Stephen Baker/Phoebe Rossiter 1881/1891

[nelwild]

shane,i presume you have stephens sister ruth married to thomas rossiter,nel.

[shaneooo]

Hi Nel, yes thanks, ive found a mercy pheobe rossiter b 1864 canterbury, do you know if theres a baptisms online for this district ?. Cant find any link to ruths hubbys family. It maybe her mothers maiden name as she is shown as illegitimate on marriage cert.
thanks.
shane.

[nelwild]

sorry shane,i dont know if that areas baptisms are available online.there is a researcher on here called bettyofkent who seems to have access to some canterbury baptisms,im wondering if she might see this or perhaps pm her.i didnt realise that phoebe was known as mercy phoebe,ive only tried phoebe in searches and found nothing.i think with two baker sibs marrying rossiters they will be connected as most kent rossiters are,its finding the link thats the challenge.incidentally,i dont know if youve seen the bbcromanyroots board today,theres an intresting posting on rossiters,a lady has traced them back to spain,coming here on the armarda,and originally they were rositas.this intrested me as my spains are meant to be from spain,also coming ashore at the time of the armarda,nel. 

[shaneooo]

Hi Nel,
Not sure if mercy phoebe is the same one but its all i could find, i cant find mercy p rossiter on census either.
shane.

[nelwild]

shane,have you seen this entry i found whilst looking for phoebes born c1864 canterbury.living in a caravan in charlton near dover is george reid born 1852,maidstone,betsey born 1852,sittingbourne,eliza born 1873,canterbury,george born 1878,sittingbourne,mary ann born 1880,maidstone and phobe e born 1864,canterbury,sister.im wondering if betsey might be a rossiter,coming from sittingbourne,and that phoebe might be her sister.i couldnt find a reid/rossiter marriage.it could be nothing,maybe some of the other better researchers than me can have a look,nel.

[shaneooo]

Cheers Nel, im just having a looksee.
shane.

[shaneooo]

OOOH getting complicated.
found george reid born brenchley which is near maidstone with parents but no pheobe, so you may be right about betsey, but no sign of them before this date on BMD! i think rossiter is an assumed name! whats your thoughts. ( much needed ).
thanks. shane.

[nelwild]

shane,with phoebe born canterbury,the sittinbourne connection for betsey,the rossiter name in the mix,living near folkstone on 1881,all my instincts are telling me this is phoebe,but thats all it is,just instinct.how it all fits together is a bit beyond me after a drop of the old tati parni.ill have another look now and see if i can find anything.i think itd be an idea to start a new thread on the reids,and see if anyone can find george/betseys marriage,nel.

[shaneooo]

Good idea Nel, ill try that
shane