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hi Flossy i have a number of entries for harlands in bridlington would you like me to post them? Any names you want cause there are alot
Nick1

Hi Nick

I am interested in Harlands from Bridlington. My link is to a Polly Harland b 1872 (daur of Robert & Jane). Do you have these at all?

Cheers

Dave

Hi Fionnghal

I'm sure we've been in touch before about some of our Appleyard/Tyas roots, but I just found this post...

I came across a small portion of 'tree scribbled on the back of an envelope - and I can't remember what the source was, which was why I was searching the net...anyway, it has the following:

John Thomas Stokes (son of Samuel Stokes of Collyweston & Elizabeth Baker (m 2 Jul 1775 Collyweston)) m Sarah Dolby Handson (dau of James Handson & Mary Dolby of Wood Newton).

The tree also mentions their son Edward as it mentions his marriage to Elizabeth Gray and their son Henry Gray Stokes (b 8 Oct 1849 in Bridlington) and living in Austin, Texas in 1870 with his brother John Thomas Stokes.

I guess this may assist your theory about Sarah's origins. Do give me a shout if you find anything, and I will try and see where the hell I dredged this info from!!

Also, while I'm here, I visited Northants last June looking for graves (I seem to remember Nassington churchyard was almost stripped bare...) but I do have a few gravestone photos of Stokes from Collyweston (and also a couple of Appleyards from Conisbrough) - let me know if you're interested!

Cheers

Dave M
(4G Grandson of Mr Stokes the Butcher)

Hi

I have some pictures of their grave but it seems the pics are too big to upload onto this site.

I can probably load them somewhere else or e-mail them, but the transcription is thus:

Also
In Loving Memory
of
ETHEL MURIEL
HALL
Born Nov 20th 1881
Died Nov 28th 1958
wife of
NORMAN AYLMER
HALL
and daughter of
JAMES SHAW ROBERTSON
and his first wife
JULIA ELIZABETH
(LILY) nee BARKWORTH

Also
In Loving Memory
of
their son
JAMES LESLIE
DOUGLAS
Born May 3rd 1895
Died at The Vache
Aug 8th 1908

In Loving Memory
of
my father
and my mother
JAMES SHAW
ROBERTSON
of The Vache,
Chalfont St Giles
Born Feb 1st 1855
Died Dec 25th 1940
and
ETHEL ELIZABETH
nee McCALMONT
Born Aug 9th 1862
Died at The Vache
May 17th 1937

Also
In Loving Memory
of their grandson
CAESAR CHARLES
HAWKINS, D.S.C. R.N.
Born at The Vache
May 17th 1915
killed by enemy action
in H.M.S. Exmouth
Jan 20th 1940
and of
his father
CAESAR HUGH
GEORGE WILLS
HAWKINS
Born April 3rd 1889
Died in Athens
Nov 7th 1947

Also
In Loving Memory
of
their son-in-law
ALEXANDER BASHALL
DAWSON
Born Oct 19th 1869
Died at The Vache
June 21st 1953
For 20 years the
beloved husband of
their daughter
MARGARET EDITH
Born Jan 26th 1889

Also
In Loving Memory
of
their daughter
MARGARET
EDITH
DAWSON
formerly HAWKINS
Born Jan 26th 1889
Died Jan 14th 1980

Cheers

Dave Morris