Hi all, here's my first message to the site - I'm VERY new to this!
I'm descended from the Joys of Brenchley - specifically from Ada (Adah?) Flora Joy b. 1849, who is my great-great-grandmother. She's one of many daughters of James Albert Joy (b. 1819 Brenchley) and Mary Clara Prendergast (b. 1816 London) who lived in Great Wadd Farm near Staplehurst in Kent. James Albert Joy was the son of Thomas Joy (b. 1769 Brenchley). Hope that means something to someone!
Ada Flora Joy married Alfred Wilkinson (b. 1848 Herne Bay); their grandson Kenneth (b. 1915 Herne Bay) migrated to Argentina where my Dad was born. Dad then came to Australia where I was born and where I still am.
I'm quite curious about finding other relations, would love to get in touch with anyone who knows anything about what happened to all the brothers and sisters of Ada Flora Joy:
- Edward Alfred Guyon Joy b. 1844
- Ernest James Mace Joy b. 1845
- Algernon de Blaquiere Joy b. 1847
- William Horace Joy b. 1847
- Clara Joy b. 1851
- Jabez Thomas Minto Joy b. 1851 (then married Alfred Wilkinson's sister Harriet)
- Laura Marianne Joy b. 1853
- George Langford Joy b. 1854
- Kate Joy b. 1854
- Minnie Elizabeth Maria Joy b. 1856
- Jon Guyon Joy b. 1858
- Henry de Beaufre Joy b. 1861
Cheers
Fiona