Publications
You can't count on ancestors being who you think they were!, by Sue Randall, published March 2008 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 18 no. 1, article, pp.48-51) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508968] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:l had always believed that my family roots were firmly ensconced in Hertfordshire. My grandmother Dorothy Elizabeth MALES born 1906, known as Dolly, came from generations of agricultural labourers in Codicote. Mothers, wives and daughters were straw plaiters for the nearby Luton hat trade. Dolly married Mark Simeon HICKMAN in 1929. He was born in Portsmouth where his father Alfred Arthur HICKMAN served as Naval Diving and Gunnery instructor.
Was it murder by poisoning?, by Sue Randall, published September 2010 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 19 no. 3, article, pp.130-133) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508844] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:John DAY, son of James and Mary, was christened 18 October 1807 at Saint Mary's, Portsea, Hampshire and married Sarah FRAMPTON on 17 February 1828 in Alverstoke; witnessed by Hannah FRAMPTON. Their child Sarah Jane was christened in Portsea seven months later. My great-great-grandfather John Charles (1832) was born in Brighton. He was christened at St Nicholas Church, as were his sisters Mary Ann (1834) and Charlotte Henry (1836). Their mother appears to have died when the children were very young. No record of her burial has been found. There could be a clue from the Coroners inquest held on Sunday 15 January 1837 at the Norfolk Arms: "Sarah DAY unfortunately met her death by falling down a well at 4 Surrey Street. Verdict accidental death".
Which Thomas Funnel!?, by Sue Randall, published September 2013 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 7, article, pp.332-333) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508978] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:I have seen many family trees that record the following "facts" about a Thomas FUNNELL. He was born in 1745, died in Chiddingly in 1780, he is the husband of Philadelphia HAMMOND and the son of Thomas FUNNELL senior and Mary HOAD. I have discovered documentary evidence that this could not have been the case as the Thomas FUNNELL who was the son of Thomas and Mary did not make a will until 08 Feb 1811 in Bexley, Kent where he died. Some of these "facts" need correcting,