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Please let's not get tetchy with each other people - we all know about the terriffic variations in detail between the census years !

 

Richard

I'm not sure if you received the last PM I sent - so I'm having another go here for you.

You may be right about the two sets.

Here is some more info I've come across from the 1871 Census:

Living at Mill Lane - Cranbrook

William Tamsett - Age 60 - Ag Lab
Mary Tamsett - Age 62
George Tamsett - Age 28 Unmarried - Ag Lab
Mary Ann Tamsett - Age 24 Unmarried - Ag Lab
William Henry Tamsett - Age 5 Grandson.
(All of the above born 'Cranbrook')

Also at Mill Lane (but at a different location)

Charles Tamsett - Age 31 - Stoker Steam Engine (Born Cranbrook)
Elizabeth Tamsett - Age 21 (Wife - born Brenchley)
William Henry Tamsett - Age 8 months. (Born Cranbrook)

Just to throw another spanner into the works, I've found a William Tompsett, aged 5, born in Cranbrook - who was visiting Edward Mercer (Age 49) and Charlotte Mercer (Age 40) in Tonbridge.

Richard

Some more info (I don't know if you have this already)

Tampsett, Alfred
Deaths
24
December
1874
Cranbrook 
Kent Sussex
Volume:    2a Page:    381

As in a previous posting in 1871, the exact location is unclear - Alfred was listed as a 'Gunner'

Also have a Mary Jane Tamsett
Born Cranbrook Somerset??!! - (although I don't believe there is a Cranbrook in Somerset - and all the other Servants were born in London / Middlesex)
20 Yrs
General Servant (for William Oliver Scanslebury - Retired Builder)
Living at:
Riverton House
Pawlett
Somerset

Emily A Tomsett
15 Years
Domestic Servant (for Henry Allen - Innkeeper)
AT
Windmill Inn
Windmill Hill
Cranbrook

Co-incedentaly there is an 86 Year old Elizabeth Tampsett living in the same road - so could it be that grannie got Emily the job ? 

Still no Frances though........

Last night my copy of Family Tree Maker reliably informed me that I have now reached the milestone of listing 100 names in my family tree.  A bit of a feat for me, as I only started my research 3 weeks ago - and I know that I am very much a baby in comparison of some of your years of study and thousands of entries.

So I'm taking a long look at what I have achieved so far - and I must admit, I think I've gone a bit mad by trying to do too much all at once.  I've probably done something which I would imagine is rather common - by running off all over the place, finding information relating to siblings of ancestors, and who they married and their descendants and parentage (even though, strictly speaking they are not really my ancestors).  So, should I re-focus my concentrations ?

I thnk that at the moment I have completely exhausted all of the information I can possibly glean from all of the available census records.  I have pre-dated the 1837 information, have tried all possible perumtations within the IGI and FreeBMD to locate information relating to my personal 'Brick Walls'.

I have experienced the thrill of opening an envelope from the GRO enclosing a copy of a birth certificate from 1860, which has enabled me to gain huge amounts of further information from a number of truly wonderful and generous individuals.

But.... apart from the information detailed on the census returns, all I really know about my ancestors are their names and some sketchy dates of birth / marriage / death.  Is this where the real fun starts ? - Do I now need to fill up my car with a large amount of petrol and start taking my family on day-trips to remote parts of various counties and let them have a wander about while I rummage in some dusty files ?

Richard (who is relaxing for a change with a large mug of Chai tea)