I wonder if anyone can help me please. My ancestor is Margaret Ann Hoad, christened 1837 in Rye. She married Dick Douch Clark in 1863 in Udimore and on the marriage certificate it shows her father as Henry Hoad, shipwright. On a christening record in Ancestry it shows parents Henry Hoad and Elizabeth. I have found her in the 1851 census aged 13 and a servant in Ashford but have been unable to find her in the 1841 and 1861. I have found her in later census records when her surname changed to Clark. I found Henry in the 1841 census, together with Betsy and their children Sarah and Lewis. In the 1851 census Henry was a widower with children Sarah and Lewis with him. It will be a few weeks before I can get to the Lewes Records Office and I wondered if anyone had these people in their tree and could help in supplying Margaret's mother's maiden name? Thank you Liz

Hi Liz, This sounds like my line though I have no record of a Margaret Ann Hoad: 5.2. Henry HOAD (Born about 1816 Rye, Sussex; Died 1st June 1873 Winchelsea Road, Rye; Burial 5th June 1873), Married about 1835 (i) Elizabeth (Born 1819; Died 1849; Burial 28th September, 1849 Rye, Sussex, England), then he married on Christmas Day, 25th December in Saint Mary’s Church, Ide Hill, Sevenoaks, Kent 1860 (ii) Sarah Elizabeth IFIELD (nee TOLHURST) (Born about 1829 Charing, Kent England; Died 8th April 1869, Rye, Sussex; aged 37) (First married to Edward IFIELD) Sarah’s father was Samuel TOLHURST Note : Henry was a shipwright Note : 1841 Census Living independently in Rye in a location that says Square, Henry is already a shipbuilder; living with first wife listed as Betty, son Lewis and daughter Sarah. Note : 1851 Census Living in Hoad Row, Rye; Henry is identified as a widower with son Lewis and daughter Sarah staying in household. Henry is listed as a Shipwright. Two doors away the census identifies a new house being built, this was probably Hoads Building. Note : Married Sarah Elizabeth IFIELD (nee TOLHURST) on Christmas Day 1860, she is listed as a widow aged 32 of no profession living at ? Hill, Ide Hill. Her father is listed as Samuel TOLHURST and his occupation is given as Bass maker. Henry is listed as a widower aged 41, a shipwright of Rye Sussex. His father’s profession is given as a Cornfactor. Witnesses at the marriage were Harriet KING and George ARTHUR, neither of whom could write but left their mark. Sarah is listed as HIGHFIELD on the certificate though her own signature is clearly IFIELD. Note : 1861 Census living at Winchelsea Road, Hoads Building number 3, next door to brothers Robert number 2 and Lewis number 1.; dwelling in household were Henry, his wife Sarah Elizabeth, Florence Harriet & Francis FIELD (presumably IFIELD) daughter (Born about 1851 ? Isle of Kent) was living with family; also in household was Amy KING sister (Born about 1820 Charing Kent) Note : 1869 Death certificate for Sarah Elizabeth HOAD; Died 8th April 1869 in Winchelsea Road, Rye; aged 37 years; wife of Henry HOAD Shipwright; cause, complicated labour, puerperal peritonitis, haemorrhage, certified; mark of Sarah ASHDOWN present at the death, Winchelsea Raod’ registered 10th April 1869; Charles THOMAS Registrar. Note : 1871 Census Living in 36 Winchelsea Road. still living next door to brothers Robert number 35 and Lewis number 34. Florence, Rachel and Kate are living in household, but Francis FIELD (IFIELD), Lewis, Sarah and George are missing. Henry is listed as a Shipwright. Note : 1873 Death certificate for Henry HOAD; Died 1st June 1873 Winchelsea Road, Rye, Sussex; certificate says aged 58 years; Shipwright; died of Pleuro-pneumonia certified; present at the death Annie E. CRYER of Winchelsea Road, Rye; notified fourth June 1873; Charles THOMAS Registrar. (i) children 5.2.1. Lewis HOAD (Born 1840 Rye, Sussex, England) * 5.2.2. Sarah HOAD (Born 1836 Rye, Sussex, England) 5.2.3. George HOAD (Born about 1843 Rye, Sussex, England) * Note : 1851 Census Living at Landgate, Rye in household of grandparents Henry and Sarah. (ii) children 5.2.4. Florence Harriet HOAD (Born January 1861 Rye, Sussex) Note : 1881 Census Living 73 Marina, Hastings, Sussex; servant in household of James BESANT; sister Rachel lodging with her. 5.2.5. Rachel HOAD (Born 31st January 1863 in Winchelsea Road, Rye, Sussex; Died 28th January 1922; aged 59; Burial in St. Mary’s churchyard in Sellindge, Kent, England) * Note : 1881 Census Living 73 Marina, Hastings, Sussex; servant in household of James BESANT; sister Florence lodging with her. 5.2.6. Kate HOAD (Born 1866 Rye, Sussex) * Note : 1881 Census Living 51-2 Pevensey Road, Hastings; servant in home of Emily J. RICHARDS Step Child Francis FIELD (presumably IFIELD) daughter (Born about 1851 ? Isle of Kent) Best regards D. Stuart Hammond Kent List Administrator On 13 Jul 2012, at 22:05, Liz Graydon wrote: > > I wonder if anyone can help me please. > My ancestor is Margaret Ann Hoad, christened 1837 in Rye. She married Dick > Douch Clark in 1863 in Udimore and on the marriage certificate it shows her > father as Henry Hoad, shipwright. On a christening record in Ancestry it > shows parents Henry Hoad and Elizabeth. > I have found her in the 1851 census aged 13 and a servant in Ashford but > have been unable to find her in the 1841 and 1861. I have found her in > later census records when her surname changed to Clark. I found Henry in > the 1841 census, together with Betsy and their children Sarah and Lewis. In > the 1851 census Henry was a widower with children Sarah and Lewis with him. > It will be a few weeks before I can get to the Lewes Records Office and I > wondered if anyone had these people in their tree and could help in > supplying Margaret's mother's maiden name? > Thank you > Liz > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message