Publications
The family scandal, by Julie Mitchell, published March 2003 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 5, article, pp.222-223) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:Margarett Holmes, born 1 September 1864 in Hurstpierpoint the daughter of Edmund Holmes and Elizabeth née Miller, gave birth to Ethel Violet Angelo Holmes on 15 February 1881 in Brighton. Ethel's father remains a mystery. In 1890 Margarett married Henry Thomas Packham in London and Ethel married Harry Richard Mitchell in 1906.
We'll Keep the Home Fires Burning: Horsham in World War One: An Anthology from the West Sussex County Times and Horsham Museum Poster Collection, edited by Julie Mitchell and Elizabeth Vaughan, published 14 March 2008 (ii + 205 pp., Horsham Museum Society, ISBN-10: 190248438X & ISBN-13: 9781902484389) accessible at: British Library & Horsham Museum Society & West Sussex Libraries
Sam Mitchell, 1852-1940, by Julie Mitchell, published March 2008 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 18 no. 1, article, pp.30-37) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508968] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:Sam MITCHELL was for 20 years from 1875 assistant to Horsham's first Town Clerk, and as Clerk he served the town for a further 24 years. The extensive reports in the local paper of his resignation and obituary give a unique insight into his life in Horsham at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century.
Sam was born in Horsham in August 1852, the son of Isaac and Emily MITCHELL. Isaac was a brewer. Emily was Isaac's second wife (his first wife Harriet HULL had died in childbirth) and the mother of his three children Sam, Walter Edward, who became a drapers assistant, and Lewis Murray, who was a carpenter like his grandfather William WADEY.
Sam was born in Horsham in August 1852, the son of Isaac and Emily MITCHELL. Isaac was a brewer. Emily was Isaac's second wife (his first wife Harriet HULL had died in childbirth) and the mother of his three children Sam, Walter Edward, who became a drapers assistant, and Lewis Murray, who was a carpenter like his grandfather William WADEY.
A Noble in the family?, by Julie Mitchell, published September 2008 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 18 no. 3, article, pp.138-139) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508970] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:Whilst browsing through the MITCHELL family trees on one of the subscriber websites, looking for details of my great-uncle, Alfred MITCHELL, I found details of another Alfred one generation further back, my great-grand father' s brother.
I knew that great-grandfather Frederick MITCHELL's brother Alfred married Sophia from Horsted Keynes and they had two children, Lillian and Bernard. I had not managed to find Sophia or their marriage in Horsham or Horsted Keynes.
This family tree on the website showed Alfred married to Sophia Coleman NOBLE. Their children were Lillian and Bernard, Alfred's parents and grandparents also matched my records.
I knew that great-grandfather Frederick MITCHELL's brother Alfred married Sophia from Horsted Keynes and they had two children, Lillian and Bernard. I had not managed to find Sophia or their marriage in Horsham or Horsted Keynes.
This family tree on the website showed Alfred married to Sophia Coleman NOBLE. Their children were Lillian and Bernard, Alfred's parents and grandparents also matched my records.
Back to the Wall, compiled by Julie Mitchell and edited by Veronica and Chris Petford, published 4 July 2013 (132 pp., Horsham Museum Society, ISBN-10: 1902484487 & ISBN-13: 9781902484488) accessible at: British Library & Horsham Museum Society & West Sussex Libraries
a selection of posters from the Horsham Museum Collection, together with the stories behind them retrieved from the West Sussex County Times archives