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Kent Completed Lookup Requests / Re: SHINGLESTONS OF MARGATE
« on: Wednesday 29 December 10 19:00 GMT (UK)  »
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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Travelling People / Re: goldsmith hughes johnson family in kent probable travellers
« on: Monday 27 December 10 17:23 GMT (UK)  »
Hello, I am also trying to research my Romany gypsy family, they were Hughes, and the only information I can get so far is Sidney Hughes my gg grandfather who was born in 1874. He is listed as a hawker on his daughter's (my great grandmother) marriage certificate. He is listed as the husband of 'Alice Maud' although there appears to be no record of marriage. They had 7 children together and at some point during the children's early years it appears they moved in to permanent accommodation in London. I know that part of Sidney's family remained gypsies in the traditional sense as my mother recalls visiting a great aunt Lucy (who is possibly Sidney's sister) in her caravan but can't recall where it was located. She also told me that when my great grandmother Ada Hughes (Sidney's daughter) died, the King of the gypsies in that area attended the funeral.
These are the sketchy details that I have to go on!
Needle in a haystack springs to mind....

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Kent Completed Lookup Requests / Re: SHINGLESTONS OF MARGATE
« on: Monday 27 December 10 16:25 GMT (UK)  »
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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