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New Zealand Completed Requests / Re: Walter Leslie STRATHERN 23 Infantry Battalion - Army - Service # 451497
« on: Tuesday 07 June 16 01:41 BST (UK)  »
Hi Michaela,

I am connected to this Strathern Family through marriage i.e. my Uncle, Robert Clarence Forbes married Isobel Wilkie Layburn Strathern daughter of Robert Tyrell Strathern the brother of David Gibson Strathern and William McGill Strathern.  If you are interested I can put you in touch with the daughter of Robert and Isobel, I'm pretty sure she'd have an interest in sharing information as she is a Librarian.

Gaye

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Bedfordshire / Re: LUGSDEN/LUGSDIN of Little Staughton
« on: Monday 08 March 10 03:00 GMT (UK)  »
Trying to contact David [Bedfordshire Boy] and others researching this LUGSDIN line which mentions Ann EXCELL [nee LUGSDIN].  This Ann LUGSDIN who married Benjamin EXCELL is my great great grandmother and for many years I have been trying to find out her parents.  Benjamin EXCELL died aged 30 on 17 March 1842 in Brighton and in 1857 Ann EXCELL nee LuGSDIN emigrated to Castlemaine in Victoria, Australia with her son,  Harry EXCELL, [my great grandfather].  As you have discovered Ann died in Castlemaine in 1888.  Harry and his family emigrated to New Zealand in 1879, as did a daughter of Ann's Elizabeth [Bessie] PRESCOTT nee EXCELL with her husband and family.  The other son of Benjamin and Ann had earlier emigrated to South Australia.  His name was John Wickens EXCELL and he came out to his Uncle, also John Wickens EXCELL.  Any more assistance anyone can give me on Ann EXCELL [nee LUGSDIN] would be much appreciated.

Gaye

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Bedfordshire / Re: A couple more Lugsdins
« on: Monday 08 March 10 02:17 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: bedfordshire boy on Monday 22 February 10 08:54 GMT (UK)
Ann Lugsdin married Benjamin Excell on 29 May 1833 at St Nicholas Brighthelmstone, Sussex. They appeared in 1841 in Brighthelmstone, Ann 30 not born in Sussex. Benjamin died in 1842 and in 1851 she was a widow, Anne Exall 48 born Huntingdonshire. According to some online trees she died in Australia in 1888.

She may have been the daughter of  John Lugsdin of Sawtry All Saints who married Lucy Allen at Kimbolton in 1800.  I think it was this John who was buried on 22 Nov 1803 at Sawtry All Saints,(confirmation required from the parish register) as a Lucy Lugsden widow married James Knighton of Gt Gidding in Sawtry AS in 1804.

It appears as though Ann was living with her uncle, James Lugsdin, in Brighton, as there’s a marriage on 20 May 1828 at St Michael Bassishaw, City of London, between James Lugsdin widower of St Nicholas Brighthelmstone, Sussex, & Martha Lidgould spinster. Can’t trace his first marriage, yet.

1841 census
Hove Sussex
James Lugsden 70 Ind; Martha Lugsden 61. Neither b in Sussex

1851 census
Stoke Newington Middlesex
James Lugsden head widower 80 gentleman b Bedford

I think the 1852 marriage to Margaret Nix was this James, and the 1853 will that Graham has mentioned was him.

Graham has told me that the 1853 will mentioned no children, but that various nephews and nieces were named, including Ann Excell. I'm still working my way through these, but Mary Battams and Sophia are named

David


David -

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Sutherland / Re: Two Sutherland area families
« on: Sunday 27 September 09 09:09 BST (UK)  »
Hello Shalena,

I am very interested in your FORBES family of MOULIN in Perthshire, Scotland.  One of my FORBES from there married a ROSS and lived in Edderton, Ross and Cromarty.  I also have connections to several Buxted, Sussex families.

Gaye in New Zealand

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