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« on: Saturday 07 July 12 16:12 BST (UK) »
Hello there
Thanks for your reply. I have Frances' birth certificate somewhere, she was my great grandmother's older sister. I found out they were Tomblings about 5 years ago through a distant cousin's research. John Knatchbull/Robert Tomnbling's eldest son Robert kept the name Tombling, married a Scottish girl and settled down in Sheffield - he had 3 sons. My great grandmother was named Jane after her mother (Jane Lemon) but died in childbirth having my grandmother, and she was never told anything about her family. I have had to piece it together the past 30 years or so. I only found out Francis was alive after birth as the Irish records are now on Ancestry, Your grandmother was born 2 Jan 1862 at Leith which is just outside Edinburgh, she was the eldest of the first five born to John aka Robert and Jane Lemon. He had another son by his second wife, and two children by his last wife. John Knatchbull aka Robert Tombling died in Carlisle in 1913. I have researched the Tomblings back to the 1700s. It was very interesting to hear from you. If you have any info on the Lemons I would love to hear, I think they came from Armagh - as they were linked to the Redmonds who were up there too,