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Thank you so very much for helping.  Not him as he was born about 1816.  Well another one of the Westbrook family that vanished into thin air.

I just put it up for others.  I was looking on Ancestry for Hannah's branch and saw the notice and the death date.  Trove was re-done awhile back and that is why I added the link.  Great Aunt told me about his death so the family knew about it.  They gave him a proper burial etc. I have still to look for photos.  Have mainly been working on the Westbrook family from Blackwall (London area) to see if I can find the mother while the 87, 84 and David (Andrew Charles) are still with us.  They are all interested.

She was his nurse and they married.  As far as I know the marriage was still valid when she re-married in NZ.  He never married again.  I didn't know she married twice after James.  He certainly was a good looking man.

Meg.

Hi Andy,

I struggled with the Suffolk records at our local Society yesterday but I did progress. Henry Gallant Kerridge was Chr 23.1.1772 St Stephen (no second given name recorded). It seems his aunt Sarah Kerridge born abt 1726/7 mar. Henry Gallant 31.3.1765. He subscribed to a history of Ipswich so I knew he existed. Seems no children. She was bur. 23.4.1793 aged 66 and he wid 23.5.1796 aged 65. both St Stephen. The father of Henry mar. Rebecca Mullinger 7.11.1754 St Clement. He a wid. His first wife Mary was bur. 11.10.1751. He and Rebecca and he and Mary were subject to settlements first 2.3.1744 no children mentioned so probably just married and 16.12.1756 with Rebecca with children Mary and Sarah to St Mary Tower so I guess he came from there. From his first marriage Mary Chr 25.9.1745 St Peter survived (James and William died as infants). Sarah was Chr 8 or 9 Jan 1756 St Clement (two entries under different spellings), William, 6.4.1758, James 13.8.1760 and Rebecca Dec 1761 (to Isabel but think it is a mistake as no other entries) who mar aged 18 28.2.1780 Kesgrave, John Moore aged 30. Her father listed as William. Think the Moore named used later is from this marriage so perhaps no children. I still don't know where Snell comes from but Ann Catherine born 23.11.1792 Chr 9 Dec. at St Lawrence Ispwich to Henry Kerridge and Catherine (late Bond) popped up. I will bet there is a Rebecca in there somewhere.

Was thinking about David Kerridge perhaps it was really Donald McDonald who would have been 19 in 1829. Perhaps he went on stage later on. So Hemming, Moore and Gallant accounted for but still have Snell and McDonald and Wood on Catherine's sister Rebecca line.  Given the Anna Maria, Sophia Maria and now Ann Catherine I wonder if the Bond mother was Ann or Anna?

There was a James and Sarah with dau Sarah settled in St Mary Tower in 1748 but not really much on them as a family but he could be a brother of William and Sarah. Two possible burials for William but no age listed on either. Nothing for Rebecca.

If any of it fits into your Kerridge database I would appreciate the information. If the PDF records were easier to use I would go back and try Rebecca's maiden name. Lots of Snells but no Kerridge marriage male or female there but it might be before 1754 which is the cut off date for the records they have made available. Printing is limited by the licence agreement which makes putting families together difficult. Fortunately William's first family is on Family Search.

Meg.