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Hiya, It's correct but I think my filter may have blocked your email. Please resend and if no luck let me know and I will give you another email address. J 

Thank you very much for letting me know.  I will look at the photo. Be interesting to see what it was like in those days.  Thank you so much for taking time to do this. Very grateful.

Hi,
Thanks for inf about first photo.  The women do look similar!!
June

Hi,

I have a little more for you now.   The tree I am researching also connects to Stephen Philpott via his sister Emily who married Henry Walker b.1800 Whitstable occ Mariner.  I believe that Emily & Stephen Philpott were children of Richard Philpott & Ann Barham who were married in St Pauls, Whitstable in 1794.  There were seven other siblings that I can find, all born in Whitstable btw 1795 & 1816. 

Also, I found nine children for  your Stephen Philpott & Eleanor Tall including Elizabeth, William, Ellen, George, Amelia, Stephen, Richard, James b. 1851 (m) Charlotte Webb;  and Frederick b. 1853. 

Great to see a photo of Amelia Philpott Adams b.1843.  Any idea how old she was when this photo was taken?   

I have the following  information re Emily Philpott b. 1800 which you might be interested in .  It also shows her as a widow  living with her widowed brother Stephen the blacksmith between 1871 & 1881:

Here is her baptism:-
1804 Dec 16 Emily D of Richard and Ann PHILPOT
Whitstable, Kent

She married, mariner, Henry Walker on 18th June 1826 in Whitstable and they had at least six children:- Phillip, Annie, Philpott, William ., George and Henry.

She was widowed some time between 1843 and 1851.  I don't know what became of her husband Henry Walker but presume he died at sea.  I have not been able to trace a death registration for him locally.

Emily (63) shows up on the 1871 Census living at 3 Fountain St, Whitstable, Kent, with her widowed brother James Philpott the Blacksmith:-

James Philpott,  Head, Wid,  52,  Blacksmith,  b.Whitstable, Kent
Emily Walker,  Sister, Wid, 63, occ: Laundress,  b.Whitstable, Kent

Another ten years passes and on the 1881 Census(1)  Emily (76)  is still  living at 3 Fountain Street, Whitstable, with her widowed brother:-

Emily Walker, (76), widow, sister, born  Whitstable, Kent
James Philpott (64), widower, head,occ: Blacksmith, born Whitstable,Kent
Ref: Whitstable District:  FHL Film 1341229. RG11 0964/16 25

Emily lived to be a very old lady and died aged 95 on the  18th October 1896 at 79 Victoria Street, Whitstable, in the presence of her daughter in law Eliza (Wyatt) Walker, who registered the death on the 19th October 1896. 

Hope this  is of some help.

Juniper

Hi Gadget,
Thanks for your suggestion.   I have just put a post on the Travellers Board.   Still no luck elsewhere.  Will keep searching.  Regards, Juniper