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Hi Kate

The censuses indicate that George was born at Fairlight which is the next parish to Pett.  You need to find someone who can go to Hastings library to look at the baptisms for St Andrews church at Fairlight.

I hope that this helps.

Kind regards

Roger

Hi Joe

That's brilliant.  Thank you so much.  Fred was my great uncle and I always believed that he had died young because the rest of his family remained in the Fairlight area at least at the time of the 1901 census.  I have sent you a PM.

Kind regards

Roger

Hi Kerry

Thanks for the three censuses, all are spot on.  By the way the other Charlotte Thorpe that you found is also mine is also mine.

Much appreciated.

Kind regards

Roger

Hi Chris

How are you, mate?   It's a while since we met up down in Hastings and I haven't used the Sussex boards much since then because much of my family history research has been recently concentrated on my Staffordshire ancestors.

Thanks for your kind offer to do look ups at ESRO

I hope that you can help me to sort a few problems  identified with my Sussex ancestors.

1. I am looking for the baptism of Mary Gutsell. Probably this took place between 1748 and 1758 at Sedlescombe but could have occurred at Brede or Ewhurst.

2. I have somehow got two baptisms for James Manser Thorpe.  The first is a private baptism at Fairlight on 09 May 1824 and the second is also at Fairlight on 18 September 1831 (James's parents are William amd Ruth).  I think that the first baptism is correct since it corresponds with the months following the birth. Who was baptised at Fairlight on  18 September 1831?

3. James Manser married Harriet Wilson in 1846 and I have two daughters both called Alice.  The first is called Alice Louise is thought to be born at Fairlight about March 1863. The second is Alice Matilda baptised at Fairlight 23 August 1868. Are these both their children?  If so presumably the first one died young so is their a burial?

I hope that you can help.

Thanks in advance.

Roger

Hi Genealiza

What a star you are!!  Several have looked for the family in the 1901 census in the past but none have been successful.  Well done!

I didn't forget Grace. Sadly she died in 1925 and is buried with her parents in Soule cemetery in Auburn NY.

Yes your assumption is correct.  It is the children who had left home in 1920 or 1930 that I am still looking for.  The hope is that I might identify some of their children who theoretically could still be alive and traceable.  One can live in hope!!


Good luck.

Kind regards

Roger

PS I will send you a PM