CathayB Second Chance Scavenger Hunt. Everyone Welcome to Join In.

[cathayb]

as my name is birch i expect you realise my main line in my rather large tree is BIRCH.NOW THE BIRCHES DIDNT GO MUCH TO KENT EXCEPT ONE that i know of  that is ellen birch who married joshua cooper.they split divorce or not married anyway and he married louisa birch. they would be around the 1880 1890s together i would think.apart from knowing they are relatives of mine i no nothing more than what i have put here.i am in touch with their present day reliatives but other than this i dont know.oh yes i do louisa dad was henry birchb.1839 and her mother was either catherine westcott or alice dymond.we dont know which as catherine died soon after louisa was born and alice was also in co hoots with henry by then.  this is just to put cat among the pidgeons so to speak!as the purpose of this hunt was to connect kent/lodon/devon roms.louisa and joshua cooper lived in kent i do know.henry louisas dad was born in devon.

[jamajo]

 Living next to them is George and Elizabeth Taylor and family. Next to these are a Turner family

with 2 Penfolds living with them

[cathayb]

no i havent gone back further than moses and jane.   i will go look at the ref for robert and mary    i dont know anything about reshinda or rising thomas?sorry

[davidpinkney]

Moses Penfold christened 30/3/1800 Sulhampstead bannister, Berkshire

parents Thomas Penfold and Ann

source IGI

[cathayb]

cor thanks david.thats great.  re robert look at pages 32,33,34,35 it full of penfolds,james,wilsons,christopher born devon is there. coopers,clarkes all names from my family but i have the devon ones,these are the lodon ones.how are we linked cause i know we are.cathay

[nelwild]

cathayb,i havent had a chance to check census yet,but will post some of what ive been given,then post more a bit later.The isaac stone that married kezia goldsmith had a brother called horatio stone b1861,sittingbourne,kent,he married clara rossiter 1864 sittingbourne.claras rossiter siblings are sarah ann b1850,sitt.henry thomas b1852,milton,nancy b1856,sitt.louisa b1859,sitt.edward b1867,sitt.margaret selina b1871,sheerness.claras parents are thomas rossiter b1825,ashford,kent,brickmaker/labourer and emily spittle b1822,kent.thomas siblings are sarah b1810,milton,richard b1813,sitt.edward b1814,milton,(hawker/drapery box maker),mary b1816,william b1818,(labourer and lodging house keeper),ann b1821 birthplace unknown,john b1823,place unknown,(lodging house keeper/mariner),henry b1828,musician.sarah(1810),marries charles knight b1800,england,their kids are mary b1838,kent and john b1839,kent.then edward marries mary?,b 1821,kent,their son is edward b1840,sitt.(drapers porter/traveller in millinary/pedlar)then mary(1816) marries william hogbin 1817,hollingbourne,kent,(tanner)forgot to record their kids,will post them after,then william(1818)marries hester horton b 1819 sitt,kids william b1843 sitt,emily b1844,george b1864,sitt,nancy b1848,john 1850,edward b1852,all sitt then ann b1821 marries george knight b1815,kent,no kids,then john(1823) marries 1st eliza barnett b1824,kent and 2nd esther bean b1831,dover,kids of john and esther are john henry b1871,folkstone,(lab in brickfield),sarah b1873,folkstone(pupil teacher),florence b1877,folkstone(factory hand),then henry (1828) marries eliza shilling,almost certainly the same eliza shilling/johnson from earlier postings.there kids are henry william b milton,charles inkerman b1856,milton.ernest 1858,b milton.i have more recent children but will skip to further back and do those a bit later otherwise take v long,thomas(1825)etcs father is edward rossiter b1778 sheerness,mariner and labourer marries ann loader b1749,england.edwards siblings are john 1785,england,(chimney sweep),william b1785,aylsford,kent,(licensed hawker and labourer),richard cooper rossiter b1786,maidstone,kent,elizabeth rossiter b1796,upchurch,thomas taylor rossiter b1798,milton,(ag.lab),sarah rossiter b1803,england,mary ann b1804,milton.edward (1778)etc father was richard rossiter b1757,sittingbourne(showman)died in sitt.workhouse 1843,he married sarah taylor in west malling,kent in 1785,she was born 1758 england,died sitt workhouse 1828.saras parents were william b1730,england and sarah ? b 1735,england,john 1785 married ann wilson b1786,england,had 8 kids,details to follow,william married hester marden b1790,england had 12 kids,details to follow,elizabeth1796 m thomas mann b1790,england,thomas (1798),marries mary bennett had 6 kids,details to follow,sarah(1803) marries robert gardener b1800england,mary(1804) marries george lee b1800,england.im going to give me finger a rest now,will post more a bit later,regards,nel.  

[cathayb]

nelwild,i will send details of rossiter and wilson tree tomorrow to you.i will also put you in touch with some of your relatives in australia.you are also very loosely at the moment related to me from way back.can you look to see if the name gess comes up in your line anywhere?it could be spelt gess or guess or even wilkins gess.  but one of the gess girls married one of the kent wilkins thats for sure.they are now and have been for quite a long time show people.i will also send you some photos.remeber now have a look for gess. i also am taking note of the cooper rossiters and taylor rossiters.

[Lesanne]

Phew  That's just reading it... Well done Nel... 

[cathayb]

another point nelwild is to look for the surname rose/roser/rosaire/rossiter  they went under all those spellings and stuck to the present day with rosaire cause it sounds good round the showgrounds!!you should find some in east grinsted.one family of them rosers i think they were called went to aussie in 1842 on the simon ? i forget.ship.western australia anyway and they left poor john wilson/rosser behind and he was only 13!!there are books written about them in aussie.also look for the name player. cathayb