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Kent / Re: MARTIN - Eltham, pre 1840 ?
« on: Saturday 02 June 07 12:36 BST (UK)  »
Hi Nick, welcome to Rootschat.
This looks like his marriage

Marriages Dec quarter 1857   
Martin  Thomas            Lewisham  1d 873   
Stead  Emma                Lewisham  1d 873 

Betty
 



You were right about the marriage.  I got a copy of their son's Birth Certificate this morning, and the mother's maiden name was Stead. 

Just proves that you shouldn't disregard the unlikely.  Still learning !   :)


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Kent / Re: MARTIN - Eltham, pre 1840 ?
« on: Saturday 02 June 07 10:22 BST (UK)  »
Sorry Betty, although I spent a lot of my youth in Eltham, I still managed to get it confused with Elham when I first started, and I didn't want to go there again.  Although I'm researching both sides of my family tree, my dad's side is proving to be much harder, because he never used to speak about his family, and never kept in touch with them, and now I don't have contact with any living relatives on his side at all.  So the whole thing has been one long paper chase.  Very interesting, though.  Let's hope those CD's arrive soon  :)

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Kent / Re: MARTIN - Eltham, pre 1840 ?
« on: Friday 01 June 07 22:35 BST (UK)  »
There's a christening on FamilySearch for
Thomas Martin  26 JUL 1835   Saint John, Eltham, Kent.
 Parents William Martin & Mary.
 It's an extracted record, ( Batch number C067821  1831 - 1846  0307731   Film ) so should be reliable, & the parents names tie in with the 1841 & 1851 censuses.

Betty

Hmmm... sorry !  In my confusion this morning, I entered the wrong generation.  I have William and Mary, but I can't go any further back than 1811.  I've ordered a copy of the St John Parish registers from the Kent FHS, but they haven't arrived yet.

Sorry for the confusion, but I'm still a newbie at all this !

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Kent / Re: MARTIN - Eltham, pre 1840 ?
« on: Friday 01 June 07 22:28 BST (UK)  »
Hi Nick, welcome to Rootschat.
This looks like his marriage

Marriages Dec quarter 1857   
Martin  Thomas            Lewisham  1d 873   
Stead  Emma                Lewisham  1d 873 

Betty
 



Hi and thanks for the welcome !

Yes I think that's him.  However it seems an unlikely marriage - he was a bricklayer, and she came from a fairly well-to-do family.  I'm waiting for the son's birth certificate, then I'll be able to see the mother's maiden name.  I'm still quite new to all this - I've only been researching for a couple of months.  Thanks for your help !  :)

P.S. re your other post - I'm referring to Eltham in Kent, not Elham - I get confused between those two !

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Kent / MARTIN - Eltham, pre 1840 ?
« on: Friday 01 June 07 12:31 BST (UK)  »
I'm looking for my MARTIN ancestors.....

Thomas MARTIN, b. abt 1836 Eltham, Kent.  Lived in "Fryths Buildings" ?  Possibly married Emma STEAD in 1857 ?

and ancestors of the above person ?  They all seemed to live around Eltham Church / High Street area.

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Hi Amanda

In 1888 Benjamin Cattermole married Mary Ann Farnish (nee Church) who was the widow of George Farnish, also of Swilland.  Mary Ann was my g grandmother.  I don't think her marriage to Benjamin produced any more children, but she did have 11 children from her marriage to George Farnish.

I'm not sure if this is useful to you, or not.


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