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Hi,

Not sure if your still searching? I have been looking for my family from Foulness, Great Wakering.

There is also a St Mary the Virgin on Foulness Island just east of Wakering. I am off there at the weekend to take pictures of gravestones etc. Also Yesterday whilst I was at the Libary (Southend) I found all the baptisims from 1800 to 1926.

Drop me an email if you would like some help etc.

Good morning,

Thank you very much for your reply.  Yes, I am still looking.  Microfilms of the parish registers covering shoeburyness & Prittlewell are unavailable to me.

If you can do a look up at St Andrews on your next visit that would be great.

The most likely period is between 1882 - 1887 in respect of St Andrew at Shoebury.  After that the family moved to Prittlewell.

The parents of the children are Joseph & Catherine Ann VAUN but there are many variants of this surname including Vann.

If you need any further information in addition to that already supplied in my earlier message please contact me and I'll try to answer them.

If you are unable to help me.  No problem.

Thanks again for your reply.


regards

Hi again,

All of the 4 children listed, married.  The youngest of the 4, Sarah Ann GILHAM, was born in 1878 a year before their father died of tetanus.

James GILHAM married Emma HUBBARD and may have ended up in Surrey.
Emma GILHAM married Albert ROGERS and lived a few doors away from her mother & stepfather in Barking (1891) & Ilford (1901).
Ann Ada GILHAM married John SAMS
Sarah Ann GILHAM married Herbert DOCKRILL (from memory Amy Ellen Vaun may have witnessed her marriage).

There is also infant William John GILHAM who died in 1877.

bye
Maxine

Good morning,

I'm trying to locate the baptism of 3 children and the burial of 2 of those 3.
1885 Joseph Cephas VAUN, Shoeburyness, dec'd 1887
1887 Eliza Amelia VAUN, Prittlewell
1889 Albert Henry VAUN, Prittlewell, dec'd 1889.

I usually borrow films from my local LDS.  I intend to borrow some for Southend, one for Nth Shoebury Bps 1813-1949 but the following are not available to me.

St Mary the Virgin, Prittlewell baptisms 1880-1893 [ERO D/P 183/1/48 microfiche].  Can't seem to find burials for 1889?
St Andrew, South Shoebury baptisms 1865-1892 [ERO D/P 282/1/4 microfiche]
St Andrew, Sth Shoebury burials 1878-1915 [ERO D/P 282/1/7 microfiche]
St Mary the Virgin, Nth Shoebury burials 1813 - 1892 [ERO D/P 216/1/14 microfiche]

I found the above ERO microfiche via SEAX and assuming I have not blundered the images don't seem to be yet available.

If someone is able to find time to have a look for me it would be most appreciated.  I'm not confident that the children are present in the listed Shoebury & Prittlewell registers but if they are it will save me ordering the Southend films - usually a 4-6 week turnaround.  I've no idea how busy these CofE Churches were but if they were quite busy then I understand your refusal to do look ups for me.

There is some variation in the spelling of the surname VAUN.  Father Joseph was born in France and could write legibly, but his English wife who registered the birth of the children could not write and some birth registrations have a surname phonetically similar to Vaun.  Alternatively, sometimes the handwriting of the clerk may be at fault and the u may look like n, resulting in VANN.  The informant for the death of Albert Henry was his father and the surname is definitely VAUN on the death certificate.

The parents are Joseph VAUN & Catherine Ann Gilham, and they married in Kent in 1880.

Details of the above 3 children of Joseph & Catherine Ann VAUN -

1885 Feb Joseph Cephas VAUGHAN born at Shoeburyness.
1887 Joseph Cephus VANN dec’d March Qtr Rochford 4a 229

1887 May Eliza Amelia VAUN born Prittlewell.

1889 Dec Qtr Rochford 4a 450 Albert Henry VAUGHAN born.
1889 Nov Albert Henry VAUN died at Prittlewell.

Besides being interested in the baptism/burial of the children, I'm curious see whether any entry might provide a vague clue about their father, Joseph Vaun.  I haven't been able to make any progress with him for a few years.

Any suggestions welcomed.

If I'm on the wrong track - please tell me.

best wishes,
Maxine Johnson
Australia

Peter,

Many thanks again for your help.

Best wishes and happy hunting,

Maxine