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CONSTABLE, George William John (1879 – 1966)
#Chatham #Dockyard #England #Kent #Military George2 William John CONSTABLE was the third of six children born to George1 CONSTABLE (1848 – 1909), a Carpenter, and Jane MARSH (1844 – 1925). The families seem to have been based in villages around Dover and his parents then married in Capel-le-Ferne on 20 June 1870. They were both…
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CLOVER, Jack (1918 – 1946)
#England #Kent #Military #WWII Jack CLOVER was the eldest of two children born to Sydney John CLOVER (1894 – 1982), a Labourer then Police Officer, and Margaret Grace GALE (1896 – 1951). Sidney was born in Chilham, Kent, England but seemed to move away for a while. Margaret was born in Wiltshire. They lived in…
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BIDDULPH, Leonard (1899 – 1962)
#England #Military #Oakengates #Priorslee #Shropshire #Snedshill #WWI Leonard BIDDULPH was one of apparently ten children born to Eli1 James BIDDULPH (1867 – 1941), an Ironworker, and Charlotte Anne DODD (1866 – 1943). Both families of Eli1 and Charlotte seem to have lived around the Priorslee [Priors Lee] / Shifnal [Shiffnal] area of Shropshire for several…
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BANKS, Arthur (1886 – 1967)
#Coldred #England #Kent #Military #Shepherdswell #Sibertswold #Wootton #WWI Arthur BANKS was the youngest of eleven children born to Edward Matthew BANKS (c.1842 – 1932), an Agricultural Labourer, and Mary Ann Elizabeth BEER (1841 – 1910). Edward was baptised in Wootton, Kent, England on 06 February 1842 along with possibly eleven siblings. Mary was born in…
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ABBOTT, William Charles (1894 – 1973)
#Ashford #Buckland #Chilham #Death #Dover #England #Faversham #Kent #Military #WWI William Charles ABBOTT was the eighth of nine children born to Henry ABBOTT (1844 – 1908), an Agricultural Labourer, and Sarah ANDREWS (1857 – 1943). Henry was born in Buckland, part of Dover, Kent, England but seems to have headed towards Faversham by the time…
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ABBOTT, John Henry (1886 – 1916)
#Ashford #Buckland #Chilham #Death #Dover #England #Faversham #France #Kent #KIA #Military #WWI John Henry ABBOTT was the eldest boy and fifth of nine children born to Henry ABBOTT (1844 – 1908), an Agricultural Labourer, and Sarah ANDREWS (1857 – 1943). Henry was born in Buckland, part of Dover, Kent, England but seems to have headed…
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ABBOTT, Frederick George (1891 – 1966)
#Ashford #Buckland #Chilham #Death #Dover #England #Faversham #France #Kent #Military #WWI Frederick George ABBOTT was the seventh of nine children born to Henry ABBOTT (1844 – 1908), an Agricultural Labourer, and Sarah ANDREWS (1857 – 1943). Henry was born in Buckland, part of Dover, Kent, England but seems to have headed towards Faversham by the…
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ABBOTT, Ernest Walter (1896 – 1917)
#Ashford #Buckland #Chilham #Death #Dover #England #Faversham#France #Kent #KIA #Luddenham #Military #WWI Ernest Walter ABBOTT was the youngest of nine children born to Henry ABBOTT (1844 – 1908), an Agricultural Labourer, and Sarah ANDREWS (1857 – 1943). Henry was born in Buckland, part of Dover, Kent, England but seems to have headed towards Faversham by the…
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Unexpected circle
#England #Folkestone #Kent #Lancashire #Liverpool #Shifnal #Shropshire #Telford #Yorkshire A comment people will hear me say time and again is that with family history research you never know where investigations will lead and sometimes you will just come up against a brick wall. Sometimes at a later date, perhaps years down the line, one more…
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Goosey Goosey Gander
#Ancestry #Death #England #Essex #Film #FindMyPast #GeneralRegisterOffice #Goosey #GRO #Kent #KinkyBoots #Northamptonshire #Probate #Warwickshire Goosey Goosey Gander 1 is a nursery rhyme with origins that date back to the 1780s. The only bit that I have ever really known is this first line and actually the standard lyrics are not very nice and involve throwing…