Schon family "Palm Cottage" Canterbury Street, Gillingham

[mongoose2]

didnt check all way too time consuming bearing in mind it was for a friend and had most of the info. Was trying to find a piccy of the cottage as I've been and looked and the grounds / boundary is still there but no cottage.

Barry

[mongoose2]

thats intersting about st brides bearing in mind the kiddies should have been babtised in the garrison church and thats the place they werent found.

[casalguidi]

I've had a look on cityark and found the following baptisms:

Herbert Reinhart son of James Frederick & Elizabeth Catherine SCHON of 8 Gibraltar Place, Chatham (clergyman) baptised 18 Jun 1858 St John Chatham (born 1 April)

Fany Eliza dau of James Frederick & Elizabeth Catherine SCHON of 8 Gibraltar Place, Chatham (clergyman) baptised St John, Chatham 27 Jun 1856.

Charles Henry son of James Frederick & Elizabeth Catherine SCHON of 8 Gibraltar Place, Chatham (clergyman) baptised St John, Chatham 13 Aug 1854.

Sarah Alice dau of James Frederick & Elizabeth Catherine SCHON of 8 Gibraltar Place, Chatham (clergyman) baptised St John, Chatham 1 Jan 1853.

Casalguidi

[mongoose2]

which church Casa as I spent 2 hours going thru cityark.

Thanks for this

Barry

Oops forget that I wish I could read lol

[casalguidi]

Have just found another sibling, Emily Cooke SCHON, baptised at Brompton 13 Apr 1850 http://www.rootschat.com/links/02dj/

Casalguidi

[mongoose2]

Thanks Casa

shame old brompton only goes back to 1848 (end of) there are 3 more children

Robert b. 1848
James Edward b abt 1845 and
Harriet Cordelia abt 1844.
I've looked back to beginning of Old Brompton not there.

Barry

[casalguidi]

Hi Barry, this could be the previously unknown daughter that is mentioned in the biography you found:

1851 census - 13, 14, 15 Milner Square, Islington, Middlesex

Annie C SCKON (written with the two "dots" over the "o" as in German) inmate 14 missionary's child b.Sierra Leone, West Africa (British subject)

The property appears to be a home for the children of missionarys (head Samuel H UNWIN)  HO107/1499 folio 127 page 5

If her age and the dates in the biography are correct then she looks to have been a daughter by James' first wife.
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I wonder if the other children could have been baptised where they were born rather than Chatham/Brompton (I haven't checked all the registers on Cityark)?  1851 gives Robert as being born in Staffordshire ie.

1851 - Melville Hospital, Chatham

Elizabeth DRAKE wife mar 55 b.Rochester Kent
Frederick R W N SCHON grandson 9 b.Chatham
Robert  grandson 3 b.Brown Edge, Staffordshire
+ 1 servant.

HO107/1611 folio 355 page 20

Casalguidi

[casalguidi]

Robert's baptism was at Brown Edge http://www.familysearch.org

Just enter "Robert" as the forename with batch number C166431 into the IGI search box

Casalguidi

[mongoose2]

casa the two missing children were both born Sierra Leone so wont be babtised here.

Barry