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Kent Completed Lookup Requests / Re: Southfleet records lookup please.
« on: Friday 10 July 09 19:36 BST (UK) »
Hi Valda,
Many thanks for the suggestions - I had never thought of checking Death Duty registers, but I will certainly do that when I next go to TNA. I'm fortunate to only live about 6 miles away from there so I hope to go back in a couple of weeks. I have only recently discovered it so I'm still finding my way around. All suggestions on the best places to check out there are very welcome!
Hi Tazzie,
I was so pleased when I found the info you needed- such satisfaction! But I forgot to mention dates! Thomas was 1717-1794, I don't have details on his wife Mary. Their children were: Thomas 1750-1797, John Hope 1751-1828 & his wife Maria 1768-1843 (married 1786 in West Wickham), Anne 1753, Charles 1755 (m Sarah Symonds 1775 St Leonards Shoreditch), Mary 1759 (m John Fryer 1779 St Leonards), Richard 1760, but as yet no date for William. I am wondering whether Thomas (the elder) is actually a Thomas on my tree. My Thomas is the one which you were checking out at the start, born 1723. I have no details for him other than his birth in Southfleet Parish Register (on Medway Cityark) so maybe he moved away from the rest of his family in Southfleet or died, or maybe lied about his birth date for some reason. More delving needed! By the way, if you check out the West Wickham MIs some of your Thomas' family are on there.
Best wishes to you both,
Janie.
Many thanks for the suggestions - I had never thought of checking Death Duty registers, but I will certainly do that when I next go to TNA. I'm fortunate to only live about 6 miles away from there so I hope to go back in a couple of weeks. I have only recently discovered it so I'm still finding my way around. All suggestions on the best places to check out there are very welcome!
Hi Tazzie,
I was so pleased when I found the info you needed- such satisfaction! But I forgot to mention dates! Thomas was 1717-1794, I don't have details on his wife Mary. Their children were: Thomas 1750-1797, John Hope 1751-1828 & his wife Maria 1768-1843 (married 1786 in West Wickham), Anne 1753, Charles 1755 (m Sarah Symonds 1775 St Leonards Shoreditch), Mary 1759 (m John Fryer 1779 St Leonards), Richard 1760, but as yet no date for William. I am wondering whether Thomas (the elder) is actually a Thomas on my tree. My Thomas is the one which you were checking out at the start, born 1723. I have no details for him other than his birth in Southfleet Parish Register (on Medway Cityark) so maybe he moved away from the rest of his family in Southfleet or died, or maybe lied about his birth date for some reason. More delving needed! By the way, if you check out the West Wickham MIs some of your Thomas' family are on there.
Best wishes to you both,
Janie.