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Sussex Family Historian, vol. 8 no. 5, edited by P. B. Evershed, published March 1989 (Sussex Family History Group, ISSN: 0260-4175) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Holidays 1909, by Annette Philly Verrell, published March 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 5, article, pp.195-196) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

After the death of Annette Pettit née Verrall her daughter Mrs. Kate Washer found an old notebook in which Annette had written about incidents in her life as a young parlour maid from 1908 to 1915 in the household of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Powell at Hill Lodge, St. Anne's Hill, Lewes.
The first holidays we had after we came here was in July 1909 . . .

Charles Eamer Kempe, by Antony Dale, published March 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 5, article, p.197) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Charles Eamer Kempe was born at Ovingdean on the 29th June 1837, educated at Rugby and Pembroke College, Oxford. After an apprenticeship with Clayton & Ball, he began to practise on his own in 1866 and quickly became one of the most successful and best-known designers of stained glass in England. He lived at Old Place, Lindfield and died on 29th April 1907, unmarried,

Twice a Mrs. Evershed: A Mitchell Family History, by P. B. Evershed, published March 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 5, article, pp.198-199) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Richard and Anne Mitchell of Storrington had nine children between 1804 - 1819. The oldest, Jane, married George Evershed in 1832 and then married John Evershed in 1841. Article covers the years 1776 - 1941 in the parishes of Storrington and Eastbourne and Philadelphia, USA.

Eastbourne Paupers, continued, by Roy Grant, published March 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 5, article, pp.200-202) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

List of Paupers receiving Parochial Relief - 1831-32

Workhouse Memories, by Joan Turnbull, published March 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 5, article, pp.203-205) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Memories of Cuckfield Workhouse in 1935

Across the Border - The Kempsell Family, by A. J. Frost, published March 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 5, article, pp.209-210) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

This is a narrative history of the Kempsell family of Kingswood, Surrey and their descendants and covers the years 1525 - 1869 in the parishes of Rusper, Croydon and Charlwood in Surrey

East Sussex Voters and the 1832 Reform Act, by Stanley Excell, published March 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 5, article, pp.211-213) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & 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.

My Elusive Grandfather, by Cathy Thomas, published March 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 5, article, pp.219-222) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The author's search for her grandfather, Charles Thomas (1874-1939) and covers the years 1874 - 1960 in the parishes of Brightling and Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Trouble at the Workhouse: Lewes Union Management, 1916-1922, by Julia Rutter, published March 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 5, article, pp.224-225) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

List of Children who attended the Sunday School at the Strict Baptist Chapel at Scaynes Hill, by Mrs. E. M. Offer, published March 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 5, article, pp.230-231) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

For the period 1892 to 1903

A Cautionary Tale, by P. B. Evershed, published March 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 5, article, pp.232-233) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The Evershed and Ockley families

The Kemp Family in Lewes and Brighton, by Elizabeth de Bourbel, published March 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 5, article, p.234) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Sussex Family Historian, vol. 8 no. 6, edited by P. B. Evershed, published June 1989 (Sussex Family History Group, ISSN: 0260-4175) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Life at Streel Farm near Billingshurst in 1832, by Sarah Smith (1818-1907), published June 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 6, article, pp.243-245) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

When I kept house for Grandpapa, as a girl, he and I were very happy together. He had retained a great many ideas of his Saxon forefathers . . .
Copied in 1971 from a manuscript in the possession of Mrs. Smiths' grandson Evershed Heron (1892-1983)

Sussex Borough Voters and the 1832 Reform Act, by Stanley Excell, published June 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 6, article, pp.250-251) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Up from the Valleys or Down from the Downs?, by R. V. Morgan, published June 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 6, article, pp.253-255) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Extracts from the author's great-uncle's diaries

The Wisdoms of Glynde, by David Underwood, published June 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 6, article, pp.258-260) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The descendants of John Wisdom who married Elizabeth Taylor in 1750 at Glynde and had five children. Article covers the years 1720 - 1967 in the parish of Lewes.

Towner Wills, by R. N. Towner, published June 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 6, article, pp.261-264) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Fred, the Railway Engineer, by Michael Banister, published June 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 6, article, pp.265-267) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Fredrick Dale Banister (1823-1897) built railways, bridges, tunnels and docks for the London Brighton & South Coast railways. He was fifth of six children of Samuel Banister and Mary Norris. He married Nancy Richardson in 1847 and they had 10 children. His second wife was Annie Fisher. Article covers the years 1799 - 1897 in the parishes of Brighton, Sussex and Holborn, London.

Members' Queries Bonanza!, by Pat Button, published June 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 6, article, pp.274-275) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Research on Alexander Duff Butchers and Maria Crowhurst who married in 1831 and covers the years 1831 - 1877 in the parish of Rye

Another piece of the puzzle?, by Don Burgess, published June 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 6, article, pp.278-279) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Article documents the six children of John Burgess of West Tarring and covers the years 1777 - 1848 in the parishes of West Tarring and Brighton.

Constable Properties, by Mrs. J. W. Marlowe, published June 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 6, article, pp.280-281) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

List of properties owned by George Constable, proprietor of the Swallow Brewery, Arundel as recorded in his Will proved 23 December 1878

The Petworth Emigration Scheme, by Barry Fletcher, published June 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 6, article, pp.282-283) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

List of people who emigrated to Canada from Petsworth and surrounding areas. It details name, age, parish, ship, destination and date of departure and covers the years 1832 - 1838.

Sussex Family Historian, vol. 8 no. 7, edited by P. B. Evershed, published September 1989 (Sussex Family History Group, ISSN: 0260-4175) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

George Packham, Miller Extraordinary, by Maurice Packham, published September 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 7, article, pp.291-294) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

George Packham (1792-1872), son of John Packham of Shortbridge, near Fletching, was educated at Horsted Keynes Charity School and apprenticed to William Sudds of the Cliff, Lewes to become a millwright. In 1823 he went to live in France and became a friend to King Louis Philippe. Article covers the years 1708 - 1872 in France and Sussex.

Arnold Nesbitt and the Origin of the Stevenson Family of Winchelsea, by Janet H. Stevenson, published September 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 7, article, pp.297-303) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The story of the two families - Nesbitt and Stevenson. Arnold Nesbitt fathered at least three illegitimate children, of whom John is one born 1761 in Tonbridge. His mother Ann Dryland married in 1763 a John Stevenson. The Stevensons moved to Winchelsea where John Stevenson married Elizabeth Blackman in 1788 at Winchelsea. Article covers the years 1735 - 1895.

Toleration, by P. B. Evershed, published September 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 7, article, p.314) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

This year many Nonconformist Churches have celebrated the tercentenary of the Toleration Act of 1689.

The People of the Thakeham area on the 3th March 1851, by Karen Lansberry, published September 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 7, article, pp.320-321) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Etherington Family Bible, by P. J. Etherington, published September 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 7, article, p.322) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Bible of Crystal Irene Etherington (1901-1988)

Letters to George Trussler in Canada, by Mrs. Helen Stover, published September 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 7, article, pp.326-327) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

John Trussler and Ann Nash of Fernhurst had eight children and two of them, John and George emigrated to Canada with their families in 1833. Article covers the years 1796 - 1879.

Six James Crowhursts - Five too many!, by Pat Button, published September 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 7, article, pp.328-329) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The Crowhursts of Winchelsea, Rye and East Guldeford commencing with James Crowhurst who marred Judith Guy in 1786.

Names Not Easily Forgotten, by R. Vincett, published September 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 7, article, p.331) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

About Philadelphia Cruttenden who married John Vincett in 1798 at Westfield

Sussex Family Historian, vol. 8 no. 8, edited by P. B. Evershed, published December 1989 (Sussex Family History Group, ISSN: 0260-4175) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Sackville College, by P. B. Evershed, published December 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 8, article, pp.338-339) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

War Memorial on the B2135 opposite Mill Lane, Littleworth, West Sussex, published December 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 8, article, p.340) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The Reverend Edward Cobden M.A., D.D. (1683-1764), by Margery Waddams, published December 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 8, article, pp.345-348) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Biography and ancestry of Edward Cobden the son of William Cobden and Kathryn Jewer and covers the years 1663 - 1747 in the parishes of West Dean and Haslemere in Surrey.

The Penny Drops, by Pat Button, published December 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 8, article, pp.349-350) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Searching for Sarah Carrick Waite

The Celebrated Greenfield Case, by Muriel Bowler, published December 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 8, article, pp.351-353) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Zephaniah Greenfield married Ann in 1743 and had three children, Zephaniah, Daniel and Sarah. Article covers the years 1727 - 1935 in the parish of Horsham.

Great-Great-Grandma Bates's Laundry, by J. R. Thomas, published December 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 8, article, pp.354-355) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

William Bates (1826-1891) married Harriet Martin (1824-1904) in 1853 at St. Peter's Church, South Chailey. They had seven children and settled at Newick where Harriet opened her laundry at The Laurels serving the local gentry for over forty years. Article covers the years 1824 - 1904.

Evacuation, by P. B. Evershed, published December 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 8, article, pp.356-357) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Stories of evacuation to Sussex during WWII

Billeting, by Miss G. E. M. Relf, published December 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 8, article, pp.359-360) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Billeting arrangements for Army Personnel dated 1915

Who was John Doe?, by Joan Stenning, published December 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 8, article, pp.362-363) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

John Doe (1890-1932) was born in Norfolk to a gentleman farmer. His obituary in the Brighton Argos said he joined the East India Company in 1859, transferred to the Royal Munster Fusiliers and took part in the capture of the Khyber Pass. He had a family of fifteen and settled in Brighton. Article covers the years 1841 - 1932.

Guess Where?, by Mrs. T. J. Gess, published December 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 8, article, pp.364-365) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Mark Gess (1849-1926) from Wandsworth who married Charlotte Smith in 1875 were travellers and had a family of seven. They lived for a period at Westbourne.

The Fields of a South Harting Tenant Farmer in 1841, by R. A. Lever, published December 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 8, article, pp.366-367) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

James Lever (1789-1853) and his farm

Revd. John Mossop, M.A., (1756-1794), by Ronald Tibble, published December 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 8, article, pp.368-374) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The story of Revd. John Mossop and the Grammar School, Brighthelmston from 1787.

The Streater Family, by Mrs. F. M. Jenkyn, published December 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 8, article, pp.375-376) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The story of William Streater and Elizabeth Laker who married 10 June 1800 in Shipley. Article covers the years 1752 - 1983.

The Surname Norrell in Sussex and Essex, by Mick Henry, published December 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 8, article, pp.377-379) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The history of the Norrell family covering the years 1620 - 1975 in the parishes of Terling, Essex and East Dean, Sussex.