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[Chris in 1066Land]

Hi

Thanks Jane

Agree with your comments entirely 

Andrew, where did you locate John in the 1851 census?

Chris in 1066

[andrew shanks]

Jane - thank you for your advice on this.

Chris - I haven't seen the 1851 census yet so I'm afraid that I don't know for sure where John was at that time.  However, by then he was married to Eleanor Pattenden and had 3 children:

Charity b1847 in Uckfield
George b1849 in Mayfield and
Charles b1851 in Mayfield

So I would guess that he was in Mayfield at the time of the census.

Andrew

[Chris in 1066Land]

hi Andrew

Here is your 1851 census entry

HO107/ 1640/ Folio 189/ Page 10 - No 1 Batts Wood Cottage, Mayfield.

DOUCH John, Head, Marr, 27, Ag Lab, born Dallington
...........  Eleanor, Wife, Marr, 26, born Wadhurst
...........  George, Son, Unm, 1, born Mayfield
...........  Charles, Son, Unm, 1 month, born Mayfield

No mention of Charity though?

Chris in 1066

[andrew shanks]

Hi Chris

Thank you very much - this is a great help.

Charity must have been elsewhere on census day.  She survived childhood and later married and had a family of her own.

Regards

Andrew

[cheryl59]

This could be totally unrelated or they could link in 

I have an ISABELLA JANES SANDS (born 1867) who married a WILLIAM DOUCH (born 1868)  in 1895 in Hastings (his parents were WILLIAM DOUCH and MARY ANN VIDLER). Her parents were from Dallington (for more on this lot, see here ... http://cheryl2003.topcities.com/isabellajanesands1867.html )

BONIFACE is another name that links in with "my" lot ... a MARY WOOD(S) BONIFACE (born 1792) married HENRY BOURNE (born 1793) in Pevensey but they had lots of links to the Hellingly/Dallington/Upper Dicker crowd (see more here ... http://cheryl2003.topcities.com/henrybourne1793.html )

Have you tried the Boniface Internet Group (or something like that)? It's a huge online group with a huge database and I'm sure they could help you out. If you've never heard of them, let me know and I'll go hunting for the link

Hope this helps,
Hugs,
Cheryl (yes, I actually made it back online ... unbelievable !!!  )

[andrew shanks]

Hi Cheryl

I had previously come across the marriage of ISABELLA JANE SANDS (born 1867) who married a WILLIAM DOUCH (born 1868)  in 1895 in Hastings.  I am sure that there must be a link somewhere, but at the moment I do not know what it is.

I am aware of a Boniface site that is run by someone in Canada - is this the same one that you mention?

Andrew

[cheryl59]

Not sure, but I'll hunt out the link over the weekend (both my little girls have come down sick so I might not get too much computer time though !  )