Bibliography - Merle Gwendolene Rafferty née Tidey (1907 - 2001)
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The Tideys of Washington, Sussex 1773-1973, by Merle Tidey, published 1973 (181 pp., Bala, North Wales: Dragon Books, ISBN-10: 0902816144 & ISBN-13: 9780902816145) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 3633] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Not only Tidey but Artistic - Memories of a Sussex Family, by Merle Tidey, published September 1975 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 2 no. 2, article, pp.41-44) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7966] & The Keep [LIB/501254] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

More of the Tideys, by Merle Tidey, published March 1976 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 2 no. 4, article, pp.140-141) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7966] & The Keep [LIB/501254] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Yours Faithfully, by Merle Tidey, published December 1976 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 2 no. 7, article, pp.239-240) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7966] & The Keep [LIB/501254] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

During research on my paternal Tideys, it has been quite extraordinary how often the name of Faithfull has presented itself.

. . . and Finding, by Merle Tidey, published September 1977 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 3 no. 2, article, pp.47-49) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7967] & The Keep [LIB/501255] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Colonel Tidy, by Merle Tidey, published September 1978 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 3 no. 6, article, pp.172-174) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7967] & The Keep [LIB/501255] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Heene House Academy, Worthing, by Merle Tidey, published December 1979 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 4 no. 2, article, pp.45-46) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8672] & The Keep [LIB/501256] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

A description of the author's research into the life of John Tidey (1773-1849), founder of Heene House Academy. Article covers the years 1773 - 1849 in the parish of Worthing.

The Strange Case of the Disappearing Daniel Tidey, by Merle Rafferty, published September 1980 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 4 no. 5, article, pp.156-158) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8672] & The Keep [LIB/501256] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Napoleon's Playmate, by Merle Tidey, published December 1980 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 2 no. 3, article, pp.112-113) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8671] & The Keep [LIB/501188] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

"The girls in this delightful group are believed to be members of the Abell family who were associated with Napoleon when he was on St Helena. As a child, the harpist is said to have been a friend of the Emperor."

Alfred Tidey & Justina Gertrude Campbell, by Merle Rafferty, published June 1981 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 4 no. 8, article, pp.265-266) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8672] & The Keep [LIB/501256] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The Strange Case of Daniel Tidey, by Merle Rafferty, published March 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 5, article, pp.216-218) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Daniel Tidey was born in 1816 at Washington to Thomas Tidey and Mary Carey in 1816. He married twice - Harriet Page and then Elizabeth Catherine Barnes. He had a total of 13 children and this is a narrative history of their descendants for the years 1650 - 1964.

On the pleasure of linking family charts, by Mrs. Merle Rafferty, published March 1991 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 9 no. 5, article, p.191) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11999] & The Keep [LIB/501261] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Linking Frances Tidey who married Job Evershed and Daniel Tidey, builder in Chelsea and Hampstead

The Tideys of Washington, by Mrs. M. G. Rafferty, published December 1992 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 10 no. 4, article, pp.140-141) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14877] & The Keep [LIB/501262] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Daniel Tydee born 1705 married Elizabeth Fryer and had six children. Article covers the years 1705 - 1916 in the parish of Washington.

The Tideys of Worthing and Washington, by Mrs. Merle Rafferty, published March 1994 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 11 no. 1, article, pp.10-11) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14878] & The Keep [LIB/501263] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The Eccentric Miller of Highdown Hill, by Merle Rafferty, published September 1994 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 11 no. 3, article, p.118) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14878] & The Keep [LIB/501263] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The story of John Olliver of Goring (1707-1793), son of Clement and Margaret Olliver, and married to Anne Tidey of Ferring in 1734. He was known to walk up Highdown Hill to survey the wonderful view and meditate upon the scriptures.

Henry Fryer Tidey, 1814-1872, Poet & Artist, by Merle G. Rafferty, published March 1995 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 11 no. 5, article, pp.177-179) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14878] & The Keep [LIB/501263] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Discovery of details of the works of Henry Fryer Tidey, one of the eleven children of John Tidey (1773-1849), poet and artist.

Betsy Tidey (1812-58), Sister of Alfred & Henry, Artists, by Merle Rafferty, published September 1997 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 12 no. 7, article, pp.272-273) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14879] & The Keep [LIB/508814] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Notes from the diary for 1849-1853 of Betsy Tidey while caring for her extended family.

A Death Bed Legacy & Two Death Bed Confessions, by Merle Rafferty (née Tidey), published December 1998 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 13 no. 4, article, pp.138-139) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14880] & The Keep [LIB/508819] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Three members of the Tidey family who disappeared for thee years and then suddenly reappeared

Napoleon on St. Helena, by Merle Rafferty née Tidey, published June 2000 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 14 no. 2, article, pp.65-66) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14881] & The Keep [LIB/508823] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.