Dear Jim Are you related to a Jim Wanstall born about 1914 who lived in Garlinge. If you are please let me know as I may be able to help you. Sandra Ager ----- Original Message ----- From: "P ROGERS" <kildavanan@btopenworld.com> To: <ISLE-OF-THANET@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2006 12:22 PM Subject: [Isle-of-Thanet] Oliver WANSTALL > Hello Fellow Members > > I - and others - have been searching for the baptism of my 3xGreat > Grandfather, Oliver WANSTALL, but without success. In the 1841 Census for > Birchington (3, Brunswick Place: HO107/465/7/24/10), and also in the 1851 > Census (Birchington Street: HO 107/1629/58/8), he gave his place of birth > as > Hoath; his stated age indicated a birth year of around 1779. He was a > cordwainer and married Sarah HOLNESS of Chislet at the Church of the Holy > Cross, Hoath on 5 Nov 1803; he died on 13 Feb 1853 and was buried at > Birchington on 18 Feb 1853. According to the gravestone he was then aged > 72. > > His grandson, Francis James WANSTALL became a Blacksmith and married > Bennett BETTSWORTH; they were my maternal grandmother's parents but, > naturally, both died long before I was born in 1921. Of course, it is > possible that he was given a different Christian name at Baptism but was > thereafter known as Oliver (it has been known to happen!). > > Has anyone come across the baptism of this elusive ancestor? If anyone is > interested in this particular family I should be very pleased to hear from > you - apart, of course, from those with whom I am already in contact and > who > have been most helpful. > > John ROGERS > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >