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Hi, this site no longer available, but if you google, BBC Kent message board Romany roots Dighton there are lots of post for that name. Hope this helps? thecrafterI am researching the name of Dighton/Diton/etc for a friend.
He is descended from Solomon and Patience Dighton from Croydon, Mitcham Common and other places.
Any link appreciated.
Thanks
I have seen this a few times where couples marry very late having been together 20 years or more. Sometimes this was well before 1900 and I wonder if this was due to gentle pursasion by the local vicar as the right thing to do in the eyes of God. For later years the pension thing sounds plausible but on the other had I expect there were still a lot of couples who still didn't bother getting married.My mother Majenta Sparrowhawk was born In Mitcham Surrey in 1927 (Small world?)
I have a strange situation where my dad's uncle Jack (John) James married a Majenta Sparrowhawk in 1920 then the marriage cert was officially ammneded in 1940 to show his name as Bert James. I have never seen a record for his birth but there is a baptismal record and he is Berty but he was always called Jack. I wonder why they bothered getting this ammended?
Also, like you I have a Holmes in my tree - my great grandmother Marella Holmes. I have found her with her parents and brothers and sisters in one census year but no sign of any of them before or after that. Although i have found her with my great grandad in 2 census years.
PS isn't that the theme of Rawhide not Wagon train........personally kemosabe I liked the Lone Ranger better!!
Regards,
Jim