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last updated 26 September 2011
Birth, Marriage and Death (BMD) Dates, Places and Certificates / Records - Direct Ancestors
the record / certificate links are a mixture of pdf and jpg - several are 400k - some are bigger please let me know about link failures / problems - afletch at paradoxplace dot com
Photos and links for the most recent 4 generations Back to Home Page
Sproule Pages Aldous / Stewart / Seward Pages Fletcher / Procter Pages Burton / Middlecoat Pages
Adrian's grand-parents great grand-parents great great grand-parents great great great grand-parents and gggg(g) g-parents
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xxxx - hard copy possessed, not on web site also, we have been less than perfect in distinguishing between births & christenings, because of the late realization that in India there was often a significant time lag |
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Generation / Name
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* located in one or more England / Scotland / Ireland / Canada censuses between 1841 and 1911
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Sorry, but in the earlier days of research we were a bit sloppy about distinguishing between Birth and Christening dates (only of material impact in India!) |
death places are mostly where they were living rloc = record identifier located searchable = record probably exists - not yet searched for. UK central probate records go from 1861 - 1941 with some years' missing.
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Adrian Fletcher |
1943 Cairo, Egypt orig & copy |
1974 Sydney, Australia (ended 1994)
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Angela Williams (Fletcher) |
1946 Barnstable, Devon |
1971 Sandgate, Kent
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Michael Fletcher |
the gaffer |
1941 All Saints Cathedral, Cairo (ended c1950)
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1997 (89) Ashford (livng at Folkestone, Kent) |
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1) Peggy Fletcher (Sproule) |
granny |
1995 (88) Dover (living at Seabrook, Hythe, Kent) |
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2) Anita Fletcher (Williams) |
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Dr Jimmy Fletcher* |
the consultant physician |
1915 St Mary Magdalene Parish Church, Milton (Hants).
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1974 (84) Folkestone, Kent
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Ethel Fletcher (Burton)* |
the doctor's wife |
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1968 (78) Folkestone, Kent
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Brigadier Jimmy Sproule* |
the army health & hygiene specialist |
1887 Fintona Ireland |
1915 Emmanuel Parish Church, Compton Gifford, Plymouth (Devon).
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1954 (66) (Taunton) Somerton, Somerset |
WWI, James Sproule, 131 Field Ambulance, the Royal Welsh Fusiliers and the 38th (Welsh) Division
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Clare Sproule (Aldous)* |
the army wife, serious photographer & adventurer |
1958 (69) Edinburgh, Scotland (living in Somerton)
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8 names
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Adrian's great grandparents
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Frank E Fletcher*
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the "Professor of Music", organist and music teacher |
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1889 Wesleyan Centenary Chapel, Queen St, Scarborough
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1946 (82) Folkestone rloc |
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Elizabeth Fletcher (Procter)*
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Aunty Lilly |
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1953 (88) Folkestone rloc |
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Lt Col John Adolphus Burton*
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the Indian Army (IMS) doctor |
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Georgiana Ernstin Burton (Middlecoat)* - Christian names accurately taken from birth record!
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Gem |
1871 Great Malvern, Worcestershire
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1953 (81) Folkestone rloc |
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Alex Sproule*
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the photographer, gentleman (sic), JP, Irish Unionist & depressive drinker
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1846 Fintona, Co Tyrone, N Ireland |
1874 Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
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1921 (75) Fintona Co Tyrone, N Ireland |
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Matilda Sproule (Sproule)*
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the gentleman's first cousin |
1849 Carrickamulkin, Co Tyrone |
1918 (69) probably Fintona |
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George Frederick Aldous*
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the Devon county surgeon with a twinkle in his eyes and cigarette in hand
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1887 St Stephens, Gloucester Rd / Southwell Gardens, S Kensington
LINK TO MARRIAGES OF ISABELLA'S SISTERS & BROTHERS
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1937-3 (76) Harrow-on-the-Hill, London, rloc |
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Isabella Henderson (Bella) Aldous (Stewart)*
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eldest daughter of the Mayor of Melbourne
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1865 Melbourne, Victoria (register)
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1938-3 (73) Harrow-on-the-Hill, London, rloc |
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* located in one or more England / Scotland / Ireland / Canada censuses between 1841 and 1911
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GENERATIONS 2 TO 4 |
Average & Median Lifespan is 78
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16 names |
Adrian's great great grandparents |
fifth generation births are mostly before British central records start in 1837
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John Fletcher* |
tin and iron plate worker, gas fitter and ironmonger who broke free from subsistence wool combing |
13 February 1824 Oxenhope (?Coldwell) |
29 December 1851 Wesleyan Chapel, Temple Row, Keighley
(now a mosque) no church record found yet |
25 January 1894 (69) Scarborough, E Yorkshire,
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Maria Fletcher (Dixon)* |
the mother of 14 adults |
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30 May 1911 (73) Scarborough, E Yorkshire, No probate records available for 1911
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Joseph Procter*
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the master draper |
b 7 July 1831 |
17 Nov 1902 (71) Scarborough, E Yorkshire No probate records available for 1902 (yet)
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Elizabeth Procter (Dobson)*
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the milliner from Scarborough |
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16 February 1911 (gravestone) Scarborough, E Yorkshire England
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Charles Benjamin Burton |
the EICo Writer, Madras |
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Priscilla Burton (Webber) |
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12 June 1887 (60), St Mary, Fort St George, Madras
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Col Francis Middlecoat* |
The Nasty Native Infantry Colonel, Madras Army |
20 Jun 1839 - St Mary, Haggerston (N London)
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14 August 1922 (83) Lambeth rloc No probate record yet
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1891 - the divorce that wasn't
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Mary Middlecoat (Locke)* |
The desperately lonely wife |
9 Mar 1850 - Madras, India record
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1928 (78) - Q1 Wandsworth, rloc No probate record yet
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Joseph Sproule* bro to Robert |
Canadian Immigrant |
16 April 1815, Carrickamulkin Co Tyrone
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1841, Aghadulla Co Tyrone, Ireland |
Emigrated to North Monaghan, Peterborough, Ontario c1860
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Matilda Sproule (Robinson)
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Canadian Immigrant |
15 July 1815, Ireland |
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Robert Sproule* bro to Joseph
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1822, Ireland |
Langfield, Co Tyrone |
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Did they also go to Canada? |
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Mary Jane Sproule (Davis)
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1827, Ireland |
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Alex James Aldous* |
the rich but unhappy grog supplier to the Royal Navy, whose love died only 7 years after they were married. |
May 24 1855 Buriton Parish Church of Saint Mary the Virgin
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23 March 1879 (64)Portsea, rloc
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1. Elizabeth Haw Aldous (Seward)* |
yeoman farmer's daughter, tragically dead from scarlet fever at 38 |
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25 December 1862 (38) Portsea (scarlet fever) bu Buriton ? No probate record
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Link to photo page about Buriton / Weston and the Sewards / Haws and their memorials |
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2. Mary Constance Aldous (Grey)* |
unsatisfactory replacement wife |
1844 |
parish record transcript for second marriage in March 1866, Cambridgeshire
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James Cooper Stewart* |
the diary writer, top solicitor, leading Presbyterian, Mayor of Melbourne and leading lawn bowler
The James Cooper Stewart Story
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1860 in the house of Mrs Waugh in Collingwood, Melbourne, under the rites of the Presbyterian Church.
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1919-Q3 (83) Southsea, England, rloc
buried with Amelia in Barnes somewhere
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Marco Polo Passenger List - 1857.
Diary of the voyage to Australia 1857-58 on board "the fastest ship in the world".
Diaries of the Stewart European Grand Tour 1881-82.
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1. Amelia Stewart (Waugh) |
"Ma" - daughter of a leading Belfast Presbyterian family (the Hendersons). |
1841 Presbyterian register of births in "Port Philip, NSW" (=Melbourne, which dated from 1835 - Victoria was invented in 1851)
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1903-Q3 (62) Barnes, England, rloc
buried in Barnes
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2. Edith Rosa Frances Stewart (Cowling) (née Muston) |
Stewart wife No 2 - the gold digger - 44 years' younger.
Stewart v Stewart - Melbourne's 1916 divorce scandal
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1880 (Portsmouth, Hampshire) |
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6 August 1940 (60) Forest Hill, Melbourne |
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30 names |
Adrian's great great great grandparents |
sixth generation births are all before British central records start in 1837 |
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rloc = record identifier located searchable = record probably exists - not yet searched for. Probate records start in 1861
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New Year's Day for 1752 in England was reset to January 1st - up until this time it had been on March 25th, so there was no January 1 - March 24 1751! The first three months of years before this are sometimes shown with two year numbers - eg Jan 1550/51 - for clarity. Also, in order to effect the change to the Gregorian Calendar, the English days September 2 - 14 1752 were disappeared - Nick Middlecoat jnr (b August 1752) damn nearly arrived on earth in a calendrical black hole !
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Thomas Fletcher* |
the woolcomber (raw wool cleaner) |
1801 - probably Coldwell / Shaw - both in Shaw Lane (Oxenhope) |
Possibly Wesleyan Methodist, otherwise at ?Haworth as the Oxenhope church did not exist until 1849.
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England - searchable |
Probable parents Thomas (b1769) and Grace (also b1769), as they were living next door in Coldwell at the 1841 census both aged 72.
17 of the 50 people on census page 32 were Fletchers !
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Wife of Thomas Fletcher ( )
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William Dixon* |
the cotton power loom worker / manager, clothes-shop keeper, author of political tracts.
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St Michael & All Angels, Thornhill by Dewsbury, Yorkshire
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14 February 1887 (77) in Heywood (Lancashire) where they had been living for a long time |
below: the cottage next to the Brooksmeeting Mill that the Dixon family probably lived in in 1841.
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Susan Dixon (Sutcliffe)* |
the cotton mill owner's daughter |
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23 December 1893 (82), living with family of daughter Sarah in Rochdale, Lancs.
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Susan's Father was John Sutcliffe (b1786 Heptonstall, West Yorkshire. Latterly Proprietor, Prospect (Cotton Spinning) Mill, Overton (d Dec 1863 (77)) Probate. Her mother Elizabeth was b1791 (d before 1861).
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Robert Procter* |
druggist latterly based in Walmgate, York |
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All Saints C of E, North St, York (by the river) 24 January 1819
20 years after Robert's early death Elizabeth married farmer George Kettlewell in Birkenhead Parish Church on 16 Oct 1861
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2 Aug 1842 (48) Walmgate, York rloc
Buried in public grave 8068 in York Cemetery with a family headstone added 30 years' later - c1873. |
Robert's father Joseph was b c1764 & m Mary Harrison on 12 March 1792 at Barnard Castle (St Marys, CofE) (first of 3 wives who are all buried in the same tomb in St Marys). He died aged 83 and was probably buried with the three wives!
Joseph's father Robert and grandmother Elizabeth were buried in St Mary, Barnard castle, in 1799 and 1805, both aged 68.
Joseph's grandmother Ann was buried at Staindrop in 1733. Grandfather Robert held a number of positions in Old Brignall and may have been buried there.
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Elizabeth Procter (Ashton)* |
Coachman's daughter from York |
2 Sept 1801 York, baptised at St Olave, York, on 6 September 1801 |
22 Sept 1873 (72) - Haxby, York. Buried in St Mary's Church (Grave 22/09) with second husband, George Kettlewell.
No Probate record. |
Elizabeth's father John Ashton (coachman) m Sarah Stubbins (sic) (b 1760) on 20 Oct 1783 at All Saints Church, Bubwith, Yorkshire.
Sarah's parents Joseph Stubings (sic) and Saray Heels - were m 26 Nov 1745 at Bubwith.
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Matthew Dobson
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mystery sailor - a mostly absent master mariner
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No Birth Record found yet |
also transcript of church register in Scarborough Library
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pre 1851 (and probably mid 1830s) - no death or burial record found |
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Elizabeth Dobson (Stringer)* |
the milliner |
ch 19 October 1803 St Mary, Scarborough
also transcript of church register in Scarborough Library |
d 19 February 1880 in Scarborough
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Elizabeth's parents were William (b Nov 1777) & Mary Stringer (Short) (m 13 Aug 1797).
Her grandparents included Edmond (b1745) & Elizabeth Stringer (Irish) (m 31 Oct 1776).
Her great grandparents included Francis & Arabella Stringer (Darlinghurst) (m 31 Mar 1743 the first marriage of the 1743-44 year).
All marriages at and records from St Mary's Parish Church, Scarborough.
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John Adolphus Burton |
Dublin labourer, Matross - Conductor - Gunner, Madras Artillery |
c1795 St Pauls, Dublin |
Madras
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Bu 26 January 1827 (c32), Nagapore
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Recruited in St Pauls, Dublin, and shipped to India in the "Regent" in 1716.
A decade in the Madras Artillery sun ended in demotion and early death.
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Susanna Burton ( / Habernack) ) |
Madras "Native" (as per marriage record) |
c1791 |
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Henry Webber |
Madras Clerk |
(baptised 13 February 1814)
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Jane Webber (Johana Dosseyn) |
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Capt George Middlecoat |
the Madras Artillery officer |
Truro, Cornwall 1 Sept 1802
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14 February 1845 (42) Belgaum, India
died from sunstroke (in winter?) |
George was the son of a Duchy of Cornwall inn-keeper and political fixer Nicholas Middlecoat (1752 - 1844 (92)) and his wife Ruth Middlecoat (Hambly) from Tregony (Cornwall).
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Susanna Palmer Middlecoat (Hampton) |
granddaughter of Colonel Sam |
Sankerrydroog (Sankaridurg)
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Father: Capt James Hampton ch Nov 1784 Calcutta, m Mrs Mary Forster (b1786) in Sankerrydroog in 1807, he drowned in a shipwreck on 11 August 1821. Mary died in Madras in 1855 aged 69. MMF Record.
Grandfather Col Samuel Hampton lived in Calcutta (Bengal Presidency). He married Margaret Hick on 1 September 1765 in Calcutta. Samuel was born in Calcutta on 5 October 1735, Margaret in Calcuutta on 28 November 1748. Margaret died on 11 September 1784 in Calcutta aged 36. Colonel Samuel died at 6.30 am on 7 May 1786 aged 51. HAMPTON BIBLE REGISTER WILL
Sam's parents were Charles and Martha Hampton of Calcutta. Margaret's parents were Albert Samuel Hick and Anna Hick (later Costelly) of Calcutta also. Charles Hampton arrived in Calcutta in the boat "King William" in 1710 and rose to be a member of the EICo (Calcutta) Council.
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Samuel Richard Locke |
indigo planter / colonial administrator / tax collector / magistrate & bankrupt - all in Madras Presidency. |
1826 Samuel Richard Locke baptised in Madras
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Charlotte was the widow of August Johan Adolph Rehling. They had been married in Calcutta Cathedral in the Bengal Presidency on 26 Sep 1837.
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14 March 1894 (68) rloc Chiswick (London)
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Samuel's father was Capt Thomas Locke, who was christened on 16 March 1788 in St Anne's, Soho (London) and died in Madras 30 July 1850 aged 62 (Will).
Thomas' parents were Thomas Locke and Elizabeth Lang, married in St Lukes, Finsbury, on 27 March 1785.
Thomas Locke's father was Thomas (Locke) of Taunton, maltster (maybe).
Sam's mother was Thomas' second wife Indiana Laura Shaw ch aged 1, 10 Jul 1803, m in Quilon Madras on 8 June 1822, d 17 Aug 1827. Her parents were John and Margaret Shaw.
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Charlotte Sophia Jane Nasky Locke (Rehling, née Jansen)
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a bit of a (Danish ?) cougar |
1815 possibly Denmark |
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Daughter of Johan Jansen (?). Also had 3 sons by first hubbie August Rehling. |
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NORTHERN IRELAND |
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Thomas Sproule
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? Sproule (Blake)
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John Robinson
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1775 Fintona, Co Tyrone |
1812, Aughadulla, Co Tyrone |
1825 Fintona, Co Tyrone |
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Sarah Robinson (Harpur)
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1791 |
1817 Fintona, Co Tyrone |
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Thomas Sproule - same as above
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? Sproule (Blake) - same as above
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Arthur Davis
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Mrs Davis
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James Aldous*
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the Norfolk Wine Merchant, Maltster, Brewer & Porter Merchant, Publican ("The Grapes"), Farmer long term Church Warden.
Hand-written register of names and dates from their Family Bible.
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b 7 February 1785 Redenhall (nr Harleston) Norfolk.
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All Saints, Mendham (Sussex) |
buried St Mary, Redenhall |
James' parents were James Aldous and Martha (Whiting) of Starson nr Harleston who were buried in a vault in St Margaret's Church, Starson. We have also identified all four of their parents, and there are links to several parish records here.
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Harriette Aldous (Poole )*
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the girl from Mendham
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Harleston or Mendham, Suffolk
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Harriette was the daughter of John and Sarah Poole (Strutt) who were married in St Mary Redenhall on 24 April 1777
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Samuel Seward*
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the Sussex then Hampshire yeoman (tenant) farmer who moved from Loxwood to Weston in 1804 and built a very big windmill and a very successful agri-mining business. |
Loxwood ch Wisborough Green, W Sussex |
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25 November 1867 (80) Weston, nr Buriton (rloc Petersfield)
Memorial and Tombs in Buriton Parish Church
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Samuel's dad Thomas (born 1748) died in 1813, leaving an interesting will (transcript) and the 26 year old Samuel in charge of Weston and its humungous windmill, instead of his older brother.
Thomas' parents were Yeoman Farmer John Seward and his wife Hannah of Loxwood.
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how on earth did Samuel meet .....
Elizabeth Seward (Haw)*
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Link to photo page about Buriton and the Sewards
the Londoner - only surviving child of a rich builder who eventually built himself a big sarcophagus outside the south door of St Mary Buriton.
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Elizabeth's parents were builder William (1764 - 1839) & wife Elizabeth Haw (1767 - 1829) from Hanway St / Oxford St (then in the parish of St Pancras). Elizabeth's 1829 St Pancras Burial Record. Memorial and Tombs in Buriton Parish Church. William Haw's Will.
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James Stewart Snr* |
the Brechin house painter |
October 1804 Dundee
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21 December 1833 Brechin
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October 28 1867 Brechin (63)
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James Stewart's father (also James and also a house painter) married Elizabeth Hamilton (b1782) in Edinburgh on 10 February 1803.
Elizabeth's father Alexander married Elizabeth Brodie in Gladsmuir on 25 July 1777.
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Mary (May) Stewart (Falconer)*
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Montrose girl |
March 1811 Montrose
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April 11 1867 Brechin (56)
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Mary's parents John Falconer (Agricultural Labourer) and Jean Cooper married in Laurencekirk Parish Church on 24 October 1804.
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Robert Waugh |
the Belfast baker and assisted immigrant to Victoria |
c1800, probably Old Park, Co Antrim (now part of Belfast, N Ireland) |
c1827, Belfast, Ireland Presbyterian |
10 July 1856 (56) Melbourne (Old Cemetery Record Book) No government death record located.
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Garrow passenger list - 1838 / 39 - the Waugh family (2 + 2 + 1 on the voyage) sails from Belfast Sydney. LHS RHS. Arrival Documents. Then on to Melbourne on the John Barry.
Robert was the son of Robert - Miller, Farmer, Land Steward, of Old Park, Co Antrim.
Isabella was the daughter of James Henderson and Amelia Shanks (and/or McGill) (Belfast). The Hendersons were leading merchants, newspaper proprietors and Presbyterian churchmen. Henderson link
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Isabella Waugh (Henderson)
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the Belfast Henderson |
August 12 1803, Belfast, Ireland |
August 12 1872 (69) Melbourne (register)
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* located in one or more England / Scotland censuses between 1841 and 1911
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UK Probate records cover 1861-1941, but some years are missing. |
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