Decendants of William Heny Ashford 07/09/1860 to 08/06/1935*COMPLETED*

[Lucy2]

Oooh !   Great work Althea.      

[No, I hadn't checked for a "tree" either.    ]   


~  Lu

[Addeson]

Hi Althea, Lu

Thank so much for all your help. You have both supplied me with some really good leads and information that I should be able to re-start making progress.

Also thanks for the links to both family trees and Oldfriends. I have already emailed some one with the surname poppelwell and hopefully they may be able to help me further.

Hope you both have a great weekend. 

Addeson x

[Lucy2]

Hi Addeson

I have a few more snippets for you.

I checked the cemetery records for Taita - it appears that William Henry is buried in the area known as "Taita Monumental Cemetery" otherwise also known as "Taita Old Cemetery".     Plot 51 - A - C of E (Church of England section).
Sadly there is no headstone for him.

I made a check also for a death or funeral notice but didn't find anything.

There was however the following notice inserted in the "Bereavement - Thanks" section, two days after William's burial.   I would like to think (given the unusual surname) that it was placed by his daughter Mabel ?

"MRS. POPPELWELL, (of) Hastings, wishes to thank friends and relatives, especially Mr and Mrs WEBSTER, for their expressions of sympathy, in her recent bereavement. "
[Source:   "Evening Post - Wednesday, 12 June, 1935 ]


Best of luck with your continuing search.   

~  Lu

[gembob18]

Hi there,

Mabel Baillie Poppelwell is my great great grandmother. I am currently in the process of putting together a family tree also and have found ancestry.com of great use. Poppelwell being a rare surname means that links to records and other trees are easily made. If using oldfiends.co.nz to connect with relatives, try sue poppelwell (now Picot)(Mabel's grand daughter) as I am aware that she has compiled a fairly comprehensive family history through her own research.

Hope this helps.

[Addeson]

Hey gembob18

At long last, a relative from the descendants of the Ashford family. It is really good to hear from you and thank you for getting in touch.

My Grandmother Amelia Kathleen Ashford was Mabel Ballie Ashford cousin. My Grandmother mother, Kathleen Ashford, was given a divorce from her husband and they came to England in 1913 when my Grandmother was a little girl.

When I started this family tree search, nearly year ago at the end of the month I always thought that my search would just lead to the Ashford burial sites and hopefully some newspaper clippings. I never believed that I would find any distant family relatives alive in New Zealand. So you can imagine my joy in finally typing this message to you. 

[Addeson]

 gembob18 - I would be extremely grateful if you could ask Sue Picot get in touch and hopefully this will help fill in any gaps either of us may have in our family trees.

If you type Paul Addeson in to Ancetsry.com, for which I concur as been a fantastic source of information, Sue and yourself should be able to view mine.

If you wish to reply to me directly in future my email address is (*).

This has really made my day. Thank you getting in touch.

Regards

Addeson

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