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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Somerset => England => Somerset Lookup Requests => Topic started by: Jules37 on Friday 19 January 07 20:59 GMT (UK)
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Hi,
I am looking for any information on my G G G Grandmother Caroline Kerslake, born 1821 in Taunton, Somerset. She married Thomas Dennis (widower, Fruit Dealer) on 16th october 1843. Any info. would be very gratefully received.
Many thanks,
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looking through the cencus she does indeed say born taunton but on the 1871 when shes living with married daughter emma she says herne somerset.i can see no sign of her on the 1841 cencus i presume you have the marriage certificate?
if so can you give us her fathers name then we might be able to trace her with family before marriage.
regards
alli
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Thanks Ali, am waiting for birth certificate to come in post.
Jules
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Jules
I linked up with you recently via Dennis, Kent.
I wondered if you would be able to provide me with any further info re Caroline Kerslake or Thomas Dennis
Jen
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Hi Jen,
Details I have for Thomas Dennis & Caroline Kerslake are:
Thomas b1811, Molash, Kent (sometimes spelt Molish)
Died 9 June 1869, Rainham, Kent
Married 1st to Jane (no surname), no date or place, but had children:
William Thomas Dennis b1839, Upchurch, Kent
Thomas Dennis b1836, Upchurch, Kent
Eliza Ann Dennis b1841, Upchurch, Kent
George Dennis b1833, Upchurch, Kent
Married 2nd to Caroline Kerslake, on 16 Oct 1843, in Milton, Rainham, Kent
Child - Emma Jane Ashdowne Dennis b1844, Upchurch, Kent
Caroline b1821 in Taunton, Somerset (Herne)
No date or place for death
Hope this helps,
Let me know if there's a link.
Kind regards,
Julia
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Many thanks for the info. It pretty much matches mine. I think Jane died in March 1843 (Milton 5/306) in childbirth - Sarah Dennis (Milton March1843 - didn't record the reference, sorry)
Both Caroline and Thomas are direct ancestors. Let me know if you want to chat.
jen
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My great great grandfather Thomas Dennis married my great great grandmother Jane Ann Alexander,29 May 1830 in Upchurch,Kent.
Thomas was born abt 1806 in Molash,Kent, son of Thomas Dennis and Elizabeth Coppin.
Jane died in 1843, a few weeks after giving birth to their daughter Sarah.
Thomas Dennis married Caroline Kerslake later in 1843(Caroline was born abt 1821 in Taunton, Somerset ): they had three children, born in 1844, 1846 and 1847.
Their daughter Emma Jane Ashdown Dennis was baptised 14 April 1844 in Upchurch.
Emma Dennis married Henry John Swan in 1863. They lived initially in Rainham,Kent and later moved to Herne,Kent (also known as Herne Street).
Henry John Swan was a brother of my great grandmother Amelia Jane Dennis (nee. Swan).
In the 1840 Directory for Newington and Rainham there is a Caroline Kerslake listed as "Linen Draper, Rainham".
The story gets more complicated.
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Regarding the question "Hanna : Kent/Ireland?", my great aunt Amelia Jane Dennis married Robert Hanna in 1909 in Rainham,Kent.
I know that Robert Hanna was from Ireland and that he was a Math teacher.
My great aunt died in 1965 in Haywards Heath , Sussex.
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Always interested to find out more about the ancestors.
Thomas Dennis and Caroline Kerslake are gr-gr-grandparents of my mother in law through their daughter Emma. The other two children died.
I am guessing your gr grandmother Amelia Jane Swan was the wife of William Thomas Dennis -my Emma's half brother.
You say Henry John Swan was her brother. So far I have 6 siblings for him - but no Amelia. Can you tell me her dob and where she fits in? Also I have some patchy info on Henry John's parents and siblings - perhaps we could share info?
Thanks for the info about Caroline.
Jules - for your info since we were last in touch i have a possible death record for Caroline - Oct/Dec 1895 Kensington 67yrs (should probably be 74yrs!) 1a/78. You may have this already.
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Amelia Jane Swan's parents were Henry Swan(b. 1809,Rainham, d. 1858,Hackney,London) and Jane Wells(b. 1820, Gillingham, d. 1893, London).
I believe that jane was Henry's second wife, and were married 1839 in Gillingham.
The info that I have on the children of Henry Swan and Jane Wells is :
Henry John Swan, b.1839, Gillingham.
Edward Samuel Swan, b. 1841, Gillingham.
Amelia Jane Swan, b. 1843, Haggerston,London (near Bethnal Green), d. 1928,Rainham.
Jane Elizabeth Swan, b. 1846, Gillingham.
Edward J. Swan, b.1850, Islington,London.
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see http://www.wsom.org.uk/Registers/TNSMBap18201829.htm
Caroline Kerslake Thomas/Jane East St. White smith 21 12 1820
Regards
Steve
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Thank you Steve for the info on Caroline Kerslake and her brother John. Regards, Dave.
Posted on behalf of Dobrytin :)
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Hi Dobrytin. My g.g.g. grandfather was George Dennis b 1833 to my g.g.g.g. grandfather/mother, Thomas Dennis and Jane Alexander. George Dennis was the Parish clerk of Upchurch, Kent for 53 years and is buried at Upchurch in a grave paid for by the local parishioners, he died aged 89. I live near by and visit his grave regularly. It's so nice to hear from others with family connections.
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Hi littleden
Thank you for your message.
My great grandfather was William Dennis, born 1838 in Upchurch, a son of Thomas Dennis and Jane Ann Alexander.
I have traced another brother,Daniel, born 1833 in Upchurch. Daniel and his family emigrated to the U.S. In the 1870s and farmed in Parma, Ohio, near Cleveland.
John Kerslake, brother of Caroline Kerslake, had emigrated to the same part of Ohio in the 1850s,shortly after his marriage in Upchurch, and before the American Civil War.
Emma Jane Ashdown Dennis, daughter of Thomas Dennis and his second wife Caroline Kerslake ,married Henry John Swan who was a brother of my great grandmother Amelia Jane Swan, wife of my great grandfather William Dennis.
I lived in Rainham in the early 1960s.
Regards, Dave.
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Hello again Dave,
Thanks for the extra info.
I am aware of the siblings George, Thomas, William and Eliza but I'm puzzled by your finding of Daniel b 1833 which is the year my g.g.g. grandfather George was born, so they must have been twins? Or am I losing the plot? I have to admit that the further back I delve, the more I find it all very confusing ???
I was born in Greenwich SE London but moved to Bobbing, Sittingbourne in the 80's. It was only last year that I discovered that I'd returned to my roots. My daughter got married in Lower Halstow church last year (next village on to Upchurch as you probably know.) The church has many relics of our relatives, which made it extra special.
So, my g.g.g grandfather was the older brother of your great grandfather .....
Regards, Denise
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Hello Denise,
I believe that your George Dennis was born in 1817 in Molash,near Faversham, and was a brother of Thomas Dennis who married Jane Alexander and Caroline Kerslake.
This would agree with a record of George Dennis of Milton District who died in 1907, age 89,
On the FreeBMD a website.
Thomas Dennis was born 1806 in Molash. In the IGI records his surname is spelled DENNESS, and. George's surname is spelled DENNES.
In some of the U.S. Records in Ohio, Daniel Dennis is sometimes recorded as Daniel George Dennis, George Daniel Dennis, George D. Dennis.
Thomas Dennis and siblings' parents were Thomas Dennis and Elizabeth Coppin who were married in Pluckley in 1802. Their oldest child was Harriet who married James Smitherman in Upchurch.
I have found the Dennis line difficult to trace, possibly because the spelling may have changed with such variations as : Dennes, Denniss, Denne, Denness.
In 1966 we move from Rainham to British Columbia where we still live.