Louise, Totally agree with Malcolm. Wickhambreaux is not in Thanet, The 1851 Census, states Thomas Kennett was born Wickham as does the 1861 West Wickham Records are kept at Bromley while East Wickham are kept at Bexley. Good luck Suzannah Hi, I wonder if anyone can help me to pin something down. I have been tracking a bit further back through my Kennetts over the weekend (bad cold, so I sat in front of the fire with the laptop) I got as far as Thomas born 1776. He seems to have married Mary Fox in Monkton in 1801 and he lives in Monkton on the 1841 and 51 censuses, but they do not contain a place of birth. On the 1861 census he is still in Monkton, but his place of birth I think looks like Wickham. I went over and over it. It is definitely in Kent. I looked at the road map and see that there is East and West Wickham but also in Thanet, Wickhambreaux. Is there any other place in Thanet, maybe somewhere small which is not on the road map which it may mean? Or could it be Wickhambreaux. I am wondering why it just says Wickham and does not distinguish between East and West. Any help or opinions would be much appreciated. Louise

Thanks Suzannah and Malcolm. I see now that I didn't look at the original document for 1851. So I am definitely out of Thanet with this line now. Thanks for the additional info about where the records are kept. Louise Suzannah Foad wrote: >Louise, > >Totally agree with Malcolm. Wickhambreaux is not in Thanet, >The 1851 Census, states Thomas Kennett was born Wickham as does the 1861 > >West Wickham Records are kept at Bromley while East Wickham are kept at >Bexley. > >Good luck >Suzannah > > > >Hi, I wonder if anyone can help me to pin something down. > >I have been tracking a bit further back through my Kennetts over the >weekend (bad cold, so I sat in front of the fire with the laptop) I got >as far as Thomas born 1776. He seems to have married Mary Fox in >Monkton >in 1801 and he lives in Monkton on the 1841 and 51 censuses, but they >do >not contain a place of birth. On the 1861 census he is still in >Monkton, >but his place of birth I think looks like Wickham. I went over and over >it. It is definitely in Kent. I looked at the road map and see that >there is East and West Wickham but also in Thanet, Wickhambreaux. Is >there any other place in Thanet, maybe somewhere small which is not on >the road map which it may mean? Or could it be Wickhambreaux. I am >wondering why it just says Wickham and does not distinguish between >East >and West. > >Any help or opinions would be much appreciated. > >Louise > > > >------------------------------- >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 > > > >