Tag: Deal
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SPAIN, Ernest Frank (1915 – 1945)
#Kent #KIA #Military #WWII Ernest Frank SPAIN was the only child born to Ernest Thomas SPAIN (1884 – 1954), a Baker, and Minnie May SAWYER (1888 – 1962). His father was born in the Dover area but the family had moved around west Kent prior to this it appears. His mother’s family were from around…
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LAWRENCE, George Henry (1895 – 1915)
#Bridge #Deal #Kent #KIA #Military #WWI George Henry LAWRENCE was the eldest of eleven children born to John LAWRENCE (1871 – 1956), a Labourer, and Edith Harriet FAGG (1878 – 1936). John’s ancestors moved from Deal towards Bridge it seems. Edith was born near Ash and her parents lived around that little bit of Kent. …
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HOLMANS, Arthur George (1897 – 1917)
#Deal #Eastry #Kent #Military #WWI Arthur George HOLMANS was the fifth of seven children born to William Graves HOLMANS (1859 – 1937), a Brewer, and Ellen Rebecca FRIEND (1866 – 1938). William seems to have come from very poor beginnings in the Eastry area. He was actually born in the Union Workhouse. Annie was born…
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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…
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Carry on….connection
#Actor #BluePlaque #CarryOn #Deal #Death #England #Film #Homosexuality #Kent Whilst researching one of my 3x Great Grandparents, Hannah DAWSON, had an interesting and unexpected find. I knew that in later life she was living with one of her daughter’s and when went to find the address spotted it had a blue plaque1 affixed. It is…
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Burials of the unknown
*Please note this article references drowning and the death of a child* #Deal #Kent #Sholden #Graves #Church #Drowning #KFHS #StNicholas #ParishRegisters A few years ago, I visited a distant relative and she very kindly donated to me her microfiche reader and box of records that she had purchased. They are all transcriptions undertaken by members…