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Can anyone provide any further details on the following individuals?
John Semmens B 1839 Goldhanger, Maldon Essex D 1901. Croydon
Married
Rebecca Gouch B 1845 Goldhanger, Maldon Essex D(?) 1881 Greenwich.
Their 4 children were:-
Mary Jane (Married William ?)
John B 1870 in Goldhanger
Elizabeth Kingsbery B 2Q1873 in Goldhanger, Married 18/12/1892 to Henry Wright Ayling, D 24/1/1945 Lewisham.
Ruth Maud B 1876 in Rotherhithe, Married 1893 (St Saviour, Southwark 1d 46) to ?
she had 2 children Bobby and charles.
John's parents were James Semmens B Abt 1803 in Tollesbury, and Mary Ann ? B Abt 1805 in Little Totham. He had 4 brothers Mark, David, Martin and Job.
Apart from Elizabeth (my GGrandmother) I have been unable to track down any B, M or D records for this group or the names of spouses.
You will see from my overexcited posts that Ruth Maud (your G.Grandmothers sister) is my own mothers G.Grandmother. I recall seeing an old photograph of the dear lady on the hallway wall of Annie Elizabeths house (my own Great Grandmother and her daughter) whenever I used to visit. I believe Mum has the info you refer to.
Hi
Looks like Ruth Maud SEMMONS married John Thomas TAYLOR - as per the ref you gave, in 1893.
The other couple on the page are Oliver STUPPLE and Emily YEO, who are together with their children in St Olave in 1901 (I also think Emily died in 1905, and Oliver remarried 1907).
So as to Ruth Maud - is there any chance she also had a daughter named Annie - because this looks like it could be her her in 1901:
1901: St Pauls Deptford, London
Ref: RG13/ Piece 526- Folio 36- Pg 63
Address: 8 Alpine Road
Head: Robert MISSEN 26, marr, Shopman Grocer (worker) b Bermondsey
Visitor: Ruth M TAYLOR 25, b Rotherhithe
Visitor: Annie E TAYLOR 3, b Rotherhithe
Son: Robert E MISSEN 1, b Rotherhithe
And this could be her husband John:
1901: Rotherhithe All Saints, St Olave, London
Ref: RG13/ Piece 400- Folio 270- Pg10.
Saint Olaves Union Infirmary
Patient: John Thomas TAYLOR 28, married, Tin Plate Worker, b Bermondsey
I did notice that on the 1881, she appears to be named as just "Maud", and I looked for a Maud TAYLOR to match in 1901 also, but the above is the best match I could find.
Cheers
AMBLY
This is incredible. I have just chanced across your message. The people you are describing are my own family, Ruth was my Great Great Grandmother, Annie Elizabeth was my G. Grandmother, Bob and Charlie are my Great Uncles - there was another, John Mark Taylor who isn't mentioned, he was nans brother and died in the first world war at Ypres. Incredible stuff for me. I recently felt an overwhelming desire to find out more following a series of dreams about my uncle Bob, I visited the road he lived in, Trident St in Rotherhithe near the Surrey Quays and placed an advert to find out more. What is the connection with you?
My mother has done a great deal of research on these people and would be delighted to share it. I am sorry people if I am repeating myself a bit but I am amazed to find that others are studying the histories of my recent ancestors who I thought were unknown and of no interest to anyone else.
Annie Elizabeth married Stanley Edward Medhurst and they lived at Lower Road I believe, just around the corner from Bob at Trident Street, they went on to settle in Ramsgate, Kent.