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Completed Census Requests / Re:1851 - Kent - Dartford - Peskett
« on: Friday 28 May 04 12:49 BST (UK) »
Thanks everybody, you can all stop looking now. I've obtained the info requested above from another resource 
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Completed Census Requests / Re:1851 - Kent - Dartford - Peskett
« on: Monday 24 May 04 23:14 BST (UK) »Thanks Pauline
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Completed Census Requests / 1851 - Kent - Dartford - Peskett
« on: Monday 24 May 04 14:02 BST (UK) »
If you could conduct an 1851 census-lookup for me it would be most appreciated.
This request is to help determine whether James PESKETT and Sophia PESKETT were siblings or not, and to find any available information on their parents and siblings.
At the time of the 1851 census, Sophia would have been 4 years old and living in Dartford, Kent, England. Her birthplace was also Dartford.
James would have been about 2 years of age at the time, and was certainly living in Dartford by 1873, although I don't know his whereabouts in 1851.
Both of them having the uncommon name of Peskett, being of similar age, and having a common friend in later life (as records show) my guess is that they were brother and sister, and therefore members of the same household in 1851.
In married life they both lived in Maiden Lane, Dartford; but I have no record of their exact whereabouts in 1851.
Note though, that there are many variant spellings of the name Peskett; for example, James's children alone were recorded in various places as PESKETT, PASKET, PISKETT and even TESKETT. What James and Sophia may appear as in the 1851 census I know not!
If anybody can shed any light on any of this, I will be very grateful.
Thanks for taking time out to read the above.
Best Regards
Terry
This request is to help determine whether James PESKETT and Sophia PESKETT were siblings or not, and to find any available information on their parents and siblings.
At the time of the 1851 census, Sophia would have been 4 years old and living in Dartford, Kent, England. Her birthplace was also Dartford.
James would have been about 2 years of age at the time, and was certainly living in Dartford by 1873, although I don't know his whereabouts in 1851.
Both of them having the uncommon name of Peskett, being of similar age, and having a common friend in later life (as records show) my guess is that they were brother and sister, and therefore members of the same household in 1851.
In married life they both lived in Maiden Lane, Dartford; but I have no record of their exact whereabouts in 1851.
Note though, that there are many variant spellings of the name Peskett; for example, James's children alone were recorded in various places as PESKETT, PASKET, PISKETT and even TESKETT. What James and Sophia may appear as in the 1851 census I know not!
If anybody can shed any light on any of this, I will be very grateful.
Thanks for taking time out to read the above.
Best Regards
Terry
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The Common Room / Re:Any PESKETT info.
« on: Monday 24 May 04 00:37 BST (UK) »
Hi Gerald
How strange: I was about to post a census lookup for PESKETTs in Dartford, Kent, England, and there's your "Any PESKETT info" staring me in the face.
The following is somewhat convoluted, but that's what gives it a bit of interest.
My G-Grandmother was Sophia PESKETT, b.1847, d.1874 in Dartford, Kent. She married James SMITH (don't know where or when) and had a son, George James SMITH (b.1868, d.1957), who became my mother's father.
I have no proof yet, but Sophia may have died at the birth of a daughter, Sophia Jane E [presume Elizabeth] SMITH, who also died in 1874, age 0.
After Sophia's death, James, her husband, married Emma Elizabeth PESKETT, formally KEMPTON, whose first husband was James PESKETT, b.1848, d.1881. The children from this first marriage were James b.1873; Thomas Henry b.1874; Sophia Elizabeth b.1876 and Amy Elizabeth b.1881 (all PESKETT).
The 1891 census shows James SMITH as head, Emma as wife, George J as son, Thomas PASKET [note spelling] as son, Sophia E. PASKET as daughter, Amy E. PASKET as daughter, and a new son, Leonard S. SMITH, age 6, from the current marriage; all living at 13 Maiden Lane, Dartford. I haven't found James PESKETT (b.1873) yet. [Note that PASKET is not the only variant spelling: the 1881 census shows the family name as PISKETT; and the 1901 census has the remaining two at that time, Thomas and Amy (Sophia had married), as TESKETT].
Sophia married Charles KEEP in 1896 and moved to Woolwich, where they had a number of KEEPsakes;-). Amy married Ernest V. POWELL on 12 Mar 1916; and Thomas, a lighterman working on the river, died by drowning some years later, ending the PESKET dynasty.
I hope this is of some interest to you, and if so, you may like to help me out with the request I was going to post here; which would get these PESKETTs a step closer to the wider world of PESKETTs.
It seems likely that the original James PESKET, b.1848, and James SMITH's first wife, Sophia PESKET, b.1847, were siblings. If this were the case then James would be 2 or 3 years old at the time of the 1851 census, and Sophia would be 3 or 4. An 1851 census lookup, presumably still in Dartford, should prove or disprove this relationship and possibly give us names and ages of their parents, siblings etc.
Anyway, I hope this has been of help to you. I don’t know what resources you have. If you can't help with the above don't let it bother you; I'll post a request here later.
I probably have a few more details than those above. Let me know if they would be of interest to you.
Best Regards
Terry
How strange: I was about to post a census lookup for PESKETTs in Dartford, Kent, England, and there's your "Any PESKETT info" staring me in the face.
The following is somewhat convoluted, but that's what gives it a bit of interest.
My G-Grandmother was Sophia PESKETT, b.1847, d.1874 in Dartford, Kent. She married James SMITH (don't know where or when) and had a son, George James SMITH (b.1868, d.1957), who became my mother's father.
I have no proof yet, but Sophia may have died at the birth of a daughter, Sophia Jane E [presume Elizabeth] SMITH, who also died in 1874, age 0.
After Sophia's death, James, her husband, married Emma Elizabeth PESKETT, formally KEMPTON, whose first husband was James PESKETT, b.1848, d.1881. The children from this first marriage were James b.1873; Thomas Henry b.1874; Sophia Elizabeth b.1876 and Amy Elizabeth b.1881 (all PESKETT).
The 1891 census shows James SMITH as head, Emma as wife, George J as son, Thomas PASKET [note spelling] as son, Sophia E. PASKET as daughter, Amy E. PASKET as daughter, and a new son, Leonard S. SMITH, age 6, from the current marriage; all living at 13 Maiden Lane, Dartford. I haven't found James PESKETT (b.1873) yet. [Note that PASKET is not the only variant spelling: the 1881 census shows the family name as PISKETT; and the 1901 census has the remaining two at that time, Thomas and Amy (Sophia had married), as TESKETT].
Sophia married Charles KEEP in 1896 and moved to Woolwich, where they had a number of KEEPsakes;-). Amy married Ernest V. POWELL on 12 Mar 1916; and Thomas, a lighterman working on the river, died by drowning some years later, ending the PESKET dynasty.
I hope this is of some interest to you, and if so, you may like to help me out with the request I was going to post here; which would get these PESKETTs a step closer to the wider world of PESKETTs.
It seems likely that the original James PESKET, b.1848, and James SMITH's first wife, Sophia PESKET, b.1847, were siblings. If this were the case then James would be 2 or 3 years old at the time of the 1851 census, and Sophia would be 3 or 4. An 1851 census lookup, presumably still in Dartford, should prove or disprove this relationship and possibly give us names and ages of their parents, siblings etc.
Anyway, I hope this has been of help to you. I don’t know what resources you have. If you can't help with the above don't let it bother you; I'll post a request here later.
I probably have a few more details than those above. Let me know if they would be of interest to you.
Best Regards
Terry
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