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Sue1 · 11-12-2007, 09:13

Delighted to hear you know the area so well - I have a picture of plantation mill cottages taken about 1905 I believe. In 1881 my family were living there. They look really awful in 1905 but I imagine that long ago people were glad to have a roof over their heads and I notice they seem to move about a lot - presumably work and the fact people didn't/couldn't afford houses that long ago.

Looked up the form for applying for marriage cert for Christopher's marriage cert. It seems to ask for more exact information than I actually have but will give it a try.

My sister and I have had phenomenal success with the other side of the family, i.e. maternal. We have even found a war hero (one GC now in the family). The regimental war diary makes sad reading. We spent four days at the archives at Kew and sadly, my maternal grandfather's records seem to be among the burnt series. However, on the off chance I contacted the Imperial War Museum and they have quite a substantial file on him with photos etc! We are visiting early January and hope they will let us copy the file. Maternal grandfather was a career serviceman in the Royal Marine Light Infantry - that was fascinating research - we now have his service record. Fortunately the census is done separately for individual naval barracks and he was in port for the 1881 census. He eventually had 11 children - sounds as though he didn't go away to sea for long periods. Research into him is ongoing as when he left the RMLI he worked as a Constable, Central Marker(t) and I suspect he was a Ranger in Epping Forest - he was a horseman anyway - but awaiting a reply from Essex to find out more about him.

Genealogy is quite addictive, although I am realising more and more that no matter how much you find out about your predecessors you will really never know "them". My husband may be developing the bug also but his research will be more difficult as it is 100% Irish but part will be in the NI part after that became a province, plus a lot of records were burnt but just this morning I discovered a lot of Irish research can actually be done from Kew! Pity we no longer live in Sussex (have only just moved up here).

One thing I thought I might do is volunteer to do is help "on line" to translate records for the free BMD project but I think that will be in the future.

Incidentally, I had a long "browse" last night after receiving your information that Jonathan's parents were John and Ann. I don't have full access as I am not a member but can get some info from the site. Found some hopefuls there but on the Mormon site (which I am told is very inaccurate!) I have found about 7 children of an Ann and John, all baptised at Abbey St New Jerusalem (except one who was "done" at the Weslyan chapel!") - its all a bit of a guess at the moment but two names recurred among the children which are a bit unusual - one was Sanderson and the other Isabella - in fact two of the children were called Isabella but I suspect one died in infancy. One even had the first name Tattersal (I thought that was something to do with horse racing). I had been checking to see if Ann's maiden name was Sanderson but that was an impossible route - hundreds of them.

Best wishes, Sue (and thanks for continuing to "dig")

11-12-2007, 09:13	#12
Sue1 Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Cambridgeshire Posts: 71 Liked: 1 times Rep Power: 0	Re: Cronshaw/Dean Delighted to hear you know the area so well - I have a picture of plantation mill cottages taken about 1905 I believe. In 1881 my family were living there. They look really awful in 1905 but I imagine that long ago people were glad to have a roof over their heads and I notice they seem to move about a lot - presumably work and the fact people didn't/couldn't afford houses that long ago. Looked up the form for applying for marriage cert for Christopher's marriage cert. It seems to ask for more exact information than I actually have but will give it a try. My sister and I have had phenomenal success with the other side of the family, i.e. maternal. We have even found a war hero (one GC now in the family). The regimental war diary makes sad reading. We spent four days at the archives at Kew and sadly, my maternal grandfather's records seem to be among the burnt series. However, on the off chance I contacted the Imperial War Museum and they have quite a substantial file on him with photos etc! We are visiting early January and hope they will let us copy the file. Maternal grandfather was a career serviceman in the Royal Marine Light Infantry - that was fascinating research - we now have his service record. Fortunately the census is done separately for individual naval barracks and he was in port for the 1881 census. He eventually had 11 children - sounds as though he didn't go away to sea for long periods. Research into him is ongoing as when he left the RMLI he worked as a Constable, Central Marker(t) and I suspect he was a Ranger in Epping Forest - he was a horseman anyway - but awaiting a reply from Essex to find out more about him. Genealogy is quite addictive, although I am realising more and more that no matter how much you find out about your predecessors you will really never know "them". My husband may be developing the bug also but his research will be more difficult as it is 100% Irish but part will be in the NI part after that became a province, plus a lot of records were burnt but just this morning I discovered a lot of Irish research can actually be done from Kew! Pity we no longer live in Sussex (have only just moved up here). One thing I thought I might do is volunteer to do is help "on line" to translate records for the free BMD project but I think that will be in the future. Incidentally, I had a long "browse" last night after receiving your information that Jonathan's parents were John and Ann. I don't have full access as I am not a member but can get some info from the site. Found some hopefuls there but on the Mormon site (which I am told is very inaccurate!) I have found about 7 children of an Ann and John, all baptised at Abbey St New Jerusalem (except one who was "done" at the Weslyan chapel!") - its all a bit of a guess at the moment but two names recurred among the children which are a bit unusual - one was Sanderson and the other Isabella - in fact two of the children were called Isabella but I suspect one died in infancy. One even had the first name Tattersal (I thought that was something to do with horse racing). I had been checking to see if Ann's maiden name was Sanderson but that was an impossible route - hundreds of them. Best wishes, Sue (and thanks for continuing to "dig")