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Cambridgeshire / Re: Cadmans in Isleham
« on: Thursday 12 February 15 17:00 GMT (UK) »
Eeek! My mistake - Isaac's wife was indeed Anne or Annie. Not Susan at all. Obviously a mental block on my part! They were married 30 Nov 1895 in Burwell by banns, him son of John, her daughter of Robert. Witnesses John (x) GORDON, Elizabeth CLAYDON. Everyone working was an AgLab.
As for who am I?
I was born Christine Wendy Watson in 1947, eldest child of Cyril Watson and Christine Cecile King (yes, another King but totally unrelated!)
Cyril was b about 1922, the second-youngest son of James Stephen Watson and Mary Jane King, born after a large gap allegedly caused by James' service in WWI. I have yet to find James Stephen's war records, but suspect there aren't any. Unlike the rest of our AgLab forbears, James Stephen had delusions of grandeur, and was a work-shy "gentleman" who disdained working for others. He claimed noble ancestors in Scotland to account for his "status" (which turned out to be utter nonsense!). Which meant he didn't work at all and the family lived, effectively, on the charity of neighbours and the earnings of the older children.
My father Cyril grew to have a "voice" - some said at the time that he was the best boy soprano in the region - and was offered a scholarship to Kings College Chapel Choir School in Cambridge. My grandfather refused because he would not provide the uniform, which was not covered by the scholarship.
So Dad left school at 14, did a year on the land as yet another AgLab, and then joined the RAF's Boy Service arm at 15. He spent his entire life with the RAF and retired aged 55 after a very honourable and highly-thought of career. During that career he met my mother, who was doing her WWII service in the WAAF, and they married in June 1946 not long before Mum's final demob (and only 7 months before I was born!)
Mary Jane King was the daughter of John Cadman King and Martha Leonard, and was the younger sister of your Isaac King, the eldest son of the same couple.
So that's how we are related.
I have Cadmans and Kings and Harveys back a long way, but finding out for yourself is always the best way to go. Info just given to you by someone else offers no sense of achievement. However, I am always here for you if you need help or confirmation of any of your findings.
As for who am I?
I was born Christine Wendy Watson in 1947, eldest child of Cyril Watson and Christine Cecile King (yes, another King but totally unrelated!)
Cyril was b about 1922, the second-youngest son of James Stephen Watson and Mary Jane King, born after a large gap allegedly caused by James' service in WWI. I have yet to find James Stephen's war records, but suspect there aren't any. Unlike the rest of our AgLab forbears, James Stephen had delusions of grandeur, and was a work-shy "gentleman" who disdained working for others. He claimed noble ancestors in Scotland to account for his "status" (which turned out to be utter nonsense!). Which meant he didn't work at all and the family lived, effectively, on the charity of neighbours and the earnings of the older children.
My father Cyril grew to have a "voice" - some said at the time that he was the best boy soprano in the region - and was offered a scholarship to Kings College Chapel Choir School in Cambridge. My grandfather refused because he would not provide the uniform, which was not covered by the scholarship.
So Dad left school at 14, did a year on the land as yet another AgLab, and then joined the RAF's Boy Service arm at 15. He spent his entire life with the RAF and retired aged 55 after a very honourable and highly-thought of career. During that career he met my mother, who was doing her WWII service in the WAAF, and they married in June 1946 not long before Mum's final demob (and only 7 months before I was born!)
Mary Jane King was the daughter of John Cadman King and Martha Leonard, and was the younger sister of your Isaac King, the eldest son of the same couple.
So that's how we are related.
I have Cadmans and Kings and Harveys back a long way, but finding out for yourself is always the best way to go. Info just given to you by someone else offers no sense of achievement. However, I am always here for you if you need help or confirmation of any of your findings.