GHOST Family

[SandieNZ]

Hello fellow Ghost hunters,

Can anyone identify with Henry Ghost born Spitalfields who married Jemima Powell,
their son Thomas John born Limehouse, married Margaret Tippett,
their son Charles Richard born Poplar, married Adelaide Maria Foile,
who by the time they had their last son Robert (my husband's Grandad), the family were going by the name of GORST!
?  We have a little mystery there!
I'd love to hear from you,
Thanks
Sandie G

[sandiep]

Hi Sandie  from another Sandie!!

Henry,s son William married Sophie Emma Pender and his daughter Elizabeth Emma married Sopie,s brother Edward George Pender.............William died in 1893 and I have lost Sophie after that  and as for Edward & Elizabeth I cant find them after their marriage...................Havent seen them have you???

sandie

[SandieNZ]

Hey Sandie!
I have to be honest, having hit a brick wall in 2007 (and changing computers and losing all my computerised information) I moved on to other branches of the family and put 2 lever-arch folders worth of Ghosts into the cupboard.  It was only after stumbling onto this site last night and doing the search of all my names (as you do) that I've reserected this lot.

Just prior to your post I was sitting here going through the paper files and was reading my page on William and Sophia (as i have her), but blow me if I can find my way back to it 15 minutes on! 

Because I have concentrated my efforts on Henry's son Thomas who married Margaret Tippett, and their descendants, I don't have much other than what's been found on common census' etc for the other siblings.

I do have William and Sophia marrying in 1878 Bethnal Green and the birth of their daughter Emma in 1879 Limehouse.

But nothing further.

I've got Henry & Jemima's daughter Elizabeth marrying an Alfred King (is this the Elizabeth you were referring to?) and not Sophia's brother.  But as I said, I haven't done a lot with these.

You can't confirm that Henry's parents were Richard and Mary, can you?

I'll leave it there for the moment, but have lots of bits and pieces if you are interested.


SG

[sandiep]

Hi Sandie

If I have right Henry & Jemima  yes his parents are Richard & Mary and he has a brother Richard b 1816 and one called Isaac b 1819 and 3 sisters Rachael,Ann and Susannah dates of birth not sure but all were christened on christmas day 1814.

To be honest I got into Ghost family by way of Penders ..my hubbies family, but have been trying to find out more for another contact one of William and Sophie/a  descendants.

I have a marriage cert for Edward & Elizabeth...will search it out....know father was Henry and think witness was William.........will get back

love any other info you have...can pm you my email if you like.

sandie

[idlelover7]

Hi - well I am a Ghost!

My name is Sarah Ghost - aged 23, brother who's a Ghost aged 20. Ghost on Father's side. Grandparents were Ghost's living in Shropshire, but I believe my Great Grandparents came from Derbyshire.

If anyone has any information about Ghost's in their family tree it would be really useful as our family has tried tracing us back and never really gotten very far!!! I certainly seem unable to go back very far as my immediate grandparents and great grandparents have all passed on, and we feel as if we're the only ones left now!

[SandieNZ]

Hi Sarah!

Do you have any Christian names for thes grand/gt-grandparents?  I don't know where our Richard & Mary came from (but the Henry [& Jemima] was born in Spitalfields London).

Looking at current phone directories online there are still quite a number about, and it appears the name was fairly wide-spread in earlier times.

I too would have been a Mrs Ghost had my husband's gt-grandparents not changed their name - for whatever reason.

Sandie
 

[idlelover7]

Hi!

My Dad is David Ghost, his father (my grandfather) was Joseph Ghost and his mother (my grandmother) was Sheila Ghost. My grandfather's father (my great grandfather) was Edward Ghost and his mother (my great grandmother) was called Barbara Ghost.

After that it gets all hazy, and all of the older generations of my family on the Ghost side have died so there's no one to ask! :S

[SandieNZ]

Thanks for the info... I don't recognise these names [yet] in my tree, but they may appear in someone elses.  Meantime, best of luck with your searching.

Sandie