David, >From my records on Garlinge WILLIAM T SOLLEY born 1860 was the son of WILLIAM and SARAH SOLLEY and brother of SARAH A SOLLEY, ELIZABETH M SOLLEY and ANN L SOLLEY. All living together in 1861 census. For the record, in 1851 father William was living with his mother MERCY CLARKE. Also in 1861 census is JAMES SAYER 32, EMMA A SAYER 29, with 6 children which increase to 11 children in 1871 including ROSETTA 4 Again in 1861 there is an EMMA SOLLEY 29 and ELIZABETH SOLLEY 4 living at 4 Street Green and GEORGE SOLLEY 30 living at 5 Street Green (George is shown as a carter, Emma and Elizabeth as a carters wife and child) It would appear that GEORGE SOLLEY was the son of WILLIAM SOLLEY 50, and SUSANNAH SOLLEY 50, living at Street Green in the 1841 census In 1991 MERCY CLARKE 80 was living as a member of her grandson WILLIAM THOMAS SOLLEY's household Hope this can help you. For the record my Solly ancestors in Garlinge were Great great grandparents THOMAS SOLLY /MARY ANN SOLLY (PETTS) Great grandparents GEORGE CHARLES LEDNOR SOLLY/ EDITH SOLLY (MARSH) Grandparents BEATRICE MARY SOLLY/ SYDNEY HAROLD JAMES LANGSTON Laurie Bridger --- On Thu, 21/4/11, David Railton <railton.david@btinternet.com> wrote: > From: David Railton <railton.david@btinternet.com> > Subject: Re: [Isle-of-Thanet] 86 years in one house - Death of William T SOLLEY, 1947 > To: isle-of-thanet@rootsweb.com > Date: Thursday, 21 April, 2011, 19:31 > I must be related to William Thomas > SOLLEY but not sure how. In 1890 Alice > Elizabeth STUPPLE was born at Dent de Lion Farm, Garlinge. > Alice was the > daughter of Rosetta SAYER who was the daughter of Emma Ann > SOLLEY (1831 - > 1908), my gg grandmother. I would guess that William Thomas > was the son of > one of Emma Ann's brothers, children of James SOLLEY > (1787-1861) and Eleanor > GARDNER (1788-1864). > > David > > > -----Original Message----- > From: isle-of-thanet-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:isle-of-thanet-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Suzannah Foad > Sent: 21 April 2011 18:08 > To: isle-of-thanet-l@rootsweb.com > Subject: [Isle-of-Thanet] 86 years in one house - Death of > William T > SOLLEY,1947 > > 86 Years in one House > Death of Mr W T SOLLEY >   > Isle of Thanet Gazette 24th Jan 1947 >   >   > Mr William Thomas SOLLEY of Myrtle House, Canterbury Road, > Garlinge, died on > Thursday last week at the house in which he was born 86 > years ago. The house > was formerly known as Dandelion Cottage Farm, and at one > time he managed it > as a small holding. >   > Mr SOLLEY was for many years a prominent member of Garlinge > Parish Council > and may be remembered among older inhabitants as the man > who fought for > street lighting in Garlinge. >   > St James Church stands opposite Myrtle House and Mr SOLLEY > showed > considerable interest in its activities. He was a > churchwarden for 26 years. > His greatest wish during the war was to see the church > reopened and that > wish was granted in September last year. >   > Mr SOLLEY, whose wife died 10 years ago, leaves a daughter. > His only son, > Captain W SOLLEY was killed during the 1914-1918 war. >   > The funeral, which took place on Monday at Margate > Cemetery, was preceded by > a choral service in St James’ Church. The Vicar (the Rev > P G Harrison) > officiated and the family mourners present were Mrs J > HARCOURT (daughter) > Mrs W SOLLEY (daughter in law) and Mr G HARCOURT, > (Grandson). > > Margate Local & Family History > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Among my great-grandfather Jabez Sackett's papers was a note: "Mr John James Sackett (94), the oldest Methodist lay preacher in Kent, lived all his life at Myrtle Cottage, Thanet, the house in which he was born, and in which he has died. He had slept under another roof only twice in all that time." This was James John (not John James) Sackett (bp 16 Apr 1820, bur 23 Feb 1914). Myrtle Cottage was at Northwood, St Lawrence. (More at http://www.sackettfamily.info/p11171.htm). It would be interesting to find out where great-grandfather Jabez got the information. I imagine it would have been a newspaper report. Quite a coincidence that JJ Sackett lived at Myrtle Cottage and WT Solley lived at Myrtle House! Anyway, I claim the prize for longest in one house. Chris Sackett