Help Please, I've Lost a Line in Kent....

[HannahJ]

Hello again,

My friend is off to have another look, and she's just got hold of a couple of local history books about Tunbridge Wells, so they might have something.  She's also going to have a look through the trade directories as Henry is a carpenter. She suggested that maybe there was a grandparent (possibly Henry's mother-in-law) in Dale St., as it is quite common for women to go back to their mother's house to give birth (mine did, anyway!)

Hopefully, we might have some info for you soon.

Hannah

[Dave Os]

Hi Hannah,

Henry's Wife was Susan Sarah Osmond or Sarah depending on what paperwork I read.... anyway her maiden name was Martin

I have just checked the 1881 Census on-line by moving next and previous Households and there is a Harriet Martin aged 51 living at 27 Albert Street
Harriet would have been some 11 or 12 years older that Sarah who died in 1881 aged 40. I am unsure of her birthplace either but Harriet is listed as
Sutton, Essex, England. There isn't a Sutton in Essex though.....

There may not be a link to Harriet but then again it may just be.

I also thought that Henry may have remarried, but I haven't come across another marriage.

Henry's brother Edwin Avis Osmond moved to Hastings, so I again thought maybe Henry may have moved to Hastings to be close to his family.

Best dash as I am at work

Cheers

David

[HannahJ]

Right, this is just plain weird. Maybe your family's house fell into an interdimensional vortex or something.
Firstly, Henry doesn't show up on any of the directories for Tunbridge Wells that we could check  either as a private citizen or as 'trade', even for years when we know he was there.
What's more weird, is neither do the houses on Dale Street and Albert Street. There are other houses on both those streets, but not these ones. So when my friend checked the maps for this area, she found that Dale Street only goes up to 26 (but note that the higher numbers are the Albert Street end). And even though Albert Street goes up to number 43, there is no sign of number 30 on any of the maps!
It's so bizarre!

Sorry this doesn't actually help you in any way, but we'll keep digging...it's too interesting to stop now.

Hannah

[Dave Os]

Hi Hannah,

weird it is.......

This may or may not help, I have another street for you Henry's Parents were living  in Victoria Rd the 1860's

Henry's father died in 1863 and is buried at Woodbury Park Cemetery, although I don't think a grave exists, or I couldn't find one anyway.
His death cert gave Victoria Rd

Henry's mother Sarah nee Filtness remarried in Tunbridge Wells in 1866 to a Benjamin Heaver (Brewer/ Publican) ?
Sarah died in Etchingham, Sussex 1881 ?? (I don't have the paperwork with me for an exact date)
Again on her marriage cert she gave Victoria Rd, Tunbridge Wells.

I haven't managed to search the 1861 Census for any Osmond's maybe I should try that and see if any family members were in any of the roads mentioned.

I just looked at a map of Tunbridge Wells, and looking at Dale Street today, Dale Street is off of Victoria Road.

Although the Victoria Rd dates are maybe 20 years before, could that be of help?

There is also a Prospect Road in TW, but I don't think there is a link to Prospect Cottages

I was going to send you a private mail, but I don't know how to get your address, and again how do I pass mine to you?

Thanks for ALL your assistance, you are a great help... glad your hooked on Henry.. ha ha

David

[RootsChat]

Hello Hannah and David,

To swap personnel addresses with one another it is best to do this by  Personnel instant message.

If you look under the sheild you will see a number of icons, the paper symbol is mail, and the scroll is an instant message.

RootsChat

[Dave Os]

Thanks Message sent

[suey]

Erm - could that Elvia be an Eliza ?
Suey

[Dave Os]

Hi Suey,

Yes it is Eliza nee Philcox born in Hastings