Dear Anne, I returned to the Thanet website today and was delighted to see a familiar name, Lansell. I have a large file on this family and wonder if you have heard of the Lansell family in Bendigo Victoria. If you are related to Charlotte daughter of Henry Lansell and Rachel, then you are distantly related to the well known Australian "Quartz King of Bendigo", George Lansell. Charlotte and George would be first cousins. The Lansells were Huguenot from Vimy en Arras en Artois. I would be pleased to share my research of the Lansell family with you but I have nothing in my file about William Barker except the gleanings from the census. Rachel was the widow of James Peete when she married Henry Lansell. Rachel, baptized 13 Dec 1755 at St Peters Thanet, was the 9th (I think), child of Robert Witherden and Sarah Norwood. Rachel married James Peete in 1818 and he was buried at St John 22 Mar 1822 at age 32. There were two children from this marriage: Rachel, who died at age 2 years 7 months and was buried 29 March 1825, and Robert who was born after his father's death and was with Rachel in the 1841 census. Robert married in 1843 and you can follow him in the St Peter census. Rachel married Henry Lansell 24 April 1825. The 1837 ACC will of Sarah Witherden refers to her son-in-law Henry Lansell of St Peter, butcher, and also refers to her daughter Rachel wife of Henry Lansell. You have the names and dates of Rachel and Henry's two children. Gibbon would have been named after a brother of Henry's mother, Gibbon Rammell, and Charlotte was named after Henry's sister. Gibbon was with the family in 1841 and I have not found out what happened to him yet. You already know about Charlotte, her marriage and children. Charlotte was mentioned in the 1880 will of Henry's youngest sister, Susan. The will also nicely ties in the Rammell cousins. Henry was the son of William Lansell 1758-1846 and Elizabeth Rammell 1769-1857. Their children were Mary Ann 1792-1870 who did not marry, Elizabeth 1793- married Wm Thomas Matthew, Charlotte 1794-1873 married John Bayly, Thomas 1796-1871 married Elizabeth Budd, Henry 1798-1840 and Susan 1800-1880 married Charles Benjamin Gorely. Charlotte and John Bayly were the 2nd great grandparents of my husband. Five of the six children of Thomas Lansell and Elizabeth went to Australia: George, Wootton, Susan, Ann, and William, so probably you are related to any Lansells in Australia. Looking forward to hearing from you. Elizabeth Brooker, Etobicoke, Ont. Canada