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Please can anyone help me to locate the whereabouts of Thomas and Ann TILT more accurately?  In the 1841 census they are living in Kingswood, I believe alongside the turnpike road, with their daughter Elizabeth and son-in-law Edward PRESTON.  Thomas TILT is described as a farmer, and the fifth member of the household was an 8 year old, Nathaniel SHOVE, described as a cow boy, so perhaps Thomas was keeping stock on the common. 

By 1851 the TILT couple are living on their own, in north Tadworth, and Thomas is described as a retired farmer.  Thomas died in 1852 and Ann a year later, and they are both buried in the churchyard of St Andrew's Kingswood.

Please can anyone who understands the lie of the land better than I do advise me whether these are two separate addresses, or one and the same?  I should like to imagine Thomas and Ann surrounded by lavender fields, but perhaps they were in the wrong place for that, or perhaps lavender was not grown commercially at that time? 

With thanks for any ideas,

Beetle. 

My great-grandfather Thomas Hennessy, who was serving in the Indian Army, was sent home on six months' convalescent leave with his family in May 1900.  His wife Marian obviously stayed on, since she appears in the 1901 census with their children at Altmore, Furze Platt, Cookham.  (Looking at the enumerator's walk, Altmore is quite near the Golden Harp Tavern.)  She must have stayed at least until the end of May, when the two youngest children were baptised at St Joseph's Catholic Church, Maidenhead. 

I am wondering which school these Roman Catholic children were likely to have attended, and whether any school log might be available.  The period would be roughly May 1900 to May 1901, to the best of my knowledge.  The children were Eileen (13), Thomas (12), Mary (9), John (7), Jim (6) and the two year old twins Margaret and Frances. 

The twins could not be christened in India because the army chaplain would not accept the Protestant sponsors chosen by the parents.  Are any records from St Joseph's extant that might throw some light on this baptism, or any other aspect of the famiy's stay in Furze Platt? 

I should be very grateful for advice from people with local knowledge.

Best wishes,

Beetle. 

Please can anyone help with identifying the Ann Peters who married John Tilt of Newdigate at Dorking on 3rd February 1766?  I don't know exactly when she was born, but it would have been in the late 1740's I should think.  She already had an illegitimate child called Peter Peters (I can't find his baptism either).

I should be grateful for any assistance,

Beetle. 

Please can anyone help me find a death record for Mary Mobsey, who was baptized Mary Tilt on 31st August 1781 in Dorking?  She married Henry Mobsey in Dorking on 30th June 1800.  Her father John Tilt left her £500 in his will, which he wrote in 1802, but I have lost all trace of her since. 

I would assume she stayed in Surrey, but of course I can't be sure. 

With thanks for any assistance,

Beetle.

Do any Rootschatters familiar with St Mary's Shalford know who the COLTOON SMITHS were?

My great-great-grandparents William TILT and Sarah RICHARDS married at St Mary's on 2nd December 1830.  William was a shoemaker from Capel, near Dorking, but living in Wonersh (an adjacent village to Shalford).  Sarah came from Bentley in Hampshire, and presumably was in service in Shalford.

The witnesses at the marriage were William(?) Coltoon Smith, Elizabeth Smith, Mary Coltoon Smith, Elizabeth Edwards and William Travers.  It's rather a lot for a humble wedding, and none of them is a Tilt relative.  Could they include Sarah Richards's employers? 

I also have an earlier connection with St Mary's in that John TILT, again from Capel, married Ann DAVES there on 24th November 1791.  The witnesses on that occasion were Samuel RICHARDSON and Ann ROE (?).  Ann Tilt, widow of John, was buried at Shalford on 26th August 1798.  I believe they had no surviving children, as none is mentioned in the lengthy will of John's father, also John Tilt, who died in 1811.  I have not been able to discover anything about this couple, and wonder whether their names resonate with anybody?

I should be grateful for any help or advice,

Beetle.