captain in the Royal Navy.   On the 1851 Census, Helen E Gill aged 13, is living with her father Thomas, Royal Navy Captain, at The Lodge, Caversham, Oxfordshire   The strange thing which I find ( apart from not finding a marriage ) is that in 1871 Joseph Wm Pearson was a grocer, living with his widowed father in Bathwick, Somerset. But, his sister Christianna was shown as a Professor of Music, & his brother Frederick was a Grocer & Violinist!! ha ha But seeing as they had no children, there wouldn't be any descendants anyhoo!   Margate Local & Family History --- On Thu, 10/3/11, Peter <peterj.martin@lineone.net> wrote: From: Peter <peterj.martin@lineone.net> Subject: Re: [Isle-of-Thanet] Helen Pearson 1838-1939 To: isle-of-thanet@rootsweb.com Date: Thursday, 10 March, 2011, 7:05 Suzannah, Very sorry to disagree but the dates you quote don't seem to match the information. In the 1881 census Helen has a DOB c1844 and Joseph 1841. There is a FReeBMD entry for Joseph William PEARSON at Bath in the Dec 1840 quarter that ties in nicely. I think that in 1881 they weren't married because the best marriage for Joseph William PEARSON (on FreeBMD) is registered at Tunbridge in the Mar quarter 1898 with a possible Helen Sophia Piper. However, the only Helen Pipers c1844 are registered in Kent not London/Middlesex but as we know people are not always clear about their place of birth. What do you think? Peter Subject: [Isle-of-Thanet] Helen Pearson 1838-1939 Now wouldn't it be lovely if one of our listers had Helen Pearson born 1838 in their tree.   I find her first in Margate with her Professor of Music husband Joseph W Pearson in 1881 at Clifton Terrace and in 1891 and 1901 at 44 Godwin Road, Cliftonville. Joseph died 1922 aged 79.   Helen died 30 Jan 1938 at 44 Godwin Road.   ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ISLE-OF-THANET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi, Sorry Helens age should read 73 not 78, I have just had a look for her death reg on findmypast and Helen E Pearson died aged 101 in January quarter of 1939 2a 1844 in Thanet. Regards Joan

Hi, I am not related but I had a look at the 1911 census which says Living 44, Godwin Road Margate Joseph Pearson age 70 born 1841 Bath Somerset profession music Helen Elizabeth Pearson age 78 born 1838 Brixton Surrey Olive Smith general servant age 29 born 1882 born Sittingbourne Kent Married for 35 years that makes it 1876 Hope this helps. Regards Joan.

Suzannah, Very sorry to disagree but the dates you quote don't seem to match the information. In the 1881 census Helen has a DOB c1844 and Joseph 1841. There is a FReeBMD entry for Joseph William PEARSON at Bath in the Dec 1840 quarter that ties in nicely. I think that in 1881 they weren't married because the best marriage for Joseph William PEARSON (on FreeBMD) is registered at Tunbridge in the Mar quarter 1898 with a possible Helen Sophia Piper. However, the only Helen Pipers c1844 are registered in Kent not London/Middlesex but as we know people are not always clear about their place of birth. What do you think? Peter Subject: [Isle-of-Thanet] Helen Pearson 1838-1939 Now wouldn't it be lovely if one of our listers had Helen Pearson born 1838 in their tree.   I find her first in Margate with her Professor of Music husband Joseph W Pearson in 1881 at Clifton Terrace and in 1891 and 1901 at 44 Godwin Road, Cliftonville. Joseph died 1922 aged 79.   Helen died 30 Jan 1938 at 44 Godwin Road.  

Now wouldn't it be lovely if one of our listers had Helen Pearson born 1838 in their tree.   I find her first in Margate with her Professor of Music husband Joseph W Pearson in 1881 at Clifton Terrace and in 1891 and 1901 at 44 Godwin Road, Cliftonville. Joseph died 1922 aged 79.   Helen died 30 Jan 1938 at 44 Godwin Road.   OMAN OF 101 video newsreel film http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=20643 Various shots of Mrs Helen Pearson of Cliftonville who is 101-years-old this week watering her garden, petting her black and white cat, Felix, and knitting - without glasses! Margate Local & Family History

Hi again, It was probably the Zion Church ??? As taht is where John and Mary Ann are buried. Don't have the certificate just the BMD registration for their marriage December Q. 1845 Thanet 5 744. Not too much help am I. ~Elaine In a message dated 3/8/2011 10:24:53 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, suzannah.foad@btopenworld.com writes: I couldn't find baptisms for any of the children at St John's. Seeing as they were livng in High Street it would have been the closest Church. Do you have the marriage certificate for John and his wife Mary? It may give a clue as to what Church they were using. Would you mind sending me a scan of the headstone, you never know, I may have transcribed it wrongly x Margate Local & Family History --- On Tue, 8/3/11, Er3pr@aol.com <Er3pr@aol.com> wrote: > From: Er3pr@aol.com <Er3pr@aol.com> > Subject: [Isle-of-Thanet] William M HARRISON > To: Isle-of-Thanet-L@rootsweb.com > Date: Tuesday, 8 March, 2011, 17:51 > Hi Joan, > I thought that too, but I believe on the headstone it says > he was 8. That's > what throws me. And the fact that John HARRISON was in a > place called Port > Natal on the night of the 1851 census, but no > William. Johns wife, Mary, > was in Margate with the rest of the children. He may > have been staying with > another rellie, but have yet to find him. Will look > at the picture of the > Headstone ( which Suzannah provided for me ) again to > see if I missed > something. Thank you for helping. > ~Elaine > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ISLE-OF-THANET-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ISLE-OF-THANET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Will reply to you direct as the info I have found, may be wrong of course, is not in Thanet. Regards Joan -----Original Message----- From: isle-of-thanet-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:isle-of-thanet-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of LesleyMM Sent: 08 March 2011 20:18 To: isle-of-thanet@rootsweb.com Subject: [Isle-of-Thanet] SINNOCK Henry Hi Listers, I'm wondering whether some kind person can help me. Henry SINNOCK married 10 November 1802 Margate - to - Mary WOOD. (IGI has both the 10th and the 7th listed!) I have the following only: I'm not sure where this came from Marriage by Banns Witnesses at Marriage: John Freebody and Richard Mummery I have Henry SINNOCK'S father listed as JOHN who married Mary Roads However I have been contacted by a Sinnock researcher who thinks that Henry's father was JAMES SINNOCK and that John was his brother. I presume that the father would be listed on the marriage entry and hope to verify whether it was James or John. I would appreciate any assistance with this enquiry. Many thanks, Lesley ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ISLE-OF-THANET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Listers, I'm wondering whether some kind person can help me. Henry SINNOCK married 10 November 1802 Margate - to - Mary WOOD. (IGI has both the 10th and the 7th listed!) I have the following only: I'm not sure where this came from Marriage by Banns Witnesses at Marriage: John Freebody and Richard Mummery I have Henry SINNOCK'S father listed as JOHN who married Mary Roads However I have been contacted by a Sinnock researcher who thinks that Henry's father was JAMES SINNOCK and that John was his brother. I presume that the father would be listed on the marriage entry and hope to verify whether it was James or John. I would appreciate any assistance with this enquiry. Many thanks, Lesley

I couldn't find baptisms for any of the children at St John's. Seeing as they were livng in High Street it would have been the closest Church. Do you have the marriage certificate for John and his wife Mary? It may give a clue as to what Church they were using. Would you mind sending me a scan of the headstone, you never know, I may have transcribed it wrongly x Margate Local & Family History --- On Tue, 8/3/11, Er3pr@aol.com <Er3pr@aol.com> wrote: > From: Er3pr@aol.com <Er3pr@aol.com> > Subject: [Isle-of-Thanet] William M HARRISON > To: Isle-of-Thanet-L@rootsweb.com > Date: Tuesday, 8 March, 2011, 17:51 > Hi Joan, > I thought that too, but I believe on the headstone it says > he was 8. That's > what throws me. And the fact that John HARRISON was in a > place called Port > Natal  on the night of the 1851 census, but no > William. Johns wife, Mary, > was in  Margate with the rest of the children. He may > have been staying with > another  rellie, but have yet to find him. Will look > at the picture of the > Headstone (  which Suzannah provided for me ) again to > see if I missed > something. Thank  you for helping. > ~Elaine > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ISLE-OF-THANET-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message >

Thanet Obituaries. I have used both sources. They were extremely useful. There was possibly another copy in the possession of the St John's Margate churchwarden (David Scurrell) that I became aware of in the early 1980. Whether it was a personal possession or a possession of the church I don't know. He very kindly transcribed for me all the YOUNGs from the source he had. Where it is now I have no idea. May be it's one of the two described below. I have since double-checked his transcriptions, which were perfect. That said, let me add the usual caveat on any transcription that errors can be made especially when reading old gravestones. I say this because in the case of a father and son YOUNG being buried on the same day in Minster. The burial registers showed that the two burials occurred in 1720 and not as transcribed by Boys as 1726. That said, the sources are great. To have gravestones dating to the early 18C being read in the early 19C is a wonderful source for confirmation of data, especially because often relationships are made explicit on the gravestones that you don't find in the corresponding registers or BTs. (Roger Young) -----Original Message----- From: isle-of-thanet-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:isle-of-thanet-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of isle-of-thanet-request@rootsweb.com Sent: 08 March 2011 08:01 To: isle-of-thanet@rootsweb.com Subject: ISLE-OF-THANET Digest, Vol 6, Issue 30 Today's Topics: 1. Re: WHITE family tree deposited at Broadstairs Library 1946 by George FARDELL - still exists? (Barbara Callcott) 2. Fwd: [KFHS] Thanet Obituaries (Elizabeth Clark) 3. William Moses Harrison (Er3pr@aol.com) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2011 00:35:59 -0800 (PST) From: Barbara Callcott <barbara_callcott@yahoo.com.au> Subject: Re: [Isle-of-Thanet] WHITE family tree deposited at Broadstairs Library 1946 by George FARDELL - still exists? To: isle-of-thanet@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <467321.28226.qm@web120512.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Have emailed! Barbara ________________________________ Re: WHITE family tree deposited at Broadstairs Library 1946 by George FARDELL - still exists? (Suzannah Foad) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2011 14:43:02 +0000 (GMT) From: Suzannah Foad <suzannah.foad@btopenworld.com> Subject: Re: [Isle-of-Thanet] WHITE family tree deposited at Broadstairs Library 1946 by George FARDELL - still exists? To: isle-of-thanet@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <411757.78147.qm@web86404.mail.ird.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 You could try emailing? x broadstairslibrary@kent.gov.uk Suzannah Margate Local & Family History --- On Fri, 4/3/11, Barbara Callcott <barbara_callcott@yahoo.com.au> wrote: > From: Barbara Callcott <barbara_callcott@yahoo.com.au> > Subject: [Isle-of-Thanet] WHITE family tree deposited at Broadstairs Library >1946 by George FARDELL - still exists? > To: isle-of-thanet-l@rootsweb.com > Date: Friday, 4 March, 2011, 20:25 > "George FARDELL in April 1946 > deposited in Broadstairs Public Library the family > tree of the White family, showing that during the sixteenth > century Thomas WHITE > of Broadstairs, Isle of Thanet, Kent, was father to > Elizabeth born 1582, Richard > and John, twins, born 1583, Robert born 1586, and Solomon > born 1588." > > Source of quote is footnote on page 28 of John Whyman's > "Aspects of? > Holidaymaking and Resort Development Within the Isle of > Thanet, With? Particular > Reference to Margate, Circa 1736 to Circa 1840"published > 1981 in series > "dissertations in european economic history" part seeable > at >http://books.google.com.au/books?id=K-bPk63H40gC&pg=PA398&dq=whyman+thanet+ holidaymaking+1981&hl=en&ei=3UZxTYiFF82ecdyy2PgC&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=resu lt&resnum=3&ved=0CEEQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=whyman%20thanet%20holidaymaking%2019 81&f=false? >? > > Many Names & really full of good info & enjoyable > to read. > > I tried ringing the library but got the times totally > mucked up.? Am hoping > that some kind person might know or find out if the tree > still exists?? anyone > got a copy? > > Barbara Callcott > > > > ? ? ? ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2011 14:18:49 -0500 From: Elizabeth Clark <eec06031@comcast.net> Subject: [Isle-of-Thanet] Fwd: [KFHS] Thanet Obituaries To: isle-of-thanet@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <AANLkTi=dOE7R--P-Ab9dZMgFq0kjRjU1L-wxaHfTRkfx@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 FYI ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Duncan Harrington <history.research@btinternet.com> Date: Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 10:15 AM Subject: [KFHS] Thanet Obituaries To: kfhs-members@lists.bcn.mythic-beasts.com Whilst some members may already be aware of this index there may be others that do not and may welcome the information. Duncan Harrington, FSA, FSG, LHG, Ashton Lodge, Church Road, Lyminge, Folkestone, Kent UK. Tel: ?01303.862368. ? Website: http://www.historyresearch.co.uk THE THANET OBITUARY ?1655-1850 There are two known copies of The Thanet Obituary in existence: ?1. A leather-bound book of 271 folios, hand-written by John Boys, a Margate solicitor, giving full details of monumental inscriptions in the parishes of the Isle of Thanet which he recorded during the period 1809-1834. Boys' description of his own work reads as follows: "An obituary of persons in all the parishes in the Isle of Thanet as recorded upon their monuments and tombstones...recorded 1809, 1815, 1823, 1830. By 1830 scarcely one third of the 1809 survey could be found, and many had become illegible." Further entries were added after 1830; one survey is noted as having been made in 1837, and there are details of burials as late as 1844. This copy of the Obituary found its way into the library of William John W.Mercer of Margate, who died in 1926; subsequently it became the property of F.William Cock, M.D., F.S.A., of Appledore, Ashford, Kent, and was purchased by John Titford in May, 1988. ?This copy contains approximately 4000 entries, taken from the following burial grounds: MARGATE (Parish church; Calvinist Dissenters; Baptists; Roman Catholics); RAMSGATE (Parish church; Baptist Old Burial Ground; Baptist New Burial Ground); St.PETER THE APOSTLE (Parish church; Baptists); St.NICHOLAS; BIRCHINGTON, St.LAWRENCE; MINSTER; MONCKTON. ?2. A leather-bound book of 435 numbered pages, most with numbers on rectos only. This is John Boys' own copy, with his bookplate. Notes in pencil indicate that further surveys were made in the October of 1844 and in 1850. Entries are especially neatly written, sometimes containing additional or corrected information when compared with the Mercer/Cock copy, above. At the back of the book is a page covered with very faint pencil writing and a page of ink-written statistics, headed: "The following summary of the foregoing contents will show the comparative healthiness of each parish." The reverse of the front free endpaper carries the following note: "These pencilled memoranda were made by my late father, on the occasion of his opposing the inspector on the introduction of the Local Board of Health Bill - on my death or other disposition this book must be delivered to my eldest or second son as the case may be". Initials of J.H.B. [?], 5 March 1862. This copy was purchased by John Titford in June 1997. ?This copy contains 5000 or more entries. The burial grounds featured are as for the Mercer/Cock copy, above, with the addition of: St.PETER (Baptists); St.NICHOLAS (Wesleyan, up to 1896). ?Details of inscriptions usually include: name, date of death, age, observations. Family groups are frequently featured together on one inscription, and further details are often given, such as a person's place of origin, the place where he or she died, details of a married woman's parentage, etc. Some inscriptions taken from within churches go back to the fifteenth century, but the main series of inscriptions on outdoor memorials dates from the mid seventeenth century. Most entries are eighteenth or nineteenth century in date. ?A typical basic entry would read: ?John Adams. 17 Aug. 1738. Aged 68. Mary wife of John Adams. 29 Apr. 1700. Aged 48. Henry her son. 22 March 1710. Aged 33. [All the above on one headstone]. ?Fuller or more exotic entries would read: ?Thomas Feathers, a private in the 2nd.West York Militia who fell in a well at this place and was killed. 8 Dec. 1798. Aged 28. Headstone erected by the non-commissioned officers and privates of the same regiment. ?James, son of Richard Ayles, died a prisoner of war at Mentzs in Germany. 27 Oct. 1806. Aged 45. ?James Foard [Brasher] godson of Roger & Sarah Foard. He died of a fever in the West Indies. 22 May 1794. Aged 18. ?*************************************************************************** SEARCHES can be made in both copies of the Obituary. ?Please send ?9.00 plus a generous-sized stamped addressed envelope for details of up to THREE surnames. The price is the same no matter how many individuals of a given surname are located. ?Please send ?3.00 for each additional surname ?to John Titford, Yew Tree Farm, Hallfieldgate, Higham, Derbys. DE 55 6AG . -- Posted to list: KFHS-members@lists.bcn.mythic-beasts.com List Info: http://lists.bcn.mythic-beasts.com/mailman/listinfo/kfhs-members Kent FHS web site: http://www.kfhs.org.uk For help: http://www.mno.org.uk - if desperate email kfhs-list-admin@weald.org.uk ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 01:31:20 EST From: Er3pr@aol.com Subject: [Isle-of-Thanet] William Moses Harrison To: Isle-of-Thanet-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <67501.2568e8af.3aa72738@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Hi List, In researching my Harrison line from Margate, I have William Moses Harrison (b abt 1850 died June 28, 1858) son of John Harrison and Mary Ann Brook. William along with his two young siblings are memorialized on his Mum and Dads Headstone. I cannot find this young boys birth registration, I was hoping to find at least his christening but alas no. Even the 1851 census record is of no help, his Mum and siblings are on the record but not poor William. Does any one have any ideas as to where I can search further, I wish to purchase a copy of his birth certificate for the family records. ~Elaine ------------------------------ To contact the ISLE-OF-THANET list administrator, send an email to ISLE-OF-THANET-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the ISLE-OF-THANET mailing list, send an email to ISLE-OF-THANET@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ISLE-OF-THANET-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of ISLE-OF-THANET Digest, Vol 6, Issue 30 *********************************************

Hi Joan, I thought that too, but I believe on the headstone it says he was 8. That's what throws me. And the fact that John HARRISON was in a place called Port Natal on the night of the 1851 census, but no William. Johns wife, Mary, was in Margate with the rest of the children. He may have been staying with another rellie, but have yet to find him. Will look at the picture of the Headstone ( which Suzannah provided for me ) again to see if I missed something. Thank you for helping. ~Elaine

Hi Elaine, I have found a birth for William Moses Harrison in 1854 1d 185 on Freebmd but it was registered in Newington Surrey, could the family have been there. Regards Joan -----Original Message----- From: isle-of-thanet-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:isle-of-thanet-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Er3pr@aol.com Sent: 08 March 2011 06:31 To: Isle-of-Thanet-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [Isle-of-Thanet] William Moses Harrison Hi List, In researching my Harrison line from Margate, I have William Moses Harrison (b abt 1850 died June 28, 1858) son of John Harrison and Mary Ann Brook. William along with his two young siblings are memorialized on his Mum and Dads Headstone. I cannot find this young boys birth registration, I was hoping to find at least his christening but alas no. Even the 1851 census record is of no help, his Mum and siblings are on the record but not poor William. Does any one have any ideas as to where I can search further, I wish to purchase a copy of his birth certificate for the family records. ~Elaine ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ISLE-OF-THANET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi List, In researching my Harrison line from Margate, I have William Moses Harrison (b abt 1850 died June 28, 1858) son of John Harrison and Mary Ann Brook. William along with his two young siblings are memorialized on his Mum and Dads Headstone. I cannot find this young boys birth registration, I was hoping to find at least his christening but alas no. Even the 1851 census record is of no help, his Mum and siblings are on the record but not poor William. Does any one have any ideas as to where I can search further, I wish to purchase a copy of his birth certificate for the family records. ~Elaine