Thanks for your welcome Caroline, I must have had a senior moment, they were married in 1881. she was aged 21. she died in 1957 aged 97 I have her birth date as 17 March 1861. she had a sister Annie that I know about who came out to Aus and married here, and on her marr cert the witness is a Joseph SEARS and Emily SEARS Regards Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Caroline Bradford" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 28, 2012 6:05 PM Subject: Re: [KENT-ENG] Bright > > Hi Jan, and welcome. > > Are you sure about Ellen's birth year? I can't see an Ellen SEARS born in > Sevenoaks around 1861. But there is one born in 1866 who can be found in > the 1871 census with father George and mother Martha on Clenches Farm, > Little Kippington, where the family seem to remain until at least 1911. > Some information about the history of the farm can be found at > http://kippingtonresidents.co.uk/doku.php?id=history:early. It looks as > though your family's connection with the farm continued for some time! > > Hope this helps > > Caroline > >> >> Hi, >> I am new to list and are researching Edward Bittle BRIGHT and Ellen nee >> SEARS, they were married in the Parish of Rivershead in 1887. His >> father was John BRIGHT, tile maker and her father George SEARS, >> farmer. She was born in Sevenoaks Kent 1861 in a centuries old >> farmhouse that I have a picture of, but can't work out the name of it >> on the back of the photo. It could be NORMAN SIREH FARM or IDEAL FARM >> KENT. Can anyone help please, Jan >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to KENT-ENG- >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in >> the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > 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

Thanks for the clarification. It seems that "Ellen" was registered (and enumerated in the census) as Eleanor (variously spelt). The family were at Little Brook Place Farm in 1861 - right next door to Norman Street Farm. Do you need the census image? Best wishes Caroline > Thanks for your welcome Caroline, > I must have had a senior moment, they were married in 1881. she was > aged 21. > she died in 1957 aged 97 I have her birth date as 17 March 1861. she > had a sister Annie that I know about who came out to Aus and married > here, and on her marr cert the witness is a Joseph SEARS and Emily > SEARS Regards Jan > > >