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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Kent Lookup Requests => Kent => England => Kent Completed Lookup Requests => Topic started by: WHITSTABLE on Thursday 14 January 10 18:32 GMT (UK)
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hello, iam trying to trace my shingleston family, i only seem to be able to find them in whitstable going back to my great great grandfather, alfred shingleston born 1874ish but i have been told the family comes from margate but not sure where to start as there looks like there alot of them just like to know where thay lived and occupation any info woued be helpfull :) liz
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Hi Liz,
Firstly you need to get your 2 x gt grandfathers birth certificate, see who his parents are and work back from there on the census's.
There is an Alfred George Shinglestone born March quarter 1878 Blean 2a - 777 do you think this is him ???
1881 Census RG11/964/45/19
Living Waterloo Place, Whistable.
James W. Shinglestone h.m. 30 Dredger born Whistable
Sarah wife 30
James W son 10
Charles son 7
Amelia H dau 5
Alfred G son 3
Hurbert son 6 months...... all born Whistable
Agnes Rigden niece 14 Nurse maid b Whitstable
There are other Shinglestone and Shingleton families around in 1881 but none in Margate, perhaps the family information may be incorrect or maybe they moved there later :-\
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1851
Shingleston James 41 Head Mariner Margate, Kent Outer Wall, Seasalter, Kent
Shingleston Sarah 44 Wife Whitstable, Kent Outer Wall, Seasalter, Kent
Shingleston Ann Maria 17 Daur Knitter Whitstable, Kent Outer Wall, Seasalter, Kent
Shingleston Emily 15 Daur House Servant Whitstable, Kent Outer Wall, Seasalter, Kent
Shingleston Caroline 13 Daur General Servant Whitstable, Kent Outer Wall, Seasalter, Kent
Shingleston James U 11 Son Scholar Seasalter, Kent Outer Wall, Seasalter, Kent
Shingleston Frederick 10 Son Scholar Seasalter, Kent Outer Wall, Seasalter, Kent
Shingleston George 6 Son Scholar Seasalter, Kent Outer Wall, Seasalter, Kent
Shingleston Sarah Ann 3 Daur Seasalter, Kent Outer Wall, Seasalter, Kent
James was baptised at St Johns Margate
Name James Shingleston
Father's Name William Shingleston
Mother's Name Hannah Shingleston
Profession Mariner
Date of Baptism 21 May 1820
Parent's Occupation Mariner
Abode Margate
Parish Church Margate St John
Ceremony Performed By Francis Barrow Curate
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I can also add to this that William Shingleston's parents were William Shingleston (born 1777) and Sarah Ann Bundock (born 1780). They married in Margate. William's (the elder, b. 1777) father was Thomas Shinglestone (note the difference in spelling as the dates go back) and he died in Margate in 1787. He was married to Mary Grant. Thomas Shinglestone and one of his sons (not sure which) drowned at sea when a boat they were using to transport cargo to Margate sank due to being overladen with goods.
The Shingleston's were mariners/oyster dredgers for many generations and worked around the coast of Kent. I hope this helps your research.
I have been researching this surname as my Grandmother was a Shingleston; her father was Alfred George Shingleston, born 1878.
Sarah
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Liz what exactly do you know about Alfred? this wil help us to trace him back
do you have his birth cert or his marriage cert or even his death cert ? do you have him on any census ?
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How fab, looks like Liz and Sarah share the same Alfred!
Merry Christmas
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hi thank you for all the replys , thanks molly, i did wonder about that story of the drowning i read it somewhere, , i have a marriedge cert of my grt grandad john charles shingleston his parents are on it alfred george and my grt grandmother who was florence shingleston nee hudson, alfred was a builder and had a shop in harbour street whitstable i have one photo of him when he was old alfred was born 1878 and died july 1948 thay had 3 children , :)
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Hi Liz
My grandmother Marjorie was John Charles Shingleston's sister.
It's nice to finally make contact with someone who has the same family tree!
I've got a photo in my family album of a man in overalls standing at the back of the shop and I've always wondered if it's John Charles, or his brother Alfred James
I'll scan it in at the weekend and post it on here, maybe you can identify him for me?
Good luck with all your research
Sarah
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hi, thats aunt marjorie , my mums great aunt , my goodness we are related , my mum is sylvia my nan was doreen shingleston and her dad was john charles , i will try and tell you who the person in the photo is but my mum will probably know , :)lizzie . please write back ..
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Hi,
I was looking for the name Shinglestons, checked on google and found your messages about the family. I am also a descendant of the Shingleston family through James Shingleston 1820 - 1899 and Sarah Shepherd c1816 - 1870. My great grandparents are Hannah Shingleston and James Henry Hewitt. Hannah is not well known as a family member because on the 1851 census she was staying with her grandparents William & Hannah in Neptune Square. I only found out this through her marriage and then birth certificate which I have.
I was interested to find out about Williams parents, I think I have made a mistake as I have William and Ann instead of William and Sarah Ann Bundock. I have never been able to check this out as I rec the info from another source. I notice you also have the father Thomas Shinglestone and Mary Grant which also I did not know. I also noticed that the spelling of the family had changed, I picked that up on my certificates that I have which threw me at the time.
Look forward to hearing from you Julia
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Hi Lizzie,
I hope you receive this. I have received your personal message but for some reason I cannot reply. It says delete but nothing else so I don't know how to contact you. As you can see I am new to this and I don't want your message to disappear.
I would love to find out more from you and Mollie. Please could you tell me what I am doing wrong as this is so frustrating.
Julia
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Hi geenie
You need to make one more post before you can use the PM system.
So reply to this message and you'll be OK.
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Thanks for letting me know, much appreciated
Julia
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WHITSTABLE ... we are related!!! I've been searching and searching to no avail and had just about resigned myself to the fact that my sister and I were the very last descendants of Henry Hawkins. I am so excited to hear that "cousin Doreen" had children.
My grandfather was FREDERICK A. Hawkins, and his 3 sisters were Dolly, Inez and Connie. My father was GERALD S. Hawkins and my mother was DOROTHY BARNES Hawkins. Frederick died when my dad was only 3 and he was raised by his mum A. LILIAN NICHOLS in Great Yarmouth. My mum and dad emigrated to the U.S. in 1955.
Look me up on ancestry.com ... My tree is called HAWKINS.
Best wishes,
Lisette
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Hi Lisette, hope I am not to late in replying. I have to check out my family and would love to have a look at your tree but I don't know how to get on it.
I am not sure if you are a direct line. The name does not ring any bells but as I haven't been on my tree for such a long time I need to look. My tree is on Genes and Ancestry but I have my file here. You say you are a G/Granddaughter of Henry Hawkins, when was he born? If you could give me some dates of your family it would be a great help. My family was Hannah Shingleton and James Henry Hewitt. You mention cousin Doreen, not even sure about her, whatever information you could give me would be a great help/
Julia
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Hi Julia - My connection to the Shinglestons is through DOROTHY M J HAWKINS (b 1903, d 1976) who married JOHN CHARLES SHINGLESTON (b 1903, d 1957) of Whitstable.
John's father's name was A. G. and he owned a hardware store on Harbour St in Whitstable.
I am hoping to connect with my relatives who are the descendants of John and Dorothy's daughter "cousin DOREEN" (b 1931, d 1983).
I am a descendent of Dorothy's brother FREDERICK A. HAWKINS (b 1898, d 1931) who married A. LILLIAN NICHOLS (b 1901, d 1975) and settled in Great Yarmouth. They had one son, my dad, GERALD S. HAWKINS (b 1928, d 2003) who moved to the US in 1955.
Thanks in advance for any help,
Lisette
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Ran across a Whitstable website that contains SHINGLESTON family research. Sharing the link in case it is helpful to anyone ...http://www.oystertown.net/famhist/shing004.html