Hi All: Thanks to Dave Peach, who did several lookups in response to my last two requests on this list, we seem to have pieced together this PHILLIPS family somewhat better. There is still room for additional information to wrap up the loose ends, however. In 1871 the SMITH family looks like: George SMITH H M 40 Confectioner b. Wimbledon, Surrey Jane " W M 44 b. Gosport, Hants Rosa J " D U 14 Teacher b. Portsmouth Eliza A " D - 13 Scholar b. Portsmouth Emily " D - 11 " b. Portsmouth Sarah A " D - 9 " b. Portsmouth William G " S - 3 b. Portsmouth In 1881, before Sarah married Louis Squire WILLCOCKS in 1888, the family was George SMITH Head M Male 50 Wimbledon, Surrey, England Confectioner Jane SMITH Wife M Female 54 Gosport, Hampshire, England Rosa J. SMITH Daur U Female 24 Portsmouth, Hampshire, England Milliner Emily SMITH Daur U Female 21 Portsmouth, Hampshire, England Plain Needlewoman Sarah A. SMITH Daur U Female 18 Portsmouth, Hampshire, England Straw Bonnets William J. SMITH Son Male 13 Portsmouth, Hampshire, England Scholar Rosa E. A. PHILLIPS Grand Daur Female 1 Portsmouth, Hampshire, England Eliza A SMITH is no longer in the nest, but has married Frederick Michael PHILLIPS: Dec Qtr 1878, Portsea, 2b, 850 Frederick Michael PHILLIPS to Eliza Ann SMITH 1891 Frederick W(M?)PHILLIPS H M 41 Convict Prison Warder b. Harding Heath, Southampton Eliza A " W M 32 b. Southsea, Hants Rose E. L. " D - 11 b. Southsea Kate " D - 10 b. Southsea Frederick G " S - 8 b. Northwood, IOW Arthur " S - 6 b. Northwood, IOW Lillie B " D - 5 b. Northwood, IOW Gladys E " D - 2 b. Northwood, IOW Rosa J SMITH Visitor U 34 b. Landport, Portsmouth So Rosa SMITH, Eliza's sister, is off visiting her in Horsebridge Hill, Northwood, IOW. Presumably close to Bonchurch? Does anyone know? I haven't been able to find Bonchurch on a map of IOW. Regards Martin Willcocks Taylorsville, UT, USA.

Martin Regarding Bonchurch, Northwood and Horsebridge Hill. The Parish of Bonchurch is a very small parish on the south-east coast of the Island, immediately south of the parish of Shanklin. Bonchurch nowadays is difficult to distinguish from the town of Ventnor, but in the mid to late 19th century Ventnor hardly existed and was part of the parish of Newchurch which stretched from the north (Ryde) to the south coasts. Since then Ventnor has become a parish in its own right. The Parish of Northwood is situated at the extreme north of the Island on the west coast of the River Medina. Again in the 19th century Northwood included what is now Cowes. The southern extent of Northwood parish was what is now called Parkhurst - not sure whether it would have included the prison in those days, but was certainly adjacent to it. Horsebridge Hill is a short stretch of road leading out of Parkhurst towards the village of Northwood and would have been home to many prison warders (and still is). Is Horsebridge Hill close to Bonchurch? Well that depends on your perspective. Everywhere on the Island is close to everywhere else, probably about 14 miles as the crow flies. Even in Victorian times it would have been reasonably easy to travel from one to the other, even if it meant a lengthy walk. To find places in the UK use the following web sites: For modern day maps: http://www.streetmap.co.uk/ For old maps http://www.old-maps.co.uk/ - brilliant site, though sadly it seems not to be working as I write this :-( Jon Baker -----Original Message----- From: Martin Willcocks [mailto:martinwill2@comcast.net] Sent: 19 April 2004 03:25 To: ISLE-OF-WIGHT-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Olive M Phillips 1901 Hi All: Thanks to Dave Peach, who did several lookups in response to my last two requests on this list, we seem to have pieced together this PHILLIPS family somewhat better. There is still room for additional information to wrap up the loose ends, however. In 1871 the SMITH family looks like: George SMITH H M 40 Confectioner b. Wimbledon, Surrey Jane " W M 44 b. Gosport, Hants Rosa J " D U 14 Teacher b. Portsmouth Eliza A " D - 13 Scholar b. Portsmouth Emily " D - 11 " b. Portsmouth Sarah A " D - 9 " b. Portsmouth William G " S - 3 b. Portsmouth In 1881, before Sarah married Louis Squire WILLCOCKS in 1888, the family was George SMITH Head M Male 50 Wimbledon, Surrey, England Confectioner Jane SMITH Wife M Female 54 Gosport, Hampshire, England Rosa J. SMITH Daur U Female 24 Portsmouth, Hampshire, England Milliner Emily SMITH Daur U Female 21 Portsmouth, Hampshire, England Plain Needlewoman Sarah A. SMITH Daur U Female 18 Portsmouth, Hampshire, England Straw Bonnets William J. SMITH Son Male 13 Portsmouth, Hampshire, England Scholar Rosa E. A. PHILLIPS Grand Daur Female 1 Portsmouth, Hampshire, England Eliza A SMITH is no longer in the nest, but has married Frederick Michael PHILLIPS: Dec Qtr 1878, Portsea, 2b, 850 Frederick Michael PHILLIPS to Eliza Ann SMITH 1891 Frederick W(M?)PHILLIPS H M 41 Convict Prison Warder b. Harding Heath, Southampton Eliza A " W M 32 b. Southsea, Hants Rose E. L. " D - 11 b. Southsea Kate " D - 10 b. Southsea Frederick G " S - 8 b. Northwood, IOW Arthur " S - 6 b. Northwood, IOW Lillie B " D - 5 b. Northwood, IOW Gladys E " D - 2 b. Northwood, IOW Rosa J SMITH Visitor U 34 b. Landport, Portsmouth So Rosa SMITH, Eliza's sister, is off visiting her in Horsebridge Hill, Northwood, IOW. Presumably close to Bonchurch? Does anyone know? I haven't been able to find Bonchurch on a map of IOW. Regards Martin Willcocks Taylorsville, UT, USA. ______________________________

Martin Willcocks < martinwill2@comcast.net > wrote: > So Rosa SMITH, Eliza's sister, is off visiting her in > Horsebridge Hill, > Northwood, IOW. Presumably close to Bonchurch? Does anyone know? I > haven't been able to find Bonchurch on a map of IOW. Using the Ordnance Survey's Landranger search < http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/jsp/mapshop/mapShop.jsp?display=/products_ne w/landranger/index.cfm?Shop_ID=1 > You can find Bonchurch at Map Reference SZ5777 and Northwood at Map Reference SZ4893. You can see both of them on the MultiMap site < http://www.multimap.com/ >. In the Quicksearch box, under GB postcode or Place, just put the Grid Reference SZ570770 (zeros added to make it a six digit map reference) and hit FIND. Zoom out to 100,000 for a better view. Alternatively you can find Bonchurch and Northwood directly on MultiMap. MultiMap's grid reference for Bonchurch, SZ569780, is bit more precise. From the map/grid references it is possible to calculate how far apart the two places are. SZ5777 to SZ4893 = SQRT( (57 - 48)^2 + (93 - 77)^2 ) = SQRT( (9)^2 + (16)^2 ) = SQRT( 81 + 256 ) = SQRT( 337 ) = 18.36 Km = 18.36 * 5/8 miles = 11.5 miles Regards Elmo. -- --Keith Elmo ELDRIDGE Isle-of-Wight-Admin@rootsweb.com --Elmo@aphelia.co.uk --Buxworth, Derbyshire, England. --Listowner Isle-of-Wight-L