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london, ukPosted by johnbasham at 6:09PM on 20th May, 2012. (94.174.xxx.xxx)

Referring to the message below,I have now found on this website my grandfather i think. WILLIAM BASHAM who was 9 in the 1891 census.But his parents were WILLIAM and EMMA FARRANT.Curiouser and curiouser.Lived at 11 CROFT ROW ,HAVERHILL.Hopefully theres someone out there with some info.

london, ukPosted by johnbasham at 3:56PM on 20th May, 2012. (94.174.xxx.xxx)

Can anyone help. Has anyone any information on the Basham family from Haverhill. My great grandfather ,I have been told used to have the name of Farrant but changed his name to Basham as his family objected to him marrying a jewish woman which was not his religion.I am told he changed it to Basham as this was the name of his best friend.All very odd,so any help here would be appreciated.

halesworth, englandPosted by patnor at 1:30PM on 9th May, 2012. (94.197.xxx.xxx)

Hi, Can anyone help? Has anyone done any searching on the Skelton family. Used to live in Union Square in 1881.
Thomas the father was not on the 1881 census but i can't find a death. Mother Elizabeth lived there with Fanny eldest daughter, Mary Ann aged 20 who then married my great grandad Elijah Challis. plus various other children. One strange thing, all children born in Sturmer except my great grandmother she shows as being born in London. Help!!!

Middlesbrough, EnglandPosted by satch at 4:14PM on 3rd May, 2012. (86.180.xxx.xxx)

Hi, I have been busy trawling through the old posts on this site. I am particularly interested on an old post from Alan Sargeant. Shepherd Sargeant born 1859 Babel Green, Hundon was my grandfather. I would welcome sharing any information and advice.

Many thanks,
Satch

navan, rep of irelandPosted by leprecaun at 8:28PM on 2nd May, 2012. (86.133.xxx.xxx)

Hellooooo!!! Havnt been on here for a long while....Looking for or the where abouts of a young lady called christine jacobs of haverhill.. Went to school at castle manor leaving year 1976..She will be 51/52 now...Class was 3Y1....Also in the class was Aaron steed [stod]. steve ball [skins].Irene bridge.susan price.david brett.barry geoghegan [baz]. steven anderson [scouse]. carl procter. . chris bull [bully] . vejay veedav . billy sebastiani [bones] nigel swan ..paul evans . karen reagan . patsy making . rosemary tegg . kevin adams when he blessed us with his presence [rarely] a couple more who have slipped my mind......Hope someone can help...

Coquitlam, CanadaPosted by titch52gmailcom at 7:25PM on 30th April, 2012. (70.68.xxx.xxx)

Speaking of genealogy, last night I watched Helen Mirren portray Good Old Queen Bess - truly amazing performance to my mind. Now she has portrayed both our Queen Elizabeths. Jeremy Irons (love his voice!!!!) played Leicester and of course was amazing. He's doing the pope at the moment in the Borgia's so am enjoying that also. See we do catch up eventually over this side of the pond. Thank Heaven's for public TV here as it is where we get all the good programming from the UK. Hope you folks don't mind me posting this on this page but it is to do with all of our genes isn't it?

Posted by audrey at 9:10AM on 6th April, 2012. (81.141.xxx.xxx)

Good morning is it possible to find your old messages
Margaret thankyou

Brisbane, AustraliaPosted by Margie at 10:33PM on 12th March, 2012. (58.168.xxx.xxx)

Looking for info re my grandfather's eldest sister - born Ada Sherman/Shearman at Steeple Bumpstead in 1862 to Williaim Sherman and Rebecca nee Mizen. Obviously moved away from the village as I can't find a marriage or a death for Ada there. Hope someone knows of her. Thanks. Margie.

Brisbane, AustraliaPosted by Chris at 5:41AM on 11th March, 2012. (101.118.xxx.xxx)

Rita, You could try Karen, she has the BMD's for Gt Wratting karvic@btinternet.com she may be able to help.
Chris

Brisbane, AustraliaPosted by Chris at 5:33AM on 11th March, 2012. (101.118.xxx.xxx)

Rita, I have John Cornell and Mary Rowling, John as having died 1845 and Mary died 1939, so it looks like John's sister took the children in. I have 4 children for John and Mary. William 1831 Edward 1833 Richard 1835 and Sally 1839 died 1839, reading between the lines it looks as if Mary might have died in childbirth.
H.T.H Chris

Ashford, EnglandPosted by farrant at 8:56AM on 5th March, 2012. (88.108.xxx.xxx)

Hello Willow, would be grateful if could forward any new info you find about the 'Zachariah' branch of the Farrant family. Thanks very much.

Posted by amber at 8:42AM on 5th March, 2012. (82.8.xxx.xxx)

willow i must get back to sending you all the farrant info that i have before the gardening season is well and truly here.

BRAINTREE, UKPosted by BUMBLE226 at 3:04PM on 4th March, 2012. (2.96.xxx.xxx)

Hi can any one help. I am looking for JAMES BARBER born 1789 Kedington, Suffolk. He had a brother JOHN born 1792 and i beleive their parents to be JAMES BARBER and ELIZABETH BROWN possible marriage 1788 Kedington, suffolk.
JAMES is my 5x great grandfather and from his birth in 1789 he doesnt appear until 1815 in Toppesfield Essex. He is recorded with his childrens baptisms and on census in 1841 on in Toppesfield. I am interested in a marriage for him and Elizabeth. On census records she was born Great Wratting. Any help would be much appreciated. Mandy

haverhill, englandPosted by willow at 3:03PM on 4th March, 2012. (2.120.xxx.xxx)

Amber just to let you know, Im still working on the Farrants, and making some progress, I work on it when I can, and hopefully will send you a copy of each family when I complete them, as you can guess it dosnt always figure out as you think it will but one day hopefully it will work out. I hope you and your family are well.

Posted by amber at 3:00PM on 3rd March, 2012. (82.8.xxx.xxx)

good news from daughter today she seems to have found my 5 *grt grandfather in my direct line,we have been looking for his birth for over 20 years as he just arrived in chatteris with money and bought propery.someone in another branch of our tree who also has the same grandfather is going to the archives so will be looking in the manorial records for anything we need

Posted by amber at 2:51PM on 3rd March, 2012. (82.8.xxx.xxx)

sorry ritai don't have any info for wratting when i transcribe parishes i only collect names that are in my tree.wish you happy hunting amber

Colchester, EnglandPosted by rita at 4:04PM on 2nd March, 2012. (87.115.xxx.xxx)

Hello
I notice Amber seems to very knowledgeable and wondered if she has any info on Emily Bayley (Bailey) who was born in Great Wratting in about 1837, Christened 5th February 1837. She is my grandmother's mother and her parents were John Bayley, born about 1806. He married Susan Rawlinson on 12th March 1833 at Great Wratting. So far I have gleaned that when Emily married William Cornell, born in Barnardiston, she already had a son John. I am trying to establish whether John was born before she married William and if the identity of his father can be found.

Also, William Cornell was the son of John and Mary Cornell but the census for 1851 shows William, Mary and Richard Cornell living with their aunt and Uncle, Robert and Rebecca Mays in Barnardiston. Rebecca was the sister of John Cornell so I am also trying to establish what happened to John and Mary Cornell.
Any information you may have would be appreciated.
Thank you.
Rita

Posted by amber at 4:06PM on 22nd February, 2012. (82.8.xxx.xxx)

in my extensive family i also go to australia russia holland and belgium.the longer you work on your family tree the more surprizes you get and spend years trying to get past your brickwalls ,but everytime you get past a wall you seem to get a flood of imformation either you find or others find and inform you

Posted by amber at 4:06PM on 22nd February, 2012. (82.8.xxx.xxx)

in my extensive family i also go to australia russia holland and belgium.the longer you work on your family tree the more surprizes you get and spend years trying to get past your brickwalls ,but everytime you get past a wall you seem to get a flood of imformation either you find or others find and inform you

Posted by amber at 4:00PM on 22nd February, 2012. (82.8.xxx.xxx)

yes hilary.i also have pledger,leach, honeyball as well as farrants in that area

London, United KingdomPosted by Hilary at 10:46PM on 21st February, 2012. (80.189.xxx.xxx)

Thank you Amber - I completely accept your experience and will look no further for John Farrant. I'm curious though - why have you researched the Farrants? Are they your relatives too?

Posted by amber at 11:22AM on 16th February, 2012. (82.8.xxx.xxx)

hilary ,i have been transcribing pr's for years and in haverhill this is the only john that fits into that slot.i have lots of johns but this is the one that fits in the time frame for being john married to amelia watson.take it or leave it,if you don't want him you will have to look to a john born elsewhere as you wont find him in haverhill as i have those births and been through them all

London, United KingdomPosted by Hilary at 10:38AM on 15th February, 2012. (80.189.xxx.xxx)

Hi Amber - thank you very much for that information, but I'm conscious that there are often more than one Farrant with the same name. Is the John Farrant that you describe, the one who married Amelia Watson of Castle Camps?

Thanks again,

Hilary

westerham, englandPosted by hayley at 8:12AM on 13th February, 2012. (2.96.xxx.xxx)

thank you Amber for your consideration of my problem. Any flashes of furtherinspiration would be appreciated on my William Farrant. My friend in Aus. apparently begets from Annie Farrant { nee Whiting } and her second paramour Frederick Sier { Syer } If any interest ever expressed in Annie { as farrant or Whiting } let me know. As a matter of interest I also have a mine of info on my Syer line going back to 1600s in Hitcham and Brettenham also available to anyone ever interested.If anyone interested in a product of the Suffolk countryside Google the Wikipedia website then search Order of the Garter. Scroll down about 8 headings to a picture of the Queen in all her garter robes. Her escort and bodyguard that day in the background with sword erect is Trooper Adam David Syer.

David Syer

Posted by amber at 8:37PM on 12th February, 2012. (82.8.xxx.xxx)

HILARY i have john farrant bpt 18 may 1816 haverhill he was the son of thomas farrant and susan [basset]
thomas farrant was bpt 10 apr 1791 haverhill he was the son of matthew farrant and martha[hammond]
thomas was bur 15 may 1852 haverhill

London, United KingdomPosted by Hilary at 5:48PM on 12th February, 2012. (80.189.xxx.xxx)

I'm looking for information about John Farrant, who was born in Haverhill in about 1816 and eventually married Amelia Watson from Castle Camps in 1833 in Haverhill. I've managed to locate her parents but have no details about John Farrant's parents and where they lived.

Can anyone help?

Hilary

Posted by amber at 1:00PM on 12th February, 2012. (82.8.xxx.xxx)

hayley some info on banter board

westerham, englandPosted by hayley at 9:06AM on 12th February, 2012. (92.20.xxx.xxx)

Can anyone help with the following query on a William Farrant. Four W Fs born 1858 to 1863 Haverhill. One of them possibly son of Samuel and Laticia Farrant married an AnnieWhiting 1883 Risbridge reg and produced offspring. On 1901 census Annie Farrant is living with Frederick Sier { as I spell } hadleigh I think with a brood of children. On 1911 census Annie still lives with Frederick Syer { as I spell } plus more children born since 1901 so assume they belong to Frederick.. Cannot trace what happened to Annies particular husband William Farrant. I have not seen the marriage cert for WF and Annie to establish 100% Samuel and Laticia were the parents but given thisinfo from my Antipodean friend who stems from this family mix Slim chance I suppose he could have been a Boer War casualtyb ut no WF appears on national death index.

David Syer

Alton, United KingdomPosted by Treadgingerly at 11:30PM on 9th February, 2012. (31.52.xxx.xxx)

Sent you mail Rita, Kevin.

Chelmsford, EnglandPosted by Rita B at 5:26PM on 7th February, 2012. (89.240.xxx.xxx)

Hi Kevin,
Thank you for telling me about my profile, I hope I have fixed it.
The Matthew I have born 1777 was the son of John and Ann ( Webb ) Siggs Ihave not found a marrage or a death for him.
Obidiah Siggs born 1650? had 4 children 2 girls and 2 boys,
Obidiah born 1677 married Elizabeth Gilson in 1699 Haverhill
Matthew born 1680 married Elizabeth Stern 1707/ 8 at Haverhill they had a son Matthew born 1708/9 I have not found a marrage or a death for him.
Matthew Siggs born 1743 married 1st. Ann Leonard 1769 at Castle Camps and his 2nd. marrage was to Elizabeth Bayness
1775 also at Castle Camps, they had a son John born 1769 William born 1776 Charles born 1790 and 2 girls
and Matthew Siggs maried Deborah Sizar on the 20 April 1782 in Haverhill, but I dont know where he fits in any of the family.
I do hope that we can help each other.
Rita B