Has anyone got a connection with, or any information, about the PEARSON family of Tonbridge, Kent, please? I am particularly interested in Thomas PEARSON, born about 1806 at Tonbridge and his wife Sarah, born about 1805 at Tonbridge. In the 1861 Census they were living at 25 St Margarets Place, Tonbridge, Kent [RG9/494, folio 133, page 14] with their four children (they may have had other children): Thomas PEARSON, born about 1832 at Tonbridge Samuel PEARSON, born about 1844 at Tonbridge Ellen PEARSON, born about 1849 at Tonbridge Caroline PEARSON, born about 1850 at Tonbridge. Ellen PEARSON married George T. RICHARDSON, born about 1848 at Rotherfield, Sussex, in 1871 at Croydon, Surrey. Caroline PEARSON married Charles SOUTHON, born about 1850 at Tonbridge, in 1877 at Tonbridge. In the 1881 Census [RG11/919, folio 69, page 17] Ellen and Caroline were living next door to each other at 30 and 28 Lavender Hill,. Tonbridge. Thanks for any information Chris Page

Don and Sharee wrote: > In which section of Find My Past does one search for divorce records? Under marriages -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk

Does anyone have a Victorian street map of Tonbridge, Kent or know where St Margarets Place, Tonbridge was located, please? The 1861 Census refers to it as "St Margaets Place, Tunbridge Wells Road, Tonbridge" and the 1881 Census to "St Margarets Place, Quarry Hill, Tonbridge". Looking at other pages in the 1861 Census suggests it was located somewhere between the present day Foresters Arms and Waterloo Place on the east side of Quarry Hill (A26) and Pembury Road (A21), but I cannot find it on a present day map. Thanks Chris Page

Hi Elaine The London Borough of Lewisham is certainly not what it used to be but it is not a 'no go' area. You need to be sensible about where you keep your purse etc in much the same way as any area with lots of people, and if you look scared you will be the focus of unwanted attention wherever you are. If you go there, just make sure you know exactly where you want to go, that way you are less likely to look lost and helpless. Google gives you access to bus and train timetables and taxi companies so you should be able to have everything in place before you go. Of course, you may not even have to go there! Google street view [apparently now on google Earth] will have a lot of what you might be looking for anyway. The North West Kent Family History site may also help you with the cemeteries. I found two of my ancestors in the Ladywell/Brockley cemetery transcriptions. Not sure if they have the others cemetaries on there but the two other cemeteries in the area are Hither Green [in Verdant Lane SE6] and Grove Park [Marvels Lane SE12] you can even see the graves on the satellite view on Google. Berry On 8 May 2010 03:39, Elaine Robinson <elainer@stn.net> wrote: > Hi > My family left Kent around 1908, but some remained in Lewisham area: > including Lee and Catford.. I would like to do some research in Lewisham . I > have been told it is now a very rough place and I have been advised not to > go there. My main interest would be in checking out the cemeteries and > probably looking at the streets which I have found in the census records. > Can anyone give me same advice as to what I should do? > > > Elaine > Georgetown Ontario > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KENT-ENG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi My family left Kent around 1908, but some remained in Lewisham area: including Lee and Catford.. I would like to do some research in Lewisham . I have been told it is now a very rough place and I have been advised not to go there. My main interest would be in checking out the cemeteries and probably looking at the streets which I have found in the census records. Can anyone give me same advice as to what I should do? Elaine Georgetown Ontario

PPS I wouldn't be at all surprised if this is him in The National Archives Catalogue WO Records created or inherited by the War Office, Armed Forces, Judge Advocate General, and related bodies Division within WO Records of the Royal Chelsea and Kilmainham Hospitals WO 97 Royal Hospital Chelsea: Soldiers Service Documents Subseries within WO 97 1760-1854: discharge papers arranged by regiment, but each described at item level. (WO 97/1-1271) WO 97/1210 Royal Artillery: Abb - Amo Record Summary Scope and content CHARLES ALEXANDER Born WARE, Hertfordshire Served in Royal Artillery Discharged aged 42 FindMyPast are indexing Chelsea Pensioners Records, you can sign up for notifications as to when they get to that era - they only seem to have done the late 1800s so far. (They still have a million records to go, so don't hold your breath!) Anne Francesco Acciarito wrote: > Hi listers, > > On a shipping entry into NSW, dated Jan 1853, my Mary Jane Alexander > said her parents Charles and Mary Alexander were both dead, and I have > found likely death entries for both of them in Greenwich in 1848. > Charles and Mary were married in 1823 and had 4 children, Elizabeth > Ann, Mary Jane, Caroline and Henry, all in Woolwich. > > I have 2 questions I hope SKS can help me with. > One, How can I prove these death entries are or are not mine, apart > from buying the certs? I have no idea what Charles did for a living. > Two, Can anyone find a likely family on the 1841 census for me? > > Any help appreciated. > Cheers, Robyn of Oz.

PS - by the time Henry is baptised in 1829, Charles is a Serjeant in the Royal Artillery Anne Francesco Acciarito wrote: > Hi listers, > > On a shipping entry into NSW, dated Jan 1853, my Mary Jane Alexander said her parents Charles and Mary > Alexander were both dead, and I have found likely death entries for both of them in Greenwich in 1848. > Charles and Mary were married in 1823 and had 4 children, Elizabeth Ann, Mary Jane, Caroline and Henry, all > in Woolwich. > > I have 2 questions I hope SKS can help me with. One, How can I prove these death entries are or are not > mine, apart from buying the certs? I have no idea what Charles did for a living. Two, Can anyone find a > likely family on the 1841 census for me? > > Any help appreciated. Cheers, Robyn of Oz.

From Ancestry's LMA database Mary Jane Alexander Baptism 7 Jan 1827 b 11 December 1826 Charles Alexander,Mary Alexander St Mary Magdalene, Woolwich Greenwich He was a corporal in the Royal Artillery and they lived in Artillery Place A Charles Alexander age 40 b in Scotland is in the RA barracks in Woolwich in 1841 but no family. HO107/493/7 The Charles Alexander who died in 1848 is not yours, but could be a brother Charles Alexander b abt 1824 (age 24) Ordnance Hospital 22 Mar 1848 St Mary Magdalene, Church Street, Parson's Hill, Woolwich Greenwich Mary could be Mary Alexander b abt 1802 (age 46) buried 10 Nov 1848 died 7 Nov 1848 Workhouse St Alfege, Greenwich Greenwich Anne South Australia Francesco Acciarito wrote: > Hi listers, > > On a shipping entry into NSW, dated Jan 1853, my Mary Jane Alexander said her parents Charles and Mary > Alexander were both dead, and I have found likely death entries for both of them in Greenwich in 1848. > Charles and Mary were married in 1823 and had 4 children, Elizabeth Ann, Mary Jane, Caroline and Henry, all > in Woolwich. > > I have 2 questions I hope SKS can help me with. One, How can I prove these death entries are or are not > mine, apart from buying the certs? I have no idea what Charles did for a living. Two, Can anyone find a > likely family on the 1841 census for me? > > Any help appreciated. Cheers, Robyn of Oz. >

Hi listers, On a shipping entry into NSW, dated Jan 1853, my Mary Jane Alexander said her parents Charles and Mary Alexander were both dead, and I have found likely death entries for both of them in Greenwich in 1848. Charles and Mary were married in 1823 and had 4 children, Elizabeth Ann, Mary Jane, Caroline and Henry, all in Woolwich. I have 2 questions I hope SKS can help me with. One, How can I prove these death entries are or are not mine, apart from buying the certs? I have no idea what Charles did for a living. Two, Can anyone find a likely family on the 1841 census for me? Any help appreciated. Cheers, Robyn of Oz.

Hello All. An 1804 map of London is now on display at: Wallis's Plan Of The Cities Of London And Westminster 1804 http://archivemaps.com/mapco/wallis1804/wallis.htm Enjoy! Apologies for the previous posting of this message, that for some reason lost its formatting. Kind regards, David Hale, Adelaide, South Australia. MAPCO : Map And Plan Collection Online http://archivemaps.com Follow MAPCO on twitter at http://twitter.com/MAPCO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Hello All. An 1804 map of London is now on display at: Wallis's Plan Of The Cities Of London And Westminster 1804 [1]http://archivemaps.com/mapco/wallis1804/wallis.htm This is a later version of Wallis's 1801 map: Wallis's Plan Of The Cities Of London And Westminster 1801 [2]http://archivemaps.com/mapco/wallis/wallis.htm The 1804 edition is extended east by an extra sheet 11¾" (30.0cm) wide, from Stepney to Greenwich Marsh. An additional title "The Isle Of Dogs and the New Docks for the West India Trade" is displayed in an oval at the top left. Enjoy! Kind regards, David Hale, Adelaide, South Australia. MAPCO : Map And Plan Collection Online [3]http://archivemaps.com Follow MAPCO on twitter at [4]http://twitter.com/MAPCO Map of London 1850 [5]http://london1850.com Map of London 1851 [6]http://london1851.com Map of London 1868 [7]http://london1868.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ References 1. http://archivemaps.com/mapco/wallis1804/wallis.htm 2. http://archivemaps.com/mapco/wallis/wallis.htm 3. http://archivemaps.com/ 4. http://twitter.com/MAPCO 5. http://london1850.com/ 6. http://london1851.com/ 7. http://london1868.com/

Hi all especially Phil WHITE Re: 3. JARVIS in Kent/Erith (Phil White) ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Tue, 04 May 2010 21:01:37 -0400 From: Phil White <pwgrandmapa@comcast.net> Subject: [KENT-ENG] JARVIS in Kent/Erith To: KENT-ENG@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <4BE0C371.8040409@comcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Hello to all in Kent, I am back working on my Dad's mother's family of JARVIS and hope I can connect with others working on this family As far back as I have data this JARVIS family was from Crayford but married in Mitcham, and some in Wandsworth, though most gravitated back to the Crayford/Erith area where Grandma Hanna and her twin Rebecca were born. Grandad Henry(White) came from Shermanbury, SX as a boot maker apprentice to his mothers Uncle and had a shop at Stone.I have a couple of great photos of the main road there when itwas still dirt and was the end of the line fro the tram from Dartford. If any one has any info that might connect to this Jarvis group I would be delighted to share Phil White in New Hampshire USA, Roots in Sussex, Kent and Isle of Wight I am researching the MARTIN family from Preston near Wingham, Kent who lived on Ashwood Farm near Elmstone. My great-great grandfather had the name of Jarvis MARTIN and I have always wondered it the Jarvis was a family name with a link to the JARVIS family. My Jarvis was born abt 1802 in Preston near Wingham, married to Elizabeth RALPH. His father was John MARTIN and mother Mary FARRIER I believe. Please contact me if this is your family or if you know any information related to them. Thanks Sharyn GUTHRIE

Hello again Grahame Just a thought - I don't think he was Alfred *James* Bicknell but Alfred *Edwin* for two reasons: There's no Alfred James born in Godalming (or indeed anywhere) in 1886/7 but there is this Births Sep 1886 Bicknell Alfred Edwin Guildford 2a 95 Godalming is in the Guildford Registration district There's no Alfred James Bicknell married to an Ellen in 1907/8 but there is this Marriages Dec 1907 BICKNELL Alfred Edwin Hambledon 2a 321 DENDY Ellen Hambledon 2a 321 Births Jun 1887 Dendy Ellen Horsham 2b 313 which ties in with her birthplace on the 1911 census In 1901 Alfred Bicknell age 15 b Godalming is a page (domestic) at the Kings Arms in Godalming High Street. RG13; Piece: 606; Folio: 121; Page: 40. HTH Anne grahjam5@bigpond.net.au wrote: > Hi Everyone > > Would any one know where I could go and look up Foster Records in England. The reason I am asking is I am > helping a cousin with her family tree. > > The person we are trying to find is a Alfred James Bicknell who fostered a child called Rosie Florence > Cane. > > She was born about 1911 Brighton England and what I was told she was at Prestons Manor in a cottage which > was part of the estate. After which Alfred Bicknell came to Australia. > > That is why Florence ended up being Rosie Florence Cane-Bicknell. > > Any suggestions would be of great help. > > Kind Regards > > Grahame James > > > > Grahame James > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KENT-ENG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of > the message >

Hello Graham, I doubt if there would be any formal records of fostering then then. If you get her birth certificate, that might give you some clues - it looks as if her mother was unmarried Births Dec 1911 Cane Rosie F Cane Brighton 2b 354 He was a gardener living at Preston Manor lodge 1911 census BICKNELL, Alfred Head Married 3 years M 24 1887 Gardener Domestic Surrey Godalming BICKNELL, Ellen Wife Married F 23 1888 Sussex Horsham VIEW RG number: RG14 Piece: 5158 Reference: RG14PN5158 RG78PN228 RD80 SD1 ED6 SN125 Registration District: Steyning Sub District: Preston Enumeration District: 6 Parish: Preston Address: Preston Manor Lodge Preston County: Sussex They came to Australia in 1914 Mr Alfred BICKNELL Date of departure: 27 August 1914 Port of departure: London Passenger destination port: Melbourne, Australia Passenger destination: Melbourne, Australia Date of Birth: 1887 (calculated from age) Age: 27 Marital status: Married Sex: Male Occupation: Cabman travelling with Mrs Ellen BICKNELL Rose BICKNELL Ship: Official Number: Master's name: Steamship Line: Where bound: Square feet: Registered tonnage: Passengers on voyage: THEMISTOCLES 148847 David Taylor Anchor-Donaldson Sydney, Australia 19058 8161 316 HTH Anne South Australia grahjam5@bigpond.net.au wrote: > Hi Everyone > > Would any one know where I could go and look up Foster Records in England. The reason I am asking is I am > helping a cousin with her family tree. > > The person we are trying to find is a Alfred James Bicknell who fostered a child called Rosie Florence > Cane. > > She was born about 1911 Brighton England and what I was told she was at Prestons Manor in a cottage which > was part of the estate. After which Alfred Bicknell came to Australia. > > That is why Florence ended up being Rosie Florence Cane-Bicknell. > > Any suggestions would be of great help. > > Kind Regards > > Grahame James > > > > Grahame James > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KENT-ENG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of > the message >

Hi Everyone Would any one know where I could go and look up Foster Records in England. The reason I am asking is I am helping a cousin with her family tree. The person we are trying to find is a Alfred James Bicknell who fostered a child called Rosie Florence Cane. She was born about 1911 Brighton England and what I was told she was at Prestons Manor in a cottage which was part of the estate. After which Alfred Bicknell came to Australia. That is why Florence ended up being Rosie Florence Cane-Bicknell. Any suggestions would be of great help. Kind Regards Grahame James Grahame James

Hello Phil, First marriage for Rebecca JARVIS to George BRITCHER 5 August 1841 no further information known. Second marriage for Rebecca JARVIS baptised 13 Mar 1819 Tenderten and William MALLYON born 21 December 1812 Goudhurst married 1847 in Yass, Australia. William is my 1C5R. Rebecca's parents are Henry Kingsnorth JARVIS baptised 9 Feb 1792 Woodchurch, Kent married to Selina MACKINDER baptised 2 Feb 1794 Biddenden, Kent. All of the family emigrated to Australia Children including Rebecca Godfrey Selina Henry Stephen David Henry Kingsnorth JARVIS parents are Steven Henry JARVIS married to Diana KINGSNORTH 22 Oct 1777 Woodchurch, Kent. My notes. Memorial Inscription Goudhurst Note. Sacred to the Memory of James JARVIS late of Calcutta in Bengall who died December 24th 1787 age 38 years. Also his wife Jane who died May 1792 aged 36 years at Bencoolen in her passage to England. Here lieth the Body of Francis STANDEN late of this parish who died January 19th 1788 age 27 years. Note ALFRED KINGSNORTH MALLYON Australian Private 1697 Australian Infantry A.I.F 03/05/1918 III. K. 1. ADELAIDE Cemetery (Villers Bretonneux) (Somme France) Marriage Henry Jervis to Elizabeth Okenfeeld at Frinstead Kent 12 December 1654 Folkeston (as written) Henry Kingsnorth Jarvis b. 9 Feb 1792 in Woodchurch,Kent Stephen Jarvis b. before 1820 Agar Jarvis b. before 1820 William Jarvis b. before 1820 Kind regards Barbara Lewis Mallyon Basingstoke, Hants. UK BarbaraMallyon@lewmal.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil White" <pwgrandmapa@comcast.net> To: <KENT-ENG@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 2:01 AM Subject: [KENT-ENG] JARVIS in Kent/Erith > Hello to all in Kent, I am back working on my Dad's mother's family > of > JARVIS and hope I can connect with others working on this family > As far back as I have data this JARVIS family was from Crayford but > married in Mitcham, and some in Wandsworth, though most gravitated > back > to the Crayford/Erith area where Grandma Hanna and her twin Rebecca > were > born. Grandad Henry(White) came from Shermanbury, SX as a boot > maker > apprentice to his mothers Uncle and had a shop at Stone.I have a > couple > of great photos of the main road there when itwas still dirt and was > the > end of the line fro the tram from Dartford. If any one has any info > that might connect to this Jarvis group I would be delighted to > share > Phil White in New Hampshire USA, Roots in Sussex, Kent and > Isle of Wight > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KENT-ENG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.814 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2853 - Release Date: 05/04/10 07:27:00

Hello Graham, The 1901 census lists three Alfred Bicknell names. All in Sussex. One of the names has in fact an adopted daughter in 1901. Could this be the same person that adopted Rosie? Rosie is recorded as being born at Brighton in 4Q.1911, ref; 2b 354. Regards, Dennis Bramble. ----- Original Message ----- From: <grahjam5@bigpond.net.au> To: <kent-eng@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 6:42 AM Subject: [KENT-ENG] FOSTER RECORDS > Hi Everyone > > Would any one know where I could go and look up Foster Records in England. > The reason I am asking is I am helping a cousin with her family tree. > > The person we are trying to find is a Alfred James Bicknell who fostered a > child called Rosie Florence Cane. > > She was born about 1911 Brighton England and what I was told she was at > Prestons Manor in a cottage which was part of the estate. After which > Alfred Bicknell came to Australia. > > That is why Florence ended up being Rosie Florence Cane-Bicknell. > > Any suggestions would be of great help. > > Kind Regards > > Grahame James > > > > Grahame James > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KENT-ENG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ______________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by Netintelligence > http://www.netintelligence.com/email >

grahjam5@bigpond.net.au wrote: > Would any one know where I could go and look up Foster Records in England. I sit to be corrected on this but as far as I'm aware, you can't. They're confidential between the foster carers and the relevant local authority. That said, I don't think there was any formal fostering arrangements back as far as 1911. It would have been a local agreement between the church or children's home and the person concerned or privately between members of the extended family. You have the name of the child, can you not find her birth in FreeBMD or on Ancestry? -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk

Hello to all in Kent, I am back working on my Dad's mother's family of JARVIS and hope I can connect with others working on this family As far back as I have data this JARVIS family was from Crayford but married in Mitcham, and some in Wandsworth, though most gravitated back to the Crayford/Erith area where Grandma Hanna and her twin Rebecca were born. Grandad Henry(White) came from Shermanbury, SX as a boot maker apprentice to his mothers Uncle and had a shop at Stone.I have a couple of great photos of the main road there when itwas still dirt and was the end of the line fro the tram from Dartford. If any one has any info that might connect to this Jarvis group I would be delighted to share Phil White in New Hampshire USA, Roots in Sussex, Kent and Isle of Wight

This site, giving free access to search & read some of the older newspapers, from New Zealand, may be of interest to listers. _http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast_ (http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast)